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• Crews search for swimmer who went under in Lake Travis

  19-01-2017 23:35 via kxan.com
  
  LAGO VISTA, Texas (KXAN) — Crews are searching for a swimmer in Lake Travis who went under the water and has not resurfaced.
  Austin-Travis County EMS say they were called to the 3400 block of Drapers Cove at 4:13 p.m. for a report of a man in the water.
  A STAR Flight helicopter and Pedernales firefighters are also searching for the man in his 40s. At around 5 p.m. Thursday, ATCEMS said rescuers have switched to recovery mode, due to the amount of time the man has been submerged.
  
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• Crews find missing swimmer’s body in Lake Travis

  19-01-2017 23:35 via kxan.com
  
  LAGO VISTA, Texas (KXAN) — The body of the missing Lake Travis swimmer has been found.
  Austin-Travis County EMS say they were called to the 3400 block of Drapers Cove at 4:13 p.m. on Thursday for a report of a man in the water. The swimmer was found by a dive team at 10 a.m. Friday morning.
  A STAR Flight helicopter and Pedernales firefighters searched for the man in his 40s all day Thursday.
  The man went under the water on and never resurfaced. His identity has not been released.
  
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• VIDEO: Ricky Williams stopped by police in Tyler

  19-01-2017 23:18 via kxan.com
  
  TYLER, Texas (KETK) — The Tyler Police Department has confirmed an “incident” occurred with a Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL running back while he was in town for the Earl Campbell Award ceremony last week.
  Ex-University of Texas star Ricky Williams made the trip to Tyler to support two more former UT running backs: the award’s namesake Earl Campbell and the eventual winner of the award, D’Onta Foreman. 
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• ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘RoboCop’ star Miguel Ferrer dies at 61

  19-01-2017 23:11 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Miguel Ferrer, who brought stern authority to his featured role on CBS’ hit drama “NCIS: Los Angeles” and, before that, to “Crossing Jordan,” has died.
  CBS said Ferrer died Thursday of cancer at his Los Angeles home. He was 61.
  He had played assistant director Owen Granger on “NCIS: Los Angeles” since 2012. Before that, he played the chief medical examiner and boss to series star Jill Hennessy for the six seasons of NBC’s &ldq
  
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• Inaugural Things to Watch: the speech, the dress and more

  19-01-2017 23:02 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — From a morning stop at church through the swearing-in to the last dance of the evening, it’s going to be an inaugural marathon on Friday. Donald Trump will take Washington by storm, no matter what the weather. (Which, by the way, looks like rain.)
  Some things to watch for on Inauguration Day:
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  35 or 39?
  Trump’s oath of office is the only essential on Friday; all the rest is window dressing. The Constitution sets out a 35-word oath for the new president. Som
  
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• Planned Parenthood of Texas will continue to get Medicaid funds

  19-01-2017 22:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A judge has temporarily blocked Texas officials’ attempt to remove Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid provider. Judge Sam Spark’s final ruling is expected to come Feb. 21.
  Planned Parenthood argued that $3.1 million in state and federal funds were at stake if they were to be ousted from the program on Saturday, something they say would impact around 11,000 Texas patients.
  The organization says the state funds covered contraceptives, cancer screenings, breast
  
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• New signal lights make roads less confusing for bicyclists and drivers

  19-01-2017 22:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — At the intersection of Fourth Street and Red River Street in downtown near the Austin Convention Center, drivers and bicyclists come to two separate signal lights. Some Austin bicyclists say it’s confusing.
  “We were just discussing. We didn’t know if that was for right turn vehicles or this for left turn vehicles,” one bicyclist said.
  The city of Austin is helping to clarify when bicyclists can proceed in shared lanes with cars, by installing signal
  
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• Tickets for Austin Food and Wine Festival go on sale

  19-01-2017 22:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tickets are now on sale for the 2017 Austin Food + Wine Festival. Hopefully this year’s weather will hold up since last year’s event had to be cancelled due to soggy conditions.
  The event, now in its sixth year, runs from April 28-30. The festival will feature more than 40 events over three days at Auditorium Shores and Fair Market.
  “Austin is undoubtedly one of America’s most dynamic and diverse culinary capitals,” says Nilou Motamed, Editor i
  
