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X Games return to Austin for second-straight year

Aaron Torres June 5, 2015

For the second time in history, X Games has come to Austin. For the first time ever, though, there was a winner in the Harley-Davidson Flat-Track Racing event, a new event premiering this year....

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City prepares for X Games with road closures, detours downtown

Jackie Wang June 4, 2015

The City of Austin is preparing for the second annual X Games with lane closures and detours downtown. Streets south of the Capitol building will be blocked off for the opening event of the X Games, Moto...

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City begins rebuilding process after May floods

Matthew Adams June 3, 2015

May was the wettest month in Texas history, with 37.3 trillion gallons of water falling across the state. The worst of the deluge came Memorial Day weekend, and several local counties, faced with disastrous...

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Slideshow: Photos of local flooding

Anderson Boyd and Daulton Venglar May 26, 2015

Heavy rain caused Shoal Creek to to rise out of its banks and flood parts of downtown Austin on Lamar Boulevard on Monday after reports of flooding in both Hyde Park and East Austin.  Both...

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Officials say students not at risk for mumps

Anderson Boyd May 20, 2015

Despite three official mumps diagnoses in the last two weeks, University health officials say students are not at risk of infection. University officials first notified students about an undergraduate...

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Crime in Austin interactive

Miles Hutson May 11, 2015

The first of its kind of the Austin area, The Daily Texan's interactive crime map allows users to browse the various crimes the Austin Police Department has reported, separated by location and type...

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New faces, familiar places: Year in review

Daily Texan Staff May 8, 2015

LIFE&ARTS | This year brought the usual lineup of festivities to Austin. For two weekends in October, musicians including Eminem, Lorde and Outkast, made their ways to Austin City Limits. A number...

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UT alumni, Austin improvisers create podcast Now You Know A Little Bit More About Us

Marisa Charpentier May 7, 2015

Space exploration and high seas adventures are common topics of conversation between UT alumni Patrick Creamer and Quinn Buckner. Once a week, they set up their microphones and record random stories for...

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Kerbey Lane celebrates 35th anniversary with festivities, donations to United Way

Rachel Lew May 5, 2015

Kerbey Lane Cafe celebrated its 35th year anniversary Monday with face painting and miniature horses — donating all of the proceeds to United Way for Greater Austin.  Mason Ayer, CEO of Kerbey...

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Austin Fire Department works with Wall-E, Eve to combat danger

Wynne Davis May 4, 2015

Two robots, Wall-E and Eve, are helping the Austin Fire Department incorporate technology into firefighting so that they can ultimately assess situations in advance of their human firefighting counterparts. The...

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Chili’s releases coupons, ad campaign centered around Rotnofsky-Mandalapu win

Samantha Ketterer May 1, 2015

Over the course of their campaign to lead Student Government, Xavier Rotnofsky and Rohit Mandalapu had several joking goals, including renaming the West Mall the South Mall, reducing the hours the Perry-Castañeda...

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As APD prepares to equip department with body cameras, some officers ahead of the curve

Wynne Davis May 1, 2015

Over the next two to five years, the Austin Police Department will implement plans to equip its officers with body cameras — and in the meantime, 25 APD officers have purchased cameras on their own. Several...

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