Daily Archives: July 12, 2008

RIP, Bobby Murcer

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Former Yankees center fielder and broadcaster Bobby Murcer has died at the age of 62. The Yankees said Murcer died Saturday due to complications from brain cancer. He was surrounded by family at Mercy Hospital in his hometown of Oklahoma … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for July 12

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Time for some more interesting links for the weekend… Americans Against Cornholing. Can Guitar Hero save the music industry (via)? Tony Soprano is dead (via). If so, that probably means there is no Sopranos movie in the works. However, the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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RIP, Michael DeBakey

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Houston icon Dr. Michael DeBakey has died at the age of 99. Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, internationally acclaimed as the father of modern cardiovascular surgery — and considered by many to be the greatest surgeon ever — died Friday night … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Steffy on the Pickens Plan

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Loren Steffy adds his two cents to the discussion of the Pickens Plan. It’s hard to grasp, though, how parts of the plan would be implemented. Assuming all the rights to millions of acres could be acquired and the wind … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Mayor White challenges the EPA

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

I’m always happy to see action being taken on behalf of cleaner air. Mayor Bill White on Thursday challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s methods for calculating emissions from large refineries and chemical plants, saying that the approach significantly underreports … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The 1960 blues

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

I couldn’t tell you the last time I drove through the FM1960 area in northwest Harris County, so I couldn’t have told you that it isn’t aging well. But I can’t say I’m surprised. The problems affecting Houston’s aging suburban … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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