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• ABIA baggage handler accused of stealing ‘numerous’ guns from passengers

  01-03-2017 23:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 25-year-old baggage handler at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport stole “numerous” guns from inside passenger bags at the airport, the Department of Justice alleges.
  Between Nov. 29, 2016 and Feb. 2, 2017, officials say Ja’Quan Johnson of Austin traded some of the stolen guns for marijuana. Austin police have recovered seven of the stolen guns. Johnson has been charged with theft from an interstate shipment and possession of stolen firearms.
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• Fire doused at Lake Pointe Elementary school

  01-03-2017 23:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A quick-thinking staff member extinguished a small fire in the Lake Pointe Elementary School before firefighters arrived Wednesday afternoon.
  Only a handful of students were still at school and weren’t in danger when the blaze broke out, Marco Alvarado, a spokesman for Lake Travis ISD tells KXAN.
  The call was made to the Austin Fire Department around 3:30 p.m. It’s not clear how much damage the fire caused but Alvarado describes the incident as a “minor oc
  
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• It’s official: we just experienced Austin’s warmest winter

  01-03-2017 23:06 via kxan.com
  
   With the end of meteorological winter (December-January-February), we can now officially declare this winter the warmest in recorded history in Austin. Many temperature records were broken, including the warmest February on record, the most 80 degree or warmer days, etc. Temperature records at Camp Mabry in Austin date to 1897. At ABIA, records began in 1942. Here is a look at some of this winter’s records, with thanks to our friend Bob Rose at LCRA for the compilation:
  February
  
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• Denver Zoo welcomes a baby giraffe no one is talking about

  01-03-2017 22:56 via kxan.com
  
  DENVER (WDTN) — It’s a baby giraffe – just not the one everyone has been waiting on.
  The Denver Zoo welcomed the birth of Dobby, a 5-foot, 73-pound male reticulated giraffe Wednesday morning.
  Both small figures for a newborn giraffe, according to the zoo.
  In an announcement they tweeted, “Surprise! We recently welcomed Dobby, our newest reticulated giraffe. No #giraffecam here but we’ve got some pretty great pics! #babyanimals”Surprise! We recently welcomed Do
  
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• Two charged in connection to deadly San Marcos drug deal shooting

  01-03-2017 22:44 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — San Marcos police said Wednesday that two men have been arrested in connection to a deadly drug deal shooting last month. 
  Damien Douglas Harris, 30, was arrested on Tuesday in Missouri City, Texas and charged with murder. Devin Lamonte Bethea, 23, was arrested on Feb. 13, also in Missouri City, and charged with failure to report a felony.
  Officers were called to the Avenue at San Marcos Apartments, located at 1111 Avalon, just before 9 p.m. on Thu
  
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• Fleeing inmate’s truck goes airborne in Louisiana chase

  01-03-2017 22:41 via kxan.com
  
  DIXIE INN, La. (KTAL) — A high speed chase ended with a high flying crash in Webster Parish, Louisiana Tuesday.
  Webster Parish Sheriff’s deputies say Kevonte Dekorey Austin was captured Tuesday after walking off a Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office Transitional work release program back on February the 10th. It is believed he stole another employee’s vehicle.
  Deputies say he and another person were speeding down Hwy. 371 in Webster Parish when they were pulled over for going 7
  
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• Longhorns claim four Big 12 awards

  01-03-2017 22:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN(KXAN) — The Longhorns dominated the Big 12 Women’s basketball post season honors.Junior guard Brooke McCarty was named Player of the Year, Karen Aston is Coach of the Year, Joyner Holmes is freshman of the year and Brianna Taylor is the defensive player of the year.Junior Ariel Atkins and Holmes joined McCarty on the All Big 12 first team.McCarty is the first ever Texas player named Big 12 Player of the Year.The Junior from League City, Texas leads the team with a 14.1 points
  
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• Durant sidelined at least a month

