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• Students urged to be respectful to A&M mascot after snapping incident

  06-10-2017 23:38 via kxan.com
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KXAN) — Do not step on paws or tails — important rules with any dog, but especially around the cherished mascot of Texas A&M University.
  A photo posted Thursday shows Reveille IX snapping at a fan trying to pose with the border collie for a photo. The mascot’s official Twitter account shared a word of caution: “I love taking pictures with my Aggies, but please be respectful and make sure I see you when you approach me!”
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• Improving Texas defense to face methodical Wildcats

  06-10-2017 23:17 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For the past two seasons, the Texas Longhorns were a disaster on defense and that spelled doom in the Big 12.
  That may be changing.
  Under first-year coach Tom Herman and defensive coordinator Todd Orlando, the Texas defense is playing faster, hitting harder and creating more opportunistic turnovers than it had in previous seasons. And it has carried the Texas offense through a two-game slump.
  But now the Longhorns (2-2, 1-0 Big 12) head into the heart of the conference
  
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• Police surround strip mall parking lot in north Austin

  06-10-2017 23:07 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Authorities have surrounded a strip mall parking lot along Research Boulevard and Ohlen Road. KXAN viewers say police have guns drawn at the scene.
  Austin police say the call came in just before 2:30 p.m. for a check welfare call at 8601 Research Blvd. in the Target parking lot. A viewer says they are not being allowed to leave a nearby business.
  The Travis County Sheriff’s Office is also on scene handling the situation.
  KXAN will update this story as more information
  
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• Police situation at north Austin strip mall ends

  06-10-2017 23:07 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A situation at a strip mall parking lot along Research Boulevard and Ohlen Road has ended.
  Austin police say the call came in just before 2:30 p.m. for a check welfare call at 8601 Research Blvd. in the Target parking lot. A viewer says during the police activity they were not allowed to leave a nearby business.
  KXAN viewers said police had guns drawn at the scene.
  The Travis County Sheriff’s Office says a person committed suicide in the area. No one else was hur
  
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• Sound on Sound Fest cancels festival, issues refunds

  06-10-2017 23:00 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On the first day of Austin’s largest music festival, another less-popular music festival, Sound on Sound Fest, posted on its website that it was canceling its festival and has no plans to return.
  Festival organizers cite the cancellation due to “recent roadblocks” outside of their control. On its website, organizers say once they realized the timeline was unrealistic to execute they had to make the “heart wrenching decision to cancel” the event
  
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• Suspect wanted for injuring driver in I-35 road rage shooting

  06-10-2017 22:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Travis County deputies have released photos and video of the suspect vehicle in a road rage shooting in north Austin Thursday night.
  The shooting happened in the 15200 block of North Interstate 35 southbound service road, near Grand Avenue Parkway, at 9:46 p.m. The victim’s vehicle, a black Dodge Ram 2500, was struck by bullets. The driver had a non-life threatening injury from the shooting and was taken to a local hospital and later released.
  The unknown suspect, des
  
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• Numerous closures along US 183 South this weekend

  06-10-2017 22:29 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you thought ACL traffic was bad, closures along US 183 are about to make traveling even worse. US 183 South will be undergoing significant lane closures in both directions due to construction for the new toll expressway.Friday, Oct. 6-Saturday, Oct. 7
  US 183 southbound main lanes will be reduced to one lane between Harold Court and Thurgood Avenue from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. 
  US 183 northound lanes will be reduced to one lane between Vargas Road and Bolm Road from 10
  
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• Beyoncé watch is currently underway in Austin

  06-10-2017 22:05 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — WIth Beyoncé’s husband and sister both performing at the Austin City Limits Music Festival Friday night, everyone and their mom wants to know if Beyoncé will make a visit to Austin as well.
  While there have been no confirmed sightings of Queen Bey in the Live Music Capital of the World, there is a buzz surrounding the festival since Solange performs at 7:15 p.m. and JayZ is the headliner at 8:15 p.m.
  Here’s what the fans on social media are ho
  
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• Police: Man threatens driver with AK-47 during road rage incident

  06-10-2017 21:13 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin man is accused of pulling an AK-47 on another driver after he said he was cut off by him.
  According to an arrest affidavit, Sebastian Fleming, 22, was driving eastbound on West Stassney Lane on Thursday when he pulled up beside another driver at a stop light. The victim told police Fleming began staring at him and then lowered his window.
  The victim said the man then reached towards the center of his vehicle and “pulled up what he recognized as an AK-47.&rdq
  
