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Jaque Roberts, left, and her partner of 31 years, Carmelita Cabello, right, arrive to apply for marriage license at the Travis County building after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry nationwide, Friday, June 26, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The court's 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage.(AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Cecile Richards, daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards and president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, greets abortion rights advocates as they leave the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas, on July 12, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Residents living on "Bruce Jenner Lane" in Austin appear to be against the idea of changing the street name to follow the former Olympian's public transition to his female identity, Caitlyn Jenner. (KVUE)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, talks with news reporters during a round table talk in his office at the Texas Capitol, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Zilker Metropolitan Park (Austin, TX) - Zilker Park is a metropolitan park in the heart of Austin, TX, made up of 350 acres of land. It is noted for hosting the Austin City Limits Music Festival and crowds of up to 42,000 people. Some of it's main attractions are the Barton Springs Pool, Zilker Botanical Garden, and its numerous soccer and volleyball fields- not to mention it has a polo field.
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Miss Sweeney of Austin, Texas, who blazed onto the country music scene in 2010 and by 2013 was nominated as one of the industry's rising female stars, performed a few songs for the veterans and their families, as children danced and sang along in the crowd. (Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times)
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Rep. Larry Phillips, Sherman Republican, holds up the change position report with the errors used as a point of order to try to delay an open carry bill on the House floor Tuesday in Austin, Texas. (Associated Press)
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Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Billy Spears is reportedly being forced to undergo counseling after he posed for a photo with Snoop Dogg while working at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin. (Instagram/@snoopdogg)
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An activist lawyer has claimed responsibility for placing stickers that read "exclusively for white people" on several East Austin businesses in a controversial effort to shed light on gentrification. (KVUE)
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Miley Cyrus, left, joins Mike Will Made It onstage at the Fader Fort Presented by Converse during the SXSW Music Festival on Thursday, March 19, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
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United Therapeutics CEO Martine Rothblatt gives a keynote on "AI, Immortality and the Future of Selves" during the SXSW Interactive Festival on Saturday, March 14, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)
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A person wearing a rainbow-colored tie stands at the Texas Capitol steps Feb. 17, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2015 file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses a joint session of the Texas Legislature in Austin, Texas. As they begin to shape their prospective bids for president, a group of ambitious Republican governors are eager to seize on voters’ contempt for that most dirty of political words: “Washington.” (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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6. AUSTIN, TX - Texas Capitol through the south gate in Austin, Texas. The Texas Capitol in Austin opened in 1885, built from pink granite quarried in Texas Hill Country. The interior is filled with famous paintings and statues and the grounds are home to statues, a visitor center and the governor's mansion. It's one of a number of free things to see and do in Austin. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - This Dec. 9, 2013 file photo shows theTexas Capitol through the south gate in Austin, Texas. The Texas Capitol in Austin opened in 1885, built from pink granite quarried in Texas Hill Country. The interior is filled with famous paintings and statues and the grounds are home to statues, a visitor center and the governor's mansion. It's one of a number of free things to see and do in Austin. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Pro-choice supporters, foreground, try to disrupt pro-life supporters as they march to the Texas Capitol during a Texas Rally for Life, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 photo, Jon Rumion, background left, talks with Michael Cargill at Central Texas Gun Works, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file) ** FILE **
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is stepping down in January after 14 years in Austin, said that although voters sent a message of approval to GOP state leaders, the electorate's favor must nonetheless be earned. (Associated Press)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, right, attorney David Botsford listen during a pretrial hearing on felony abuse of power charges in the 390th District Court at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, in Austin, Texas. An Austin grand jury indicted Perry in August. The charges stem from his carrying out a threat to veto state funding for public corruption prosecutors. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner, Pool)
