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• Self-described ‘Austin dog whisperer’ faces animal cruelty charge

  05-12-2016 23:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An arrest warrant has been issued Monday for an Austin dog trainer accused of cruelty to animals.
  Lynn Adams, 59, a self-described “dog whisperer,” is facing a charge of cruelty to non-livestock animals, a state jail felony.
  On the evening of Aug. 15, two Austin police officers were flagged down at the Studio 6 Extended Stay Motel near US 183 and Spicewood Springs Road. A witness told officers there was a woman lifting a puppy into the air by the
  
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• 24-year-old man hit, killed by car near Dell Diamond identified

  05-12-2016 23:20 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — The pedestrian hit and killed by a car near the Dell Diamond in Round Rock on Saturday has been identified.
  Round Rock police were called to the 3400 block of E. Palm Valley Blvd. at 2:58 a.m. on Dec. 3. A car was going eastbound on Palm Valley when it hit the man, who was in the road, police say.
  Jorge Morales, 24, of Hutto, was taken to the hospital by EMS where he later died. The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
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• Airlines expected to operate out of South Terminal this spring

  05-12-2016 22:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Starting this spring, the newly-remodeled South Terminal at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport will be ready to accommodate low-cost carriers and their passengers.
  The $12 million renovation project, which started over the summer, is nearing completion. The new 30,000-square-foot terminal is divided into three sections: ticketing and check-in, hold-gate area, and baggage claim.
  Customers flying in and out of the South Terminal will have to take Emma Browning Avenue
  
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• Search for leads continues a year after homicide of Texas State student

  05-12-2016 22:18 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — The homicide of a 20-year-old Texas State University student a year ago Tuesday remains unsolved.
  San Marcos police are renewing their request for anyone with information on the shooting to come forward. Justin Gage was shot and killed in the morning of Dec. 6, 2015, while he visited a friend at the Retreat apartment complex, located at 512 Craddock Ave.
  When he walked inside the apartment with a friend, a group of three men walked in shortly afterwards. One of t
  
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• Mistrial declared for officer accused of shooting black motorist

  05-12-2016 22:08 via kxan.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge has declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist.
  Circuit Judge Clifton Newman declared a mistrial in the case after a jury said it could not reach a verdict after deliberating more than 22 hours over four days.
  Former patrolman Michael Slager was charged with murder in the April 4, 2015 shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. The judge
  
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• Georgia man convicted in son’s hot-car death gets life, no parole

  05-12-2016 21:39 via kxan.com
  
  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man convicted of murder after his toddler son died in a hot SUV has been sentenced to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.
  Jurors last month convicted Justin Ross Harris of malice murder and other charges in the June 2014 death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. The malice murder conviction means they believed Harris left the young boy to die on purpose.
  Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark sentenced the 36-year-old Harris at a
  
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• VIDEO: Train carrying BMWs derails, 97 automobiles damaged

  05-12-2016 20:59 via kxan.com
  
  JENKINSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a train carrying BMWs from an automaking plant in South Carolina has derailed and that 97 of the vehicles were damaged.
  Multiple media organizations report that train carrying nearly 100 autos was on its way to Charleston from BMW’s plant in Greer when it derailed Sunday afternoon near the state capital of Columbia.
  Officials say no one was hurt but that two locomotives also were damaged, along with the cars.
  Authorities say motorists in the
  
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• Al Gore calls meeting with Trump ‘productive’

  05-12-2016 20:29 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (KXAN/AP) — When it comes to the issue of climate change, President-elect Donald Trump seems to be clear on where he stands. He has called it a “hoax.”
  However, after he was elected, Trump told reporters he would keep an open mind on the issue. On Monday, former Vice-President Al Gore walked into Trump Tower in New York to meet with the President-elect. Gore called it a “search for common ground.”
  “The bulk of the time was with the president-elect,
  
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• Several more I-35 construction projects slated for 2017

  05-12-2016 20:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Currently, the Texas Department of Transportation has seven active construction projects on bridges along Interstate 35 from Williamson to Hays counties. The eighth project is set to start in Round Rock in a few months and potentially two more will break ground in the very near future. These projects, plus many others, are a part of TxDOT’s Mobility 35 Project.
  The intersection of I-35 and Farm to Market 3406 in Round Rock is a busy intersection and will be the n
  
