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• 2017 Oscar Predictions: Who will win this year?

  25-02-2017 23:29 via kxan.com
  
  (WFLA) — After a phenomenal awards season so far and months of debate, WFLA News Channel 8’s Lila Gross is breaking down her final Oscar predictions in the four major categories.
  Best Picture
  The two most prominent films this awards season were La La Land and Moonlight.
  Even though Moonlight is really the more serious film, La La Land takes us to a place of heartache and dreams, deviating from all the commotion in the world. WFLA News Channel 8’s Lila Gross said she believ
  
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• Democrats elect Perez party chairman on second ballot

  25-02-2017 22:44 via kxan.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats elected former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as their new national chairman on Saturday over a liberal Minnesota congressman after a divisive campaign that reflected the depths of the party’s electoral failures as well as the energy from resistance to President Donald Trump.Perez, the first Latino to hold the post, edged Rep. Keith Ellison on the second round of voting by Democratic National Committee members gathered in Atlanta.
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• Liberty Hill led by basketball royalty

  25-02-2017 22:42 via kxan.com
  
  LIBERTY HILL (KXAN) — Liberty Hill basketball team is made from years of hard work. Really. From elementary to high school, this team has indeed grown up together.
  “Since 4th grade, yeah 4th grade. It’s been a while,” junior Bethany Mcleod said.
  Back to back trips to the 4A state tournament and the expectation to return, this year– this family is set on going the distance.
  We have so much heart and so much drive. We want it so bad that…we have a good chance,&
  
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• Understanding spontaneous coronary artery dissection in women

  25-02-2017 22:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When you think about how to improve your heart heath, you may think about heart attacks and preventing them with diet and exercise.
  But there’s another risk that we don’t often see.
  Dr. Jeffrey Michel, Interim Division Chief for Cardiology at Baylor Scott and White was in the studio with Gigi Barnett to talk about spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
  
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• Texas struggles continue with home loss to Iowa State

  25-02-2017 21:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Iowa State missed the NCAA Tournament last season after a nine-year run. On Friday night, the Cyclones took a big step toward making a return.
  Seanna Johnson scored 22 points, including 10 straight for the Cyclones in the third quarter, and they upset No. 6 Texas 70-66 Friday for their fourth straight victory.
  Down two with seven minutes remaining, Iowa State (17-11, 8-9 Big 12) took control with a 9-0 run.
  “That’s one of the biggest wins we’ve had in
  
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• OU Sooner quarterback arrested in Fayetteville

  25-02-2017 21:29 via kxan.com
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – – University of Oklahoma Quarterback Baker Mayfield was arrested early Saturday Morning in Fayetteville.
  According to police, the incident happened around 2:30am on Saturday.
  Mayfield is charged with Public Intoxication, Disorderly Conduct, Fleeing, and Resisting Arrest.
  Mayfield is due to be in court on April 7.
  According to ESPN.com report, a police officer was flagged down to take an assault and battery report at about 2:29 a.m. Saturday. The person who flagge
  
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• Weekend Gardener: Read a garden book day

  25-02-2017 21:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Today is national read a garden book day.
  To celebrate, John Dromgoole with the Natural Gardener has some tips on some helpful books to get your garden going.
  For more tips and gardening ideas, click here.
  
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• Austin police investigating body found in Barton Creek

  25-02-2017 18:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are at the scene where a deceased person was found in Barton Creek near Zilker Park.
  We have a crew on the way to the scene and will and will update the story as more information is released. 
  
