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- City of Austin has posted their recent agreement with LCRA.
- New watering restrictions for Austin businesses go into effect in October. Businesses will now only be allowed to water twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays.
It's that time again! Big Tex is set up today in Dallas.- Guy uploads photo of peace-sign flashing Texan teen to Flickr under Creative Commons license, Virgin Mobile uses same photo in Australian ad campaign, teen's parents sue Virgin Mobile and Creative Commons.
- Dead body found in burning car over the weekend in Williamson County.
- Two prisoners escaped work detail this morning in Huntsville, killing a guard in the process. Both escapees were captured this afternoon.
- New nuclear power plant coming to South Texas?
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