News Bits!
- The Houston Texans exercised their buy-back option on David Carr's contract- implying a pass on Vince Young.
- We're raking in the celebrities here in Travis County, into our civil courts sytem, including that super-hunk Jason Patric.
- The gambling industry is vying for some action in Texas (but who isn't?).
- LaMarcus Aldridge consistently impresses coaches, peers and NBA scouts; he has very real possibilty of being an NBA overall draft pick.
- What has been coined as "Operation Rio Grande", Governor Rick Perry plans to increase patrols at the Texas-Mexico border in an effort to minimize drug trafficking through the state.
- A proposed law could allow restaurant patrons to bring their dogs to dine with them on outdoor patios. We always knew that Austin was a dog-friendly city.
- The Texas State History Museum is currently hosting a gloomy exhibit that details an era in African American History called "A Slave Ship Speaks: Wreck of the Henrietta Marie."
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