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• Some Facebook users hit with ‘suspicious activity’ scam

  19-01-2017 22:29 via kxan.com
  
  MENLO PARK, Calif. (WFLA) – A number of Facebook users are reporting they received a notice about ‘suspicious activity’ on their accounts.
  The scam notifications attempt to scare the user into believing that suspicious activity on their Facebook account has resulted in their accounts being locked.
  Users are told it’s a ‘safety precaution,’ before attempting to be baited into click a link to a Google Sites page.
  RELATED: New, highly effective phishing tech
  
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• ‘Will & Grace’ 10-episode revival set for 2017-18 season

  19-01-2017 22:23 via kxan.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — “Will & Grace” is making a comeback.
  NBC said Wednesday that 10 new episodes are set to air during the 2017-18 season. The series will feature original stars Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally.
  Series creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan are aboard as executive producers, and series director James Burrows also will be back, NBC said.
  In a statement, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt called the series groundbrea
  
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• New bill could legalize liquid cremation in Texas

  19-01-2017 22:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Some people choose burial; others choose cremation by fire. Now, a proposed bill could open a new frontier for Texans: liquid cremation.
  The scientific term is alkaline hydrolysis, also known as bio-cremation or water cremation. The body is placed in a chamber with a heated alkaline liquid. After a few hours, all that remains is liquid and bone fragments.
  Alkaline hydrolysis has been allowed in a dozen states. House Bill 1155, filed Thursday by State Rep. Sarah Da
  
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• Gmail users targeted in new phishing attack

  19-01-2017 22:02 via kxan.com
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – A new, highly-effective phishing technique is targeting Gmail users, along with other email services.
  Mark Maunder, the CEO of WordPress security plugin Wordfence, says the attacker will send an email to your Gmail account. That email may come from someone you know who has had their account hacked using this technique. It may also include something that looks like an image of an attachment you recognize from the sender. 
   
  If you click on the i
  
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• Netflix’s shrinking DVD service faces uncertain future

  19-01-2017 21:38 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Originally cast in a starring role, Netflix’s original DVD-by-mail service has been reduced to a bit player — one that may eventually get killed off as the company focuses on its booming video streaming service.
  Netflix’s fourth-quarter earnings report released Wednesday provided the latest glimpse at the DVD service’s descent into oblivion as the streaming service hogs the spotlight.
  The DVD service shed 159,000 subscribers during the final thr
  
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• Obama releases final batch of bin Laden documents

  19-01-2017 20:53 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secluded in his hideaway in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden suspected Iranian officials might implant tracking devices in his sons, according to a document released Thursday in a batch of materials seized in a 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida leader.
  “If they inject you with a shot, this shot might be loaded with a tiny chip,” bin Laden wrote in an undated letter to his sons, Uthman and Mohammed, who were being allowed to leave Iran. “The syringe size may be
  
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• Leander man charged with murder in deadly US 183 crash

  19-01-2017 20:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Leander man who police say caused a crash that killed his female passenger is charged with murder.
  On Sunday, Jan. 15 around 2:15 a.m., Julio Bernal-Morales, 35, was driving a Chrysler 300 northbound on US 183 near Pond Springs Road when he ran into the back of a Jeep Wrangler. When medics with Austin-Travis County EMS arrived, they found Marina Romero, 43, dead in Bernal-Morales’ front passenger; in the backseat emergency crews found two children, ages 4 and 5
  
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• Sweet mystery: Thousands of red ‘Skittles’ spilled all over road

  19-01-2017 20:35 via kxan.com
  
  DODGE COUNTY, WI. (CNN) – A sticky mess in Dodge County: sheriff’s officials are trying to figure eout who spilled thousands of Skittles on county highway “S,” just south of Beaver Dam.
  The candy-coated roadway caught neighbors by surprise.
  The red-stained road in front of his home was a mystery to Merlin Pieper.
  “Yeah.  Probably hit a deer is probably what it was.”
  He saw the Sheriff’s squads and highway crews respond, but didn’t know it was
  
