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• Two charged with shooting, setting victim on fire in Del Valle

  06-12-2016 23:58 via kxan.com
  
  DEL VALLE, Texas (KXAN) — A burned body was found in a truck in Del Valle on Oct. 30. Two men have now been charged with capital murder for shooting and setting the victim on fire.
  Travis County deputies and firefighters responded to a vehicle fire that morning on Buck Lane. Once the fire was put out, a human body, burned beyond recognition, was found in the trunk.
  The burned remains of a football jersey with “Punisher 74” written on it was found under the victim&rsqu
  
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• American students have a math problem

  06-12-2016 23:54 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest global snapshot of student performance for 15-year-olds shows declining math scores in the U.S. and stagnant performance in science and reading.
  “We’re losing ground — a troubling prospect when, in today’s knowledge-based economy, the best jobs can go anywhere in the world,” said Education Secretary John B. King Jr. “Students in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Minnesota aren’t just vying for great jobs along with thei
  
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• Texas files legislation to take part in Convention of States

  06-12-2016 23:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott’s is moving forward with his plan to try to rein in the federal government and give more power back to the states. On Tuesday, Abbott attended and delivered remarks at the Convention of States legislation filing announcement.
  The filing commits Texas to take part in a Convention of States but it’ll still take work to get other states on board. Abbott is hoping to change that.
  Abbott’s focus is on Article 5 of the U.S. Constitution, wh
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Burnet County woman found safe

  06-12-2016 23:00 via kxan.com
  
  UPDATE: The Burnet County Sheriff’s Department told KXAN Wednesday morning, Christina Beal was found and is safe. The department says no other information is available but more could be released later on Wednesday.
  BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Deputies are searching for a missing woman in Burnet County.
  The woman, 30-year-old Christina Beal, was last seen in the area of the Briggs RV park walking a brown and white lab mix wearing a red collar around 5:30 p.m. Monday.
  
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• Burnet County deputies search for missing woman

  06-12-2016 23:00 via kxan.com
  
  BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Deputies are searching for a missing woman in Burnet County.
  The woman, 30-year-old Christina Beal, was last seen in the area of the Briggs RV park walking a brown and white lab mix wearing a red collar around 5:30 p.m. Monday. Beal was wearing a black jacket and black sweatpants in the 4300 block of US 183. A KXAN viewer says there is a large ongoing search for the woman in Briggs, located on US 183 about halfway between Leander and Lampas
  
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• Burnet Co. deputies search for woman believed to be in danger

  06-12-2016 23:00 via kxan.com
  
  BRIGGS, Texas (KXAN) — Deputies are searching for a missing woman in Burnet County.
  The woman was last seen in Briggs, Texas walking a mostly white dog with some brown, wearing a red collar, Monday between 3 and 4 p.m. She was wearing a black jacket and black sweatpants.
  Briggs is located on US 183 about halfway between Leander and Lampasas. Deputies say the woman, who has not been identified, is believed to be in danger. Anyone who sees the woman is asked to call the sheriff&rsq
  
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• Mystery woman leaves ‘uplifting’ signs at North Texas mosque

  06-12-2016 22:41 via kxan.com
  
  ALLEN, Texas (NBC News) There have been many signs of support at north Texas mosques lately. Most recently, a viral photo of a Texas man holding up a sign that reads “You belong” right in front of the Irving Islamic Center.
  Now, members of the Allen mosque are desperately searching for an anonymous woman they say has lifted up the community.
  They played detective to say thank you, even pulling up the mosque’s surveillance video.
  Early Friday morning, a woman is seen quickly pou
  
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• Unity event, protests expected at white nationalist’s visit to Texas A&M

  06-12-2016 22:34 via kxan.com
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University is preparing to hold an event highlighting diversity and unity at the same time a white nationalist is set to speak at the College Station campus.
  The “Aggies United” event was to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, about an hour before a speech by Richard Spencer, who leads a movement that mixes racism, white nationalism and populism.
  A&M officials say the university didn’t schedule the speech by Spencer, who was invited to
  
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• Texas Lowe’s hires veteran and his service dog

  06-12-2016 22:07 via kxan.com
  
  ABILENE, TX (WCMH) — A veteran was having a hard time finding a job that allowed him to keep his closest companion by his side, until he applied at Lowe’s.
  “Three deployments out of Uzbekistan, and then two out of Qatar,” Clay Luthy describes his tour of duties to KRBC.
  But after multiple injuries, including several knee surgeries, he was no longer allowed to reenlist.
  Luthy then decided it was time to get a job.
  “We were interviewing people for his position and he
  
