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• Florida facing largest evacuation as 500K urged to find safety

  05-10-2016 23:50 via kxan.com
  
  MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas and at least a half a million people along the coast were urged to evacuate their homes Wednesday, a mass exodus ahead of a major storm packing power the U.S. hasn’t seen in more than a decade.
  Matthew was a dangerous and life-threatening Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 120 mph (190 kph) as it passed through the Bahamas, and it was expected to be very near Florida’s Atlanti
  
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• VIDEO: Man steals thousands from Metro PCS store

  05-10-2016 22:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Surveillance video released on Wednesday showed a burglary suspect looking right at the camera inside a northeast Austin Metro PCS store. He’s accused of stealing thousands of dollars in property.
  On Aug. 28, at around 5:28 am, the suspect entered the store, located at 13015 Dessau Rd., between Parmer and Howard lanes. The suspect is described as a white male, 30-40 years old, with a tattoo (possibly a cross) on his left arm.
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• Girl born without ears overcoming the odds

  05-10-2016 22:34 via kxan.com
  
  STEWARTVILLE, MN (KTTC) – A Minnesota toddler born with missing outer ears, a heart defect, and an underdeveloped jaw is overcoming the odds.
  Mackenzie Brainard suffers from a condition called anotia, which means she has no outer ears or ear canals. However, her inner ears still function — allowing her to somewhat hear very loud sounds.
  “It’s like putting ear plugs in and putting earmuffs on,” said her dad, Mike.
  Mackenzie was also born with holes in her heart, whic
  
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• Blue Origin successfully tests escape system, lands rocket in Texas

  05-10-2016 22:07 via kxan.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Rocket company Blue Origin pulled off a double success Wednesday, coming a step closer to launching people into space.
  The aerospace startup led by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos tested the escape system of its space capsule Wednesday in remote west Texas. Forty-five seconds into the flight, the capsule popped off like a champagne cork, propelled by an escape motor mounted underneath.
  Not only did the empty capsule land safely under parachutes four minutes after lift
  
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• Study: Nearly 20 percent of Americans complete holiday shopping in October

  05-10-2016 20:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (WISH) – Forty-seven-million people will have their holiday shopping finished by the end of this month, according to a new survey by BlackFriday.com.
  Just over 500 American adults were surveyed.
  About 19 percent of Americans will have finished their holiday shopping by November. The study points out that Black Friday and Cyber Monday don’t really matter to these shoppers.
  Ten percent of Americans will have their shopping behind them before December. That means 73 million peopl
  
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• Texas Tech student discovers abandoned baby in driveway

  05-10-2016 20:48 via kxan.com
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas (KXAN/Nexstar) — Authorities in Lubbock are trying to find out who abandoned a baby in the middle of a driveway earlier this week.
  KXAN’s sister station, KLBK, reports on Monday, a Texas Tech student walked out to her driveway around 7 a.m. and found a baby wrapped in a blanket inside a plastic container. Police say the baby appears to be in good physical condition.
  Child Protect Services currently has custody of the infant while police try to gather more information o
  
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• Austin Expo aims to help local businesses

  05-10-2016 20:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent Business Alliance is holding its first ever “Local Biz-to-Biz Expo” this week.
  The event is meant to encourage local businesses to buy from each other. The group’s Executive Director Rebecca Melancon joins us in the KXAN studio to discuss the event.
  It will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the AFS Theater and Hall.
  
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• Medicaid forces couple in their 80s to live apart after 63 years of marriage

  05-10-2016 19:39 via kxan.com
  
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) – It’s a love story that started 63 years ago.
  “Oh, he was handsome,” Wilma Clauss said. “He was the most handsome one there.”
  It didn’t take long for Wilma to fall in love with Paul and find herself walking down the aisle.
  However, the couple’s love story recently had an unexpected chapter.
  “Well, we’ve just been together for a long time,” Wilma Clauss said. “I just really miss him.”
  The
  
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• Hamilton Pool drowning victim identified

  05-10-2016 19:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The swimmer who drowned in Hamilton Pool on Oct. 2 has been identified as Juan Antonio Ramirez-Lopez, 20, from Mexico.
  The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office dive team recovered the body of Lopez on Oct. 3 at 9:50 a.m. He was found at a depth of 25 feet. Medics pronounced Lopez dead at the scene.
  Witnesses at the pool say they saw a man go underwater and never resurface on Sunday. Swimmers looked for the man, who was there with friends, but visibil
  
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• Austin ISD addresses recent clown threats

