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Texas Bill Spotlights Minors Charged With Prostitution
One Texas senator wants to allow more counties to set up specialty courts for minors charged with prostitution
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After Boston Bombings, Being Vigilant Without Being Paranoid
In the two weeks since the Boston Marathon bombing, suspects have been identified and news outlets have interviewed people who knew them – asking if there was any sign that they might be capable of the attacks.
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Remembering the First Responders Killed in West
More than 9,000 people gathered at Baylor University yesterday to honor the twelve firefighters and first responders who died in the West Fertilizer Plant Explosion.
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$29 Million: The Cost of Protecting Central Texas Salamanders

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it would cost $29 million over the next 23 years to designate critical habitat land for four central Texas salamanders. The service w…...
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Former UT Kicker Nabbed in Alleged Bond & Art Ponzi Scheme

Former University of Texas football player Russell Erxleben is in federal custody. The Dripping Springs resident was arrested this morning and accused of running a Ponzi scheme that generated more than $2 million, according a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas....
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Gas Prices Still Falling in Austin

A gallon of unleaded costs $3.35, down almost six cents this week alone....
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More Texans to Take Vacations this Sum...

More Texans are planning to go on vacation this summer. A new AAA Texas survey found 75 percent of Texans plan to take at least one summer trip. That’s up from 72 percent last year. Lower gas prices may have something to do with the increase. In Austin, a gallon of unleaded is about 20...
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Texas Schools Foot Big Bill for STAAR ...

The school year ended the first week of June for most Texas students, but for hundreds of thousands of them, it won’t mean the end of class. Because of low scores on the state’s new end-of-course exams, or EOCs, many incoming 10th-graders will have to retake them in July, landing them in...
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Waterless Fracking at Eagle Ford

Waterless fracking is coming to Texas' Eagle Ford Shale. The process involves injecting a propane gel into the ground to fracture rocks and capture oil and natural gas. The gel then becomes a gas as it returns to the surface....
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A Love Story for the Digital Century

Melanie Gideon’s new novel, Wife 22, explores modern communication and the difference between life online and off....
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School Lunch Fees Going Up in Austin

By Emily Zendt The price of lunch in Austin schools will go up 10 cents next year, thanks to a new federal mandate. The district now charges 20 to 40 cents below the new base rate requir…...
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Is an Eruv Coming to Austin?

Northwest Austin’s orthodox Jewish community may soon be able to move a little more freely on the Sabbath. This Thursday, the Austin City Council is calling on staff to study the feasibility of creating an eruv. “It’s a Hebrew word, eruv, and what it means is to mix together,” says Rabbi...
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Teen HIV Cases on the Rise in Austin

Local officials are warning of an increase in HIV infections in Austin’s adolescent population....
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Elite Athletes and Doping

Formal doping charges lodged against Lance Armstrong have again brought attention to the role of performance enhancing drugs in elite level athletic competitions. And no doubt those questions will continue surfacing when the 2012 Summer Olympic Games open in London at the end of July. Ungerleider...
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How Clean Are Public Swimming Pools?

Warm weather is in the forecast for today and on into the weekend. That may have you thinking about cooling off at one of Austin’s 50 public pools and splash pads. It’s June, so they’re all open for business. People bring a lot into the pools with them – sweat and a slurry of other bodily...
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Better Connections for Leander Student...

The Leander school district will spend more than $1.5 million this summer to double Wi-Fi capacity in its schools, possibly changing the way students and teachers interact in the classroom....
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Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Not Listed as E...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that a lizard that lives in the West Texas oil fields will not be put on the endangered species list. The oil and gas industry applauded the ruling. But some environmental groups say the Dunes Sagebrush lizard is doomed. The lizard avoided being...
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Lance Armstrong Faces New Doping Charg...

Austinite and seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is facing formal doping charges. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency outlined the charges in a letter sent to Armstrong's lawyer and five other people formerly associated with the U.S. Postal Service Cycling Team, which Armstrong rode on....
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