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• East Texas middle school football player collapses during game

  06-10-2017 20:16 via kxan.com
  CARTHAGE, Texas (KSHV/KXAN) — A middle school football player in East Texas who collapsed during a game Thursday night suffers from an enlarged heart, according to school officials.
  KSHV reports the 7th grader from Carthage Middle School was playing against Henderson Middle School when he collapsed during halftime, while both teams were in the end zones for their halftime team meetings.
  CPR was performed on the child and once he was stabilized, a medical helicopter took him to a hospi
  
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• St. Bernard takes the top slot for dog with the longest tongue

  06-10-2017 19:38 via kxan.com
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KDLT/KXAN) — Puppy kisses are cute, but what about a kiss from a dog with the longest tongue on record? Still pretty cute.
  A St. Bernard named Mochi is the top dog when it comes to having the longest tongue. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mochi’s tongue measures 7.31 inches! The previous record was held by a Pekingese whose tongue was 4.5 inches.
  Mochi’s owner says her dog is happy but has some breathing problems because of her long tongue.
  
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• McDonald’s Szechuan sauce returns for one day this Saturday

  06-10-2017 19:27 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two McDonald’s restaurants in the Austin area will be giving away Szechuan Sauce dipping cups Saturday, thanks to the Rick and Morty TV show fandom.
  McDonald’s offered the dipping sauce in 1998 to promote Disney’s Mulan. Time-traveling scientist Rick raves about the sauce in the Adult Swim show, and sparked calls from fans for the company to bring it back.
  The McDonald’s on 5355 N. Interregional Highway and 4501 E. Ben White Blvd. will have the sauce
  
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• Who gets the money from the official GoFundMe for Las Vegas shooting victims

  06-10-2017 19:14 via kxan.com
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — One way people are honoring the lives lost in the shooting at the Route 91 music festival is by opening up their wallets.
  MGM Resorts already donated a whopping $3 million to the victims and their families and Sheldon Adelson and the Las Vegas Sands Corporation donated $4 million.
  Zappo’s, the UFC, and Station Casinos have all pledged $1 million each.
  Many individuals are also donating what they can, including more than $9 million raised in a GoFundMe campaign
  
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• Goodbye: AOL discontinuing pioneering Instant Messenger

  06-10-2017 19:05 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — AOL has announced that it is discontinuing its pioneering Instant Messenger chat platform after 20 years of service.
  An article on AOL’s website posted Friday says AOL Instant Messenger will be discontinued on Dec. 15. AOL says it’s shutting down the program because its focus is “on building the next generation of iconic brands and life-changing products.”
  Users can still use the program until Dec. 15. After that date, users won’t be able to si
  
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• ‘Fixed’ APD Ford SUV tests positive for carbon monoxide

  06-10-2017 18:26 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When the Austin Police Department said 10 repaired Ford Explorers and Utility Interceptor Vehicles were being put back on the streets after being repaired by Ford due to carbon monoxide issues, the agency said the vehicles would “undergo vigorous testing” prior to being placed back into full service. Within a day or two of being put back in service this week, one of the patrol vehicles tested positive for carbon monoxide.
  Austin police say the vehicle’s tw
  
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• APD says carbon monoxide alert in fixed Ford SUV was a false alarm

  06-10-2017 18:26 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin police chief said Friday evening that two carbon monoxide alarms activated in a recently repaired Ford Explorer Police Interceptor unit were false alarms.
  “A Ford Police Interceptor we believed to have leaked carbon monoxide into the passenger area, did not,” Chief Brian Manley said. Testing on the vehicle has been conducted and found that the two alarms may have been activated for other reasons. The chief said the department does not believe the issu
  
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• Hospital patient allegedly carjacked taxi at airport, then led officials on a chase

  06-10-2017 17:57 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man allegedly used a fire extinguisher to carjack a taxi driver at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport before leading officials on a multi-county, high-speed chase Tuesday.
  Nicolas Quinones, 22, faces a felony Robbery by Assault charge for the alleged attack that began around 11:17 a.m.
  According to an arrest warrant affidavit, a Yellow Cab company driver picked Quinones up at St. David’s Hospital. Quinones was given a taxi voucher by a social worker to get a fre
  
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• Bergdahl expected to plead guilty to desertion, misbehavior