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• Class action lawsuit could get you $500 per call for unwanted robocalls about cruises

  19-01-2017 19:25 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (NBC News) —  Did you get a robocall about five or six years ago offering you a “free cruise” in exchange for a  short survey? If so, you could get $500 for each call you received.
  According to NBC News, Florida-based Caribbean Cruise Line and its two co-defendants — Vacation Ownership Marketing Tours and The Berkeley Group — have agreed to pay between $56 and $76 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed they made millions of unwanted
  
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• Man murdered in southeast Travis Co. robbery identified

  19-01-2017 19:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The man who died in Travis County’s first homicide of the year has been identified as 45-year-old Norberto Higuera Campuzano from Austin.
  Campuzano was killed on Jan. 14 around 2:52 a.m. at 6950 South US 183, just south of Farm to Market 812. The Travis County Sheriff’s Office says a group of men, including Campuzano, at that address were victims of an armed robbery.
  Initially police thought the robbery and the shooting were unrelated, but now they believe the i
  
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• Detroit dog found with ears, nose cut off

  19-01-2017 17:41 via kxan.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Animal welfare authorities in Detroit are trying to find whoever is responsible for maiming a dog found with his ears and nose cut off.
  The Michigan Humane Society has released a photo of the Rottweiler mix, which was found in the city on Tuesday. The society says a concerned citizen called them after spotting the dog. The animal was taken to veterinarians and treated.Investigator Mark Ramos says the maiming has caused the dog “a great deal of suffering.”
  The soc
  
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• Former President George H.W. Bush, wife remain hospitalized

  19-01-2017 16:12 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, remain hospitalized in Houston, where he was in intensive care for pneumonia and she was being watched after complaining of fatigue and coughing.
  The 92-year-old former president went into the ICU on Wednesday and underwent a procedure “to protect and clear his airway that required sedation,” family spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement.
  Bush was stable and resting comfortably at Houston Methodist Hospi
  
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• Democrats boycotting Trump’s inauguration

  19-01-2017 15:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three Texas Democratic lawmakers are opting out of attending this year’s inauguration ceremony.
  Austin Rep. Lloyd Doggett and San Antonio Rep. Joaquin Castro both announced Tuesday they will not be attending the ceremony on Friday. Doggett tweeted that he will not be at the inauguration because Trump’s actions to unite the country have only further divided it and “we are in for a long struggle.” InsideGov | Graphiq
  
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• Pennsylvania prosecutor probing truck with anti-MLK imagery

  19-01-2017 15:20 via kxan.com
  
  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A truck sporting images and messages against slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has drawn the attention of Pennsylvania authorities.
  It was seen around Johnstown on the King holiday, featuring a sign extolling King assassin James Earl Ray, a Confederate flag, a dark stuffed animal hanging from a noose and a mannequin of a black man.
  But the American Civil Liberties Union says the truck displays are protected free speech.“He has a right to say those
  
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• LGBTQ equality issues to be addressed by Texas lawmakers

  19-01-2017 14:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — At the state Capitol on Thursday Texas lawmakers will be hearing from speakers questioning bills they say discriminate against the LGBTQ community in Austin.
  Experts on national civil liberties will question more than 20 Texas bills they say promotes inequality for LGBTQ Texans. State lawmakers will hear from Mayor Nancy Vaughan, D-North Carolina, LGBTQ equality organizations and Texas business community leaders.
  One of the bills they will be focusing on is the Texas Privac
  
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• Dance party takes to DC streets to protest Mike Pence

  19-01-2017 14:27 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With glow sticks, hula hoops and rainbow flags, protesters took a dance party to the streets near the vice president-elect’s temporary home to oppose his positions on LGBT issues.
  News outlets report that more than 100 people accompanied by a truck blasting music danced Wednesday night through the usually quiet Chevy Chase area of northwest Washington, where Mike Pence has been renting a home.
  Disrupt J20, a collection of activist groups, and WERK For Peace, which f
  