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• Two killed in Leander single-vehicle crash

  25-02-2017 17:43 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) – The Leander Police Department is investigating a deadly crash that killed two people early Saturday morning.
  At around 3:35 a.m., a passerby notified police after seeing a vehicle against a tree at the 2900 block of Hero Way.
  Police believe the driver of the Kia was traveling westbound on Hero Way, a two lane rural area where the posted speed limit is 45 mph.
  Investigators say the vehicle left the roadway going into a ditch on the north side of the roadway
  
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• African-American owned newspapers thriving amid industry slump

  25-02-2017 05:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Newspapers nationwide have drastically cut down on production, a result of a slump in advertising and a drop in readership.
  That’s not the case with part of the industry — African-American-owned newspapers — which are still going strong. Much of the success comes from changes in one of Austin’s mostly-black communities.
  For 44 years, East Austin’s “The Villager” newspaper has been free of charge. That’s what Tommie Wyatt
  
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• African-American newspapers thriving amid industry slump

  25-02-2017 05:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Newspapers nationwide have drastically cut down on production, a result of a slump in advertising and a drop in readership.
  That’s not the case with part of the industry — African-American-owned newspapers — which are still going strong. Much of the success comes from changes in one of Austin’s mostly-black communities.
  For 44 years, East Austin’s “The Villager” newspaper has been free of charge. That’s what Tommie Wyatt
  
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• Parents believe missing Kyle teenager may be with man she met online

  25-02-2017 04:50 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Kyle police are searching for a 13-year-old girl who they say could be in the Austin or Wimberley area with a 19-year-old man.  Police say they are actively investigating this case so they can’t release many details at this time.
  However, her parents tell us they think she met a man online and left home to meet him. “I think she meant to leave, and that’s hard to say, but I don’t think she meant to be gone for this long,” said Ky
  
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• Missing Kyle teen found with registered sex offender near New Mexico border

  25-02-2017 04:50 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Kyle police have located a missing 13-year-old girl with a registered sex offender near the New Mexico/Texas border Friday night.
  After several tips, authorities were brought to Yoakum County, Texas where Kylei Glasgow was found. Glasgow was sent to a hospital in Denver City and is now safe with her family.
  Police have arrested 26-year-old Dane Kelsey Minter of Travis County. Authorities say Minter narrowly escaped and was arrested in Roswell, New Mexico
  
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• St. Edward’s basketball a family on and off the court

  25-02-2017 04:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There’s only one rule if you want to be involved in basketball at St. Ed’s: You have to be family.
  “it seems that way,” St. Edward’s University head coach Andre Cook joked. “It’s been unbelievable.”
  On the Hilltoppers’ 16-man roster, there are two sets of brothers. Twin brothers.
  “Playing college basketball together is something we’ve always wanted to do growing up,” St. Edward’s freshman Mar
  
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• Oversized and on the road: Texas doesn’t track mobile home crashes

  25-02-2017 03:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Driving along Texas roads, there's no shortage of oversized and wide loads sharing the road side-by-side with regular vehicles. Figures from the Manufactured Housing Institute show 10,032 single wide and 7,498 new double wide mobile homes were sold in the state in 2015. All of those homes had to be moved from the factory to a sales center or customer’s lot. That number excludes transports of existing homes and those coming to Texas from other states.
  A KXAN Investigat
  
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• Surveillance photos show woman accused of using stolen credit cards

  25-02-2017 03:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman accused of stealing credit cards and then using them at a north Austin Walmart was caught on surveillance video.
  Austin police say the woman used the cards at the Walmart at 12900 N. Interstate 35, near Parmer Lane, Monday.
  Earlier, at around 5:38 p.m., officers were called to Clayton Lane in east Austin for the robbery of the cards. No injuries or weapons were reported.
  The suspect is described by police as a Hispanic woman, 5-foot-2 to 5-foot-5 inches tall, &
  
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• Three suspects wanted for armed carjackings in Bastrop County, Austin

  25-02-2017 03:10 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Deputies released surveillance photos of three suspects involved in carjackings in Bastrop County and Austin this week.
  A man was about to leave his property in the 8100 block of Wolf Lane in Del Valle at 1:49 a.m. on Tuesday when a white truck pulled up behind him. The victim said the suspects made him lay on the ground at gunpoint. They left with the man’s black pickup truck and drove north on Wolf Lane toward State Highway 71.
  Shortly after, at 1:55
  