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• Busy intersection in Round Rock slated as next I-35 bridge project

  05-12-2016 20:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Currently, the Texas Department of Transportation has seven active construction projects on bridges along Interstate 35 from Williamson to Hays counties. The eighth project is set to start in Round Rock in a few months and potentially two more will break ground in the very near future. These projects, plus many others, are a part of TxDOT’s Mobility 35 Project.
  The intersection of I-35 and Farm to Market 3406 in Round Rock is a busy intersection and will be the n
  
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• Eanes ISD elementary schools collect 11,000 socks for homeless people

  05-12-2016 19:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 11,000 socks were collected by two Eanes ISD Elementary Schools to help keep the homeless people living in Austin warm and teach the students a valuable lesson.
  “Every year the response emphasizes the importance of a giving and kind heart to those less fortunate,” said Forest Trail Elementary 5th grade teacher Laura Hitt, who organizes the campaign. “We want our students to know they can make good things happen and to encourage and inspire them t
  
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• 7 winners and losers in Trump’s tax plan

  05-12-2016 18:56 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to simplify the federal tax code and shield middle-class bank accounts from the IRS.
  His plan calls for fewer tax brackets, shrinking corporate taxes, extending child care tax credits and eliminating the head-of-household category.
  But the actual wins and losses will be a more complicated matter.
  Congressional GOP leaders and Trump have pegged the passage of major tax reform as a top-tier priority for passage shortly af
  
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• Man shot, killed by Round Rock homeowner identified

  05-12-2016 17:22 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A man who police say was shot to death while he was trying to enter a Round Rock-area home where his ex-girlfriend was staying has been identified as 46-year-old Jeffrey Locke.
  The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Thursday on Angelico Lane in the Sendero Springs neighborhood. Initial information indicates a man was inside a home with his girlfriend when they found out the woman’s ex-boyfriend was i
  
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• Man’s rights violated by abortion, religion questions during interview

  05-12-2016 16:57 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A federal judge has determined Williamson County Commissioners Cynthia Long and Lisa Birkman violated the civil rights of Robert Lloyd by asking him about religion, abortion and same-sex marriage during a job interview in 2013. Lloyd was applying for a job as the Constable for Precinct 3.
  The lawsuit claims Long and Birkman asked Lloyd questions during the interview process that violated his Fourteenth Amendment. The Texas Civil Rights Project sued th
  
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• Commissioners violated rights by asking about abortion, religion

  05-12-2016 16:57 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A Judge has determined Commissioners Cynthia Long and Lisa Birkman violated the civil rights of Robert Lloyd by asking him about religion, abortion and gay marriage during a job interview in 2013.
  Lloyd was applying for a job as the Constable for Precinct 3. The lawsuit claims Long and Birkman asked Lloyd illegal questions during the interview process. Along with two other job applicants, Lloyd filed a lawsuit, which reached a $100,000 settlement. However,
  
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• Austin officer suspended for using unauthorized techniques

  05-12-2016 15:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police officer Michael Castillo was suspended for three days after he used unauthorized techniques to stop two car chases.
  According to a police memo, Castillo used Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) on June 11 and 15 to stop two separate police chases. Castillo admitted to Internal Affairs that using PIT was in violation of police policies, which requires approval by a supervisor. He was suspended from Dec. 2 to Dec. 4.
  The policy states that PIT can
  
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• 36 dead in warehouse party blaze

  05-12-2016 15:45 via kxan.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — As investigators searched for signs of a crime in the fire that killed at least 36 in an Oakland warehouse during a late-night dance party, survivors and teary-eyed friends of those who perished viewed the charred building from a distance, placed flowers on several small memorials and embraced each other to mourn their losses.
  Bouquets of sunflowers, single white roses, lilies and carnations were stuck in chain-link fences, votive candles burned on sidewalks and post
  
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• Get in the spirit: Where to buy Christmas trees in Austin

