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La Belle Makes Final Voyage from Mud to Museum

October 25, 2014

The opening of the exhibit, titled ‘La Belle: The Ship That Changed History,’ marks the culmination of a hunt that has taken the better part of a lifetime for Jim Bruseth, guest curator at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin and director of recovery efforts for the Texas Historical Commission.

Dr. James Bruseth, guest curator at the Bullock Texas State History Museum, points out some of the tools recovered from the La Belle that will be on display at the museum in Austin, TX., during a tour on October 15, 2014.

A pedestrian wears a surgical mask as he crosses the street in front of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Thursday morning, Oct. 2, 2014, in Dallas, where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas last week, is being treated. AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Nathan Hunsinger

Texas Ebola Expert: ‘There Was a Breakdown in Communication’

October 10, 2014

Reporting Texas interviews infectious disease specialist Dr. Scott Lea.

U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, left, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, center, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry turn the first shovel-full of sand at the groundbreaking ceremony for the SpaceX launch pad at Boca Chica Beach, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star, David Pike)

Billionaires Moving in Different Orbits on Texas Space Projects

October 3, 2014

SpaceX is setting up a $100 million spaceport on a South Texas beach.

Photo courtesy of Jeremy Brooks/Flickr.

Texas Shies Away from Alcohol at Gun Shows

September 17, 2014

Uproar prompts state regulators to reconsider the proposal.

EoT: ‘Duck Dynasty’ and Prurient Politics

October 24, 2014

A puppy on quarantine and racy politics.

EoT: Ebola: Strippers and Neiman Marcus

October 21, 2014

A college and two male strippers panic about Ebola.

EoT: ISIS Edition

October 10, 2014

ISIS on the Texas-Mexico border and Twitter

Arts & Culture

Hashtags Divide UT’s Black Community

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Business & Tech

South By Southwest Puts New Austin Bike-Sharing Program on a Roll

B-cycle user Michael Senftleber pedals down Congress Street between his two offices this week. Senftleber purchased an annual membership earlier this month, adding to the 581 members Austin B-Cycle had accumulated through South by Southwest. Photo by Shelby Isbell.

Hidden Texas

Radio Show Is Death Row Vigil

Ray Hill, the host of Execution Watch, a radio show that goes on air only when the Texas Department of Justice conducts an execution, with guest Larry Douglas, a criminal defense attorney. Photo by Ann Choi

Inside Austin

Austin Has a Thriving Comedy Scene, But Comedians Aren’t Reaping the Rewards

Comic Joe Hafkey performs at the Cap City Comedy Club for the 14th round of the Funniest Person in Austin Contest on May 6, 2014. Photo by Esmeralda Coronado

Politics & Society

For Law Students, a Supply Glut and ‘Exploding Scholarships’

UT Austin Law students are already hard at work in the Tarlton Law Library on campus three days into the semester on August 29, 2014. Photo by Martin do Nascimento/Reporting Texas

Science & The Environment

Solar Stations Put a Charge into UT Campus

Sol Design Lab creator Beth Ferguson, and UT sculpture department instructor Rick Mansfield assemble the upright poles on the steel base for one of two solar charging stations scheduled to be installed at UT at the end of May. Photo courtesy of Beth Ferguson.

Sports & Leisure

Historic Austin Golf Course Renovating After October Floods

Grounds crews work on the damaged second hole green of the Onion Creek Country Club that sits along the banks of Onion Creek and was flooded as one of the lowest areas of the course. In this picture the flood waters were above the tree line in the background. The historic floods of Halloween 2013 have left a crippling effect on Onion Creek Country Club in south Austin. The club is currently repairing and renovating several holes that were damaged and remain closed until late fall. The private club hosted the general public to a discounted round of golf Monday, April 21, and a complimentary lunch in hopes of increasing membership. Photo by Ralph Barrera, Austin American-Statesman.

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