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The Top Ten Places to Eat on South Congress

Enoteca Vespaio Italian grocery, limited outdoor dining, pizza, pasta 1610 S. Congress Ave., 512-441-6100 austinvespaio.com Location: S Congress Category: Trendy Vespaio Cool space, buzzing bar,...

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Where to Eat in Austin

The Top 10 Places to Eat in Central Austin Wink Tiny, mod, small portions, best scallops, New American 1014 N. Lamar Blvd, 512-482-8868 inkrestaurant.com Location: Central Category: Trendy Fabi + Rosi...

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The Best Places to Eat on the Cheap

888 Casual, pan-Asian 2400 E. Oltorf, 512-448-4722 888panasian.com Location: Down South Categories: Cheap Eats Austin Daily Press (Late Night) Food cart, pressed sandwiches 900 Red River, 512-644-2959...

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Where to Go for the Late Night Munchies

24 Diner Sleek, modern, updated comfort food, breakfast 600 N. Lamar, 512-472-5400 24diner.com Location: Downtown Category: Late Night, 24 Hour Amy’s Ice Creams Quirky, ice cream with crush-ins 1012 W....

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The Top Ten Places to Eat in Downtown

The Driskill Grill Historical building, formal, New American 604 Brazos, 512-474-5911 driskillgrill.com Location: Downtown Categories: Upscale, Romantic Jeffrey’s Quiet, fine dining, New American 1204...

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The Simple Life

Welcome to Perryton, Texas. As you enter the town from Highway 83 your first glimpse of one of Texas’s most northern cities will be a welcome sign that rattles off the town’s title, “Wheatheart of the...

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The Top Ten Places to Eat on The East Side

Nubian Queen Lola’s Share tables, comfort and cajun food 1815 Rosewood Ave, 512-474-5652 Location: East Side Category: Comfy Cafes Eastside Café Tiny house, big garden, organic and vegetarian 2113...

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The Top Ten Places to Eat in the South Lamar/Barton Springs Area

Uchi Ultra-hip, fresh, sushi 801 S. Lamar Blvd., 512-916-4808 uchiaustin.com Location: S Lamar/Barton Springs Categories: Trendy, Upscale Olivia Modern, great patio, French and Mediterranean 2043 S....

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The Top Ten Places to Eat in Central Austin

Wink Tiny, mod, small portions, best scallops, New American 1014 N. Lamar Blvd, 512-482-8868 inkrestaurant.com Location: Central Category: Trendy Fabi + Rosi European Kitchen Cool cottage, outdoor...

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TDCJ Wants to Keep a Secret

The TDCJ doesn’t want to release information on the size of the death penalty drug stockpile at the state’s disposal, because, as Allan Turner of the Houston Chronicle reports, the department believes...

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Prom Queen Charged for Faking Leukemia

Most prom queens just dream of going down in the books—not of being booked. But more than ten months after police launched an investigation, Angie Gomez, a Horizon City prom queen, was hit with a...

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More Trouble Brewing at the Giddings State School

The Giddings State School, which has been plagued by scandal for years, finds itself facing yet another controversy. A nine-page report from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department ombudsman, Debbie...

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Some Eagle Scouts are Protesting the Boy Scouts’ Continued Gay Ban

It takes 21 merit badges, six months of post-Life Scout troop activity, and unquestionably years of effort to achieve the Eagle Scout rank in the Boy Scouts of America organization. But Eagle Scouts...

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KHOU Mishandles Twitter Technology

Twitter user Abraham Riesman found himself with a lot more than usual to handle Tuesday because of—well—his handle. The New York journalist and producer discovered that his Twitter feed appeared next...

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The State of Women’s Health in Texas

For more than a year a feud has been brewing between the state of Texas and Planned Parenthood over coverage for the Women’s Health Program. At various points—especially over the course of the past few...

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Where Things Stand with the Women’s Health Program

For more than a year, the state of Texas and Planned Parenthood have been locked in a bitter feud over the future of the Texas’s Women’s Health Program, a Medicaid fund that provides women’s health...

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The Morning After Women’s Health Reform

Wednesday was the dawn of a new age for women’s healthcare in Texas. Under a new state rule, healthcare providers like Planned Parenthood and other health clinics with abortion ties will be barred from...

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Death Penalty Drugs: From Three to One

For the first time in the 482 executions that Texas has performed since the death penalty was reinstated in 1982, the state will not use a three-drug cocktail. The state was forced to make a change...

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Big Changes Shake Up Komen

For thirty years, Nancy Brinker, who founded the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, has sat at the helm of the organization as chief executive, but soon, that will all come to an end. The Komen organization...

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As One Oswald Home Is Demolished, Another Is to Become A Museum

Two Dallas-area buildings once occupied by presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald met opposite fates this week. While Irving made a move to restore the home where Oswald spent the night before...

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