  05-12-2016 15:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With the holidays upon us, many people are pulling out those dusty ornaments looking for the perfect tree to fill their home with that pine-scented smell that indicates Christmas is here.
  If you are new to Austin or want to retire that old fake tree, here is a list of places to buy a Christmas tree:
  A-Tex Christmas Store
  Papa Noel Trees MoPac
  Papa Noel Trees 360 South
  Austin Optimist Club Tree Lot
  Home Depot Christmas tree lot
  Elgin Christmas Tree Farm
  Texas Christmas Tree
  
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• Get in the spirit: Where to buy a Christmas tree in Austin

  05-12-2016 15:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With the holidays upon us, many people are pulling out those dusty ornaments looking for the perfect tree to fill their home with that pine-scented smell that indicates Christmas is here.
  If you are new to Austin or want to retire that old fake tree, here is a list of places to buy a Christmas tree:
  A-Tex Christmas Store
  Papa Noel Trees MoPac
  Papa Noel Trees 360 South
  Austin Optimist Club Tree Lot
  Home Depot Christmas tree lot
  Elgin Christmas Tree Farm
  Texas Christmas Tree
  
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• 2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Top 25 hot tech toys for kids

  05-12-2016 13:53 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Hatchimals, Legos, Air hogs, and more!
  The holidays are full of cool, hot tech toys for children, especially in 2016.
  Here are KRON4 Tech Reporter Gabe Slate’s top 25 hot tech toys for kids:HatchimalsThese robot birds that hatch out of their eggs to your kid’s delight are this year’s Furby. They will be hard to find but if you can snag one your kid will be the envy of the block. The more “love” your kid gives the egg, the quicker their n
  
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• Texas Native American leaders stand with Standing Rock

  05-12-2016 13:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin veterans and Texas Native American tribal leaders will gather outside of the Energy Transfer Partners’ office in an effort to stand with the protesters in North Dakota.
  Thousands of U.S. veterans are heading to Standing Rock to act as a wall of human shields against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux and Oceti Sakowin Nations say the pipeline would cut off access to clean drinking water. A major victory on Sunday was made by the protesters afte
  
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• How to stop porch pirates during holiday delivery season

  05-12-2016 13:13 via kxan.com
  
  (WFLA) — It’s the time of year when delivery trucks are zooming around neighborhoods delivering holiday packages. Many of the items left on porches and near front doors are valuable gifts.
  “We had a UPS product left on our porch, and someone took it. I mean, they came in and that was that,” said Dave Kovar.
  It happens all too often this time of year. And as we’ve seen, security cameras often catch the crooks in the act. But, it is still a headache to deal with.
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• Home delivery alternatives to stop porch pirates

  05-12-2016 13:13 via kxan.com
  
  (WFLA) — It’s the time of year when delivery trucks are zooming around neighborhoods delivering holiday packages. Many of the items left on porches and near front doors are valuable gifts.
  “We had a UPS product left on our porch, and someone took it. I mean, they came in and that was that,” said Dave Kovar.
  It happens all too often this time of year. And as we’ve seen, security cameras often catch the crooks in the act. But, it is still a headache to deal with.
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• Beijing faces decision on how to respond to Trump’s tweets

  05-12-2016 12:59 via kxan.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders face a challenge: How to deal with Donald Trump.
  Weeks before taking office, the incoming American president is riling Beijing with confrontation and online statements that appear to foreshadow a tougher foreign policy toward China.
  China awoke Monday to sharp criticism posted by Trump on Twitter, days after Beijing responded to his telephone conversation with Taiwan’s president by accusing the Taiwanese of playing a “small trick” on Trump.
  