  05-10-2016 19:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After several weeks of fielding threats involving clowns, the Austin Independent School District says they have new developments in the cases they’re investigating.
  Nine AISD schools received threats over the past week, most of which were middle and high schools. AISD Police Chief Eric Mendez described the kind of threats he’s seeing: “Some of the threats can be ‘we’ll be at your campus on this date or at this time, we’re going to be ther
  
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• Akins High student jailed, confesses to making clown threats

  05-10-2016 19:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After several weeks of fielding threats involving clowns, the Austin Independent School District says an Akins High School student is in jail accused of making clown threats against his school.
  Nine AISD schools received threats over the past week, most of which were targeted towards middle and high schools. AISD Police Chief Eric Mendez described the kind of threats he’s seeing: “Some of the threats can be ‘we’ll be at your campus on this date or at
  
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• Kerrville mom says 10-year-old son was intentionally set on fire

  05-10-2016 19:27 via kxan.com
  
  KERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — A Texas 10-year-old has been hospitalized after he was severely burned this past weekend, according to WOAI. From his ears to stomach, Kayden Culp was burned over more than 20 percent of his body.
  Kayden’s mother said he was playing with kids in a field when he was doused with gasoline and set on fire. The boy’s mother tells WOAI she believes the children planned the attack on her son but authorities are still investigating to determine if there wa
  
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• 10-year-old intentionally set on fire

  05-10-2016 19:27 via kxan.com
  
  KERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — A Texas 10-year-old has been hospitalized after he was set on fire this past weekend, according to WOAI.
  From his ears to stomach, Kayden Culp was burned over more than 20 percent of his body. Kayden’s mother said he was playing with kids in a field when he was doused with gasoline and set on fire.
  The boy’s mother believes the children planned the attack on her son, reports WOAI. She says while he has never been diagnosed, Kayden shows signs of being a
  
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• 10-year-old Hill Country boy intentionally set on fire

  05-10-2016 19:27 via kxan.com
  
  KERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — A Texas 10-year-old has been hospitalized after he was set on fire this past weekend, according to WOAI.
  Kerville 10-year-old on life suppport after he was intentionally set on fire (Courtesy: WOAI)From his ears to stomach, Kayden Culp was burned over more than 20 percent of his body. Kayden’s mother said he was playing with kids in a field when he was doused with gasoline and set on fire.
  The boy’s mother believes the children planned the attack on her
  
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• Rescue workers in Haiti try to reach towns cut off by storm

  05-10-2016 19:03 via kxan.com
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Rescue workers in Haiti are struggling to reach towns that were cut off by Hurricane Matthew.
  The full extent of the death and destruction from the storm in Haiti still isn’t known, even as the storm moves on. It’s now started battering the Bahamas, and it’s triggering large-scale evacuations along the U.S. East Coast.
  A woman carries a child through a waterlogged street as they head to a shelter under the pouring rain triggered by Hurricane M
  
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• VIDEO: Round Rock burglary suspects caught on camera, arrested

  05-10-2016 18:41 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Two burglary suspects in Round Rock have been arrested after they were caught on surveillance camera stealing from unlocked vehicles.
  On Oct. 3, Round Rock Police arrested Manor resident Milton Gabriel Campos, 19, and Austinite Victor Logan Flores, 23. Both of them face charges for multiple counts of burglarizing a vehicle.
  During the month of June, there was a spike in the number of car burglary reports in Round Rock. The cars were targeted at night in resi
  
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• City vehicles could be running on electricity by 2020

  05-10-2016 18:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Over the next three years, you could see more than 300 of Austin’s fleet of city vehicles running on electricity – or about five percent.
  That would include 72-plug-in hybrids and 258 battery electric vehicles. It’s a climate protection plan that could also save city taxpayers $3.5 million over a decade.
  The first 33 vehicles such as Chevy Volts and Nissan’s Leaf could be acquired under a lease-to-own program later this year. First, council must endo
  
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• Annual walk aims to help Austinites with HIV, AIDS

  05-10-2016 17:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An event coming up in Austin is hoping to get a boost from the community to help people with HIV and AIDS.
  It’s a part of the 29th annual AIDS Walk Austin. Joining us in the KXAN studio is Cambriae Bates, the Special Events Coordinator for ASA.
  So far, they have raised $92,508.89 of their $240,000 goal. The event is Sunday, Oct. 16 at Palm Park. Registration begins at 11 a.m., opening ceremonies start at 1:30 p.m. and the walk starts at 2 p.m.
  The walk loops arou
  
