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If you’ve been around the Capitol, the University, or a car dealer this week, you’ve probably noticed that Austin’s flags have been half-masted in tribute to Saul Bellow. Just kidding. The flags are at half staff in acknowledgment of someone much more papal than Bellow: His Holiness Pope John Paul II. After the Pope died on Saturday, President Bush ordered all flags to be flown at half staff until sunset tomorrow. more ›