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• PHOTOS: Firefighters working to find cause of Manor house fire

  19-01-2017 14:04 via kxan.com
  
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — Firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a 1,200-square-foot home to catch on fire in Manor.
  Fire crews were called to the home in the 400 block of North Burnet Street just before 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Large flames engulfing the house greeted firefighters causing smoke damage throughout the house.
  Fire sparked at Manor home, crews working to learn the cause (Courtesy: Travis County ESD Facebook page)On their Facebook page, the Travis County fire department
  
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• PHOTOS: Fire rips through Manor home

  19-01-2017 14:04 via kxan.com
  
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — Firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a 1,200-square-foot home to catch on fire in Manor.
  Fire crews were called to the home in the 400 block of North Burnet Street just before 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Large flames engulfing the house greeted firefighters causing smoke damage throughout the house.
  Fire sparked at Manor home, crews working to learn the cause (Courtesy: Travis County ESD Facebook page)On their Facebook page, the Travis County fire department
  
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• Rick Perry vows to boost agency he had pledged to eliminate

  19-01-2017 13:41 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (KXAN/AP) — Former Texas Governor Rick Perry faced Senate lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday for a confirmation hearing to head the Energy Department. During the hearing, Perry vowed to be an advocate for an agency he once pledged to eliminate and promised to rely on federal scientists, including those who work on climate change.
  The Energy Department is the department that Perry famously couldn’t remember during a 2011 presidential debate when listing the areas of gove
  
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• Perry faces U.S. lawmakers questioning his experience to lead Energy Dept.

  19-01-2017 13:41 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON D.C. (KXAN) — Former Texas Governor Rick Perry will face Senate lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Thursday for a confirmation hearing. Perry is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Energy.
  This is the department Perry famously couldn’t remember during a 2011 presidential debate when listing the areas of government he would eliminate if elected. Supporters say Perry’s nomination is a big deal for Texas. While opponents beli
  
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• Tennessee man calls 911 to report ounce of weed stolen

  19-01-2017 13:14 via kxan.com
  
  CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A man called the E-911 Center to report his weed had been stolen late Wednesday morning.
  Clarksville police said the 23-year-old told officers he is selling drugs to support his girlfriend and unborn child.
  Authorities were dispatched to his home about 11:50 a.m. to investigate after he reported someone stole $200 worth of marijuana.
  The man reportedly explained to officers he had agreed to meet a man on Beech Street to sell him one ounce of marijuana, but the t
  
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• VIDEO: Houston roads flooded after major downpour

  19-01-2017 13:05 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (KXAN) — Parts of Houston are beginning to dry out after more than six inches of rain flooded several streets.
  The water on one exit ramp off the Westpark Tollway rose so high that the flood gauge disappeared. Some drivers spent as many as four hours stranded on Highway 288 until the water receded.
  On Wednesday a man ended up walking through high water to help a bus driver who got stuck. The man then carried the driver to safety and went back to the bus to help a passenger g
  
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• Inauguration Day protests may impact Austin traffic on Friday

  19-01-2017 12:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austinites, city leaders, and students will take to the streets on Friday to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump.
  The group “One Resistance” tells KXAN that University of Texas students will walk out of the classroom at noon on Jan. 20. They say high school students are also planning to leave early at 3 p.m.
  The groups are planning to march from Auditorium Shores up Congress Avenue and back. A third protest will be led by Austin Pride and LGBTQ Allies from
  
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• How Inauguration Day protests will impact Austin traffic

  19-01-2017 12:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Several protests and rallies that are scheduled to occur in Austin on Friday in response to the presidential inauguration are expected to have an impact on your afternoon commute.
  The group One Resistance is organizing a walkout involving University of Texas students at noon on Jan. 20. The group says high school students are also planning to leave at 3 p.m.; even though high school dismissal at Austin ISD isn’t until 4:30 p.m.
  One Resistance protestors will meet at 5
  
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• School boundaries expected to change in Pflugerville upsetting parents

