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• Milan Police arrest man in kidnapping of British model

  06-08-2017 19:11 via kxan.com
  ROME (AP) — A 30-year-old man has been arrested in the alleged kidnapping of a young British model who thought she was coming to Milan for a photo shoot, but instead was drugged, hustled away in a suitcase and handcuffed in a house in northern Italy before being released, Milan police said Saturday.
  Police released a mugshot of the suspect whom they identified as Lukasz Pawel Herba, a Polish citizen with British residency. He was jailed for investigation of suspected kidnapping for extorti
  
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• State of Texas: In Depth – Why everyone is talking about trees

  06-08-2017 15:00 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – One item on Gov. Greg Abbott’s list of priorities for the special legislative session is facing pushback from tree advocates.
  The bill would overturn ordinances in cities that provide protection to trees on personal property.
  Advocates gathered this week at the Texas State Capitol for a bipartisan reading of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax in protest of the bill.
  Rep. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, says she believes the bill is “overreaching, and has a lot of preemption,
  
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• EMS transports 7 patients after food poisoning reported at Zilker Clubhouse

  06-08-2017 14:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– Austin-Travis County EMS rushed to the Zilker Clubhouse early Sunday morning where up to 12 people were reporting food poisoning.
  EMS said three ambulances responded to the scene and transported five patients to local hospitals. They say they also transported two people with food poisoning reports from another location that they cannot disclose. They say the two incidents are connected. Medics said they do not expect any of the patient’s conditions to be life threateni
  
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• 7 taken to hospital after possible food poisoning at Zilker Clubhouse

  06-08-2017 14:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– Austin-Travis County EMS rushed to the Zilker Clubhouse early Sunday morning where up to 12 people were reporting food poisoning.
  EMS said three ambulances responded to the scene and transported five patients to local hospitals. They say they also transported two people with food poisoning reports from another location that they cannot disclose. They say the two incidents are connected. Medics said they do not expect any of the patient’s conditions to be life threateni
  
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• 7 hospitalized after possible food poisoning at Zilker Clubhouse

  06-08-2017 14:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– Austin-Travis County EMS rushed to the Zilker Clubhouse early Sunday morning where up to 12 people were reporting food poisoning.
  EMS said three ambulances responded to the scene and transported five patients to local hospitals. They said two other people with food poisoning reports were also transported to the hospital from another location that they did not disclose. They said the two incidents were connected.
  Medics said they do not expect any of the patients conditions t
  
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• Motorcyclist killed after collision with car

  06-08-2017 14:08 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– A man in his 20s has died at the South Austin Medical Clinic after his motorcycle collided with a car early Sunday. The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. on South Lamar Boulevard at Montclaire Street.
  According to Austin-Travis County EMS, the driver of the motorcycle was transported to the hospital while they were performing CPR. It is unclear what caused the crash.
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after collision with car

  06-08-2017 14:08 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– A man in his 20s died at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center after his motorcycle collided with a car early Sunday.
  The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. on South Lamar Boulevard at Montclaire Street.
  According to Austin-Travis County EMS, the driver of the motorcycle was transported to the hospital while they were performing CPR. It is unclear what caused the crash.
  
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• Motorcycle driver killed after collision with car

  06-08-2017 14:08 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– A man in his 20’s has died at the South Austin Medical Clinic after his motorcycle collided with a car early Sunday. The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. on South Lamar Boulevard at Montclaire Street.According to Austin-Travis County EMS, the driver of the motorcycle was transported to the hospital while they were performing CPR. It is unclear what caused the crash.
  
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• Man killed in Southeast Austin crash

  06-08-2017 07:41 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man is dead after two vehicles collided in Southeast Austin Saturday night.
  Police were called to the crash in the 6600 block of Elm Creek Drive, near Bluff Springs Road, just after 11 p.m. Austin-Travis County EMS said at least one of the cars caught on fire. A man in his 20’s died at the scene.
  William Cannon Drive was shut down in both directions near Elm Creek Drive while police investigated. There’s no word yet on what caused the crash. The man’s na
  
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• Man killed in fiery southeast Austin crash

  06-08-2017 07:41 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man is dead after two vehicles collided in Southeast Austin Saturday night.
  Police were called to the crash in the 6600 block of Elm Creek Drive, near Bluff Springs Road, just after 11 p.m. Austin-Travis County EMS said at least one of the cars caught on fire. A man in his 20’s died at the scene.
  William Cannon Drive was shut down in both directions near Elm Creek Drive while police investigated. There’s no word yet on what caused the crash. The man’s na
  
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• Group helps children in need go to school with a smile and backpacks full of supplies