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• Data shows mothers not breast feeding long enough

  06-12-2016 21:41 via kxan.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A recent study shows too many moms are stopping breast feeding too soon and a task force of experts say doctors need to be the ones to change it.
  Breast feeding has long been recommended by doctors. The health benefits are staggering. Not just fewer ear infections, colds, and hospital visits with breast-fed babies, but it also reduces the chances of SIDS by up to 50-percent and even reduces the chance of leukemia in older children. Still many mothers who start off bre
  
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• 10 years on, family’s fight for teen dating violence prevention continues

  06-12-2016 21:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Ten years after the 2006 shooting death of Jennifer Ann Crecente, a then-senior at James Bowie High School in Austin, the victim’s mother is continuing the fight for more funding and awareness for teen dating violence.
  Elizabeth Crecente says one in three teens experience teen dating violence.
  “You can’t walk down a high school or a middle school hallway and not see it,” said Crecente. “Sometimes I hear, ‘Not in our school, not in ou
  
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• Report: Child abuse increasing in East Austin, rural Travis Co.

  06-12-2016 20:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Last year, one in 107 children were mistreated in Travis County, which is higher than the statewide average, according to Child Protective Services.
  While child abuse cases are decreasing in central Austin, they are increasing in East Austin and the rural areas of Travis County, states a report by Dell Children’s researchers. The report highlights the “hot spots” for child abuse and neglect in Travis County; pinpointing causes and effects of abuse on
  
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• Study: Parents use digital entertainment more than 9 hours a day

  06-12-2016 20:05 via kxan.com
  
  (NBC News) A new studey finds between posting pictures on Facebook, exploring Pinterest projects, tweeting, texting, e-mailing and binge-watching television, parents spend an average of nine hours and 22 minutes every day using media and technology. That’s mostly entertainment screen time, not work.
  The study from Common Sense Media is based on a nationally representative survey of nearly 1,800 parents of tweens and teenagers.
  “This study shows that while parents spend over nine hour
  
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• Trial begins for Burnet Co. constable’s son accused of murdering his friends

  06-12-2016 19:00 via kxan.com
  
  BURNET, Texas (KXAN) — Opening arguments in the capital murder trial of Garrett James Ballard, the son of a Burnet County constable accused of shooting and killing two of his friends, started Tuesday. Ballard’s father, Jimmy Ballard, is the Precinct 3 Constable in Burnet County.
  Ballard, 23, is accused of shooting and killing Travis Leslie Fox, 26, and Elijah Adam Benson, 17, at Ballard’s home located in the 5800 block of County Road 340 on Aug. 29, 2014. In an a
  
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• Georgetown mom accused of leaving kids on the side of the road

  06-12-2016 18:16 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — A 48-year-old woman in jail accused of abandoning her two children on the side of a busy Georgetown road over the weekend.
  According to an arrest affidavit, on Sunday around 3:20 p.m., a 911 caller reported she saw two elementary-aged children get “pushed out of a vehicle” near the intersection of Farm to Market 971 and Northeast Inner Loop. The witness told police she saw a driver in a white SUV, later identified as Wanda Williams-Kirby, stop he
  
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• SeaWorld cutting 320 jobs in restructuring

  06-12-2016 17:40 via kxan.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. is eliminating 320 jobs across its 12-park company.
  Company officials said Tuesday in a statement that the goal of the restructuring is to eliminate costs and improve the company’s operations. The job eliminations involve both salaried and hourly workers. Company officials say the changes will position the company for long-term success.
  SeaWorld’s attendance and revenue have suffered in the face of a campaign by animal rights act
  
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• Tech companies move to target terrorist propaganda online

  06-12-2016 17:00 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are joining forces to more quickly identify the worst terrorist propaganda and prevent it from spreading online.
  The new program announced Monday would create a database of unique digital “fingerprints” to help automatically identify videos or images the companies could remove.
  The move by the technology companies, which is expected to begin in early 2017, aims to assuage government concerns — and derail proposed
  
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• Special-needs Texas teens found in ‘deplorable’ conditions

  06-12-2016 15:25 via kxan.com
  
  RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — A sheriff says seven special-needs teenagers aged 13 to 16 years old have been removed from “deplorable” conditions at a Houston-area home where they were locked for long periods in a closet.
  Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls said in a statement Monday that the malnourished teens were found Nov. 23. They were kept in a single room that smelled of human waste and had been struck with a wooden paddle. Nehls didn’t describe the nature of the youths&r
  
