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  • 'Thanks for not shooting my son'

    05/08/2005 5:48:09 AM PDT · by rw4site · 79 replies · 2,054+ views
    HoustonChronicle.com ^ | May 7, 2005, 11:18PM | RICK CASEY
    May 7, 2005, 11:18PM 'Thanks for not shooting my son'By RICK CASEYCopyright 2005 Houston Chronicle After hearing from Rambo wannabes that I should have blown away the tattooed, drug-addled man who crashed into my house at 11 o'clock one night in February, the e-mail from Syble Asaf was arresting.It's not every day a mother thanks you for not shooting her son."I was reading an article Wednesday evening and realized it is my son you were writing about," she wrote. "I am very sorry for what he did to your family. As equally I am grateful you did not shoot him."Police...
  • Media Baron Fails to Honor Library Pledge

    01/17/2004 1:18:13 PM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 2 replies · 111+ views
    NY Times ^ | 1/17/04 | Geraldine Fabrikant
    Conrad M. Black, the embattled media baron, has one more overdue bill: he has not made good on a $100,000 pledge to the New York Public Library. Lord Black and his wife, Barbara Amiel Black, were co-chairmen of the Literary Lions benefit dinner on Nov. 3. At that time, he agreed to give the library $100,000, but he has not made the contribution. Instead, Lord Black asked his company, Hollinger International, to make the payment for him. The company refused, according to a person briefed on the situation. Nor did Hollinger take a table at the elegant New York dinner,...