  06-08-2017 05:32 via kxan.com
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Almost 100 backpacks were handed out Saturday in Pflugerville.
  For its annual Backpack to School Bash, Impact Texas fills backpacks to help families at Title 1 schools, in affordable housing and also military families.
  They say it’s important for the community to help these underserved communities.
  “We always need more stuff,” said Stephanie Harris, CEO of Impact Texas. “There are many families that are living below the poverty level tha
  
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• Cedar Park launches an hour of free daily Wi-Fi in busy city park

  06-08-2017 05:31 via kxan.com
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — After a successful test run, Cedar Park will now offer free Wi-Fi in one of its busiest parks.
  Elizabeth Milburn Park and Pool is on Sun Chase Boulevard near Cypress Creek Road.
  The city and Spectrum tested the new program during the Fourth of July Celebration, and — after positive feedback about the pilot program — have decided to make it permanent.
  Here’s how it works: Users get unlimited access for one hour a day, and the option to pay $2.95
  
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• Search called off for 3 US Marines who crashed off Australia

  06-08-2017 04:56 via kxan.com
  SYDNEY (AP) — U.S. military officials called off a search and rescue operation on Sunday for three U.S. Marines who were missing after their Osprey aircraft crashed into the sea off the east coast of Australia while trying to land.
  The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps suspended the rescue operation and launched a recovery effort instead, the Marine base Camp Butler in Japan said in a statement, essentially confirming the military does not expect to find the missing Marines alive.
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• FBI: Explosive detonated at Minnesota mosque

  06-08-2017 04:53 via kxan.com
  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The FBI was searching for suspects Saturday after an explosive device detonated at a suburban Minneapolis mosque as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging a room but not causing any injuries, authorities and witnesses said.
  The blast happened at around 5 a.m. at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, according to Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts. Windows of the imam’s office were shattered, either by the blast or by an object thrown
  
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• Group gets girls excited about tech, science as start of school approaches

  06-08-2017 04:43 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The start of school is just around the corner, and Girlstart, an Austin organization dedicated to increasing girls’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), wants to make sure they are ready.
  The group hosted a back-to-school STEM event.
  The goal: To inspire girls to start thinking about these subjects as they prepare for school.
  The event featured a mini-planetarium, a gravity plane creation and the ever-so popular fluffy slime.
  “We teach t
  
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• After UT stabbings, local defense company promotes student training before fall classes

  06-08-2017 04:15 via kxan.com
  SMITHVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — It happens in a flash.
  A normal day, shattered by a violent attack. That’s what happened in May on the University of Texas at Austin campus, when police say a student stabbed four classmates, killing one of them.
  Now a local self-defense training company wants students to prepare to start classes in a different way.
  “We are getting out of someone’s grip on the wrist if someone were to come up to you and grab your arm,” Olivia Bulifant
  
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• Congressmen oppose Texas wildlife refuge as border wall site

  06-08-2017 03:47 via kxan.com
  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A group of Texas Democratic congressmen are questioning preliminary plans to build a section of President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall through a federal wildlife refuge.
  Federal officials have told landowners and local officials that they intend to build on about 3 miles (nearly 5 kilometers) of the river levee that runs through the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge.
  According to The Monitor newspaper , the congressmen say cutting through the refuge &ldq
  
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• Longhorns hold first preseason scrimmage

  06-08-2017 01:30 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas head coach Tom Herman saw what he needed to see from the first scrimmage of the preseason Saturday.
  “We definitely understand the value of hard work and hard practice and full speed and emptying your tank and we’re doing that for the most part. The guys that aren’t are getting exposed too and the cool thing is it’s transitioning from a coach fed program to a player led program which is what you want,” Herman said.
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• Spieth feeling no pressure in another pursuit of history

  06-08-2017 00:23 via kxan.com
  (AP) — Jordan Spieth knows all about pressure. He also knows about the history that awaits him at the PGA Championship.Surprisingly, he doesn’t think the two are connected.
  Spieth understands what is at stake in the final major championship of the year. A victory would make the 24-year-old Texan only the sixth player — and the youngest by about six months over Tiger Woods — to capture the career Grand Slam.
  And he has never felt more at ease.
  Maybe that will change when S
  
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• A fateful Uber ride boosts business at struggling West Lake bakery

  06-08-2017 00:23 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When construction started in front of the Great Harvest Bread Company in West Lake Hills, owner Stewart Dickson immediately noticed a difference in the number of customers coming through his doors.
  Dickson said sales at his bakery have been cut in half for the past two months. With business down, Dickson decided to drive for Uber to make extra money.
  In most Uber rides, conversations can sometimes reveal a lot about the driver or even the passenger. On one particular ride,
  
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