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Rat baiting: The brutal Victorian bloodsport and betting craze in the West Midlands

Rat baiting was a bloodsport that gripped the West Midlands in the 1800s – and it was a massive betting craze that saw huge ...

Tobey Maguire made how much playing poker?

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Austin City Council has been voting in secret for years, despite the city’s claims of transparency

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NHL Exploring Texas Expansion as Austin, Houston Emerge as Candidates

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Edward Glynn Herrod

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Historic candy store closes after 141 years — operated by the same family for 5 generations: ‘I can’t believe it’

A beloved chain of candy stores is closing up shop. In a statement, Lammes Candies, a Texas institution, attributed the closure to “unprecedented economic pressures and current market conditions.” The ...

Historic candy store chain closes in Texas due to 'economic pressures'

A historic candy company based in the heart of Texas is set to close its doors after more than a century. Lammes Candies is closing due to "the unprecedented economic pressures and current market ...

The Sixth Annual Heroes for Children Hold 'Em for Heroes Poker Tournament

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The place | Lifestyle Austin

Husband and wife entrepreneurial team Les and Laura Davis are the brains and food experts at The Place, where together the spent three years perfecting their famous and delicious homemade biscuit mix.

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Art Fein, Cable TV Host & Author, Dies at 79: ‘The Ed Sullivan of Public Access TV’

Art Fein's Poker Party, which debuted in 1984 as Lil Art's Poker Party, ran for 24 years. By Paul Grein Art Fein, a longtime fixture of the Los Angeles music scene who achieved his greatest success as ...