Message-ID: <25058704.1075855741804.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:04:00 -0800 (PST) From: houstonchronicle-metro@chron-news.com To: rgay@ect.enron.com Subject: HoustonChronicle.com Metropolitan News for Dec 14, 2000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: HoustonChronicle-metro X-To: "rgay@ect.enron.com" X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Randall_Gay_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: Gay-R X-FileName: rgay.nsf Hello! The HoustonChronicle.com Metropolitan section for Thu. Dec. 14, 200= 0 =20 delivers news and information at the click of a button. If you ever wish to= =20 stop this email to rgay@ect.enron.com, just click this address:=20 http://www.chron.com/mail/nph-unity.mpl?id=3D-566112960=20 ? ? ? [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] HoustonChronicle.com Email Services: You can change your HoustonChronicle.com Email settings, or unsubscribe this list. =20 Business Columnists Comics Community Deaths Editorials Entertainment Games Health & Medicine Lifestyle/Features Lottery METRO/STATE =01=07 Education =01=07 This Week Nation Politics Space Chronicle Sports Technology Traffic Travel Weather World AP Breaking News E The People Forums Funplanet HomeArts News Audio News Specials People Pages This Week Archives Corrections=20 E-mail products Help Advertising Info Privacy policy Report a problem Sitemap To contact us: E-mail: hci@chron.com Office phone:=20 713-220-2700 Main Switchboard: 713-220-7171 Address:=20 Houston Chronicle 801 Texas Ave. Houston, Texas 77002 =20 [IMAGE]Links to other U.S. papers=20 =09?=09Thu. Dec. 14, 2000=20 =09=09 =09=09 =09=09 =09=09TODAY'S METROPOLITAN STORIES =09=09from the pages of the Houston Chronicle =09=09 =09=09Hale: This will giveth and taketh away=20 =09=09 =20 =09=09Houston makes race for gold official=20 =09=09 Buoyed by a strong public mandate after 75 percent of voters blessed= its=20 plan, the group working to bring the 2012 Summer Olympics to Houston formal= ly=20 submitted its bid for the mega-event Wednesday.=20 =09=09Race-based admissions upheld in Michigan=20 =09=09 A federal judge in Detroit on Wednesday upheld a race-based admissio= ns=20 policy at the University of Michigan, increasing the chances that the U.S.= =20 Supreme Court will decide whether universities can use race as an admission= s=20 factor.=20 =09=09City's tree canopy is getting thinner=20 =09=09Houston's urban forest declined significantly from 1972 to 1999, depr= iving=20 the area of $55 million annually in benefits such as reduced air pollution= =20 and enhanced flood control. The findings are part of a study released today= =20 that recommends adopting policies to reverse the deforestation trend.=20 =09=09City Council members battle over street-cutting=20 =09=09 Tempers flared Wednesday as Houston City Council grappled with how t= o=20 regulate companies that cut up city streets.=20 =09=09Jury told of Phillips cover-up in closing=20 =09=09 Phillips Petroleum Co. is engaged in a cover-up and needs to change = the way=20 it does business, said the attorney representing a family in a wrongful-dea= th=20 case against the company.=20 =09=09Power knocked out for 288,500 customers=20 =09=09Humble man looks to sell 'ultimate gift'=20 =09=0963 roosters seized at suspected site of cockfights=20 =09=09Katy couple may settle claims from DWI case=20 =09=09Routine land deal ignites tempers in Waller CourtyCounty=20 =09=09Seven flee San Antonio prison unit=20 =09=09Houston man to be tried in Tennessee=20 =09=09Smith set to reveal marriage details=20 =09=09Audit finds flaws in contracts for low-income housing=20 =09=09Lawyer appointed in slain-deputy case=20 =09=09Fatal wreck on bad road nets $19.2 million ruling=20 =09=09Area briefs=20 =09=09 =09=09 =09=09=09?