All posts by Peter Elkind
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In Newly Discovered Letter, “Death Shift” Nurse Genene Jones Seems to Acknowledge Guilt
The 2011 letter, in which Jones admits that she "was heinous" and sorry for the damage because of her crime, came as a surprise to prosecutors.
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The “Angel-of-Death” Nurse Charged With Death of Second Baby
Decades after prosecutors convicted Genene Jones of killing a single infant, a Texas grand jury has indicted the former nurse on a second charge of murder. Prosecutors hope to prevent Jones’s release from prison, which is scheduled for next year.
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Prosecutors Race to Keep Angel-of-Death Behind Bars
Texas is scheduled to release Genene Jones, a former nurse and suspected serial killer of children, early next year. Today, prosecutors in San Antonio moved to prevent her release, bringing a new murder charge against Jones in connection with the death of a child 35 years ago.
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On Your Toes, You Lemon-Limes
Dr Pepper finds itself.
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Poetic Justice
A Dallas lawyer is urging his colleagues to put rhyme and reason back into legal writing—by using plain old English.
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The Bucks Stop Here
The troubled Parks and Wildlife Department is supposed to protect the state’s natural resources. Instead, it protects its friends and, above all, itself.
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That Brainpower Guy
Incarnate Word was an obscure Catholic school before Lou Agnese launched his multimillion-dollar ad campaign. Now the college is booming, and Agnese is a local star.
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Rock Bottom
A series of terrible decisions and bad breaks ruined Gibraltar Savings. Is rescuing it another mistake?
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The Wooing of Chairman Wang
The decision by a Chinese plastics company to build a billion-dollar plant in Texas proves that economic development works—but it comes at a high price.