U.S. Supreme Court orders 6 death row cases reviewed
BY: Associated Press HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent the cases of six Texas death row inmates, including one of the infamous “Texas 7″ gang of escapees, back to a lower court for reviews of whether attorneys in earlier stages of appeals let the men down. The decisions are in line with last week’s ruling [...] |
Holder addresses NAACP, opposes voter ID law
BY: Associated Press HOUSTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he opposes a new photo ID requirement in Texas elections because it would be harmful to minority voters. In remarks to the NAACP in Houston, the attorney general said the Justice Department “will not allow political pretexts to disenfranchise American citizens of their most precious right.” Under [...] |
Ex-Enron workers look back with a mix of feelings
BY: Associated Press  HOUSTON — Former Enron Corp. employee George Maddox, who lost his retirement savings when the energy giant collapsed, says he has been forced to spend his golden years making ends meet by mowing pastures and living in a run-down East Texas farmhouse. Maddox, who served 30 years as a plant manager with the company, was [...] |
Targa Resources acquires Baltimore storage facility
BY: Associated Press NEW YORK — Targa Resources Partners LP said Monday it has purchased two crude storage facilities for $127 million. Targa Resources, a natural gas company based in Houston, said it acquired the Targa Sound Terminal on the Hylebos Waterway in the Port of Tacoma, Wash. and the Targa Baltimore Terminal on the Patapsco River in [...] |
BP Solar to close Frederick operation next year
BY: Danny Jacobs FREDERICK — BP Solar says it plans to close its Frederick operation early next year and many of the site’s 80 employees could lose their jobs. Company spokesman Pete Resler said Tuesday that BP Solar will end operations at the Ballenger Creek Pike building by early 2012. According to The Frederick News-Post, Resler says the [...] |
Oil giant ConocoPhillips to split into 2 companies
BY: Associated Press NEW YORK — ConocoPhillips, the third-largest U.S. oil company, said Thursday that it will split itself into two separate publicly traded companies and its CEO and Chairman Jim Mulva plans to retire once the transaction is complete. The breakup would create the largest independent refiner in the world, a prominent analyst said. Its shares jumped [...] |
Supreme Court: Death-row inmate can seek DNA testing
BY: Associated Press HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to a death row inmate in Texas who wants to test crime-scene evidence that he says may show he is innocent. The court’s narrow, 6-3 ruling means that Hank Skinner, who was about an hour away from execution when the Supreme Court [...] |
High court rejects Texas woman’s death row appeal
BY: Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal from a woman on death row for the murder of a mentally impaired man 12 years ago in Harris County. Suzanne Basso, 56, does not have an execution date. One of 10 women awaiting execution in Texas, she was convicted in the beating [...] |
Hearings into cause of oil spill begin in Houston
BY: Associated Press HOUSTON — The official in charge of identifying and dealing with the risks of BP’s offshore Gulf marine operations acknowledged Monday that he rarely had contact with a key manager at the owner of the rig that exploded April 20, setting off the massive oil spill. Neil Cramond testified before an investigative panel looking into [...] |
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