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Raccoons infiltrated a Seguin electrical substation, knocking out transformers and causing two major power outages in three days. After a couple in Travis County left a package of dirty diapers outside their home, punking a group of “porch pirates” who had been stealing deliveries in the neighborhood, the thieves returned and spread cow manure around the front porch. A community group cleaning the shores of a bayou in La Marque found a message in a bottle written by four friends 27 years ago and tracked down one of the authors through Facebook. An unidentified man was caught by surveillance cameras trimming trees in front of various homes in a Fort Worth neighborhood, earning him the nickname “Edward Scissorhands.” An eight-year-old boy in Austin who loved…

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