Your morning headlines for 10/8/2017

Scan today's top headlines from the Statesman Having trouble viewing this email? [View it here.]( Sunday, October 08, 2017 [Afternoon Updates]( [statesman.com »]( [Austin American-Statesman]( Sunday, October 08, 2017 Sunday's Top Story [In remembering the Alamo, George P. Bush is forced to defend himself ]( [In remembering the Alamo, George P. Bush is forced to defend himself]( Land Commissioner George P. Bush stood on a temporary platform in Alamo Plaza in the midst of what 1... [Read More »]( Local News [Texas 40, Kansas State 34 (2OT): Longhorns pushing their way into Big 12 forefront ]( [Texas 40, Kansas State 34 (2OT): Longhorns pushing their way into Big 12 forefront]( Anyone who missed the double-overtime nail-biter against USC got another chance Saturday night to ch... [Read More »]( [Wear: 'Evil MoPac' about to set up shop in Circle C ]( [Wear: 'Evil MoPac' about to set up shop in Circle C]( Construction on MoPac is about to begin.... [Read More »]( [Austin's Second Street: Hub of woman-owned businesses ]( [Austin's Second Street: Hub of woman-owned businesses]( Woman-owned businesses aren't as rare as they used to be - and perhaps nowhere is that more evident ... [Read More »]( [Austin Answered: Why do Central Texas hospitals advertise on TV? ]( [Austin Answered: Why do Central Texas hospitals advertise on TV?]( Everyone knows where the nearest hospital is and even if they don't, they're taken to the closest on... [Read More »]( [In South Texas, students await return to hurricane-ravaged schools ]( [In South Texas, students await return to hurricane-ravaged schools]( Dylan Samora started his junior year at a new school. An athlete and straight-A student, he's being ... [Read More »]( Business [Top Local Business Stories of the Week ]( [Top Local Business Stories of the Week]( AMAZON IN AUSTIN ... [Read More »]( [Costco rolls out two-day delivery option for its millions of members ]( [Costco rolls out two-day delivery option for its millions of members]( Costco, in a face-off with online powerhouse Amazon which is aggressively moving into the grocery sp... [Read More »]( [Are you ready for Austin Startup Week?  ]( [Are you ready for Austin Startup Week? ]( In a sense, Matt Darner and Cameron Desautels of Dallas are on a scouting mission.... [Read More »]( [As retail competition intensifies, Amazon, Wal-Mart, other competitors investing in workforce  ]( [As retail competition intensifies, Amazon, Wal-Mart, other competitors investing in workforce ]( Part of what's made Amazon successful, analysts say, is that the company is consistently forward thi... [Read More »]( [Deadly car crashes hit 9-year high in 2016 ]( [Deadly car crashes hit 9-year high in 2016]( Deadly vehicle crashes spiked in the U.S. for a second straight year in 2016, hitting a nine-year hi... [Read More »]( Sports [Texas 40, Kansas State 34 (2OT): Longhorns pushing their way into Big 12 forefront ]( [Texas 40, Kansas State 34 (2OT): Longhorns pushing their way into Big 12 forefront]( Anyone who missed the double-overtime nail-biter against USC got another chance Saturday night to ch... [Read More »]( [Texas notebook: New-look offensive line makes a statement for Longhorns ]( [Texas notebook: New-look offensive line makes a statement for Longhorns]( For the third straight week, Texas started a different combination on its offensive line.... [Read More »]( [Bohls: Texas has physicality, toughness and momentum heading into Red River Rivalry game ]( [Bohls: Texas has physicality, toughness and momentum heading into Red River Rivalry game]( Texas out-Bill Snydered Bill Snyder.... [Read More »]( [Third and Longhorns: Inside Texas 40, Kansas State 34 ]( [Third and Longhorns: Inside Texas 40, Kansas State 34]( A deeper look inside Texas' 40-34 double-overtime win over Kansas State:... [Read More »]( Opinion [Commentary: Why renewable energy's rising use challenges grid integrity ]( [Commentary: Why renewable energy's rising use challenges grid integrity]( Most people never think about electricity. We just assume when we flip the light switch or charge ou... [Read More »]( [Commentary: Risk of 'unity' is that the