  06-10-2017 17:55 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, two individuals with knowledge of the case said.
  Bergdahl’s decision to plead guilty rather than face trial marks another twist in an eight-year drama that caused the nation to wrestle with difficult questions of loyalty, negotiating with hostage takers and America’s com
  
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• APNewsBreak: Guilty plea expected from Bergdahl; no trial

  06-10-2017 17:55 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, two individuals with knowledge of the case said.
  Bergdahl’s decision to plead guilty rather than face trial marks another twist in an eight-year drama that caused the nation to wrestle with difficult questions of loyalty, negotiating with hostage takers and America’s com
  
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• Birth control: Trump expands opt-out for workplace insurance

  06-10-2017 17:38 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons.
  The administration has issued a long-expected revision to Obama-era rules. The rules require most companies to provide birth control as preventive care for women, at no additional cost. Under the Affordable Care Act, preventive services are supposed to be free of charge to employees and their dependents.
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• Nate aims at New Orleans: Will pumps to drain the city work?

  06-10-2017 17:31 via kxan.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When Tropical Storm Nate formed and forecasts put New Orleans in its projected path for this weekend, one big question loomed for residents and business owners: Will the pumps work?
  “That’s now a thought in everybody who lives in New Orleans,” said Devin Shearman, a manager at Katie’s restaurant and lounge, which flooded during an unexpected rainstorm Aug. 5. It was one of two flash floods this past summer that led to revelations about personnel a
  
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• Georgetown testing warning sirens on Saturday

  06-10-2017 16:59 via kxan.com
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — The city of Georgetown is once again set to test its outdoor warning sirens after several failed attempts due to timing and other issues.
  The city says the 23 sirens will be tested on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 11 a.m. for 90 seconds. Monthly tests are now planned for the sirens for the first Saturday of the month at 11 a.m
  The test that was publicized for Sept. 30 did not occur due to a miscommunication with the company that programmed the siren test. It was also
  
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• PHOTOS: Harvest moon rises over Texas

  06-10-2017 15:35 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Harvest moon lit up the night skies this week. And it’s a rare sight for October, because normally the first full moon closest to the beginning of fall happens at the end of September.
  The Harvest moon is also known as the travel moon, dying grass moon and blood moon. NASA scientists say other full moons normally rise about an hour after sunset, but harvest moons rise only 20 minutes after. KXAN viewers took in the sights and sent in some of their best photos. Octob
  
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• School evacuated for ‘strange odor’ that turns out to be pumpkin spice

  06-10-2017 14:59 via kxan.com
  BALTIMORE (KXAN/NBC/CNN) — Students and staff had to evacuate a Maryland college preparatory school Thursday after smelling a strange odor. Only the odor might not have appeared so strange had they ever been to a Starbucks.
  Hazardous materials crews responded to Crito Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore around 2:30 p.m. to investigate. They did testing for toxic materials twice. Then they discovered the culprit was a pumpkin spice air freshener that was plugged into a wall on the building&
  
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• MoPac northbound Express Lane finally opening Saturday

  06-10-2017 14:08 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival combined with a UT football game could make for packed roads downtown — but drivers will have a new route to take as of Saturday. After five years of construction and numerous delays, MoPac’s northbound Express Lane is opening.
  Drivers can begin using the new lane at 8 a.m. Saturday. It stretches from Cesar Chavez Street downtown to RM 2222 in northwest Austin. The toll for that section of road will be 2
  
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• Then and now: How ACL has changed over the years

  06-10-2017 13:50 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Ever wondered how the Austin City Limits Music Festival has evolved since 2002?
  KGSR’s Andy Langer says it has changed a lot — and this year marks a new focus.
  “I think what we’re looking at is the first year where the lineup is sort of second to the festival. I think there’s enough there — whether it’s Jay-Z, whether it’s the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whether it’s Chance The Rapper — for somebody who’s even a c
  
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• Nobel Peace Prize awarded to anti-nuclear campaign group

  06-10-2017 13:18 via kxan.com
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, an organization seeking to eliminate atomic weapons through an international treaty-based prohibition.
  The Geneva-based ICAN won the $1.1 million prize because it “has been a driving force in prevailing upon the world’s nations to pledge to cooperate … in efforts to stigmatize, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons,” Norwegian Nobel Committee chai
  
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• Illinois man installs 58 crosses to honor Las Vegas victims

  06-10-2017 12:54 via kxan.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Illinois man known for honoring the victims of mass shootings around the country installed 58 white crosses on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday.
  Greg Zanis drove nearly 2,000 miles from the Chicago area to install the crosses on a patch of grass near the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign, not far from the site of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival where 58 people were killed on Sunday night.
  Zanis, a 66-year-old retired carpenter, made his first cro
  
