Galveston prosecutors say David Hisey stole more than $700,000 from his elderly parents, murdered them, then lived with their dead bodies. David says he did what his parents wanted.
The Dow Chemical Co. got whacked last week with a $202,325 fine for air
pollution violations, but if we had to guess, we'd say the world's
second-largest chemical company thanks its lucky stars it does business in a
state like Texas, where a history of violations doesn't mean much.In calculating the various wrongs Dow committed in 2007 and 2008, the staff
of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality pulled out their
calculators and determined the penalty should (or maybe "could," we suppose
If you worry about pollution -- especially in light on the EPA's latest study of the cancer risk posed by air pollution -- you might see that instead of threatening our lives, air pollution actually helps all of us, especially those of us who are most vulnerable, the kids.For purposes of illustration, we present a case handled yesterday by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which approved an agreed order that assessed the Dow Chemical Co. a penalty of $166,465 for violating state
The Sunday drive. Sometimes it's more about the trip than the destination, y'know? Texas Traveler needed to get out of town for the day. We didn't know where, just someplace new. Someplace different. We looked at a map and picked a place. Matagorda? Why not.View Larger MapWe took 59 out there, because we were feeling antsy. Nothing to see there, folks. But at Wharton, things began to get interesting. We turn south, and start following the vast valley of the Colorado River. In our peripheral visi
