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Entries from Austinist tagged with 'border'

May 16, 2008

Texas Insurance Council estimates Wednesday night's storms caused $25 million worth of damage. During the storm, someone broke into a South Austin public storage facility. Job growth for our area lower than it was last year. Texas Border Coalition suing to stop construction of Bush's border fence....

Continue Reading "Extra Extra: After the Rain"

April 29, 2008

UT student charged with making a terroristic threat after telling a pal he wanted to hit the campus "Virginia Tech style." Postal worker upset over loose dogs in his neighborhood leaves a Chihuahua on the Irving mayor's doorstep over the weekend. One of the teenage girls from the FLDS sect is giving birth in San Marcos today. $3 million worth of pot found by Border Patrol in El Paso as the driver attempted to truck it into the States in a shipping container....

Continue Reading "Extra Extra: Oh, Chihuahua!"

April 7, 2008

Now more than 400 children in care of Texas CPS after being removed from Eldorado compound. Slight earthquake hits South Texas early this morning. Interactive feature on the fate of Brownsville's Sabal Palm Audubon Center as the border fence threatens to split it from the US. UT named in federal suit for their admission policies....

Continue Reading "Extra Extra: I Feel The Earth Move"

February 19, 2008

Photo by gina pina on flickr Sgt. Michael Olsen's appeal hearing started today. AISD Superintendent Forgione will retire in June of next year. Bastrop teacher accused of sending obscene text messages to a student. Odds of winning a place on the guestlist for Thursday's debate = less than 1%. While Wisconsin and Hawaii voted today, Obama spent the afternoon in San Antonio. Border fence skips over the land of Bush supporter in South Texas. Jason......

Continue Reading "Extra Extra: Friends in High Places"

February 14, 2008

Sex toys are no longer illegal in Texas; federal appeals court overturns the ban. McCain adviser tells NPR that if Obama is the Democratic nominee, he won't keep working on McCain's campaign. Decapitation wire placed by someone on US/Mexico border fence. Hezbollah leader in Lebanon calls for "open war" on Israel at the funeral for their top commander. Yesterday the Prime Minister of Australia publicly apologized for the wrongs done to the Aboriginal people.......

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