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• Rideshare companies not under city or state oversight during this year’s ACL

  06-10-2017 06:37 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There is a change you should know about before you or a loved one catches a ride to the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Neither the city nor the state will have any oversight of rideshare drivers during this year’s festival.
  The governor signed a bill in May that establishes a statewide approach when it comes to regulating and permitting rideshare companies. But the rules aren’t spelled out yet. The only interaction the city is allowed to have with compa
  
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• Report: Texas attorney general facing new bribery probe

  06-10-2017 06:09 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (AP) — Already indicted on securities fraud charges, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton now is being investigated for bribery after receiving a hefty donation to his legal defense fund from an executive who recently settled a Medicare fraud suit with the state.
  The Dallas Morning News reports that Kaufman County District Attorney Erleigh Wiley is investigating Paxton under bribery and corruption influence laws because the attorney general accepted a $100,000 donation from James Webb,
  
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• Motorcyclist in deadly FM 973 collision tried to avoid pedestrian

  06-10-2017 05:24 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A motorcyclist who died Wednesday night in east Travis county swerved to try to avoid hitting a pedestrian, and went into the oncoming lane of traffic, according to the Department of Public Safety.
  Austin-Travis County EMS medics were called to the crash at Webberville Road/Farm to Market 969 and Farm to Market 973 — just west of State Highway 130 — at 8:33 p.m. Wednesday.
  Julio-Oscar Gomez Torres, 25, was driving his motorcycle south on FM 973 at a high rate of
  
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• DPS: Unknown motorcycle passenger in crash may have been pedestrian

  06-10-2017 05:24 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man critically injured in a deadly crash involving a motorcycle and SUV in east Travis County Wednesday night may have actually been a pedestrian, the Department of Public Safety said Thursday night.
  Troopers are now asking for your help identifying the man, who was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center following the crash. A DPS spokesperson describes the injured man as being a Hispanic male in his early 30s, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, wearing a dark blue Faded Glory polo shirt
  
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• California becomes sanctuary state as governor signs bill

  06-10-2017 05:08 via kxan.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown signed sanctuary state legislation Thursday that extends protections for immigrants living in the United States illegally — a move that gives the nation’s most populous state another tool to fight President Donald Trump.
  Brown’s signature means that police will be barred from asking people about their immigration status or participating in federal immigration enforcement activities starting Jan. 1. Jail officials only
  
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• Austin nurse’s Puerto Rico aid pledge grows to major endeavor

  06-10-2017 04:56 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two weeks after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, some communities there are still waiting for power to be restored and struggling to regain access to food and clean drinking water.
  Now a group from the Austin area is pledging to bring medical aid to the U.S. territory and the effort to do so is growing past what its organizer thought was possible when he started collecting supplies.
  One box at a time, the help has poured in.
  “This went from a small medical mi
  
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• Tickets for George Strait concert in Austin go on sale next month

  06-10-2017 04:42 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — George Strait’s big concert in Austin is eight months away, but you can snag tickets starting in November.
  The country music legend will play an exclusive “STRAIT TEXAS” show on June 3, 2018, currently the only show on the “King of Country’s” concert calendar. It’s also the 40th anniversary of the concert venue, the Frank Erwin Center.
  Tickets go on sale on Friday, Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. at TexasBoxOffice.com. You can also call 512-477-6
  
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• Tickets for George Strait concert in Austin go on sale Friday

  06-10-2017 04:42 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — George Strait’s big concert in Austin is eight months away, but you can snag tickets starting Friday.
  The country music legend will play an exclusive “STRAIT TEXAS” show on June 3, 2018, currently the only show on the “King of Country’s” concert calendar. It’s also the 40th anniversary of the concert venue, the Frank Erwin Center.
  Tickets go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m. at TexasBoxOffice.com. You can also call 512-477-6060 for ticke
  
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• GOP Rep. Murphy resigning after reports of affair

  06-10-2017 03:38 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, an anti-abortion lawmaker who allegedly urged his mistress to have an abortion when he thought she was pregnant, is resigning from Congress.
  House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Thursday announced Murphy’s plans to leave Congress, effective Oct. 21. The decision comes less than 24 hours after Murphy said he would retire at the end of his term next year.
  “It was Dr. Murphy’s decision to move on to the next chapte
  
