May 2012
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tricktricky asked: If the Statesman was embodied as superhero, what power would he/she have and who would be his/her arch-nemesis?
Anonymous asked: Did you watch the Community finale? I just finished it and it blew my mind. Thoughts?
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Question: When the zombies come
Hi Austin Statesman, I’ve never talked to a newspaper before, well, at least not one that’s talked back… this is exciting!
When the zombie apocalypse comes - as we all agree it is - where are the best places in Austin to go? The Austonian because it’s tall and you can fend bottleneck the zombies in a stairwell? Or perhaps Cabella’s...
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WatchPen pals since 1949 meet up for the first time
In 1949, Joan Otto began writing to her pen pal Yoshiko Oguchi, who lived in Japan, and never stopped. For 63 years, they exchanged about six to eight letters a year. This week, they met for the first time. “I can’t express how to feel,” Oguchi said. “We talked and talked. We just talk like human beings. We don’t worry...
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Obama voices his support for gay marriage →
What do you think about this announcement?
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ShortFormBlog: Disaster expert: Repairing NYC... →
Anyone else think about this when they were watching the movie?
shortformblog:
$160 billion in damage to NYC portrayed in Avengers source
invasion Kinetic Analysis Corp. estimates that the physical damage to Manhattan would cost $60 - $70 billion to repair
fallout KAC estimates the economic impact, cost of cleanup, and loss of life would cost an additional…
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WatchMan sues city over seizure of house with underground shelter
Joe Del Rio is suing the city after he and his lawyers say his home was unconstitutionally seized for having an underground shelter. In a statement, the city says the shelter was a “public safety risk.”
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Severe storms, high winds possible tonight,... →
The National Weather Service says, it’s going to rain, y’all.
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Regents freeze in-state tuition, fees at UT for... →
The governing board of the University of Texas today froze in-state undergraduate tuition and fees for the next two years at the Austin flagship.
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Another area code for Austin? →
Better get your 512 number now before they’re all gone. We could be getting a new area code by 2013.
April 2012
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Police say teens set off “acid bomb” inside... →
Uh, what?
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Amid backlash over dog shooting, police reviewing... →
The Austin Police Department says they are reviewing their policies after receiving backlash from the shooting of a dog by an officer over the weekend.
“This incident has drawn a lot of attention,” said Assistant Police Chief David Carter, the department’s chief of staff. “We’ve received a lot of calls, a lot of emails, from people who are very concerned. And we are,...
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'American Bandstand' host Dick Clark has died →
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Higher Austin property taxes on the way? →
Austinites could face higher city property tax bills next year, according to a financial forecast presented this morning to the City Council.
Cost increases that are beyond the city’s control, such as for fuel and health insurance, are part of the reason a shortfall could occur.
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WatchFort Hood on the Front Lines: Mid-tour leave
Austin American-Statesman reporter Jeremy Schwartz and videographer Kelly West are in Afghanistan to cover the historic departure of Fort Hood’s 1st Cavalry Division from Bagram Air Base and its return to Central Texas.
In addition to blogs, video and photos, they are using Instagram to give us a glimpse of the soldiers and the country.
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Report of APD dog shooting goes viral →
Reports of an Austin police officer shooting a dog while responding to the wrong address on a domestic disturbance call have gone viral thanks to Facebook.
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“Education and awareness are going to be our primary methods of enforcement. Our...”
– Adrienne Howarth-Moore, director of human resource services for the University of Texas, on the announcement that the campus and its satellites have gone tobacco free.
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