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• Curb those cravings, tips for eating healthy during the holidays

  06-12-2016 15:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With the holidays comes the parites and the dinners full of delicious and tempting food.
  Registered dietitian Sarah Galicki joined us in the KXAN studio to help you navigate through the temptations.
  Galicki says her mother and grandmother had type two diabetes. She was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome in high school. She ended up losing 120 pounds by the time she graduated from college.
  Advice for someone going to a holiday party:
  Eat greek yogurt at home first
  Drink
  
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• Beyonce, Drake, Rihanna, Kanye top Grammy nominations list

  06-12-2016 14:53 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce leads Grammys with nine nominations. Drake, Rihanna, Kanye West each score eight.
  The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that Beyonce’s “Lemonade” and Adele’s “25” are nominated for album of the year, along with Drake’s “Views,” Justin Bieber’s “Purpose” and Sturgill Simpson’s “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth.”
  For song of the year, Beyonce’s “Formation” and
  
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• Wrong-way signs will be lowered at I-35 and 32nd Street

  06-12-2016 14:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Over the past six years Texas has seen 800 wrong-way crashes.
  Most of the crashes happen overnight and usually involve an impaired driver. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority and the Texas Department of Transportation will lower the wrong-way and Do Not Enter signs at exit ramps on Austin roads.
  One of the signs will be lowered at the exit ramp for Interstate 35 and 32nd Street. The signs will be lowered from seven feet to three feet.
  TxDOT hopes this will he
  
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• TxDOT lowering road signs to prevent wrong-way crashes

  06-12-2016 14:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Over the past six years Texas has seen 800 wrong-way crashes.
  Most of the crashes happen overnight and usually involve an impaired driver. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority and the Texas Department of Transportation will lower the wrong-way and Do Not Enter signs at exit ramps on Austin roads.
  One of the signs will be lowered at the exit ramp for Interstate 35 and 32nd Street. The signs will be lowered from seven feet to three feet.
  TxDOT hopes this will he
  
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• Singing Contractors have another viral hit with Christmas song

  06-12-2016 13:56 via kxan.com
  
  https://www.facebook.com/The-Singing-Contractors-1217228624961331/
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Singing Contractors are back with a to follow up their viral hit “How Great Thou Art” from last September.
  This weekend their version of “Mary, Did You Know?” has blown up online.
  This is a pair of general contractors who one day decided to start singing at job sites and recording the songs on their phone.
  They mostly record songs by request and they’re glad they grant
  
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• Texas releases abortion booklet citing refuted cancer links

  06-12-2016 13:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas state agency has released a new edition of a booklet for women considering an abortion that suggests there may be a link between terminating pregnancies and increased risks of breast cancer and depression.
  The Texas Department of State Health Services issued the new edition of “A Woman’s Right to Know” on Monday.
  Since 2003, state law has mandated that pregnant women be provided information when mulling an abortion. The new edition of the book
  
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• Texas releases abortion booklet citing debunked links to cancer

  06-12-2016 13:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas state agency has released a new edition of a booklet for women considering an abortion that suggests there may be a link between terminating pregnancies and increased risks of breast cancer and depression.
  The Texas Department of State Health Services issued the new edition of “A Woman’s Right to Know” on Monday.
  Since 2003, state law has mandated that pregnant women be provided information when mulling an abortion. The new edition of the book
  
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• Texas Elector says he is not voting for Trump

  06-12-2016 13:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Republican member of the Texas Electors says he is not going to cast his vote for President-elect Donald Trump.
  The Dallas member says he is not happy with Trump’s post-election attacks on the First Amendment. He is now considering changing his vote to Ohio Governor John Kasich.
  Just last week a Republican elector resigned saying he would not vote for Trump. Art Sisneros told The Associated Press that he was wavering on supporting Trump because the Republican &
  
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• Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos stepping down

  06-12-2016 12:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas has a new Secretary of State.
  Rolando Pablos is going to take over in January. He currently heads the Texas Racing Commission and used to serve on the Public Utility Commission.
  Pablos is replacing Carlos Cascos who is stepping down after two years on the job. Cascos’ spokesperson says the secretary is going back to Brownsville where he served as a county Judge before becoming secretary of state.
  
