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The Weekly TribCast: End-of-Year Special

For our final TribCast of 2009, we picked out and mashed up our favorite skirmishes, conversational quirks and bloopers.

By Elise HuDec. 30, 2009, 5:00 a.m. CentralUpdated Dec. 30, 2009, 5:00 a.m. Central

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The Weekly TribCast: End-of-Year Special

by Elise Hu, The Texas Tribune
December 30, 2009

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<p> For our final TribCast of 2009, we picked out and mashed up our favorite skirmishes, conversational quirks and bloopers. </p>
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Elise Hu, The Texas Tribune
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For our final TribCast of 2009, we picked out and mashed up our favorite skirmishes, conversational quirks and bloopers. 

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Elise Hu was a political reporter at the Tribune, focusing on multimedia projects, from 2009 to 2011. She previously worked as the state political reporter for Austin's ABC affiliate, KVUE-TV, from 2006... More by Elise Hu

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