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UT, A&M; join in effort to build the world's largest telescope
Two Texas universities, bolstered by a $1.25 million gift from Houston businessman George Mitchell, have joined a project that hopes to build the world's largest telescope.
TEA reinstates HISD's 'acceptable' status
The asterisk that hung next to the Houston school district's "acceptable" academic rating is finally gone, one year after the state put it there because of HISD's poor job of tracking dropouts.
Residents fuming about pile of rubbish
In the sweltering heat, Denise Brown-Nealy has been picketing a 15-foot-tall pile of trash that Channelview residents have nicknamed "Mount Trashmore."
Crime lab evidence again questioned
Six forensic experts are challenging the testimony of two Houston Police Department Crime Lab scientists in a case that resulted in the conviction of a Houston man in a 1987 rape case. George Rodriguez was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the kidnapping and rape of a 14-year-old girl.
City opens heart to those suffering in the heat
Houstonians by the hundreds Wednesday opened their hearts to an 86-year-old woman left sweltering in her northeast home after her air conditioner failed.
Corrections from today's newspaper
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SPECIALS
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The Fated Forest: A steady onslaught of clearing in North America's largest rain forest likely will lead to its demise.
Rebel Held: A close-up look at Colombia's FARC, Latin America's oldest, most powerful guerrilla army.
The Great Flood of 2001:
See our special section for photos, stories and information on how to get help or donate to recovery efforts.
Our First 100 Years: Follow our city's changes over the past 100 years in stories taken verbatim from the pages of the Houston Chronicle.
Out of Bounds:
We trust our kids to them every day. But a Chronicle investigation reveals the relationship
between secondary school coaches and students
is rife with abuse.
A Deadly Distinction:
When it comes to
executions, Texas
leads the nation, and
Harris County is a
pipeline to Texas'
death row. Learn why,
and decide for yourself
whether justice is
being served.
Democracy dawns for Mexico:
Millions of Mexicans are hoping the election of Vicente Fox as president will end 71 years of authoritarian and often venal one-party rule. But can
prosperity, democracy and trust really replace poverty, injustice and doubt?
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