excerpt:"When Travis County commissioners decided to pay $40,000 to the 72-year-old woman whom a deputy constable hit with a Taser in May, they considered several factors.
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials announced Wednesday that, in response to citizen comments received during the environmental review of Trans-Texas Corridor-35, the department has recommended the No Action Alternative on the TTC-35 environmental study to the Fe …
Sunday of Austin City Limits had the dubious distinction of hosting one of those moments where the confluence of shared joy and shared adversity (such as it was) forged a memorable event: rain, and then, inevitably, mud, and lots of it.
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excerpt:"From the Austin American-Statesman comes word that Zilker Park, which hosted the three-day Austin City Limits Music Festival this weekend, will have to remain closed until the end of the month. Why? Because ACL more or less destroyed the park.
I know a bunch of people who attended this - heck there's no high school class today because so many were going - but I skipped it due to that no money situation.
The day can be summed up in one word: rain. Not since the wee years of the festival has there been any constant threat of rain, and not since about two years ago was there an actual - if brief - downpour, but today had both. All day. And the crowd was soaked, but good.
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Today I decided that I'm not getting older, the average festival-goer is instead getting younger (I swear I saw infants playing hackey-sack), that complaining on public transportation has become an art form, that Spiffie is overly ambitious (hi Spiffie!), and that coffee is the e …
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excerpt:"Since his previous studio album five years ago, Bob Schneider has been married, gone through a divorce and had to conform his life to the demands of single fatherhood.
Put simply, Horse Boy, the book and movie, are about a family who take their son, Rowan, aka Horse Boy, to Mongolia. Rowan is autistic and loves animals, especially horses, so why not take them to a horse-based culture? The book and movie follow them along their adventure.
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excerpt:"Viewers will meet the East Dillon Lions when the fourth season of the critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning drama series Friday Night Lights premieres October 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on DIRECTV's The 101 Network.
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