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Well, I care because I like to know what is going on in my local area. Which is what local news should be for.

seamusTX wrote:The victim's body was identified the next day (July 7).

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/met ... 43236.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The victim was a 42-year-old waitress who worked at a restaurant not far from where her body was found. No suspect has been identified. No motive is know. The police have to figure that out. That is part of their job. However, as the victim was a black woman who was not in some kind of scandalous situation, it will not be a high priority.

There is no indication that a weapons ban on ACE property had anything to do with her demise.

What is "syndicated content"?

- Jim

Yeah, I saw that she was identified, but no other details were forthcoming. No info on the autopsy, suspects, why she was on fire, etc.

By syndicated content I mean that most news you see is a single source that submits a story to AP/Reuters which is then syndicated to all the news outlets. Local TV, Newspapers, Internet. If you go to Google news for example and search for this story, you'll see 50 or so nearly verbatim copies of the same AP article. There is very little original reporting, just endless regurgitation. In theory AP/Reuters is a great idea. In practice it has as many downsides as up.

Still have no idea why this story fell into a news blackhole, never to be heard of again.

Maybe people would be more inclined to read the failing newspapers if they did anything other than reprint syndicated content verbatim.

esxmarkc wrote:Well hang on now. If George Bush Park is on ACOE land then there must be some ACOE waiver since the American Shooting Center is located within the park.

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I believe there is an exception if you are travelling to some sort of authorized sporting purpose and have your gun unloaded during transit.

I looked it up before for the same reason. I will try to find the exact wording for you.

I really just wish they had to post their area better. There is at least one bike route through the woods that takes you from Terry Hershey park and then dumps you out onto the trail at George Bush. I have no idea where the boundary actually is and didn't even realize they were connected at first.

Back on the topic of the thread though, it is kind of weird how this story just got ignored by the local press. Someone finding a body that is still on fire at a popular park seems sensational enough for the news to jump on it.

Edit: Here it is. Sorry if the formatting is messed up, I'm on a text-mode browser at the moment.

327.13 Explosives, firearms, other weapons and fireworks.

(a) The possession of loaded firearms, ammunition, loaded projectile firing devices, bows and arrows, crossbows, or other weapons is prohibited unless:

(1) In the possession of a Federal, state or local law enforcement officer;

(2) Being used for hunting or fishing as permitted under 327.8, with devices being unloaded when transported to, from or between hunting and fishing sites;

(3) Being used at authorized shooting ranges; or

(4) Written permission has been received from the District Commander.

(b) Possession of explosives or explosive devices of any kind, including fireworks or other pyrotechnics, is prohibited

Burned Body Found in George Bush Park

Not a lot of details, just that the burned corpse of a woman was found at the park.

Yikes. Rather close to home.