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• ‘We have lost everything’: Syrians return to ravaged Aleppo

  05-12-2016 12:56 via kxan.com
  
  ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Amina Hamawy burst into tears and then fainted when she returned to eastern Aleppo to find that looters had ransacked her home. “Where am I? What happened?” she asked after her husband and daughter revived her. “We have lost everything.”
  They were among a few hundred residents who fled fighting in the Hanano neighborhood last month and were able to return after government forces drove out Syrian rebels, whose besieged and bombed out enclave in e
  
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• Sinkhole swallows 2 in San Antonio after sewer line rupture

  05-12-2016 12:48 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio official says a 60-year-old man has been rescued after two cars were submerged inside a sinkhole created when a large sewer line ruptured.
  San Antonio Fire Battalion Chief Brian O’Neil tells the Express-News that a woman sustained minor injuries when she rescued the man who drove into the sinkhole Sunday night.
  O’Neil says the man and woman were taken to the hospital and are “in good shape.” Authorities were trying to determine if th
  
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• Sinkhole swallows 2 cars in San Antonio after sewer line rupture

  05-12-2016 12:48 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio official says a 60-year-old man has been rescued after two cars were submerged inside a sinkhole created when a large sewer line ruptured.
  San Antonio Fire Battalion Chief Brian O’Neil tells the Express-News that a woman sustained minor injuries when she rescued the man who drove into the sinkhole Sunday night.
  O’Neil says the man and woman were taken to the hospital and are “in good shape.” Authorities were trying to determine if th
  
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• One dead after sinkhole swallows car in San Antonio

  05-12-2016 12:48 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP/KXAN) — One person is dead after their car got stuck in a sinkhole in San Antonio Sunday night.
  The San Antonio Fire Department says they were called out to a water rescue around 7:30 p.m. in the southwest side of town. When firefighters arrived, they found two vehicles submerged in a sinkhole with a diameter about the size of the road itself. Authorities say the sinkhole was created when a large sewer line ruptured.
  A 60-year-old man was rescued by a civilian but the drive
  
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• Controversial housing development will now include 20-acre park

  05-12-2016 12:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Developers have agreed to scale back plans for a controversial affordable housing project in Austin after taking community feedback into consideration.
  The 75-acre Grove at Shoal Creek development is going to be built near Bull Creek Road and 45th Street. The project planners, ARG Bull Creek, Ltd., have agreed to cut back the retail and office spaces to add 20-acres of parkland to the development.
  The Grove at Shoal Creek rendering (The Grove Photo)The plans for more afford
  
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• Trump taps former campaign rival Carson as housing secretary

  05-12-2016 12:26 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former Campaign 2016 rival Ben Carson to become secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  Trump’s decision, announced early Monday by his transition office, comes as the real estate mogul continues a series of interviews, meetings with aides and other deliberations aimed at forming his administration.
  In a statement, Trump says he’s “thrilled to nominate” Carson, saying he “has a bri
  
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• Mom delivers baby aboard Southwest flight

  05-12-2016 12:16 via kxan.com
  
  CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD-TV) – Southwest Airlines flight 556, bound for Orlando from Philadelphia, diverted to Charleston after a baby was born in flight.
  Medical personnel on board assisted with the delivery. Emergency medical technicians met the flight upon landing and took the parents and baby to the hospital.
  A reporter from Alabama was on the flight and captured the newborn’s cries on video:
  My @SouthwestAir flight from PHL to MCO was diverted to Charleston because a woman went into
  
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• DNA woes, Sex crimes unit top agenda for Public Safety Committee

  05-12-2016 12:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Monday the Austin Public Safety Commission will get an update concerning the growing problem at the now closed Austin Police Department’s DNA lab. Thousands of cases could be compromised due to the DNA lab’s issues; like their evidence freezer breaking, not properly trained staff, and out of date technology which led to its closure in June.
  The Public Safety Commission will hear an update from the Assistant Police Chief Troy Gay about the DNA Kit Backlog. The
  
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• APD will provide commission update on DNA lab

  05-12-2016 12:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Monday the Austin Public Safety Commission will get an update concerning the growing problem at the now closed Austin Police Department’s DNA lab. Thousands of cases could be compromised due to the DNA lab’s issues; like their evidence freezer breaking, not properly trained staff, and out of date technology which led to its closure in June.
  The Public Safety Commission will hear an update from the Assistant Police Chief Troy Gay about the DNA Kit Backlog. The
  
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• After major victory, North Dakota pipeline protesters to defy deadline

