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Hit-and-run prompts Red Bull heir arrest

The Associated Press September 4, 2012

BANGKOK — A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning...

Issac leaves many without electricity

The Associated Press September 4, 2012

NEW ORLEANS — Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly a week after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a deluge that still has some low-lying...

Longhorn Network expands to U-Verse

Samantha Katsounas September 4, 2012

UT picked up more than one victory this past weekend, beating the University of Wyoming in its first season match and scoring a triumph with its Longhorn Network distribution battle with cable providers. ESPN...

Austin water restrictions advance to stage two

Matthew Stottlemyre September 4, 2012

The City of Austin will implement city-wide water restrictions Tuesday in response to declining water levels in Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan. Restrictions will enter stage two of the city’s four...

UT ranks 23rd best university in nation, new study finds

Joshua Fechter September 4, 2012

UT is the 23rd best university in the nation, according to Washington Monthly’s 2012 rankings of U.S. universities. Washington Monthly’s results differ significantly from those of U.S. News...

Incentives promote school attendance

The Associated Press September 4, 2012

BERKELEY, Calif. — School day wake-up calls recorded by celebrities. Weekend makeup classes. Contests with laptop computers, private concerts and cars as prizes. Educators across the nation are...

iPods a distraction? Not for ELLs

Blake Carter September 4, 2012

A recent study conducted by a UT professor and three graduate student assistants has shown that English language learners in elementary, middle and high schools gain more learning time and motivation from...

Man stabbed Saturday now in stable condition, suspect charged with aggravated assault with deadly weapon

David Maly September 4, 2012

A man stabbed Saturday afternoon in front of the University Co-op is now in stable condition, police said. According to police, 52-year-old Leroy Faubion stabbed 23-year-old Waylon Barnes in the back...

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UT and Rice disagree over most effective tobacco policy

David Maly September 4, 2012

The battle over tobacco use on university campuses continues to heat up as Texas schools take different policy approaches. UT banned tobacco campus-wide earlier this year after the Cancer Prevention and...

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University promotes its four-year graduation campaign by branding 2016

Bobby Blanchard September 4, 2012

2016 is everywhere. It is on the shirts. It is on the bags UT gave students at orientation. It has become a hash tag on Twitter. It was in UT President William Powers Jr.’s speech at Gone to Texas....

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UT graduate student develops tree nursery, will donate thousands of seedlings to Bastrop

David Loewenberg September 4, 2012

With Tuesday marking the one-year anniversary of the most destructive fire in Texas history that reduced more than 30,000 acres of Bastrop County to ashes and more than 1,500 homes to mere memories, a...

Miners charged in deaths of 34 killed by police

The Associated Press August 31, 2012

JOHANNESBURG — About 270 miners at the Lonmin Platinum Mine in South Africa were charged Thursday with the murders of 34 striking colleagues who were shot by South African police officers, authorities...

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