  01-03-2017 20:51 via kxan.com
  
  JANIE McCAULEY, AP Sports Writer
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant will be out indefinitely after he sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and bruised a bone in his leg during Tuesday night’s loss at Washington.
  Now, the NBA’s top team will push toward the playoffs without its leading scorer and rebounder — for the month of March, at least.
  The Warriors said Wednesday that their medical staff hasn’t ruled out a Durant
  
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• Outstanding taxes, questionable affidavit found in Hutto Councilman’s records

  01-03-2017 20:39 via kxan.com
  
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — Michael J. Smith, an incumbent Hutto City Council candidate, has unpaid city taxes that could impact his eligibility to run for office. He filed a questionable affidavit in the county record related to a state tax lien, according to records obtained by KXAN.
  In addition, a state investigation into Smith’s former group home business says Smith directed his HR director to falsify personnel information, among other issues, according to a 2015 Texas Department of Ag
  
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• Oprah for president? Winfrey rethinks a run after Trump win

  01-03-2017 20:24 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says President Donald Trump’s victory has her rethinking whether she could be elected to the White House.
  Winfrey, a Hillary Clinton supporter, spoke with financier David Rubenstein in December for an interview for his Bloomberg Television show, which premiered this week.
  Winfrey says before Trump’s election she thought that she didn’t have the necessary government experience to run the country but now she thinks differently. The billionaire
  
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• Lego will release a ‘Women of NASA’ set

  01-03-2017 20:02 via kxan.com
  
  BILLUND, Denmark (WCMH) — Five women scientists will be immortalized as the newest Lego figures.
  According to CNN, the company unveiled its “Women of NASA” set this week. It features women who played vital roles in the U.S. space program.
  The idea came from fans who proposed concepts for new sets through the Lego ideas series.
  The figures are Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; Nancy Grace Roman, who’s known as the “mother” of the Hubble Space
  
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• DA says ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez killed 2 over spilled drink

  01-03-2017 18:16 via kxan.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A prosecutor in the double-murder trial of Aaron Hernandez has told a jury that the ex-NFL star killed two men in a hail of gunfire after he became enraged by “a simple bump, a spilled drink and an exchange of looks” in a Boston nightclub.
  Prosecutor Patrick Haggan told the jury during opening statements Wednesday that Hernandez had a brief encounter with Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in the early morning hours of July 16, 2012. He said that two hours after d
  
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• Water main break closes Comal Street in east Austin

  01-03-2017 18:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 12 inch water main break has Comal Street shut down between 4th and 6th Street.
  Austin police say the leak happened just after 9 a.m. but the area will be closed for the next few hours while Austin Water crews fix the problem. Police say some of the sidewalks were caving in due to the water damage.
  Drivers and pedestrians are asked to avoid the area.
  KXAN Traffic Map: Detours
  Earlier this week, the same area was evacuated after a construction crew hit a 4-inch gas li
  
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• Two large West Texas wildfires now 85 percent contained

  01-03-2017 17:55 via kxan.com
  
  TULIA, Texas (AP) — Firefighters have more fully contained two large wildfires in West Texas, including one that destroyed four homes and prompted the evacuation of nearly 1,200 others.
  Texas A&M Forest Service spokesman Phillip Truitt said Wednesday that a fire in Swisher County is now 85 percent contained after burning about 2,200 acres and threatening the town of Tulia, about 50 miles south of Amarillo.
  Truitt says two of the four homes destroyed in Tulia weren’t occupied and
  
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• Organ donor bill proposes reversing Texas registry system

  01-03-2017 17:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas is filing a bill that he hopes will save the lives of people who are in desperate need of an organ donation. Rep. Villalba says every day in Texas, 22 people die because there are not enough organ donations.
  Villalba joined us in the KXAN studio to discuss his organ donor bill.
  “We found that in Texas there have been a number of individuals who are waiting for organs, how is that possible in Texas,” says Villalba. &ldq
  
