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Hundreds of drivers who ran red lights while making turns at intersections newly monitored by cameras have not been issued tickets because of a loophole in the photo-enforcement ordinance. "The way the current city ordinance is written, turns are excluded, even if they are illegal turns," said Houston police Sgt. Michael Muench. Traffic officers reviewed more than 1,000 violations caught on camera during the first two weeks of the program, the police department reported. A third were thrown out, many because the driver was making a right or left turn while running the light, Muench said. Muench was unable to...

Andrea Yates signs over movie, print rights 04/26/2002 Associated Press HOUSTON - The Houston woman convicted and sentenced to life in prison for drowning her children has signed over movie and publication rights about her case to her attorney to cover mounting legal fees. Defense lawyer George Parnham, who visited Andrea Yates on Friday at the Skyview Unit, a psychiatric prison near the East Texas city of Rusk, said he checked with the State Bar of Texas before striking the deal. "My interest is to protect this woman in every way shape or form possible," Parnham said in an...