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- Austin aiming for zero landfill waste.
- Our fair city ranks #23 on the list of America's Most Literate Cities, beating out New York but not Portland.
- Brush fires in Hays County lead to home evacuations.
- Austin cop hires prostitute, pays her with his wife's clothing.
- Local man's arm amputated after getting caught in concrete machinery early this morning.
- Rick Perry afraid that terrorists ride Capital Metro?
- First male nurse at Brackenridge is celebrating his 40th year at the hospital.
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