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• Austin police ditching paper for online applications

  06-12-2016 12:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is going electronic.
  On Tuesday they will officially make the move from paper applications to online. The old process required potential new officers to complete a 37 page background history, along with other documents and mail it in at their own expense.
  Online application here
  Those interested in being a police officer can now fill out the questionnaire online and a credit report. Once you have submitted your application, you can also check th
  
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• Amazon testing checkout-free grocery store

  06-12-2016 12:24 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is testing a grocery store model in Seattle that works without checkout lines.
  Called Amazon Go, shoppers scan their Amazon app when they enter the store, and then sensors register items that shoppers pick up and automatically charge them to the Amazon app.
  If a shopper puts the item back they aren’t charged.
  The store offers ready-to-eat meals, staples like bread and milk and meal-making kits.
  The store is in testing and is open to Amazon employees on a trial
  
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• More victims identified in deadly Oakland warehouse fire

  06-12-2016 12:02 via kxan.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —  More victims from the deadly fire have been identified.
  The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau released the names of 10 more fire victims who have been positively identified. A press release from the City of Oakland late Monday says all 10 were from the San Francisco and Oakland area and all were in their 20s and 30s.
  The announcement was the latest about victims of the blaze that killed at least 36 people. The fire erupted during a dance party late Friday n
  
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• White nationalist to give speech today at Texas A&M

  06-12-2016 11:53 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Texas A&M University will hold an event to highlight diversity and unity at the same time a white nationalist is set to speak at the College Station campus today.
  The “Aggies United” event was put together after Richard Spencer, who is a leader in the “alt-right,” — a movement that mixes racism, white nationalism and populism — was invited to speak by a former student.
  The unity event will be held at the university’s football sta
  
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• 25 years later: Murder of 4 Austin teens still unsolved

  06-12-2016 05:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tuesday marks 25 years since four teenage girls were murdered in a North Austin yogurt shop.
  The “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Yogurt” Shop on Anderson Lane went up in flames on Dec. 6, 1991. When the fire was put out, the bodies of 13-year-old Amy Ayers, 17-year-old Jennifer Harbison, her 15-year-old sister Sarah, and 17-year-old Eliza Thomas were found in the torched building — tied up, stacked on top of each other and all shot in the head.
  
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• 25 years later: Looking for a match in the Yogurt Shop murders

  06-12-2016 05:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tuesday marks 25 years since four teenage girls were murdered in a North Austin yogurt shop.
  The “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Yogurt” Shop on Anderson Lane went up in flames on Dec. 6, 1991. When the fire was put out, the bodies of 13-year-old Amy Ayers, 17-year-old Jennifer Harbison, her 15-year-old sister Sarah, and 17-year-old Eliza Thomas were found in the torched building — tied up, stacked on top of each other and all shot in the head.
  
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• Train kills man near MoPac, Anderson Lane

  06-12-2016 04:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was hit and killed by a Union Pacific train in North Austin, Monday night.
  Austin-Travis County EMS were called to the 7900 block of Great Northern Boulevard, near the northbound lanes of North MoPac Expressway and West Anderson Lane, at 8:57 p.m. The train was traveling from Laredo to Chicago carrying cars. Investigators say the man did not respond to the train’s warning sounds.
  Medics say the man was in his 30s or 40s. No additional information was i
  
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• Man hit, killed by train near MoPac, Anderson Lane

  06-12-2016 04:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was hit and killed by a train in North Austin, Monday night.
  Austin-Travis County EMS were called to the 7900 block of Great Northern Boulevard, near the northbound lanes of North MoPac Expressway and West Anderson Lane, at 8:57 p.m.
  Medics say the man was in his 30s or 40s. No additional information was immediately available.
  KXAN has a crew on the way to the scene. We’ll update this story as we get additional information. 
  
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• Texans still eyeing top spots in Trump administration

  06-12-2016 04:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — President-elect Donald Trump was back to his closed-door meetings on Monday to fill out his cabinet.
  The return to the revolving door of meetings and jobs interviews at Trump Tower has left some Texans out in the cold.
  Dr. Ben Carson will be nominated as the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday.
  Carson was set to replace a Texan. Former mayor of San Antonio Julián Castro serves as the HUD sec
  
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• Hill Country soldier killed in Jordan laid to rest

  06-12-2016 03:15 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (KXAN) — A soldier from the Texas Hill Country was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
  U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Moriarty, 27, of Kerrville, Texas, was one of three service members killed in Jordan on Nov. 4. The three were Special Forces soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) located at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
  U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Moriarty (Army Photo)Investigators have not ruled out terrorism as a possible motive in the attack, accordi
  
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• Tom Herman’s first week at Texas

  06-12-2016 03:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The KXAN Sports crew of Roger Wallace, Chris Tavarez and Andrew Schnitker join More than the Score to discuss Tom Herman’s first week of recruiting and Shaka Smart’s Longhorns
  
