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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/politifact-paine-didnt-say-what-perry-said-he-said/nkRkJ/"><img class="lt-responsive-img" data-action="matte" data-urltemplate="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/lt/lt_cache/{{ action }}/{{ dimensions }}/img/photos/2015/03/09/00/60/USA-POLITICS.jpg" height="1317" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" width="2048" title="PolitiFact: Paine didn’t say what Perry said he said" alt="PolitiFact: Paine didn’t say what Perry said he said"/><figcaption class="photo-credit"><span> JIM YOUNG</span></figcaption></a></figure><h2 class="story-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/politifact-paine-didnt-say-what-perry-said-he-said/nkRkJ/">Thomas Paine didn’t say what Perry said he said</a></h2><p class="story-byline">By Sean Gorman - <span class="story-source">PolitiFact Virginia</span></p><div class="story-text"><p>Former Gov. Rick Perry drew inspiration from one of the nation’s founding fathers during a speech at a recent fundraising dinner for the Republican Party of Virginia.</p><p>“Thomas Paine wrote that ‘the duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government,’ ” Perry said, drawing applause from the crowd during his Feb. 24 event at the Richmond Marriott.</p></div><footer><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/politifact-paine-didnt-say-what-perry-said-he-said/nkRkJ/"> ... Read More</a>  |  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/politifact-paine-didnt-say-what-perry-said-he-said/nkRkJ/#cmCommentAnchor">Comments (2)</a></footer></article></div></div><div class="span4"><div id="tease_slot_7"><article class="story portrait"><div class="story-header"><h1 class="story-section">austin public safety</h1></div><h2 class="story-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/man-confesses-to-string-of-robberies-after-starbuc/nkRj2/">Man confesses to string of robberies after Starbucks stickup</a></h2><p class="story-byline">By Nicole Chavez - <span class="story-source">American-Statesman Staff</span></p><div class="story-text"><p>A man confessed to a string of robberies across Austin after he was arrested on Friday, police said.</p><p>The man, 26-year-old Gai Peter Won, was caught by two bystanders who held him down after he had pointed a gun at a Starbucks clerk during a downtown robbery Friday, police said.</p><p>Won confessed to committing several robberies — including the one at the Starbucks — in which he would pretend he was pulling money from a bag to pay for a product, but would instead pull out a black pistol and demand money, court documents show.</p></div><footer><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/man-confesses-to-string-of-robberies-after-starbuc/nkRj2/"> ... Read More</a>  |  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/man-confesses-to-string-of-robberies-after-starbuc/nkRj2/#cmCommentAnchor">Comments (2)</a></footer></article></div></div></div><div class="row row-teases-separator"><hr/></div><div class="row row-teases-tertiary"><div class="span4"><div id="tease_slot_8"><article class="story portrait"><div class="story-header"><h1 class="story-section">travis county</h1></div><h2 class="story-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/travis-county-sheriffs-office-inmate-died-in-jail/nkRgM/">Travis County sheriff’s office: Inmate died in jail</a></h2><p class="story-byline">By Ciara O'Rourke - <span class="story-source">American-Statesman Staff</span></p><div class="story-text"><p>A woman who was accused of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a collision died at the Travis County Jail on Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office.</p><p>Challase Jennings, 47, was found unresponsive around 7:30 a.m. by a corrections officer who was checking on inmates in their cells, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.</p><p>She was arrested by Travis County deputies on Friday and had been in custody for about two days when she was pronounced dead at 8:14 a.m. Sunday.</p></div><footer><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/travis-county-sheriffs-office-inmate-died-in-jail/nkRgM/"> ... Read More</a>  |  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/travis-county-sheriffs-office-inmate-died-in-jail/nkRgM/#cmCommentAnchor">Comment (1)</a></footer></article></div></div><div class="span4"><div id="tease_slot_9"><article class="story photo portrait"><div class="story-header"><h1 class="story-section">continuing coverage: cathy lynn henderson case</h1></div><figure><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/new-trial-date-set-for-ex-death-row-inmate-cathy-l/nkRph/"><img class="lt-responsive-img" data-action="matte" data-urltemplate="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/lt/lt_cache/{{ action }}/{{ dimensions }}/img/photos/2015/03/09/da/68/dyc-henderson-02.jpg" height="1536" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" width="1952" title="New trial date set for ex-death row inmate Cathy Lynn Henderson" alt="New trial date set for ex-death row inmate Cathy Lynn Henderson"/><figcaption class="photo-credit"><span> Deborah Cannon</span></figcaption></a></figure><h2 class="story-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/new-trial-date-set-for-ex-death-row-inmate-cathy-l/nkRph/">New trial date set for ex-death row inmate Cathy Lynn Henderson</a></h2><p class="story-byline">By Jazmine Ulloa - <span class="story-source">American-Statesman Staff</span></p><div class="story-text"><p>More than two years since she was granted a new trial, Cathy Lynn Henderson, a former babysitter once on death row for the 1994 death of an infant, has been scheduled to go before a jury again beginning Sept. 21.</p><p>District Court Judge Karen Sage on Monday heard a brief status update on the case and set the jury selection process to begin at the end of August.</p></div><footer><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/new-trial-date-set-for-ex-death-row-inmate-cathy-l/nkRph/"> ... Read More</a></footer></article></div></div><div class="span4"><div id="tease_slot_10"><article class="story photo portrait"><div class="story-header"><h1 class="story-section">education</h1></div><figure><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local/four-central-texas-educators-named-finalists-for-h/nkRpB/"><img class="lt-responsive-img" data-action="matte" data-urltemplate="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/lt/lt_cache/{{ action }}/{{ dimensions }}/img/photos/2015/03/09/0d/e2/rbz-HEB-Teacher-Awards-01.jpg" height="1421" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" width="2048" title="Four Central Texas educators named finalists for H-E-B awards" alt="Four Central Texas educators named finalists for H-E-B awards"/><figcaption class="photo-credit"><span> Ralph Barrera</span></figcaption></a></figure><h2 class="story-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local/four-central-texas-educators-named-finalists-for-h/nkRpB/">Four Central Texas educators named finalists for H-E-B awards</a></h2><p class="story-byline">By Staff - <span class="story-source">American-Statesman staff</span></p><div class="story-text"><p>Four Central Texas finalists in the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards were surprised Monday at work and given $1,000 checks.</p><p>The surprise parties for finalists are the first round in the annual awards program, which will honor 40 principals and teachers across Texas.</p><p>In addition to money for the educators, an additional prize of $1,000 to $2,500 is awarded to the schools where they work.</p></div><footer><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local/four-central-texas-educators-named-finalists-for-h/nkRpB/"> ... Read More</a></footer></article></div></div></div><div class="row row-teases-separator"><hr/></div><div class="row-ad ad-leaderboard"><div class="ad center"><div class="adgeletti-ad-div HP01 bp-972px-infinity" id="adgeletti-ad-div-HP01-972px-infinity" style="display:none"></div><p class="ad-warning">advertisement</p></div></div><div class="row row-teases-separator"><hr/></div><div class="row row-teases-lists"><div class="span4"><div id="tease_slot_11"><article class="list-tease"><h1 class="story-section"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/list/news/local/john-kelso/mG2C/">John Kelso</a><span> </span></h1><ul class="photo"><li class="first-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310034217/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local/kelso-an-austinites-uninvited-guest-became-a-cause/nkQPd/" class="story-photo-link"><figure><div class="elastic"></div><img class="lt-responsive-img" data-action="matte" 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