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• Florida boy calls 911 to invite deputies for Thanksgiving

  26-11-2016 21:50 via kxan.com
  
  DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — While his mother was preparing food in the kitchen, a 5-year-old Florida boy called 911 to invite law enforcement officers over for Thanksgiving dinner.
  Monica Webster of the Walton County Sheriff’s Office tells the News Herald that with all the bad calls they receive every day, this was a happy call. But young Billy Nolin’s family had no idea he’d invited guests to dinner.
  Mom Landi McCormick says she was cooking when Billy’s gran
  
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• Cities across Central Texas celebrate shopping locally

  26-11-2016 21:41 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — With Black Friday over, people all around Austin are heading out the door to shop locally on Small Business Saturday.
  Wimberely Glassworks in San Marcos is privately owned and staffed with just 14 employees. They’re joining other businesses in the city this year for the second time, promoting the local economy during Shop Small Saturday.
  “People in Texas will go out of their way to support things that are made in the state,” owner Tim De Jo
  
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• Annual Chuy’s Children Giving to Children Parade marches through downtown streets

  26-11-2016 20:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Downtown streets closed early Saturday morning while hundreds of peopled gathered to march in the 28th annual Chuy’s Children Giving to Children Parade.
  Every year the parade brings together businesses, organizations and police officers in support of Operation Blue Santa.
  During the Chuy’s Children Giving to Children Parade unwrapped-new toys are collected for Operation Blue Santa, which are handed out to Austin-area kids during the holidays.
  This year APD hopes
  
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• Texas hires Tom Herman from Houston to replace Strong

  26-11-2016 18:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tom Herman is the new head football coach at The University of Texas. This move comes hours after firing Charlie Strong following his third season at Texas.
  “The opportunity to come back to Texas is a dream come true for me and my family, and I can’t thank President Fenves and Mike Perrin enough for providing me with this incredible opportunity,” Herman said. “Longhorn football has been – and always will be – a national power, winning and
  
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• Reports: Tom Herman will replace Strong

  26-11-2016 18:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — According to various reports, University of Houston’s Tom Herman will be the next head coach at the University of Texas. The Associated Press says their sources say Herman has already informed the school he is leaving to become head coach at Texas.
  Herman, 41, is in his second year as head coach at Houston and has a 22-4 record. Herman led the Cougars to a 13-1 record capped off by a 38-24 win over #9 Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Houston is 9-3 th
  
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• Good Samaritan shot dead while trying to stop man from beating woman

  26-11-2016 17:54 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Police say a man trying to stop another man from beating a woman in a crowded San Antonio parking lot has been shot dead and a bystander has been critically wounded. The shooting happened Friday afternoon outside a Wal-Mart store.
  Police Chief William McManus says a man was assaulting a female companion when the other man drove up and demanded he stop. WOAI reports, the suspect, Teles Jurarez, 21, had a woman by the hair in the parking lot. McManus says the attacker drew
  
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• PHOTOS: Strong’s last game as a Longhorn

  26-11-2016 17:34 via kxan.com
  
  Charlie Strong’s last game at Texas Texas head coach Charlie Strong before an NCAA college football game against TCU, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Actor Matthew McConaughey, left, talks with Texas head coach Charlie Strong, right, before an NCAA college football game against TCU, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Texas head coach Charlie Strong greets his senior players before an NCAA college football game against TCU, Friday, Nov. 2
  
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• Potential Charlie Strong replacements

  26-11-2016 16:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Now that Charlie Strong it out, Texas will be looking for his replacement. So, who are the top candidates for the job? Campus Insiders has put together a list of five top candidates to take over the Longhorn program.
  A lot of the attention will focus to Houston coach Tom Herman, a former UT graduate assistant. Herman currently has three former UT assistants at University of Houston: offensive coordinator Major Applewhite, assistant head coach and defensive line coach O
  
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• Texas football coach Charlie Strong fired after 3 years

  26-11-2016 16:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas football coach Charlie Strong has been fired after three seasons with the Longhorns. Texas announced the decision in a release on Saturday morning, the day after the Longhorns regular-season finale loss against TCU.
  From Texas Athletic Director Mike Perrin:
  “Decisions like this are tough to make. The responsibility is not taken lightly. I became friends with Charlie Strong before becoming Athletics Director. I have the utmost personal respect for him. His impact
  
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• First weekend of Blue Genie Art Bazaar’s 16th year underway

  26-11-2016 15:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Vendors opened up shop for the 16th annual Blue Genie Art Bazaar at a new location this year.
  Local artists and craftsmen opened their booths at the art show Friday. More than 200 exhibitors have set up shop for the next four weeks, with thousands of art pieces and handmade gifts for sale.
  The art show was founded in 2001 by the principals of Blue genie Art Industries. In that first year, it was a  small event with about 15 vendors.
  BGAB is located at 6100 Airport Boul
  
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• Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies at 90

  26-11-2016 07:04 via kxan.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90.
  With a shaking voice, his younger brother, Raul Castro, announced on state television that his brother died at 10:29 p.m. on Friday night.
  Castro’s reign over the island-nation 90 miles from Florida was marked by the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the
  
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• PHOTOS: Fidel Castro, 1926-2016

  26-11-2016 06:50 via kxan.com
  
  PHOTOS: Fidel Castro, 1926-2016 Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro speaks on the eve of the military trial of more than a hundred insurgents captured in the mountains on Wednesday Oct. 10, 1960 in Havana.He warns "He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword" to those who attacked his regime.(AP Photo)Cuban guerrilla leader Fidel Castro does some reading while at his rebel base in Cuba's Sierra Maestra mountains in this 1957 photo. (AP Photo/Andrew St. George)The caption describing Fidel Cast
  
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• Suspicious bag at NW Austin Walmart contained clothing

  26-11-2016 03:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police have reopened the parking lot at a Walmart in North Austin after reports of a suspicious bag.
  Police say around 6:33 p.m. a man left the bag in the parking lot of the store located at 13201 North FM 620 near 183 and drove off.
  APD’s Explosive Ordinance Unit investigated the bag and discovered clothing in it and other personal items.
  Police closed off one entrance of the store during the investigation.
   
   
   
   
  
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• Texas loses 9-31 to TCU

  26-11-2016 01:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN/AP) — Charlie Strong may have coached his last game with Texas.
  The Longhorns took on TCU’s Horned Frogs in the regular-season finale and lost 9-31. Texas ends the 2016 season 5-7 and for Coach Strong, his three-year run with the University of Texas ends with 16-21.
  Now that the game is over, Strong–along with everyone else–will learn what his future holds with Texas. Earlier this week, String was told his future will be evaluated after Friday’s game. T
  
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• Texas loses 31-9 to TCU

  26-11-2016 01:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN/AP) — Charlie Strong may have coached his last game with Texas.
  The Longhorns took on TCU’s Horned Frogs in the regular-season finale and lost 9-31. Texas ends the 2016 season 5-7 and for Coach Strong, his three-year run with the University of Texas ends with 16-21.
  Now that the game is over, Strong–along with everyone else–will learn what his future holds with Texas. Earlier this week, String was told his future will be evaluated after Friday’s game. T
  
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• Man dead after car hits tree in Central Austin

  26-11-2016 00:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man is dead after crashing his car into a tree Friday evening in Central Austin.
  Austin-Travis County EMS says it happened just after 5:20 p.m. in the 7100 block of North Lamar Boulevard near Airport Boulevard.
  The driver of the vehicle, a man in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Austin police say the man was speeding when he hit train tracks, swerved to avoid vehicles and hit a tree.
  All northbound lanes are shutdown on North Lamar as crews investigate the crash
  
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