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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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Should School Ratings Take At-Risk Students Into Account?

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) reports that less than 85 percent of the students in the class of 2010 graduated. At a hearing Thursday in the Texas Senate, lawmakers heard the case for better tracking students who end up back in school....
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Why Fredericksburg Could Be In For a Great Peach Crop This Year

Fredericksburg peach trees are just starting to bloom, and growers in the Hill Country are cautiously optimistic about this year’s crop. The cool weather early in the year that…...
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Petition Demands End to Shooting Dogs

A Fort Worth couple’s call for statewide police training standards when dealing with dogs has garnered nearly 90,000 signatures....
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Checking the Veterans Claims Backlog

KUT’s Nathan Bernier spoke with Gardner Selby of the Austin American- Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas about Sen. John Cornyn’s assertion that the backlog has doubled since Obama took office....
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Study: Extra Work From Home Doesn̵...

Going the extra mile when working from home as a telecommuter may not pay off....
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At UT, a Struggle to Graduate in 4 Yea...

UT is making changes to help more students graduate in four years as they fight the many factors that can slow them down....
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Colt McCoy Opening 24 Dunkin’ Stores

An investment crew lead by the former UT quarterback is planning on bringing two dozen Dunkin’ Donuts stores to Austin....
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Lawmakers Seek Ways to Deter DWIs

Texas lawmakers met today to discuss strengthening the state’s DWI laws....
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Grouse in Panhandle May Get Protection

Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the lesser prairie chicken, native to the grasslands of the Texas Panhandle, as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act...
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Glass in Schools’ Food Prompts Repai...

Austin ISD is conducting repairs at 18 elementary school cafeterias after an employee found glass in the pinto beans last week at Allison Elementary School....
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Questions About Public Pension Plans

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs says there are “warning signs” for some of the Texas’ public pension plans. A report out today from her office singles out the city of Houston in particular. Combs says the state’s biggest...
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George W. Bush: “Benevolent Spir...

During his opening remarks Tuesday at a daylong conference on immigration and the economy, former President George W. Bush urged the nation’s leaders to debate immigration reform with compassion and kindness....
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