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Origins of the Cinco de Mayo:
May 5, 1862 was the day General Ignacio Zaragosa led Mexican forces against the French and won. No one really celebrated that day until about 100 years later. Los Angeles Recreation and Parks commissioner Riordan decided to use the day to market the Coors beer distributors he owned. He [...]

Welcome to In The Know: The Director’s Cut.
I’m KVRX News Director Vanessa Castaneda.
Today I’m sharing some of my favorite shows from the spring 2008 season with you.
In the Birthcontrol episode, Gulie Fager from U.T. Austin’s University Health Services was in the studio. Coming up: candid discussion about whether you can lose something inside the vagina, [...]

This week on In the Know: a sensational discussion about CvS (not the store). Reply with your thoughts and comments, so we can talk about them on the show. Help us help you get in the know this Wednesday, at 7PM, on 91.7FM KVRX.

In which direction should our city, state, country be headed - money [...]

Earlier this evening, we discussed HB 588 a.k.a the Top Ten percent law and how it relates to racism on In The Know.
A Sugar Land teen who didn’t make the cut is suing U.T. Austin, because she says race and ethnicity shouldn’t be used to determine whether a student is admitted into the school.
Oddly enough, [...]

You’ve heard it before and we’ve just heard it again. Hill-dawg needs this state to keep on fighting.
Al right the debate has begun. The CNN host has just said the Latin vote is crazy important. Is this true, or pandering?
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Her big opening game plan seems to be health care.
Ok so Hill-dawg registered voters here and [...]

Alright the time we’ve been waiting for, and we hope you have too, is here! It’s debate time at UT-Austin.
In the Know will be blogging live from the debate site at the Rec. Sports Center. We’ll keep you in the know about all the crazy stuff going on here, and give you a chance to [...]

The Austin Fire Department says the Austin community radio station KOOP 91.7 FM fire was no accident. The weekend fire is the third time the radio station went up in flames.
KOOP moved to new studios at 3823-B Airport Blvd. on December 2006 after a four-alarm fire in early 2006.
KOOP radio is powered by volunteers. Many [...]

Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally, aides said.
The death of the 54-year-old charismatic former prime minister threw the campaign for the Jan. 8 parliamentary elections into chaos and created fears of mass protests and violence across the nuclear-armed [...]

Happy Holidays bloggers! Here is an interesting piece that’s in keeping with the season, sort of:
– A Wyoming woman faces multiple charges for allegedly stabbing her husband with a kitchen knife after accusing him of opening a Christmas present early.
Police say Shawn Johnson was stabbed in the chest by his wife Misty.
She’s charged with [...]

I’m rather excited this evening. I finally have our official In The Know logo! A big thank you goes out to my sister, Monica. She’s designed the logo for me, and I’m very happy with it. I’m having some trouble uploading it to the site, but I’ll keep trying after some sleep.
As you know from [...]