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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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Checking Whether Dead People Voted

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said in an interview that more than 200 dead people voted in May’s Texas primaries, so naturally PolitiFact Texas checked it out....
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Cruz-ing Past the Establishment: Ted Cruz Upsets David Dewhurst

Former state solicitor general Ted Cruz has won the Republican nomination to U.S. Senate - defeating Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst. Cruz was an early underdog in the race against the well-known and well-funded Dewhurst. But Republican activists had other ideas. From two percent in the polls - to last night's packed victory party in Houston - Ted Cruz has always known what segment of the Republican party was needed to pull off a win in the U.S. Senate race. And he thanked that group immediately after taking the stage to accept the nomination. "Tonight is a victory for the grassroots," Cruz said, "it is a testament to Republican women - to tea party leaders and to grassroots conservatives." Cruz spent a good deal of his nomination acceptance speech thanking staff and the...
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UTMB Galveston Reopens After Ike

UTMB in Galveston reopened this weekend for the first time since Hurricane Ike shut down the hospital last September....
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July Was H-O-T-T!

July finished as the hottest month on record....
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Cedar Park Job Fair Saturday

The Cedar Park Center is looking for part-time employees to work its events and concerts....
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AISD Releases Pearce Proposal

The Austin Independent School district has released its finalized repurposing proposal that hopes to keep Pearce Middle School open....
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Toll Runners Get A Deal

A new amnesty program will try to recover unpaid tolls by forgiving some outstanding fines....
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Kids Incarcerated As Adults

We have heard a lot these days about crowded prisons....
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The Uncertain Fate of the Travis House

Austin's Historic Preservation Commission has voted to recommend historic zoning for the vacant Travis House Building at 18th and Guadalupe Streets....
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Fire At Northeast Austin Flea Market

Traffic moved slowly on Highway 290 East as Austin firefighters worked to put out a three-alarm fire Saturday afternoon....
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“Come Back To School”

State and city officials made personal calls to homes of kids that have dropped out of school....
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Board Calls for Greater Latino Enrollm...

A new report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board says Texas colleges and Universities need to double their number of Hispanic students by 2015....
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