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<title><![CDATA[ Striking Sparks ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653719</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When strangers team up to create a play and a video game in 10 weeks, sparks fly &ndash; in a good way ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ 'Tiny Acts of Immeasurable Benefit' ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653870</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Katie Pell's new exhibit channels the artist's positive energy and desire to celebrate everyone ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ United States Art Authority ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653872</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A zoning glitch forces the UT campus-area arts space to close down temporarily ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Don Howell: In Memoriam ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653874</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: The Clean House ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653934</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Zach Theatre's production is so good that you wish you were onstage with the characters ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Skate! A Night at the Rink ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653935</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Forklift Danceworks' latest was a big wet kiss to the communal joys of roller-skating ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Passion at Play ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653936</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Though at times exciting, this program lacked American Repertory Ensemble's usual spark of artistic fusion ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653725</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A fun modern satire mired in white suburbia and art-school pretensions ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: The Truth About Sascha Knisch ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653730</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Translated from Swedish, this is a suspenseful murder mystery that explores sexuality in Weimar-era Berlin ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Letters at 3am: Issues '08: 'The Situation' ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653746</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The "Situation" is upon us: China and Southern Asia can support their own growth and have no more use for us ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Oops ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653985</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ After a Fashion ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653744</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Stephen was never one for backpedaling ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Day Trips ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653962</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Central Texas rodeos feature some of the finest live-action entertainment in the Lone Star State ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Playing Through ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653987</link>
<description><![CDATA[ King of Kombat fighters know the therapeutic benefits of taking and receiving a spinning back fist ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mr. Smarty Pants Knows ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653937</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A toilet-seat art museum, aliens exist, and more ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Common Law ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653735</link>
<description><![CDATA[ What's the deal with my security deposit? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ An Avocado Story ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653756</link>
<description><![CDATA[ From the Aztecs to the Austin Aztex, everybody's eating avocados ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ten Things You May Not Know About Avocados ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653762</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Grow Avocados in Texas? Yes, We Can. ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653763</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Avocado Gelato ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653764</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Avocado Margaritas ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653767</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Early Guacamole: I Say Ahuaca-mulli, You Say Wakimoli ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653769</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ 'El Aguacatero' (The Avocado Grower) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653770</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Shirataki Noodles ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653755</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Japanese diet noodles can be substituted in many dishes ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Food-o-File ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653748</link>
<description><![CDATA[ From campus to the convention center, new executive chefs are courting culinary connoisseurs ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Event Menu: Aug. 2-7 ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653753</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Wine tastings and kitchen-tool demonstrations keep the weekend ahead well-informed ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Williams-Sonoma Wine &amp; Food: A New Look at Flavor ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653754</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Josh Wesson delights with his wine and food pairing expertise ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Mayor of Washington Boulevard ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653878</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The first Beach Boys' solo album, Dennis Wilson's <i>Pacific Ocean Blue</i>, washes back ashore after more than three decades ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ More Reissues ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653880</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Off the Record: Music News ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653882</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Dedringers and James McMurtry visit VideoRanch, the Strange Boys land In the Red, the Decoder Ring crosses paths with the Hold Steady and Modest Mouse, and Full Service amps up in a parking lot near you ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Harlem ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653884</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Free Drugs ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Mammoth Grinder ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653885</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Rage and Ruin ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: The Dirty Hearts ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653886</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pigs ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: The Sales Bros. ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653887</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hired Guns ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Watching the Moon ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653888</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Perception Is Bent ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Sunset ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653889</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Glowing City ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ DVDnds: Hug ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653890</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Live at Room 710 ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rock Box: Rock Box ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653891</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Dig, Human, Under Pressure, Dark Summer Dawn, Osaka Cocka Rocka, Simulacrum and Portuguese Prince ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Micky &amp; the Motorcars ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653894</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Naive ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Crystal Flavola ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653895</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Automatic Monkey ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Dr. Zog ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653896</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Going to the Zydeco ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Chris Van Loan ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653898</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Rebirth ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Review: Young Nick ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653899</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Gone EP ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Girlie Action: Girlie Action ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653900</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Gulf Coast Blues, Shotgun Party and One Step Above the Blues ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ bonus tracks: Owl Morrison ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653901</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Playing With Matches ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ bonus tracks: Hans Frank &amp; the Auslanders ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653902</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Glambilly! ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ bonus tracks: Abi Tapia ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653903</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Beauty in the Ruin ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ bonus tracks: Izzy Cox ]]></title>  
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A653904</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Love Letters From the Electric Chair ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Don't Fear the Devil ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653907</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Some glorious bastards, new to DVD ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Of Strip Clubs and Hash Stashes ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653915</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On location: <i>Dance With the One</i> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Spandex Not Required ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653920</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Comic-Con 2008 ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Film News ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653923</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Remakes and revisitings from Austin's cine-making kings ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ TV Eye: Truth in Advertising ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653941</link>
<description><![CDATA[ AMC's <i>Mad Men</i> is back, and boy, is TV Eye glad ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Death Penalty in Practice ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653963</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Those Who Are About to Die ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653965</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Your Texas death machine gets rolling again ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Names on a List ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653966</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scheduled Texas Executions, August to November ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Texas Death Row: Executions Begin Again ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653968</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An audio essay ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Additional Documents ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A653973</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Headlines ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654041</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Naked City ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654045</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Quote of the Week ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654046</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Res Publica ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654049</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Your good-citizen calendar for July 31-Aug. 7 ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Front-Runner Emerges for CAMPO Seat ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654007</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Capital Metro board mounts search to fill vacancy ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ McCaul's Islamic 'Rescue' ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654008</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Congressman jumps on wrong bandwagon in quest to show his anti-terrorist stripes ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Permit Woes ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654009</link>
<description><![CDATA[ South Austin art and music venue trying to reopen ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Austin Not So Walkable ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654012</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Driver Sentenced in Bicycle Fatality ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654013</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Family of victim, cyclist Vilhelm Hesness, agreed to plea deal ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ PUC Gathering the Western Wind ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654019</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new source for electricity is on the wind ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Austin's Clean Energy Future ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654020</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Noriega on Energy ... Looks Familiar ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654024</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Rick Noriega announces his energy plan ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Nader Stumps for Prez ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654025</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Remember Ralph Nader? He's running for president again. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Breast-Feeding Campaign Kicks Off ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654028</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Report Details DPS Failures in Fire Case ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654029</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lack of training, staff shortages among DPS' shortcomings ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Hays County Turns Blue &ndash; and Green ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654030</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New county leadership is keen on environmental stewardship ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Phone Use Cut at Hutto ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654031</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Austin May Join Effort to Buy Aquifer Property ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/story?oid=oid%3A654033</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Finally! A piece of environmentally sensitive property that <i>won't</i> be developed. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ City Hall Hustle: Budget Time: Who You Gonna Cut? ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A654047</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The annual budget melodrama rounds up the usual suspects ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Developing Stories: Who'll Take a Streetcar? 32,000 Riders a Day. ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A654006</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Plans unveiled for rail transit ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Point Austin: Impeaching the Empire: What if they held a hearing, and nobody heard? ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A654050</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The House Judiciary Committee considers high crimes and misdemeanors ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Hightower Report ]]></title>
<link>http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/column?oid=oid%3A653906</link>
<description><![CDATA[ DHS Border Fence Will Split Campus; and Dodging a Tax by Dissing Pringles ]]></description>
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