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• Hundreds of Austin restaurant workers to receive back wages

  05-10-2016 17:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hundreds of Austin restaurant workers will receive back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined they weren’t being properly paid by their employers.
  The division says in fiscal year 2016, nearly every one of its investigations of restaurants in Austin revealed the owners were violating federal labor laws. From October 2015 to June 2016, investigators helped recover more than $330,000 in back wages for 500 Austin res
  
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• Drones fly over Austin inspecting transmission lines

  05-10-2016 15:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane. It’s a drone flying over Austin.
  On Thursday, several drones will take flight in North Austin to inspect transmission lines and equipment. Austin Energy and the IC² Institute have partnered up for a research project to identify areas where utility equipment has become worn or damaged.
  The drones will test out image pattern recognition software near Research Boulevard, Burnet Road, and Knoll Park Drive. IC²
  
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• Code Red: Austin Shelter turning animals away at full capacity

  05-10-2016 14:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Due to overcrowding the Austin Animal Center is operating under Code Red.
  This means the center can only take in hurt or sick animals because they are at full capacity. Workers say they received a record number of animals in the shelter last month. Even over the past two days, the center has seen more intakes than animals finding a new home.
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  Austin Animal Center takes in 150 lost pets (Courtesy: Austin Animal Center)They want to maintain the no kill s
  
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• AISD students ditching cars for “Walk to School Day”

  05-10-2016 13:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin ISD students will join thousands of children around the world for the 20th annual Walk to School Day.
  The district is encouraging students and teachers to walk or bike to class today. At Hill Elementary in Northwest Austin, students, parents and teacher met at a church nearby and walked to the campus together.
  AISD says about 20 percent of its students walk or bike everyday. School leaders want to boost that number because the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.
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• 7 buzzworthy moments from the Kaine, Pence VP debate

  05-10-2016 13:43 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — A full-blown firestorm was never in the cards for the vice presidential debate between Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.).
  If last week’s Trump-Clinton matchup was a firework, Pence-Kaine was a sparkler. Maybe a roman candle.
  The devoutly Christian men are known political quantities with generally affable styles and low voter recognition rates. Kaine’s been dubbed a “human minivan,” while Pence has been called &ldqu
  
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• Wrong-way crash leaves Austin driver in critical condition

  05-10-2016 12:57 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) — An Austin woman is in critical condition after driving the wrong-way on Interstate 35 and crashing with a semi-truck in New Braunfels Wednesday morning.
  According to New Braunfels Police, around 3:12 a.m. a car traveling northbound on the southbound side of I-35 crashed head-on with a semi-truck on the 4200 block, near Solms Road. Southbound lanes of I-35 are closed while crews work to clear the debris in the road.
  Detours 
  A semi-conscious woma
  
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• Woman trapped in car, rescued after I-35 wrong way crash

  05-10-2016 12:57 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) — A woman from Austin is in critical condition after a wrong-way crash with a semi-truck on Interstate 35 in New Braunfels.
  According to New Braunfels Police, around 3:12 a.m. a car traveling northbound on the southbound side of I-35 crashed head-on with a semi-truck on the 4200 block. Southbound lanes of I-35 are closed while crews work to clear the debris in the road.
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  A semi-conscious woman was found trapped in the vehicle that slammed into a con
  
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• Southbound I-35 closed after wrong-way, head-on collision

  05-10-2016 12:57 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) — A woman from Austin is in critical condition after a wrong-way crash with a semi-truck on Interstate 35 in New Braunfels.
  According to New Braunfels Police, around 3:12 a.m. a car traveling northbound on the southbound side of I-35 crashed head-on with a semi-truck on the 4200 block. Southbound lanes of I-35 are closed while crews work to clear the debris in the road.
  Detours 
  A semi-conscious woman was found trapped in the vehicle that slammed into a con
  
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• Texas man who killed 2 neighbors wants execution to proceed

  05-10-2016 12:43 via kxan.com
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — An East Texas man who pleaded guilty to killing a neighbor couple during a shooting rampage 13 years ago appeared headed for an execution Wednesday that he wanted.
  Barney Fuller Jr. asked that all his appeals be dropped to expedite carrying out his death sentence.
  Fuller, 58, would be the seventh convicted killer executed this year in Texas and the first in six months in the nation’s most active capital punishment state. His execution would be only the 16th t
  
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• Top moments from the vice presidential debate

  05-10-2016 10:37 via kxan.com
  
  FARMVILLE, Va. (WATE) – Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine faced off Tuesday night in the only vice presidential campaign of the year. The two sought to challenge each other over their running mates’ positions on the issues, leading to several noteworthy moments during the 90 minute debate.
  Records obtained by The New York Times showed Donald Trump suffered more than $900 million in losses in 1995 that could have allowed him to avoid paying federal income taxe
  
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• Texas and Charlie Strong regroup for OU

  05-10-2016 06:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Roger Wallace and the Austin American Statesman’s Brian Davis debate the current state of the Longhorns.
  