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• Retention pond concerns persist; city to add inspectors

  06-12-2016 02:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the first time in nine years, Austin’s Watershed Protection Department is getting additional inspectors to check 7,000 privately-owned retention ponds across the city. It’s an important function on rainy days like we’ve seen. KXAN found it’s not just a problem of manpower, but city communication, that’s leaving Austinites with complaints feeling hung out to dry.“They built the retention pond a foot deeper back in July,&rdquo
  
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• Ambulance theft sparks questions about security at Austin hospitals

  06-12-2016 02:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An ambulance stolen from a secured hospital is prompting security questions outside the Austin area’s main trauma emergency room.
  The Austin-Travis County EMS ambulance was stolen from the ambulance port outside University Medical Center Brackenridge on Saturday morning. Medics were bringing a patient inside the hospital from the ambulance just before 9:30 a.m. They were notified that the ambulance was leaving shortly after entering the hospital.
  Around 10:1
  
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• Biden in 2020? With a smile, he says he’s not ruling it out

  06-12-2016 02:19 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s more than a month before Donald Trump even enters the White House, but Joe Biden says he’s running for president in 2020.
  Maybe.
  “I’m going to run in 2020. For president. So, uh, what the hell, man,” the departing vice president told reporters Monday with only a slight smile on his face. Given a chance to walk it back, he did — but only a bit.
  Asked if he was joking, he said: “I’m not committing not to run. I’m no
  
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• First-ever tree lighting warms hearts at Dell Children’s

  06-12-2016 00:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A piece of the Trail of Lights is being brought to patients, family members and staff at Dell Children’s Medical Center.
  Lighting technicians set up giant holiday trees, stringing lights and decorations in the hospital’s garden. Dell Children’s held their first-ever tree lighting ceremony Monday evening, complete with singing by the Austin Carolers, food trucks, cookie decorating and arts and crafts.
  T-shirts on sale at the event help raise money for next
  
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• Austin police outsources backlogged rape kits to private labs

  06-12-2016 00:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department has signed agreements with two forensic labs to help ease the backlog of 3,000 sex assault kits.
  The Southwest Institute of Forensic Science will handle 100 cases every two weeks. A second group called Signature Science will handle a number as well.
  Since June, the Texas Department of Public Safety crime lab has also assisted APD with testing 20 so-called critical cases every month.
  Assistant Chief Troy Gay tells Public Safety commissioners he h
  
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• Austin police continue to outsource DNA test kits

  06-12-2016 00:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is taking advantage of signed DNA testing agreements with two private forensic labs to help ease the backlog of 3,000 sex assault kits while its own crime lab is months away from reopening after its sudden shut-down in June.
  The Southwest Institute of Forensic Science in Dallas is handling 100 cases every two weeks. A second group called Signature Science is handling a number as well, Asst. Chief Troy Gay told Austin’s Public Safety Commis
  
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• Sister and brother killed in Fredericksburg crash remembered by family

  06-12-2016 00:15 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — Destiny Conatser, a 17-year-old cheerleader at Rouse High School in Leander and Cheer Athletics in Austin, was known to many.
  Hundreds of people are now forced to say goodbye after Conatser and her 16-year-old brother, Evan Langbein, were killed in a weekend crash near Fredericksburg.
  “It wasn’t their time,” says their aunt. “[Destiny would] walk into a room, she’d see people sad, and she did whatever goofy stuff she could do to make th
  
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• Family remembers sister and brother killed in crash near Fredericksburg

  06-12-2016 00:15 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — Destiny Conatser, a 17-year-old cheerleader at Rouse High School in Leander and Cheer Athletics in Austin, was known to many.
  Hundreds of people are now forced to say goodbye after Conatser and her 16-year-old brother, Evan Langbein, were killed in a weekend crash near Fredericksburg.
  “It wasn’t their time,” says their aunt. “[Destiny would] walk into a room, she’d see people sad, and she did whatever goofy stuff she could do to make th
  
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• Family remembers siblings killed in Fredericksburg crash

  06-12-2016 00:15 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — Destiny Conatser, a 17-year-old cheerleader at Rouse High School in Leander and Cheer Athletics in Austin, was known to many.
  Hundreds of people are now forced to say goodbye after Conatser and her 16-year-old brother, Evan Langbein, were killed in a weekend crash near Fredericksburg.
  “It wasn’t their time,” says their aunt. “[Destiny would] walk into a room, she’d see people sad, and she did whatever goofy stuff she could do to make th
  
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