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• Organ donor bill proposes ‘opt-out’ policy for Texas organ donation

  01-03-2017 17:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas is filing a bill that he hopes will save the lives of people who are in desperate need of an organ donation. Rep. Villalba says every day in Texas, 22 people die because there are not enough organ donations.
  Villalba joined us in the KXAN studio to discuss his organ donor bill.
  “We found that in Texas there have been a number of individuals who are waiting for organs, how is that possible in Texas,” says Villalba. &ldq
  
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• Bill hopes to make it easier for people to donate organs

  01-03-2017 17:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas is filing a bill that he hopes will save the lives of people who are in desperate need of an organ donation. Rep. Villalba says every day in Texas, 22 people die because there are not enough organ donations.
  Villalba joined us in the KXAN studio to discuss his organ donor bill.
  “We found that in Texas there have been a number of individuals who are waiting for organs, how is that possible in Texas,” says Villalba. &ldq
  
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• St. David’s offering ashes to go for Ash Wednesday

  01-03-2017 16:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Even if you can’t make it to mass for Ash Wednesday, St. David’s Episcopal Church is offering ashes to go.
  St. David’s will offer the Imposition of Ashes from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at two locations: 6th St. and Congress Ave., and 6th St. and Lamar Blvd.
  Rev. Katie Wright says when they originally started the project they weren’t sure if people would show up, but now in its sixth year, the service has even been expanded.
  “We have expanded from jus
  
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• PHOTOS: Storm spawns tornadoes across central US

  01-03-2017 15:54 via kxan.com
  
  Storm spawns tornadoes across central US In this Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, photo, family and neighbors survey the damage to the home of Patricia Huber in Perryville, Mo. The National Weather Service is sending crews to evaluate the damage from a powerful storm system that spawned deadly tornadoes in the nation’s midsection. (J.B. Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)In this Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, photo, Alan Huber surveys the damage to his farm in Perryville, Mo. In the foreground is the b
  
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• Pflugerville implements Stage 2 water restrictions

  01-03-2017 15:52 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — As the temperature heats up, the city of Pflugerville is moving to stage 2 water restrictions starting March 1. Stage 2 restrictions allows for a two-day watering schedule and people can wash their cars before 10 a.m. and after 7 p.m. on their designated watering days.
  Under Stage 2, homeowners can water between midnight and 10 a.m. or between 7 p.m. to midnight on designated watering days. If you just installed new sod, you can water once a day for the first 1
  
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• Texas Supreme Court to take up same-sex marriage case

  01-03-2017 14:43 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (TEXAS TRIBUNE) — Almost two years after same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide, Texas Republicans are still fighting the ruling — and they’re getting another day in court.The Texas Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a Houston case challenging the city’s benefits policy for married same-sex couples. Though such policies have been in place since the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2015 ruling in the case of Obergefell v.
  
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• 16 with a North Texas hospice accused of $60M Medicare fraud

  01-03-2017 14:38 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A federal indictment charges 16 people affiliated with a North Texas hospice of rigging patient care and record-keeping, including administering drug overdoses, fraudulently reaping $60 million in Medicare payments.
  A Justice Department statement says a federal grand jury in Dallas indicted the 16 on single counts each of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Two also are charged with at least one other conspiracy-related count.
  The indictment alleges the 16 affiliated with
  
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• MusicUnites: SXSW showcases artists from Muslim-majority countries

  01-03-2017 14:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The South by Southwest music festival in Austin will spread a message of love and unity one music note at a time.
  The SXSW showcase ContraBanned:#MusicUnites will feature artists from predominantly Muslim countries. SXSW says the goal is to give musicians a voice to the misrepresented and misunderstood around the world.
  The showcase was named to highlight musicians from the countries that were listed under President Donald Trump‘s executive order. His 90-day trav
  
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• Barack and Michelle Obama get book deals

