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...part of the government's expanded investigation into the energy giant's collapse, which embellished the case against Andrew Fastow and also included new indictments of seven other former Enron executives, bringing the total number of those charged with Enron-related crimes to 19; by U.S. prosecutors; in Houston...
David and Jennifer Hammer figured a wedding at home in Houston would be a logistical nightmare. Between siblings and stepsiblings, the wedding party would balloon to 15 people, the full wedding to 300--and the event, they estimated, would set them back $30,000 or more. The Hammers chose instead to wed barefoot on Smathers Beach in Key West, Fla., in front of 72 close friends and family members, for one-third the cost. "No matter where we had a wedding, half my family would have had to travel," says David, 28. "Why not have everyone take...
...your average high school kids if they use Kazaa, and the answer is a resounding "duh." Stewart Laperouse and Jennifer Rieger, a couple at Cy-Fair High School in Houston, log on as part of their regular after-school routine--it's the new milk and cookies. Often they do their downloading a deux, after he gets out of lacrosse practice. His collection is relatively small: 150 songs and about 50 music videos. She's the real repeat offender, with 400 pilfered tracks on her hard drive. "Who wouldn't want to do this?" Rieger says. "It's totally free...
Heavin and his wife Diane, 41, had managed and owned traditional gyms in Houston. Heavin had made his first million by the age of 26, then lost it all by 30 after trying to expand too quickly and broadly. In setting up the Curves chain, he avoided debt for himself and his franchisees by keeping down costs and growing at a rate he could afford. The typical Curves inhabits just 1,200 sq. ft. to 1,500 sq. ft. and can be profitable with as few as 200 members. Those low numbers let owners focus on service rather than member...
...film explores five intertwining family relationships which are all bought to a climatic point of self-awareness by the impending nuptials. The relationships seem to have been constructed to demonstrate the ravages of globalization: the groom, for example, has flown in from Houston and is clumsily out of touch with traditional Indian customs; the bride’s cousin begins an affair with a distant Australian relative whose western norms of sexual permissiveness complicate the coupling...