  05-12-2016 12:13 via kxan.com
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Protesters celebrated a major victory in their push to reroute the Dakota Access oil pipeline away from a tribal water source but pledged to remain camped on federal land in North Dakota anyway, despite Monday’s government deadline to leave.
  Hundreds of people at the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires, encampment cheered and chanted “mni wichoni” — “water is life” in Lakota Sioux — after the Army Corps of Engineers refus
  
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• BOWL STORIES: Finales, contrasts in style, coaching carousel

  05-12-2016 11:51 via kxan.com
  
  The Alabama invitational, um, College Football Playoff is set, along with 38 other bowl games big and small.
  From coaching intrigue to record-setting runs there should be plenty of story lines to follow.
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  THE PLAYOFF
  Top-ranked Alabama and Nick Saban are attempting to win an unprecedented fifth national title in eight seasons, including back-to-back for a second time, and add to what can already be considered the greatest run in the history of college football.
  The Peach Bowl semifinal betwe
  
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• Plane landing gear collapses on landing in San Antonio

  05-12-2016 11:42 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Authorities say the passengers have been safely evacuated from a United Express plane after its nose gear collapsed when it landed at San Antonio International Airport.
  San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Woody Woodward says that when the Embraer-175 landed Sunday afternoon, its nose gear collapsed. He says 55 people were then safely evacuated from the plane via emergency slides. He says there was no fire.
  Woodward says there was only one minor ankle injury reported bu
  
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• Police: Fake news story led gunman to popular DC pizzeria

  05-12-2016 11:27 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who said he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza place fired an assault rifle inside the Washington, D.C., restaurant on Sunday injuring no one, police and news reports said.
  Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Aquita Brown said police received a call Sunday afternoon about a male with a weapon on Connecticut Avenue, in an affluent neighborhood of the nation’s capital.
  Edgar Maddison Welch,
  
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• Father brings teen driving course to Texas after losing sons in crash

  05-12-2016 07:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —  The Circuit of the Americas is a place known for speed, but this weekend an empty parking lot out at the racetrack was set up to teach young drivers about safety on the road.
  Former drag racing star Doug Herbert brought his unique driving course, fueled by tragedy, to Texas for the first time.
  “My two teenage boys were killed in a car crash and so that motivated me to want to do something,” said Herbert. “To train their friends about being safer driv
  
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• Longhorns add to UConn’s win streak

  05-12-2016 06:05 via kxan.com
  
  DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer
  UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies are finding new ways to win each game.
  It seems that a different player steps up every game. It was Napheesa Collier’s turn on Sunday.
  Collier scored 24 points and No. 2 UConn won its 82nd consecutive game with a 72-54 victory over No. 14 Texas in the annual Jimmy V Classic.
  “It’s really hard to pinpoint or put a label on this team,” Auriemma said. “They just seem
  
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• Texans lose their third straight

  05-12-2016 06:00 via kxan.com
  
  GENARO C. ARMAS, AP Sports Writer
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — With snow falling at Lambeau Field, the Green Bay Packers were back in their element.
  The Packers are back at .500 after beating Houston 21-13 on Sunday for their second straight win as they try to keep pace with Detroit in the NFC North.
  Aaron Rodgers threw for 209 yards and two touchdowns, Jordy Nelson had 118 yards receiving and a score, and Green Bay pulled away from the Texans with two fourth-quarter touchdowns.
  “Well, tha
  
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• One of the few trained in the world, woman writes Torah scroll in Texas

  05-12-2016 05:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the Jewish faith, it is commanded that every congregation write a Torah.
  In the last 20 years since the Congregations Agudas Achim last wrote a Torah scroll it has grown from 200 families, to now over 700 families. This year, CAA is doing something never done before in Texas.
  The Jewish congregation commissioned soferet Jen Taylor Friedman to write the latest Torah. Friedman is one of less than 10 women in the world trained to write the Hebrew letters in the Torah.
  
