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- Think you know Austin? Austin360 isn't so sure: "There should be more to being a true Austinite than just moving here because you had a great time at South by Southwest and thought it was like that here year round. You should have to know a few basic things about Austin before you can officially refer to it as your hometown." Take their "AQ" test and find out.
- Another mortgage company with employees in Austin announces layoffs
- Austin's extended forecast shows rain, rain, and more rain
- Dallas keyboardist/guitarist Carter Albrecht is shot to death after repeatedly pounding on the door of his girlfriend's neighbor's house. The neighbor "was trying to shoot over [Albrecht's] head to scare him away," says a homicide supervisor, but underestimated the 6'5" musician's height.
- The winner of this year's Big Tex Choice Awards for the upcoming State Fair of Texas: deep fried cookie dough
- Murder accomplice Jennifer Hall gets sentenced to five years in prison for her involvement in Jennifer Cave's murder and dismemberment
- Local authorities nap the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run, who may have been drunk when he struck a pedestrian on East Riverside Drive late Sunday evening
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