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• More bars violating state law, according to TABC undercover operation

  05-10-2016 04:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission found that more bars and restaurants in Texas are not complying with the state law, according to the agency’s annual back-to-school undercover operation results released on Monday.
   
  TABC undercover agents, along with an underage volunteer, visited 1,337 establishments for one week starting Sept. 13. The agency found that 128 of the 1,337 establishments sold alcohol to minors.
   
  “Overall we are at about a 90 p
  
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• Texas clown threats keep police busy, and away from other work

  05-10-2016 04:11 via kxan.com
  
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — Parents are getting a letter after a call claiming a man in a clown mask asked a high school student to get in the man’s truck.
  Manor police first received a call about a clown spotted near some mailboxes Monday morning. Later that morning, a high school student called saying she was waiting for a bus when the truck pulled up near Parsons Street and Bastrop Street in Manor. Police checked the areas after both calls, but did not find anything.
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• Tim Kaine, Mike Pence face off in vice presidential debate

  05-10-2016 03:47 via kxan.com
  
  FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the vice presidential debate between Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine (all times local):
  9:40 p.m.
  Vice presidential nominees Tim Kaine and Mike Pence are assuming familiar partisan postures on the so-called third rail of American politics: Social Security.
  Democrat Kaine pledges that Hillary Clinton’s administration would never privatize Social Security and is blasting Pence for supporting such an idea as a congressman.
  The Virginia se
  
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• The Latest: Updates from the vice presidential debate

  05-10-2016 03:47 via kxan.com
  
  FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the vice presidential debate between Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine (all times local):
  9:40 p.m.
  Vice presidential nominees Tim Kaine and Mike Pence are assuming familiar partisan postures on the so-called third rail of American politics: Social Security.
  Democrat Kaine pledges that Hillary Clinton’s administration would never privatize Social Security and is blasting Pence for supporting such an idea as a congressman.
  The Virginia se
  
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• Police: Suspect in clown costume attacked person at Texas State housing

  05-10-2016 03:12 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — A suspect dressed in a clown costume attacked a person at a Texas State University housing complex on Monday.
  At around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Texas State police received a report of the assault, which they say took place around 7 p.m. on Monday at the Bobcat Village Apartments, located at 1301 Aquarena Springs Drive.
  The suspect is described by police as around 6 foot 2 inches tall with an athletic build, wearing a clown costume described as a black-and-white s
  
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• Police: Clown attacks person at Texas State housing

  05-10-2016 03:12 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — A suspect dressed in a clown costume attacked a person at a Texas State University housing complex on Monday. Texas State sent a warning out to students in a University News Service alert, Tuesday night.
  At around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Texas State police received a report of the assault, which they say took place around 7 p.m. on Monday at the Bobcat Village Apartments, located at 1301 Aquarena Springs Drive.
  The suspect is described by police as around 6
  
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• UT’s SUREWalk adds fleet of vehicles, golf cart to provide safe way home

  05-10-2016 02:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A University of Texas student government program that offers safe walks home from campus is getting a golf cart.
  The four-row golf cart will allow SUREWalk to service a larger number of students more quickly. The program, partnered with the university’s Parking and Transportation Services, is also implementing vehicle transportation for students on their way home. Both options are expected to be helpful in the event of poor weather conditions.
  UT students can req
  
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• Feds tell Texas: Report special education benchmark’s impact

  05-10-2016 02:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The federal government on Monday ordered Texas officials to eliminate an 8.5 percent benchmark on special education enrollment unless they can show it didn’t keep children with disabilities from receiving appropriate educational services.
  The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2dpBKWw ) reports that the U.S. Department of Education directed the state to report back in 30 days on the benchmark’s impact and on which school districts might have relied on it to d
  
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• Local organization helps parts of Haiti devastated by Hurricane Matthew

  05-10-2016 02:08 via kxan.com
  
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — As Hurricane Matthew packed a punch through western Haiti on Tuesday, organizations from around the world have packed up millions of meals and supplies to have on standby for the impacted nation.
  One of those organizations is based out of Cedar Park, called Mission of Hope Haiti.
  “Our commitment to the people of Haiti is both in the relief effort that’s going to happen in the next 14 days, but then there’s a recovery part that we’re g
  
