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MILK: Austin premiere this Friday
Cinemark CEO controversy at all, MILK premieres this Friday! It's showing at the Drafthouse, among other locations. (via That Austin Girl)

Parents sue school over sex offender check system
A background check system used by many Texas schools to spot visititing sex offenders is being challenged by two parents.

Armstrong starts training; anti-doping site absent
Lance Armstrong is set to start training camp this week without having subjected himself to drug tests by the anti-doping expert he teamed with and with no deal in place...

Austin police using DNA to solve thefts
Austin police have joined a small group of police departments using DNA testing to solve routine property crimes.

Sending Brave Women (and Children?) to War
Private Monica Brown became the second woman awarded the Silver Star since WWII for helping rescue several fellow soldiers from a burning vehicle with bullets racing by and mortars exploding...