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• Rock ‘n’ roll visionary Chuck Berry is dead at 90

  18-03-2017 23:35 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll’s founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music’s joy and rebellion in such classics as “Johnny B. Goode,” ”Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” died Saturday at his home in an unincorporated area west of St. Louis. He was 90.
  Emergency responders summoned to Berry’s residence by his caretaker about 12:40 p.m. found him unresponsive, police in Missouri&rsquo
  
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• McCarty’s 15 points lead Texas over Central Arkansas 78-50

  18-03-2017 22:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Size, speed and power. Texas had way too much of everything for Central Arkansas to handle.Brooke McCarty scored 15 points and the No. 3-seed Longhorns overwhelmed the No. 14 Sugar Bears in the first half before cruising to a 78-50 victory Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
  Joyner Holmes added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Longhorns (23-8).
  Texas came in needing something good to happen after losing four of its final six in the regular se
  
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• Rodeo Austin in full swing

  18-03-2017 20:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — South by Southwest isn’t the only thing happening in Austin this weekend, Rodeo Austin is also in full swing.
  And since many country fans usually make their way to the rodeo, KXAN wanted to know if the rodeo was worried about how Garth Brooks surprise concert could impact crowds Saturday.The Rodeo Austin CEO tells us he’s not worried.
  “I don’t think it will take a thing away from us,” CEO Rob Golding said. “Frankly, I’d love fo
  
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• Quacks on the tracks: NYPD rescues duck from subway line

  18-03-2017 20:35 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t an ordinary police call for someone trying to duck a subway fare.
  New York City officers found themselves chasing down a duck that strayed onto the tracks at a Brooklyn subway station Friday morning.
  Police arrived at the Jefferson Street station on the L line around 9 a.m. to find the duck down in the tracks.
  Officers Frantz Chauvet and Anastasiya Mishchenko and detectives Kevin Conway and Michael Black worked to rescue it.
  The New York Police Department&rs
  
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• Weekend Gardener: Alternatives for ground cover

  18-03-2017 20:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Finding the perfect ground cover is a good way to make your garden stand out from the rest of your neighbors.
  From cryptanthus, dyckias and hetchtias, John Dromgoole with the Natural Gardener has some tips for the best ground cover.
  
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• Austin Police officer ill from possible patrol car poisoning

  18-03-2017 19:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin Police officer has been released from the hospital after getting sick from carbon monoxide while in his patrol vehicle.
  According to Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday, the officer was in southwest Austin in his Ford patrol unit early Saturday morning when he was feeling sick and had to pull over. APD says the officer was sent to the hospital for treatment and was later released.
  Casaday tells KXAN that there has been a problem with Ford Explorers and
  
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• Austin Police officer ill after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning from patrol car

  18-03-2017 19:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin Police officer has been released from the hospital after getting sick from carbon monoxide while in his patrol vehicle.
  According to Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday, the officer was in southwest Austin in his Ford patrol unit early Saturday morning when he was feeling sick and had to pull over. APD says the officer was sent to the hospital for treatment and was later released.
  Casaday tells KXAN that there has been a problem with Ford Explorers and
  
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• Man killed in single vehicle crash in southwest Austin

  18-03-2017 17:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man is dead following a single-vehicle crash in Southwest Austin Saturday morning.
  It happened in the 4200 block of Southwest Parkway at around 8:07 a.m.
  Austin-Travis County EMS medics performed CPR on the man after crashing his vehicle into a tree.
  Police say the driver of the vehicle died while he was being transported to South Austin Medical Center.
  No further details have been released at this time.
  
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• Man killed after trying to grab Paris airport soldier’s gun

  18-03-2017 14:29 via kxan.com
  
  ORLY, France (AP) — Soldiers at Paris’ busy Orly Airport shot and killed a man who wrestled one of their colleagues to the ground and tried to steal her rifle Saturday, officials said.
  Thousands of travelers were evacuated and at least 15 flights were diverted to the city’s other airport, Charles de Gaulle. No one else was hurt.
  Police did not immediately provide a motive or identify the attacker, though the Paris prosecutor’s office said he was 39 and had a record of rob
  
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• Silver alert issued for missing Travis County man

  18-03-2017 03:29 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A search is underway for Joseph Phillip Branch, who has been diagnosed with a cognitive impairment, and was last seen in Briarcliff Friday afternoon.
  He is described as a white male, 84 years old, 6-feet tall, 215 pounds, with gray hair and blue eyes. He was last wearing a light-colored baseball hat, possibly wearing a sweater over a black t-shirt and black shorts. He is missing the top of his right ear and has a scar on his nose, the sheriff’s
  
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• Silver alert discontinued as missing Travis County man is found

  18-03-2017 03:29 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A search for Joseph Phillip Branch, who has been diagnosed with a cognitive impairment and was last seen in Briarcliff, was discontinued Friday night after he was found.
  He is described as a white male, 84 years old, 6-feet tall, 215 pounds, with gray hair and blue eyes. He was last wearing a light-colored baseball hat, possibly wearing a sweater over a black t-shirt and black shorts. He is missing the top of his right ear and has a scar on his nose, the
  
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• Suspect in Lake Travis double homicide is dead after Mississippi police chase

  18-03-2017 01:40 via kxan.com
  
  PIKE COUNTY, Miss. (KXAN) — Randall Lee Burrows, the suspect in Wednesday night’s double homicide near Lake Travis, is dead following a police chase in Pike County, Mississippi.
  Deputies say Burrows shot himself in a field just outside of the town of Summit.
  At around 4:33 p.m. Friday, a tag reader registered Randall Lee Burrows’ license plate, according to KXAN sister station WJTV.
  The U.S. Marshal’s Service with the Mississippi Highway Patrol located Burrows in his whit
  
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• One-on-one with country music legend Garth Brooks

  18-03-2017 00:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Not only did Garth Brooks invite KXAN back to his dressing room at South by Southwest, but he also rolled up his sleeves and helped our crew roll in a cart full of camera equipment.
  Minutes before, the county music legend announced a free show at Auditorium Shores Saturday night where tickets sold out in minutes.
  So, when was his last performance in Austin?
  “I think playing “The Drum” here actually when it was “The Drum,” said Brooks, refe
  
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• Raising Texas’ minimum wage up for debate

  18-03-2017 00:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — On Monday, the House Committee on Business and Industry will take a look at nine bills filed this session aimed at raising the state’s minimum wage.
  The minimum wage in Texas is sitting at $7.25 per hour, which is also the minimum allowed by the federal government. Some lawmakers hope to change that to $10.10 per hour, and a few lawmakers want to double it to $15.
  “If they don’t pass anything, then literally hundreds of thousands of Texans will continue
  
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• Central Texas Meals on Wheels worried about federal dollars at stake

  18-03-2017 00:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Every Friday, Mike and Kerry Prochoroff make their way from Dripping Springs to the Meals on Wheels Central Texas headquarters. Their volunteer work there is a 20-year tradition.
  “Why? Because this is the way the world ought to work. If everybody does this, then it’s better,” said Mike. “And it needs to be done. People need to be kept in their homes, they love their homes.”
  The first stop on their route is Cecil Harris, who started getting
  
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