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The bus stops here
Traveling bus bashes Bush
A 45-foot, 28-ton mobile museum highlighting the "the corrupt legacy of the Bush administration" stopped in downtown Austin Tuesday afternoon.
The bus is the latest initiative of Americans United for Change, a three-year-old Washington, D.C.-based progressive interest group.…
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UT-B, Homeland Security formalize deal
In lieu of a new fence on campus, existing fence at UT-Brownsville will be raised
UT-Brownsville and U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials submitted a formal agreement Tuesday to end all legal actions concerning a proposed border fence on the school's campus.
The agreement, reached in principal Thursday, stipulates that Homeland Security will not build a fence on the campus.…
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Cap Metro bus hijacking turns out to be a hoax
Driver depressed, says the lie was a plea for attention
The Capital Metro bus hijacking reported Monday was part of an elaborate lie told by the bus driver to get attention, Austin police revealed Tuesday.
Money Sterling, the driver of the bus and victim of the alleged hijacking, told police Tuesday morning when she was brought in for further questioning that she had lied about the incident, said Deek Moore, an APD detective.…
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Residents' move-outs may go more smoothly with knowledge of law
Justin Kamplain's security deposit was never returned to him after he moved out of his apartment three years ago. Now an organic chemistry graduate student at UT, Kamplain said he never received a notice from his past landlord explaining why his money was not returned.…
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Weakened Edouard will deposit rain west across Texas
Tropical storm Edouard is expected to move west across Central Texas today and Thursday and continue to move farther inland later in the week. The center of Edouard hit Texas about 35 miles north of Houston, at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The storm, which generated winds up to 70 mph earlier in the week, weakened as it moved inland, generating winds of 35 mph.…
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THC-like drug aids prevention of colon cancer
Compounds similar to THC, the active ingredient in cannabis plants, may aid in the prevention and treatment of colon cancer, according to a study conducted by UT researchers.
The researchers at the UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston found that mice treated with a cannabinoid derivative experienced a 50 percent reduction of cancerous tumors.…
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Featured Photo: Get it while it's hot
Sally and Mack Brown help serve up a warm meal at lunchtime Tuesday to the homeless alongside members of the Penick Committee at Caritas Community Kitchen on Sixth Street. Many encouraged Brown on the upcoming football season and some got him to autograph various objects.…
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NEWS BRIEFLY
Sexual assault victim looking for help finding her attacker The family of a female sexual assault victim is asking for help in locating her attacker, who was last seen in Hyde Park. Austin police Sgt. Richard Stresing said the attack took place Saturday morning at about 3:30 a.…
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