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...another hit Tuesday when the American Highway Users Alliance released its list of the 18 worst traffic bottlenecks in the country. The most horrifying place to be stuck during rush hour? The infamous intersection of Interstate 405 and I-10 in Los Angeles, followed by hot spots in Houston, Seattle, Boston and the Washington/Maryland beltway...
...large part of Bush's attitude about knowledge comes from a combative anti-intellectualism he developed as a Texas-bred Bush attending Ivy League schools back East. Ever since George W. left Houston to follow in his father's footsteps at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., he has viewed with deep suspicion and disdain the world of elite Northeastern academia and the people who populate it. Bush was one of the most popular students in his class at Yale. He mixed easily with the rich and the well bred, but, according to classmates, he developed an intense dislike...
Last Monday morning, pro golfer Payne Stewart awoke with the world on a string. He was to fly from his home in Orlando, Fla., eager to scout a site in Dallas that might be used for his fledgling golf-course-design business. Then on to Houston for the Tour Championship, a prestigious, season-crowning showdown among an elite field of the year's Top 30 money winners. Buoyed by a religious faith to which his young children had led him, Stewart, 42, was happier than friends had ever seen him. And thanks largely to a June victory...
...largest auto insurer, has been testing an optional pay-as-you-go system in Texas, using black boxes to track drivers' activity, including when and where they are going, via satellite. Monthly invoices are based on actual usage--the less you drive, the less you pay--and so far, Houston drivers have saved an average of 25% on their premiums. Progressive plans to launch the program in other states in the near future. Privacy advocates are concerned that despite safeguards, the information could by used against a driver in criminal and civil lawsuits...
Horrocks, who originally was an elementary school special education teacher in Houston, says she believes there are very hard-working and intelligent public school teachers, but maintains that the level of teachers at Banneker is exceptionally high...