  01-03-2017 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Barack and Michelle Obama have book deals.
  The former president and first lady have signed with Penguin Random House, the publisher announced Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed for the books, which several publishers had competed for, although the deals are likely in the tens of millions of dollars.
  Both Obamas have published through Crown, a Penguin Random House imprint. But Penguin Random House declined comment on which imprint or imprints the books would be rele
  
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• Etna volcano erupts in fiery show of lava in eastern Sicily

  01-03-2017 13:34 via kxan.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Mount Etna has erupted in a fiery show of lava in eastern Sicily.
  The volcano’s latest eruptions, which can last days and even weeks, began on Monday evening.The giant orange fountains of lava, spewing toward the sky, could be seen in the city of Catania and the resort town of Taormina.
  Although volcanic ash clouds can cause flight disruptions, the nearby Catania airport was operating normally Tuesday.Authorities reported no danger to the towns that dot the mountain&rsquo
  
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• Officials: New Trump travel ban removes Iraq from list

  01-03-2017 13:33 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary U.S. travel ban, U.S. officials say, citing the latest draft in circulation. Trump is expected to sign the executive order in the coming days.
  Four officials told The Associated Press that the decision followed pressure from the Pentagon and State Department, which had urged the White House to reconsider Iraq’s inclusion on the list given
  
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• At least 2 dead after tornadoes touch down in central US

  01-03-2017 13:24 via kxan.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday, killing at least two people, as a spring-like storm system posed a risk to 45 million people.
  Compact but strong storms known as supercells raked parts of the central U.S., causing damage from Arkansas to Iowa and Illinois. Wind-whipped wildfires destroyed homes in Texas.
  At Ottawa, Illinois, state Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Patti Thompson said a tornado victim was killed by
  
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• Millions on the line as Bexar Co. forced to detain undocumented immigrants

  01-03-2017 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  BEXAR COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Bexar County Sheriff says millions of dollars are on the line because he is being forced to detain undocumented immigrants.
  Sheriff Javier Salazar says if he doesn’t comply, Texas Governor Greg Abbott would cut $9 million worth of grant money.
  “We need this money to protect and serve our community in the best way we see fit against things like human trafficking, sexual assault, DWI, Tobacco used by minors, there’s veterans programs that ar
  
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• Politicians respond to Trump’s address to Congress

  01-03-2017 12:40 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON D.C. (KXAN) — “Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. Every problem can be solved,” said President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s address to Congress.
  The President focused on broad themes, but also provided more details on his policy agenda. The two big issues Trump touched on, immigration and healthcare.
  One of the “problems” the president says he plans to fix is the Affordable Healthcare Act. Trump called on Congress to repeal
  
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• Condemned killer in San Antonio robbery set to die May 24

  01-03-2017 12:14 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A 35-year-old San Antonio man on death row for a fatal shooting during a robbery more than 13 years ago has been set to die.
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Tuesday the prison agency has received court documents setting Juan Castillo for lethal injection May 24.
  Castillo was convicted of the December 2003 slaying of 19-year-old Tommy Garcia Jr.Evidence showed Garcia was lured to a San Antonio lovers’ lane by Castillo’s girlfriend a
  
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• Uber takes the path less traveled and it’s a rocky one

  01-03-2017 12:11 via kxan.com
  
  Uber’s CEO says he needs leadership help after a video has emerged of him arguing heatedly with a driver about fares.
  In the latest embarrassment to beset the ride-hailing company, CEO Travis Kalanick is seen discussing Uber’s business model with the driver.
  In the dashcam video obtained by Bloomberg News , the driver argues that Kalanick is lowering fares and claims he lost $97,000 because of him. “I’m bankrupt because of you.”
  Kalanick lashes back. “You know
  
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• Uber CEO caught on video arguing over fares with driver