  19-01-2017 12:21 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — The Pflugerville School Board could decide on new boundaries for several schools after months of public meetings. Overall 14 schools are impacted by the boundary changes due to a new elementary and high school, as well as several schools over capacity.
  Thursday night the school board will receive a proposal that has some changes from the original because of parent feedback during public meetings.
  Proposed changes include:
  Varsity athletes and fine arts staying
  
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• School boundaries expected to change in Pflugerville

  19-01-2017 12:21 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — The Pflugerville School Board could decide on new boundaries for several schools after months of public meetings. Overall 14 schools are impacted by the boundary changes due to a new elementary and high school, as well as several schools over capacity.
  Thursday night the school board will receive a proposal that has some changes from the original because of parent feedback during public meetings.
  Proposed changes include:
  Varsity athletes and fine arts staying
  
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• 30 missing in central Italy avalanche that buries hotel

  19-01-2017 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — An avalanche buried a four-star spa hotel in a mountainous earthquake-hit region of central Italy, leaving at least 30 people missing, authorities said Thursday.
  The civil protection agency said that they were working to get rescue vehicles to the Hotel Rigopiano through roads covered in snow, joining initial rescue efforts overnight by alpine rescue teams. The ANSA news agency quoted a rescuer as saying that there were fatalities, but details weren’t immediately availab
  
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• Teen arrested for bomb threat against Manor New Tech High

  19-01-2017 06:00 via kxan.com
  
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — Manor police say they have arrested a teenager who made a bomb threat on a bus at Manor New Tech High School.
  Police say the 14-year-old student does not attend Manor ISD schools. Officers say most students had already left school grounds for the day when they arrived at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
  Students still on campus were cleared from the area, as a bomb-sniffing dog cleared the bus and determined there was no bomb.
  Investigators determined the bomb threat was a prank. Th
  
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• More than the score: Dustin McComas talks Texas basketball recruiting

  19-01-2017 05:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dustin McComas of Orangebloods.com joins Roger Wallace on More than the score to talk Texas basketball recruiting.
  
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• Police: Man that killed mother, son was driving at twice legal limit

  19-01-2017 05:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Investigators say the driver who caused a crash in November on State Highway 71 near Spicewood was driving with twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
  Cynthia Vega and her son Santiago were killed. Now, Blanco County authorities have charged Chandra Sekhar Gutti Bala with intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault with a vehicle.
  Family of Vega and her son have also filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
  “This was the day that Samantha — my sister Cynt
  
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• Capital Metro wants to change perception of public transit

  19-01-2017 05:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you’re on Facebook you may have noticed posts from Capital Metro, profiling riders. They want people to think differently about who rides public transit.
  “We kept hearing one common theme, and that was, ‘Transit is great, but it’s not for people like me,'” said Dan Dawson, vice president of Marketing and Communications for Capital Metro. “So that’s what gave me the idea that we needed to do something to try to change he
  
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• More than the score: Chris Almendarez one-on-one

  19-01-2017 04:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Round Rock Express president Chris Almendarez joined Chris Tavarez on More than the Score to talk about opening Jana’s House in Zambia
  
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• Wife of man shot by Yellow Rose security guard sues strip club

  19-01-2017 04:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The wife of a man shot by a security guard at the Yellow Rose strip club last month is suing the club over the incident.
  At 11:28 p.m. on Dec. 17, the gunshot rang out in the club’s parking lot in the 6500 block of N. Lamar Blvd., near Airport Boulevard, sending Edward Mares to the hospital in critical condition.
  In a statement to KXAN after the robbery, the company said, “The member of the [Yellow Rose] Security team fired one shot to his head preventing t
  
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• Corpus Christi mayor resigns on Facebook

  19-01-2017 03:53 via kxan.com
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Dan McQueen’s tenure as mayor of Corpus Christi has ended after just 37 days.
  McQueen tendered his resignation in an email to the city secretary after announcing his plans to quit Wednesday in a Facebook posting.
  McQueen’s tenure has been turbulent, as well as brief. He has taken to his Facebook account to criticize city staff, the news media and City Council members.
  In Wednesday’s posting, McQueen heaped scorn on the council, which he said &
  