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• First of ten women writes Torah scroll in Austin

  05-12-2016 05:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the Jewish faith, it is commanded that every congregation write a Torah.
  In the last twenty years since the Congregations Agudas Achim last wrote a Torah scroll it has grown from 200 families, to now over 700 families. This year, CAA is doing something never done before in Texas.
  The Jewish congregation commissioned soferet Jen Taylor Friedman to write the latest Torah. Friedman is one of less than 10 women in the world trained to write the Hebrew letters in the Tor
  
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• Princess of Belgium visits Austin to strengthen business ties

  05-12-2016 04:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid, the younger sister of Belgium’s King Philippe, is in Texas, pushing for stronger business and education ties between the state and her country.
  She met with University of Texas at Austin President Greg Fenves Sunday afternoon. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Didier Reynders says the two discussed enhancing research collaboration and expanding exchange between UT and Belgian universities.
  Reynders says Texas is vitally
  
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• Suspect charged in Round Rock deadly hit-and-run

  05-12-2016 03:42 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Round Rock police say they have charged the driver of the truck who they say hit and killed Sean Kelley in downtown Round Rock late Friday night. Kelley was about to cross Main Street at the intersection of Mays Street around 11 p.m. when it happened.
  Police say initial information indicates the driver of the silver pick-up truck, 33-year-old Javier Morales-Ramirez, ran a red light at the intersection and struck Kelley. Morales-Ramirez left the scene but aut
  
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• Round Rock police have suspect in deadly hit-and-run

  05-12-2016 03:42 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Round Rock police say they have found the driver of the truck who they believe hit and killed Sean Kelley in downtown Round Rock early Saturday morning. Kelley was about to cross Main Street at the intersection of Mays Street around 1 a.m. when it happened.
  Police say initial information indicates the driver of the silver pick-up truck ran a red light at the intersection and struck Kelley. The driver left the scene but authorities said they were able to iden
  
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• Round Rock police charge suspect in deadly hit-and-run

  05-12-2016 03:42 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Round Rock police say they have charged the driver of the truck who they say hit and killed Sean Kelley in downtown Round Rock early Saturday morning. Kelley was about to cross Main Street at the intersection of Mays Street around 1 a.m. when it happened.
  Police say initial information indicates the driver of the silver pick-up truck, 33-year-old Javier Morales-Ramirez, ran a red light at the intersection and struck Kelley. Morales-Ramirez left the scene but
  
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• Friends remember Round Rock coach killed in hit-and-run

  05-12-2016 03:42 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Round Rock Police are still looking for the person who hit and killed Sean Kelley in downtown Round Rock late Friday night. Kelley was getting ready to cross Main Street at the intersection of Mays Street.
  “Absolutely unreal to stand just a few feet away from where my best friend last stood.”
  Randy Preston went back to the spot where his friend was killed Friday night. Preston and Kelley were hanging out at Rockey’s Piano Bar before the crash. &
  
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• Pickup truck crashes into moving train in Elgin

  05-12-2016 02:34 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — The driver of a pickup truck is safe after colliding to a train in Elgin Sunday morning.
  At around 11:30 a.m., the Elgin Police department received the call about the crash on Main Street Crossing.
  According to Elgin Police, the train was traveling eastbound when it struck a single cab pickup truck pushing it several yards down the tracks.
  At the time of the crash, the train was blowing its horn and the rail road crossing lights were activated, however, there are not
  
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• Boil water notice issued for parts of southwest Travis and northern Hays counties

  05-12-2016 01:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A water main break has called for a boil water notice for some neighborhoods in southwest Travis County and parts of northern Hays County.
  The neighborhoods affected by the boil water notice include:
  Village of Bear Creek
  Bear Creek Estate
  Hills of Texas
  Friendship Ranch
  Fox Run
  Reunion Ranch
  Water service in the area was interrupted for several hours after Travis County Public Utility Agency crews began an emergency repair on a transmission ma
  
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• Boil water notice for parts of southwest Travis, north Hays counties

  05-12-2016 01:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A water main break has called for a boil water notice for some neighborhoods in southwest Travis County and parts of northern Hays County.
  The neighborhoods affected by the boil water notice include:
  Village of Bear Creek
  Bear Creek Estate
  Hills of Texas
  Friendship Ranch
  Fox Run
  Reunion Ranch
  Water service in the area was interrupted for several hours after Travis County Public Utility Agency crews began an emergency repair on a transmission ma
  
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