discomfort will be swept away ]( [Commentary: Risk of 'unity' is that the discomfort will be swept away]( NFL owners have locked arms with players, and Jerry Jones took a knee. Media accounts celebrated "un... [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: Oct. 9, 2017]( While America searches its conscience to find a reason for the tragedy in Las Vegas, it may be helpf... [Read More »]( [Herman: The escalators of Wyoming ]( [Herman: The escalators of Wyoming]( Generally, we are a people who look forward to summer. Specifically though, many of us are happy to ... [Read More »]( [What catches your eye about this 1918 Austin road map?]( David Grote posted this "Map of Auto Roads In and Out of Austin" on the Facebook page "Remember Aust... [Read More »]( Nation [NC high court reviews death penalty of man who beheaded wife ]( [NC high court reviews death penalty of man who beheaded wife]( North Carolina's highest court is reviewing whether justice means the death penalty for a survivor o... [Read More »]( [Resignations, fallout grow for embattled producer Weinstein]( A prominent attorney says she's no longer representing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein as he confronts ... [Read More »]( [WHAT'S HAPPENING: Note might have had shooting calculations]( Investigators believe a note found in the Las Vegas gunman's hotel room contained a series of number... [Read More »]( [In Vegas, Pence praises US resolve to find hope after horror ]( [In Vegas, Pence praises US resolve to find hope after horror]( Vice President Mike Pence praised the heroic response by police and the resolve of the American peop... [Read More »]( [Vice President Pence plans California fundraising visit ]( [Vice President Pence plans California fundraising visit]( Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to arrive in California this weekend for a fundraising trip i... [Read More »]( World [Iran confirms 5-year term for Canadian-Iranian negotiator]( Iran's judiciary has confirmed that Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani, a member of Iran's team of nuclear n... [Read More »]( [Gas station explosions in Ghana's capital kill 6 people ]( [Gas station explosions in Ghana's capital kill 6 people]( Six people are known to have died from gas explosions at Atomic Junction, near the Legon suburb in n... [Read More »]( [Shells fall into Syria's Idlib province from Turkey ]( [Shells fall into Syria's Idlib province from Turkey]( Turkish forces on Sunday shelled areas along its border with Syria's northwestern province, an area ... [Read More »]( [Iraq parliament speaker to visit Kurdish region amid impasse ]( [Iraq parliament speaker to visit Kurdish region amid impasse]( The speaker of Iraq's central government is expected to meet with Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani on S... [Read More »]( [Hundreds of thousands rally against Catalonia secession ]( [Hundreds of thousands rally against Catalonia secession]( Hundreds of thousands of people rallied Sunday in downtown Barcelona to protest against the plans of... [Read More »]( Austin360 [Our picks: Here's who you should go see on day three of ACL Fest ]( [Our picks: Here's who you should go see on day three of ACL Fest]( You can't see them all, no matter how fast you move from stage to stage. Team Austin360 is here with... [Read More »]( [ACL Fest 2017: See the fest from the artists' points of view]( Ever wondered what the Austin City Limits Music Festival looks like from the stage? Or wondered how ... [Read More »]( [3 reasons Tove Lo's R-rated ACL Fest set was not for the faint of heart ]( [3 reasons Tove Lo's R-rated ACL Fest set was not for the faint of heart]( Dark-pop singer-songwriter Tove Lo ain't your parents' pop star. The NSFW Swedish songs... [Read More »]( [Webb Report: 43 Halloween candies, definitively ranked ]( [Webb Report: 43 Halloween candies, definitively ranked]( Has it started for you yet? The unceasing flood of shiny plastic packets and glossy paper wrappers b... [Read More »]( [Music, beers and more for your Monday ]( [Music, beers and more for your Monday]( Music ... 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