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• Report: Sid Miller skipped as USDA head for Perdue

  19-01-2017 03:21 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to serve as agriculture secretary, according to a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to speak publicly before it is announced.
  Perdue, 70, would be the first Southerner to lead the Agriculture Department in more than two decades. He comes from the small city of Bonaire in rural central Georgia, where he built businesses in grain trading and trucking.
  The agriculture secreta
  
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• VIDEO: Texas officer’s dashcam catches gas line explosion

  19-01-2017 02:41 via kxan.com
  
  SPEARMAN, Texas (NBC News) – A police officer’s dash cam was recording Monday night in Spearman when suddenly an enormous fireball fills the horizon.
  As the officer races toward the flames you can see the towering inferno grow.
  The pipeline is maintained by DCP Midstream.
  Crews were able to cut off the gas, and the fire eventually burned itself out.
  No injuries were reported.
  It’s unclear what caused the explosion or how long repairs on the pipeline will take.
  
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• Dukes case tests new system for political corruption investigations

  19-01-2017 02:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A system meant to keep the people you elect honest is getting one of its first tests with the indictment of State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin.
  State lawmakers accused the public integrity unit of being too political last legislative session. The unit used to be housed in the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. When it was, lawyers got indictments against big names such as U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay.
  The Republican-led legislature poin
  
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• Former Austin TV host takes questions from Taylor High School students

  19-01-2017 02:21 via kxan.com
  
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Carrie Fisher and Woody Allen are just a few of the famous guests Carolyn Jackson interviewed as a TV host back in the 1960s and 1970s. That is when she worked for KXAN when it was known as KTVV, a time when there were few women in broadcast television.
  Jackson is used to asking questions of high-profile guests, but on Wednesday afternoon she was in the hot seat at her alma mater, Taylor High School. A group of students interviewed Ja
  
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• Classic Austin TV host put on the hot seat by Taylor High students

  19-01-2017 02:21 via kxan.com
  
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Carrie Fisher and Woody Allen are just a few of the famous guests Carolyn Jackson interviewed as a TV host back in the 1960s and 1970s. That is when she worked for KXAN when it was known as KTVV, a time when there were few women in broadcast television.
  Jackson is used to asking questions of high-profile guests, but on Wednesday afternoon she was in the hot seat at her alma mater, Taylor High School. A group of students interviewed Ja
  
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• Former president Bush’s movement disorder mimics Parkinson’s

  19-01-2017 02:15 via kxan.com
  
  Former President George H.W. Bush, who has been placed in intensive care at a Houston hospital, is suffering from pneumonia and has vascular parkinsonism, a rare syndrome that mimics Parkinson’s disease. The 92-year-old Bush also broke a vertebra in 2015 and has used a motorized scooter or a wheelchair in recent years. Some answers to common questions about his health:
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  Q: WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF PNEUMONIA?A: Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that can be mild or severe. Elderly patie
  
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• Bicyclist killed in northwest Austin crash identified

  19-01-2017 01:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police have identified a bicyclist who died after he ran into an SUV last week at the corner of US 183 and Riata Trace Parkway.
  Austin police say Paul Pittman, 61, was riding his bicycle westbound on Riata Race Parkway on Jan. 8 when he failed to yield to a driver in a Ford Explorer who was traveling northbound on the frontage road of US 183. The driver was unable to avoid hitting the bicyclist.
  Pittman was taken to the hospital where he died.
   
   
  
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• Zoo Miami announces death of Harambe’s grandmother, Josephine

  19-01-2017 01:16 via kxan.com
  
  MIAMI, FL (WCMH) — Zoo Miami announced Wednesday the loss of its matriarch gorilla, Josephine.
  Josephine was born in the wild in March 1967. She arrived at Zoo Miami in 1983 and gave birth to Moja, the first gorilla born in Miami.
  Moja was the father of Harambe, the gorilla that was killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016.
  In 2009, Josephine had cataract surgery and had two artificial human lenses implanted to restore her sight.
  More recently, the nearly 50-year-old great ape had been sufferi
  
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