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March 4, 2008

Good morning, Houston. If the dearth of new TV in the wake of the writer's strike has left you willing to watch anything, we've got some news for you: HTV, the municipal station, is launching a new program! Woohoo! Entertainment Houston, a 30-minute show, will focus on — wait for it — Houston's facilities, included the Wortham Center, Jones Hall, the George R. Brown Convention Center and the not-quite-finished Discovery Green. A new episode......

Continue Reading "Morning Roundup: Up next: At Home with Carol Alvarado edition"

November 10, 2006

If you find yourself in the mood to pay a visit to former Enron CFO Andy Fastow, looks like you'll be headed to Louisiana: The Federal Bureau or Prisons has placed Fastow in a federal prison in Oakdale, La., about 200 miles northeast of Houston, where he'll serve his six-year sentence. Oakdale isn't where Fastow had expected to end up: At his sentencing in late September, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt recommended that Fastow be......

Continue Reading "Fastow's Louisiana-bound"

September 27, 2006

Citing Andy Fastow's cooperation with government prosecutors, the suffering his family experienced after the fall of Enron and Fastow's own penitent attitude, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt sentenced the former Enron financial chief to six years in prison and two years' probation yesterday, just over half his maximum possible sentence of 10 years. Fastow was indicted on 98 counts of conspiracy, money laundering and insider trading in 2002 for his role in Enron's collapse, but......

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September 26, 2006

Former Enron CFO Andy Fastow is scheduled to be sentenced this morning, and he might have some unwanted company at his hearing: U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt has invited former Enron employees to attend and talk about how Enron's collapse affected their lives. Wonder if he'll learn any new words? Former Enroners have the chance to talk under a federal law dealing with the rights of victims of federal crimes. People can sign up to......

Continue Reading "Fastow to be sentenced today"

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