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• Distracted driver leaves Ironman triathlete in a wheelchair

  06-10-2017 03:22 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Pflugerville man was forced to trade in his racing bike for a wheelchair after an inattentive driver hit him earlier this month. As he recovers, he is calling for greater awareness about the dangers of distracted driving.
  Fifty-year-old Tommy Levario set out on a bike ride after work in the bike lane along Wells Branch Parkway on Sept. 5, headed east. He doesn’t remember the crash itself, but the Department of Public Safety report said that a white truck heading eas
  
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• 18-year-old Williamson Co. honorary deputy dies from cancer

  06-10-2017 02:50 via kxan.com
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Williamson County Sheriff’s Office’s first explorer and honorary deputy Clayton Dalton passed away from cancer, Wednesday morning.
  Sheriff Robert Chody said in a Twitter post that Dalton would have made a great police officer. “He was 18 years old & was a part of [our] family,” Chody wrote.
  Dalton was featured in a KXAN story in April where Austin police officers, including Chief of Police Brian Manley, visited Dalton at Dell Ch
  
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• Applebee’s offering $1 margaritas every day in October

  06-10-2017 01:56 via kxan.com
  KANSAS CITY (WKRG) — October is usually a month associated with beer, with Octoberfest. But Applebee’s is hoping its customers will give margaritas a chance this month.
  The restaurant is offering dollar drinks they call “Dollaritas” all month long.
  “We focus on our food a lot, but ‘bar’ is in our name, and it is an integral part of what makes Applebee’s a great neighborhood destination,” said Patrick Kirk, vice president of beverage inno
  
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• Plan to ease congestion on US 79 in Round Rock includes additional lanes

  06-10-2017 01:24 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — There are plenty of pumpkins to choose from outside St. Richard’s Episcopal Church along US 79, and there is no shortage of noise either.
  “This is what you hear the entire time we’re here,” explains Sherry Gillespie. Gillespie and her husband hear cars whizzing by the patch, and when they aren’t selling pumpkins, they’re in the middle of the mess. “I usually take an alternative route when it’s the busy time.”
  
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• Masked suspect firing off roman candles during robberies strikes again

  06-10-2017 01:15 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The suspect robbing gas stations while wearing a yellow Jabbawockeez-esque mask and shooting off roman candles has struck again.
  The fourth robbery at the 7-Eleven, located at 6111 Bee Cave Rd., happened around 10:36 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1, just hours after the suspect robbed a 7-Eleven at 9200 Burnet Rd. in north Austin.
  Video of the suspect’s car, a dark blue 2015-2017 Hyundai Sonata, with damage to the right rear passenger window, was released by police Thursday.
  T
  
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• Harvey Weinstein to take leave amid sexual harassment report

  06-10-2017 00:49 via kxan.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein, the larger-than-life Hollywood executive and Oscar-winner, is taking a leave of absence from his own company after an explosive expose revealing decades of sexual harassment against women, from employees to actress Ashley Judd, was published in The New York Times Thursday.
  The article includes first person accounts of Weinstein’s alleged conduct, including from Judd, who recounts an incident from two decades ago in which she said she was asked to
  
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• Security changes that will affect your ACL experience

  06-10-2017 00:14 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With Austin’s biggest music festival starting Friday, many people are wondering if there will be any changes to how security is conducted in and around Zilker Park.
  Austin Chief of Police Brian Manley says they will have more officers around the festival in addition to Department of Public Safety troopers joining them for the first time. Like a lot of security at large events, police tend to keep details close to their vests.
  But with so many tall buildings
  
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• More officers, bag restrictions in place for this year’s ACL

  06-10-2017 00:14 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With Austin’s biggest music festival starting Friday, many people are wondering if there will be any changes to how security is conducted in and around Zilker Park.
  Austin Chief of Police Brian Manley says they will have more officers around the festival in addition to Department of Public Safety troopers joining them for the first time. Like a lot of security at large events, police tend to keep details close to their vests.
  But with so many tall buildings
  
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• ACL Fest implements new bag restrictions as APD adds more officers

  06-10-2017 00:14 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With Austin’s biggest music festival starting Friday, many people are wondering if there will be any changes to how security is conducted in and around Zilker Park.Austin Chief of Police Brian Manley says they will have more officers around the festival in addition to Department of Public Safety troopers joining them for the first time. Like a lot of security at large events, police tend to keep details close to their vests.
  But with so many tall buildings o
  
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