/tags/top-stories-2012 Top Stories 2012 en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:16:39 GMT /austin/2012-12-20/austins-top-stories-of-2012-remembering-esme-barrera Tragedy can strike at any time.Austin’s music community was painfully reminded of that lesson when a mainstay of the local music scene, Esme Barrera, was� Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:16:39 GMT /austin/2012-12-20/austins-top-stories-of-2012-remembering-esme-barrera Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard /politics/2012-12-18/top-stories-of-2012-rick-perry-ends-his-presidential-bid As Texas� longest serving governor, Rick Perry isn’t accustomed to losing. But in January, the onetime front-runner for the Republican presidential� Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:15:25 GMT /politics/2012-12-18/top-stories-of-2012-rick-perry-ends-his-presidential-bid Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard