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Report: Kids were pawns in alleged East Texas traffic-stop shakedowns
statesman.com — “Authorities in an East Texas town under investigation for allegedly shaking down drivers for their cash sometimes used the travelers' children as bargaining chips in their attempt to seize money, records show.” View full resource at statesman.com
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Austin news, sports, weather, Longhorns, business | Statesman.com
statesman.com — “In a major advancement of efforts to establish a medical school in Austin, the University of Texas’ governing board today pledged about $25 million a year toward operating costs — contingent on $35 million in annual funding from local governments,...” View full resource at statesman.com
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UT regents approve contingent funding for medical school in Austin: http://t.co/xEaMKbRa via @statesman
Readers offer their take on parenting, pouting and 'deadbeat dads'
statesman.com — “While I'm away, readers give the advice. On people you know are talking trash about you: When someone wants to share a third party's juicy/hurtful/critical comments about me, I like to reply,” View full resource at statesman.com
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Are we headed for the burst of a bubble in social media? SXSW sure felt like it
statesman.com — “Somewhere between the time Leonardo DiCaprio appeared his scruffy-yet-baby face hidden beneath an Oakland Raiders cap at a downtown party full of models and high-finance types, the day Al Gore flew into town for a little more than three hours just to talk to a room full of badge-wearing tech geeks and the night Jay-Z performed at the behest of American Express, I began to get a little spooked.” View full resource at statesman.com
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Are we headed for the burst of a bubble in social media? #SXSW sure felt like it http://t.co/1wUCVMpB #hcmktg #hcsm #mccsm
Texas pharmacists fear Medicaid reimbursement cuts will devastate livelihoods
statesman.com — “Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Tom Suehs faced a tough crowd Saturday: a room full of Texas pharmacists fearful that recent changes to how the state reimburses them for filling Medicaid prescriptions will endanger their jobs.” View full resource at statesman.com
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Texas pharmacists fear Medicaid reimbursement cuts will devastate livelihoods: Texas pharmacists fear Medicaid r... http://t.co/ZnTt26yl
Few U.S. cities prepared for needs of aging baby boomers, group says
statesman.com — “Few communities have started to think long term about how to plan and redesign services for aging baby boomers as they move out of the workforce and into retirement.” View full resource at statesman.com
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Few U.S. cities prepared for needs of aging baby boomers, group says: Few U.S. cities prepared for needs ... http://t.co/MMuu0wcg #aging
From tiny start, Austin health care company has turned into industry giant
statesman.com — “At the Park Valley Inn Health Center, elderly residents are bouncing an inflated ball across a net, volleyball style, as staffers retrieve errant passes and cheer them on.” View full resource at statesman.com
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From tiny start, Austin health care company has turned into industry giant: Harden Healthcare founder Lew Little... http://t.co/uLRZsfI7
Keep kids calm and avoid the STAAR Stomach during test season
statesman.com — “My mom friends and I used to joke that once our kids hit third grade there was this highly contagious disease called the TAKS Tummy.” View full resource at statesman.com
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College football notes: Penn State offers free counseling
statesman.com — “Penn State is offering free child-abuse counseling services to the alleged victims of former university assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.” View full resource at statesman.com
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College football notes: Penn State offers free counseling: College football notes: Penn State offers free counseling http://t.co/qsSfYZlX
Gardening Calendar
statesman.com — “Akins FFA Alumni Annual Plant Sale. 5 to 7 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends through April 15.” View full resource at statesman.com
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Doctors, their oldest patients starting to smart from new state health cuts
statesman.com — “About 10 percent of patients seen by Bruce Malone, an Austin orthopedic surgeon, are referred to in medical circles as” View full resource at statesman.com
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Doctors & their oldest patients starting to smart from new state health cuts 031512_payments http://t.co/lxT1EGLA #DualEligible
Starke: Combat TB before it strengthens
statesman.com — “On the heels of tuberculosis outbreaks in Denton and Ellis counties, health officials in Red Oak have identified another potentially active case of tuberculosis in the local elementary school system.” View full resource at statesman.com
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Starke: Combat #TB before it strengthens http://t.co/O8hMjBbb @bcmhouston
How I quit smoking and lived to tell it
statesman.com — “This is the story of how I was finally able to conquer my four-pack-a-day smoking habit back in September, 1968.” View full resource at statesman.com
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Largest addiction treatment facility in Central Texas says, 'No smoking'
statesman.com — “The image of chain-smoking patients in treatment for drug addiction is no myth, but an Austin nonprofit hopes to make it history.” View full resource at statesman.com
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Largest addiction treatment facility in Central Texas says, 'No smoking' http://t.co/T2Rfpbdi
State pulls mental health hospitals' power to choose doctors
statesman.com — “Following reports by the American-Statesman that state mental health hospitals employ psychiatrists with a documented history of sexual misconduct, the Department of State Health Services has seized ultimate hiring authority of all doctors at its 10 facilities.” View full resource at statesman.com