  01-03-2017 12:11 via kxan.com
  
  Uber’s CEO says he needs leadership help after a video has emerged of him arguing heatedly with a driver about fares.
  In the latest embarrassment to beset the ride-hailing company, CEO Travis Kalanick is seen discussing Uber’s business model with the driver.
  In the dashcam video obtained by Bloomberg News , the driver argues that Kalanick is lowering fares and claims he lost $97,000 because of him. “I’m bankrupt because of you.”
  Kalanick lashes back. “You know
  
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• Victim of accused fitting room recorder sends warning to other women

  01-03-2017 05:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman who says she was filmed undressing in a north Austin Salvation Army fitting room is sharing her experience in hopes of sending a warning to women and children to be aware of their surroundings.
  “You don’t think things like that are going to happen to you,” the woman told KXAN. “It can happen anywhere. You know, here I am in a thrift store and it happened.”
  KXAN is concealing the woman’s identity to protect her privacy.
  The shopper
  
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• ACC starts $33 million expansion project in Round Rock

  01-03-2017 05:08 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — The groundbreaking event for Austin Community College’s Round Rock campus expansion on Tuesday marked the start of the $33 million Phase 2 construction project.
  The Phase 2 renovation will add a 45,000 square-foot education building. The renovated space will create room for more classrooms, 25 faculty offices and a 12,000 square-foot learning lab with more than 100 computer stations.
  The Round Rock campus opened in 2010 and currently has 5,000 stu
  
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• Talking NFL moves on MTTS

  01-03-2017 05:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two of the most productive running backs in the NFL are looking for work.Erin Hogan from 104.9 The Horn joins Roger Wallace to talk about that and more on More Than the Score.
  
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• Lawsuit: Toddler’s death during dental work was part of Medicaid scheme

  01-03-2017 04:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The family of the 14-month-old girl who died after a visit to the dentist has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Austin Children’s Dentistry.
  Her parents are suing the practice, the dentist, the anesthesiologist and the company he works for, Texas Anesthesiology Association. The cause of death of Daisy Lynn Torres, who died on March 29, 2016, was determined to be the result of anesthesia administered for the treatment of tooth decay, according to th
  
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• Lawsuit: Toddler’s death during dental procedure was part of Medicaid scheme

  01-03-2017 04:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The family of the 14-month-old girl who died after a visit to the dentist has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Austin Children’s Dentistry.
  Her parents are suing the practice, the dentist, the anesthesiologist and the company he works for, Texas Anesthesiology Association. The cause of death of Daisy Lynn Torres, who died on March 29, 2016, was determined to be the result of anesthesia administered for the treatment of tooth decay, according to th
  
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• Family of toddler who died after dental visit files wrongful death lawsuit

  01-03-2017 04:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The family of the 14-month-old girl who died after a visit to the dentist has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Austin Children’s Dentistry.
  Her parents are suing the practice, the dentist, the anesthesiologist and the Texas Anesthesiology Association.
  The cause of death of Daisy Lynn Torres, who died on March 29, 2016, was determined to be the result of anesthesia administered for the treatment of tooth decay, according to the Medical Examiner&rsq
  
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• Texas is one step closer to making cyberbullying a crime

  01-03-2017 04:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new bill that aims to protect victims of bullying is one step closer to becoming a law. House Bill 306 is expected to have a hearing in March. It lays out clearer definitions of what bullying and cyberbullying are and how they’re dealt with in the courts and in schools.
  “You can’t turn a blind eye. I don’t want to see anymore kids committing suicide because they’re victims of cyberbullying,” State Rep. Ina Minjarez from San Antonio says
  
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• New Georgetown park to feature equestrian arena, splash pad

  01-03-2017 03:53 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — The 525 acres off Ranch Road 2243 in Georgetown is larger than Zilker Park. Jack and Cammy Garey donated their ranch to the city to create a public park. It’s one of the reasons Denise Lebowitz built her home nearby.
  “[It] gave us this feeling of protection from the encroaching busyness of what’s growing out here,” said Lebowitz. She’s happy with the expansion of the neighboring land.
  The city will break ground on the park in late Ma
  