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• New program equips high school coaches to educate teams on dating violence

  05-10-2016 01:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The definition of “coach” is “a person who trains an athlete or a team of athletes,” but for many coaches the role they play goes far beyond that definition.
  “In our culture today there are a lot of broken homes, and coaches act as a kind of surrogate parent in many circumstances,” says Bill Miller, an Austin father.
  Miller is behind an initiative to help high school coaches talk to and educate athletes on heavy issues like dating violenc
  
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• Georgetown neighborhood unites after girl attacked blocks away

  05-10-2016 01:51 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Mary Whiteside has been hosting National Night Out in her driveway for years. This year she is even more determined to host, after hearingabout the little girl who was almost abducted.
  “Very scary, it really bothers me that we have people out there that are preying on children,” says Whiteside.
  Georgetown police say the 10-year-old girl was attacked on Lakeway Drive near Primrose Trail. They say a man grabbed her from behind and tried to take her to t
  
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• Netflix bringing free coffee, ‘Gilmore Girls’ experience to 200+ towns across US

  05-10-2016 01:41 via kxan.com
  
  STARS HOLLOW, CONN. (MEDIA GENERAL)—Any avid “Gilmore Girls” fan will agree–there’s nothing quite like a good cup of coffee—with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and as Lorelei Gilmore would say, “with [her] oxygen.”
  In honor of the 16th anniversary of the series premiere, Netflix is taking over coffee shops and restaurants around the nation and converting them into real-life Luke’s Diners so fans can literally live like a Gilmore girl.
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• Google’s new lineup of phones and gadgets: A quick glance

  05-10-2016 01:36 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is taking a page from Apple’s playbook by making a bigger push to build its own hardware.
  Rick Osterloh, head of Google’s new hardware group, said that in doing so, Google can take full advantage of capabilities it’s designing with artificial intelligence and machine learning. Apple has long designed both iPhone hardware and the iOS operating-system software that runs on it. Now, Google is doing the same with the upcoming Pixel phones running G
  
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• Day 6: House still blocking South Austin street

  05-10-2016 01:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The house in the middle of a South Austin street has been unstuck but is still blocking the road, Tuesday morning. Workers missed their deadline to move the house by 5 a.m., so now they must wait until midnight.
  Crews were given a tight window to move the house between midnight and 5 a.m. since it is such a wide load. Some progress was made overnight, the house was moved a little bit away from a person’s driveway and is now only blocking part of the roa
  
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• Day 5: House stuck in the middle of South Austin street

  05-10-2016 01:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A house stuck in the middle of a South Austin street is still blocking the road, Monday evening. Workers hope they’ll be able to get the house moving again by midnight.
  Crews are sawing off pieces of the roof to eventually move the house away from trees and utility poles and onto the open road. The house will then make its way to Lockhart, Texas.
  Friday morning, the home was being moved out of the Travis Heights neighborhood by AAA-Austin Home Movers when the hom
  
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• At-risk children in Texas still not receiving timely state visits

  05-10-2016 01:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (AP/KXAN) — Newly released records show that Texas child welfare investigators are still not promptly checking on thousands of kids at risk for abuse as the state grapples with a shortage of caseworkers.
  The data released Tuesday by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is more evidence of a troubled system that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has pledged to overhaul. He appointed new leadership in April but scores of at-risk children are still going unseen.
  In Travis C
  
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• Who inherits a selfie? States seek to fill privacy law gaps

  05-10-2016 00:40 via kxan.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — When a loved one dies, laws cover how their houses, cars, and other property are passed on to relatives. But the rules are murkier — and currently far more restrictive — when it comes to pictures on Facebook, emails to friends or relatives and even financial records stored in online cloud accounts.
  Google, Facebook and other companies have said a federal privacy law approved decades before digital storage became common prevents them from releasing elect
  
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• Repaving of W. 35th Street in Austin starts Sunday

  05-10-2016 00:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A major construction project on West 35th Street will have you looking for a detour for the rest of October.
  Starting Sunday, Oct. 9, lanes of West 35th Street will be repaved between MoPac and Jefferson Street. The city’s Public Works Department says the current pavement is failing and lined with potholes. The repaving will start at 6 p.m. and end at 6 a.m., every night through Oct. 30
  Betty Brady has worked and drive on this part of West 35th Street for 50
  
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