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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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Single-Sex Schools Back on AISD Agenda

The Austin school board is set to resume discussion on a boys-only school. The move comes just one month after the topic was postponed indefinitely. The AISD board is set to discuss a total of three single-sex schools in a special meeting tonight: a School for Young Men and turning Garcia and Pearce Middle Schools into single-sex schools – one for boys and the other for girls. AISD hopes the single-sex schools will act as a competitive option to Austin charter schools as well as provide an environment that will reduce distractions and provide students with greater opportunities for academic...
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The Lead: Armstrong’s Next Move, UT Track Coach Admits to Affair

Good morning. This Monday should be relatively mild, with a high near 60. But beginning Tuesday, a strong storm system is expected to blow into the Austin area. The National Weather Service says rainfall totals of three to four inches are in the forecast, with up to six inches in isolated spots. Let us know what sort of rains you experience: email news@kut.org or tweet pics and messages to KUTnews. Armstong’s end game: We noted late Friday evening a report from TheNew York Times that Lance Armstrong, the seven time Tour de France winner who saw » read more

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Alamo Drafthouse Announces NYC Locatio...

The Alamo Drafthouse will open its first location next year in New York City. The five-screen theater will be on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, inside the former Metro Theater at 2626 Broadway. The New York Times notes the “turbulent history” of the art deco-adorned theater, which over...
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Perry Surveys Scope of Damage

Texas Governor Rick Perry took an aerial tour of North Texas today to assess the damage caused by Tuesday’s tornadoes. Perry later spoke to emergency management officials in the town of Lancaster, which saw more homes damaged and destroyed than any other area....
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Student Seeks to Reinstate Artist Behi...

The fallout from The Daily Texan’s publication of a controversial editorial cartoon is carrying on, this time in a different direction. A UT student has launched an online petition to reinstate Stephanie Eisner, the Texan editorial cartoonist whose cartoon, she said, attacked...
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Bastrop Team Dedicated to Recovery

Representatives of Bastrop’s wildfire recovery effort updated local business leaders this week on progress that’s been made since last September when thousands of homes and businesses in the county were destroyed. Christine Files is president of the Bastrop County Long Term Recovery...
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Five-Year Plan Will Replace Aging Wate...

The city of Austin is launching a project to improve its water system. The Renewing Austin program will replace about 75 miles of old cast-iron water lines over in about five years. ...
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Hispanic or Latino? Most Spanish Speak...

A survey released by the Pew Hispanic Center this morning shows more than half of native Spanish speakers surveyed want be known by their family's country of origin....
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East Austin Groups Looking to Mobilize...

Community groups are trying to get more voters to the polls in parts of Austin with historically low turnout in the third year of the East Austin Voter Mobilization Initiative....
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Poverty, Education Remain Challenges f...

The number of kids in Texas grew by almost 1 million over the last decade, and 25 percent of those kids are living in poverty, a new study says....
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Austin One of Fastest Growing Metros

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area was the second fastest-growing metro area in the country from April 2010 to July 2011....
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Texting Program Takes Aim at Teen Birt...

A new public health initiative aims to reach Travis County teenagers directly with information about contraception and birth control via a familiar technology: Text messages....
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Hasan’s Attorneys Seek Second Delay

Attorneys for the Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood are asking for his trial to be postponed a second time. Major Nidal Hasan's attorneys already asked for and received one such delay, saying they were still sorting through evidence to mount a defense. The trial was...
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Water Restrictions Lifted in Kyle

The city says recent rains have "sufficiently recharged" local water sources....
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Pushing for Turnout in Texas Primary

Texas’ primary election day is less than two months away and Secretary of State Hope Andrade has launched a voter education program aimed to increase turnout. Along with a very late primary date, voters have possible confusion over new district lines to contend with. “We want to make sure...
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Checking on the District Attorney Cand...

Democrats vying to become Travis County District Attorney aired a couple of flawed claims, according to the Austin American-Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas...
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