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• Critics, experts called to Texas House for school finance solutions

  01-03-2017 03:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Select Texas lawmakers called critics of state school funding structures to the Capitol along with experts for possible solutions. The Texas House will have to decide whether to beef up our current system or create a brand new one.
  Rural school districts say the state isn’t pitching in enough money. Fast growing suburb districts say they can’t construct buildings fast enough to keep up with the influx of students. Big city districts like Austin fo
  
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• Austin fertility center providing access to high-tech, affordable treatment

  01-03-2017 03:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Kate and Jason Seale’s love story began by chance at a fundraising event in Austin.
  “We saw each other at the first bar, asked about each other at the second bar, and at the third bar we were talking,” remembers Kate.
  From then on, they talked every single day, each fitting perfectly into the other’s plan. After they got married, the next part of the plan was to grow their family.
  “We did meet later in life so we knew that we wer
  
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• President Trump addresses joint session of Congress for first time

  01-03-2017 03:23 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress Tuesday night (all times local):
  9:08 p.m.
  Democratic women in the House are wearing white in honor of women’s suffrage to President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress.
  Some Democrats also are wearing blue ribbons for the American Civil Liberties Union, and blue buttons that say #protectourcare in support of President Barack Obama’s health care law. Trump and
  
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• Johnny Manziel tries to reassure judge after missing court deadline

  01-03-2017 02:35 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — After missing a court-ordered deadline, Johnny Manziel appeared before a judge Tuesday and promised to meet the stipulations required to get the troubled quarterback’s domestic violence case dismissed while saying his distrust of the NFL played a part in the delay.
  The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner said he doesn’t want to disappoint Judge Roberto Canas, who warned that he or a jury could decide Manziel’s fate if the deal reached in November is revoked.
  The 24-y
  
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• Vandalism reported at UT Jewish organization

  01-03-2017 01:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A window of the Texas Hillel building in West Campus was broken Saturday morning. The incident comes amid an uptick in threats nationwide against Jewish community centers.
  Texas Hillel — located at 2105 San Antonio St. — a Jewish life organization for University of Texas at Austin students, says that acts of vandalism like this incident are unacceptable and have no place on campus.
  Investigators are working to determine if the university’s Jewish community
  
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• Bill Belichick to speak at Herman coaching clinic

  01-03-2017 01:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas coach Tom Herman will have a Super Bowl winning speaker at his Texas High School Coaches Association Clinic.
  Herman announced Tuesday on Twitter that Patriots head coach Bill Belichick will be the keynote speaker during the event, which is scheduled for April 7 and 8 at the University of Texas.
  The two-day clinic features sessions from the Texas Football coaches and a chance to attend a football scrimmage.Bringing the best in the business to the #ATX going to be
  
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• Homeless man gets 45 years for beating another homeless man to death

  01-03-2017 01:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A homeless man will spend 45 years in prison for beating another homeless man to death with a paving stone. On Tuesday, Mark Kenady, 56, pled guilty to the 2015 murder of Clarence Gardner, 49.
  Gardner’s body was found in April of 2015 on a conveyor belt inside a southeast Travis County recycling center. According to court documents, a blood-stained limestone rock was found next to his body.
  Clarence Gerald Gardner Jr.The Travis County District Attorney’s Of
  
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• Ex-Liberty Hill man accused of sexually abusing orphans

  01-03-2017 00:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man who previously lived in Liberty Hill is accused of sexually assaulting young girls who lived at an orphanage he ran in Haiti.
  The U.S. Department of Justice says Daniel John Pye, 35, would travel from Florida to Jacmel, Haiti on multiple occasions from 2008 to 2011 for the purpose of sexually abusing minors. According to court records, a person contacted the national Homeland Security Investigations tipline in April of 2015 and reported that Pye had sexually abus
  
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