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Monday May 28 | KQXT-FM San Antonio

Small Texas Town Has Lost More Residents Per Capita in Iraq, Afghanistan than Any Other US Community

The Memorial Day, pause to reflect on the huge sacrifice that the small town of Smithville Texas, which is southeast of Bastrop, has made in the War on Terror.

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Fri May 25, 2012

WOAI

Tiny Texas town devastated by deaths in the war on terror

The reason this town has gotten recent attention isn't because of survivors; it's because of lives lost: 5 of them since 2006.

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Tue May 22, 2012

Nucleic Acids Research

DNA polymerase zeta is required for proliferation of normal mammalian cells

To determine whether pol I is necessary for proliferation of normal cells, primary mouse fibroblasts were established in which Rev3L could be conditionally inactivated by Cre recombinase.

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Wed May 16, 2012

KVUE.com

Food fight suspends nine high school seniors

SMITHVILLE, Texas -- Immortalized in movies and YouTube videos, food fights are the prank that just don't seem to get old.

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Wed May 09, 2012

MyFoxAustin

Woman Found On HWY 71 Dies

Fayette County Sheriff's Office is investigating the suspicious death of a 37-year-old woman who was found in the middle of Highway 71, between Smithville and La Grange.

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Fri May 04, 2012

Austin American-Statesman

Zimmerhanzel and Fredericksburg win Class 3A golf titles

Smithville junior Kraig Zimmerhanzel and the Battlin' Billies from Fredericksburg were the big winners on the last day of the University Interscholastic League's 2012 golf season.

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