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The Houston Chronicle is a daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States. It is one of the 10 largest newspapers in the United States, with a daily circulation of more than 549,300. With the demise of its long-time rival the Houston Post, its nearest major competitors are located in Dallas-Fort Worth. It is the largest daily paper owned and operated by the Hearst Corporation, a multinational corporate media conglomerate with $4 billion in revenues. The paper employs nearly 2,000 people, including approximately 300 journalists, editors, and photographers. The Chronicle has bureaus in ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Large audience (500K-1M) (English)
Political Viewpoint:
Center
Owners:
The Hearst Corporation | Managers: Jack Sweeney, Jeff Cohen, James Howard Gibbons
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Ezra Fox
Last Edit:
Aug 17, 2006 - 4:17 PM PDT
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The whys of NASA's post-lunar history
From NASA's view, the progression of space programs — shuttle first in 1981, followed by the space station in 1998 and finally Constellation — make sense in a universe ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Should the mayor take over Houston schools?
As the Houston school board searches for a superintendent, a national movement is growing to yield that power — and more — to local mayors or boards they appoint. U.S. ...Posted by Kristin Gorski -
Houston dropout rate vexes outgoing schools chief
The embarrassing high school dropout problem that HISD Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra inherited and that he fought to rectify will almost certainly be passed along to his ...Posted by Dale Penn -
Houston's first all-girls public school to open this summer
Andres Flores, 13, explains with certainty why he prefers attending an all-boys’ school. “Boys and girls fall in love. While this is all happening, the boys get off ...Posted by Kristin Gorski -
Fighting Global Illiteracy
According to this International Reading Association 2007 study "The relationship of illiteracy and poverty is undeniable." Here are just a few facts culled from The ...Posted by Dale Penn -
McCain, Obama must play up their positives
arack Obama wows huge crowds with his Kennedyesque charisma and his soaring oratory, but he can seem lackluster and shallow on a debate stage. Republican presidential ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
John McCain's Idea Of 'Change'
Does this look vaguely familiar? (graphic of McCain ad: 'A Leader We Can Believe In') I kid you not, this was taken directly from the McCain web site. Underneath the picture ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
'We Should Not Let Them Back into Polite Society'
In his conclusion, Richard Clarke made a startling assertion that I happen to agree with. When asked about repercussions for those who lied, he said that at a minimum, "We ...Posted by Stephen Pizzo -
McCain wants to show voters he's different
John McCain is planning to send a message that he's "a different kind of Republican" as he fully opens up a general-election campaign against Barack Obama.Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Senate to strip oil company tax from energy bill
Facing a veto threat from the White House, the Senate today by one vote rejected a bid to move forward on an energy bill that would dramatically boost vehicle fuel mileage ...Posted by Mike LaBonte
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Geraldo Rivera speaks in Houston | Breaking News | Chron.com
Geraldo Rivera, center, was a speaker at the Greater Houston Partnership luncheon Tuesday. He said the immigration debate’s tone has created a “slanderous condition” in ...Posted by Eddie Louis Harris -
Americans' views on Obama plan to fix health care clash
As President Obama moves forward with his ambitious plan to reshape the American health-care system, he is faced with reconciling two seemingly irreconcilable viewpoints held ...Posted by Kristin Gorski -
GOP's Coleman concedes, sending Franken to Senate
"Sure I wanted to win," said Coleman, who called the ruling a surprise. "I thought we had a better case. But the court has spoken."Posted by Dwight Rousu -
EPA proposes mercury cutbacks at cement plants
The Obama administration proposed sharp reductions Tuesday in airborne pollution from America's 99 cement plants, including first-ever limits on mercury from older kilns. ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Making contact: Risk vs. rewards in Obama's outreach to Muslims
The vast majority of Muslims mean this country no such harm, and in the world community, several Muslim-majority nations are genuine stalwarts. What’s more, as a cleric in ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
U.S. hopes killing plants will reduce smuggling
If successful, the $2.1 million pilot project could later be duplicated along as many as 130 miles of river in the patrol’s Laredo Sector, as well as other parts of the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Part of Lone Star State now driest region in the nation | Top stories
Across the nation's No. 2 agricultural state, drought conditions are evaporating stock tanks, keeping many crop farmers from planting into long-parched soil, forcing cattle ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
HISD plan could pay best teachers $100,000 a year | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com
“It all sounds great, but it all hinges on the accuracy of the value-added data,” Fuller said. “I really like the part about trying to lure teachers into the ...Posted by Peter L. Combs -
High school athletes reconsider fast route out of Texas
“Recruiting is like real estate, it’s all about location, location, location,” Crabtree said. “Sometimes, when recruits realize that a school isn’t as glamorous as ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
As Bush's term winds down, his Texas team gets graded
History generally has been unkind to the home-state advisers brought to Washington by recent presidents — and George W. Bush is no different. Jimmy Carter's "Georgia ...Posted by Leo Romero
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