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• Uber, Fitbit, OkCupid info exposed by massive data breach

  25-02-2017 02:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (WFLA) – A serious data breach impacting nearly 3,400 websites and apps including Uber and FitBit may have leaked sensitive data across the internet for months.
  CloudFare, a cybersecurity company warned customers of a critical bug that could have exposed a range of sensitive information including usernames, passwords and other information onto the open internet.
  “The bug was serious because the leaked memory could contain private information and because it had been cached
  
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• UIL transgender policy playing out in the state wrestling tournament

  25-02-2017 02:00 via kxan.com
  
  CYPRESS, Texas (KXAN/AP) — More than two dozen Central Texas athletes are competing in the state wrestling tournament near Houston, but most of the attention is on a competitor from the Dallas area.
  Mack Beggs, a transgender teenager from Euless, defeated his female opponent in the first round of match on Friday.
  Controversially, 17-year-old Beggs is competing against girls because the state’s governing policy for athletics requires students to wrestle against the gender listed on th
  
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• St. David’s HealthCare serving patients with fixed-wing ambulance service

  25-02-2017 01:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a medical emergency, timing is everything. If the specialized care you need is hours away, getting there in time could be the difference between life and death.
  St. David’s HealthCare is tackling the problem with a new service. They’re the first in the region to offer a hospital-affiliated fixed-wing ambulance aircraft service, allowing medical personnel to travel great distances to bring care to patients. The plane is operated by AMR Air.
  Unlike a
  
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• Text-to-911 option to rollout in phases in Central Texas

  25-02-2017 01:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After years of waiting and being one of the last major cities in Texas to receive text-to-911, the service will finally be tested in Central Texas. Greg Obuch, the Director of Emergency Communications for CAPCOG, the group in charge of 911 texts in the region, says the delay is mainly due to technology issues.
  “We had some network connectivity issues with the text control center that will route text calls to our PSAPs that took some time to correct. That has been reso
  
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• Release sought for transgender Texas immigrant who asked for protection order

  25-02-2017 01:24 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The arrest by federal authorities in El Paso of a transgender woman who was seeking protection from an abusive boyfriend has led to questions about what lengths authorities will go to apprehend people under newly stepped-up immigration policies.
  Advocates say Irvin Gonzalez’s abuser tipped off authorities about her court hearing, resulting in her Feb. 9 arrest by a task force composed of Border Patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who s
  
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• Texas man faces deportation after years of protected status

  25-02-2017 01:22 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Immigration officials have begun deportation proceedings against a Houston-area father of two who had lived for years in the U.S. under a protected status given to some immigrants.
  Thirty-one-year-old Jose Escobar was notified Wednesday when he went to federal offices in Houston to provide immigration officials with an annual update on his work status.
  His wife says immigration agents told them they were complying with new rules enacted by President Donald Trump.
  He was deta
  
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• Officials: Drone disrupted efforts to control Texas wildfire

  25-02-2017 00:44 via kxan.com
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — State fire officials say a drone being operated near a wildfire southwest of Fort Worth hampered firefighting efforts by forcing aircraft carrying retardant to be grounded.
  The Texas A&M Forest Service says two air tankers were grounded Thursday in Erath County when the drone appeared at the wildfire’s perimeter.
  Officials say one aircraft had dropped retardant on flames and the second plane was following to drop as well when the drone flew into its
  
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• Infant who survived in 1920s sideshow incubator dies at 96

  25-02-2017 00:16 via kxan.com
  
  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Lucille Conlin Horn weighed barely 2 pounds when she was born, a perilous size for any infant, especially in 1920. Doctors told her parents to hold off on a funeral for her twin sister who had died at birth, expecting she too would soon be gone.
  But her life spanned nearly a century after her parents put their faith in a sideshow doctor at Coney Island who put babies on display in incubators to fund his research to keep them alive.
  The Brooklyn-born woman, who later mo
  
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