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• Dogs test positive for drugs in Iditarod race for 1st time

  18-10-2017 23:46 via kxan.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the first time in the history of the world’s most famous sled dog race, several of the high-performance animals have tested positive for a prohibited drug. But race officials have refused to name the musher involved.
  Several dogs tested positive for the opioid pain reliever Tramadol, the governing board of the nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race said in a statement. The team was tested six hours after finishing the nearly 1,000-mile race in Nom
  
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• PHOTOS: Formula 1 racer Sebastian Vettel and NASCAR’s Joey Logano in Austin

  18-10-2017 23:12 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When you’re pumping gas, you don’t expect superstar race car drivers to show up to help you.
  On Wednesday afternoon, Formula 1’s Sebastian Vettel and NASCAR’s Joey Logano were both on hand at the Shell gas station at 6310 E. Ben White Blvd. to get people excited about the U.S. Grand Prix being in town this weekend — and to promote Shell gas, of course. Vettel and Logano in Austin Formula 1 racer Sebastian Vettel, left,
  and Nascar racer Joey Log
  
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• Texas man admits to $50M scheme to defraud military insurer

  18-10-2017 23:08 via kxan.com
  DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas man has admitted in federal court that he participated in a scheme to defraud a military insurance program out of more than $50 million over a two-year period.
  Thirty-eight-year-old Andrew Joseph Baumiller pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
  He admitted his involvement in a conspiracy to defraud Tricare by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescription compounded medications.
  Authorities say Baumiller was president o
  
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• Drones, dogs being used in search for missing Richardson toddler

  18-10-2017 23:00 via kxan.com
  RICHARDSON, Texas (KXAN/KXAS) — From the air and on the ground, law enforcement is using all the items in their tool belt in their search for the missing 3-year-old Richardson girl.
  On Tuesday, the 10th day since Sherin Matthews has been missing, officers spent the day combing a field near Richland College in North Texas. The field where authorities were focusing on was just a mile from the child’s home.
  KXAS reports at one point during the search, officers in a vehicle marked &ldquo
  
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• Federal grant helps San Marcos Fire Department do more than fight fires

  18-10-2017 22:58 via kxan.com
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – The San Marcos Fire Department is receiving a federal grant to help purchase cardiac treatment devices for its fire trucks.
  The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program awarded the department $332,182 with a match from the city of $33,218 for six LifePak 15 monitors and six Lucas mechanical chest compression systems. The department has plans to equip each fire station’s main fire truck and the battalion chief’s vehicle with one of the devices.
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• Monument company apologizes after child’s grave marker repossessed

  18-10-2017 22:55 via kxan.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WCMH) — A North Carolina monument company is apologizing after it repossessed the grave marker of a 5-year-old boy who died of leukemia.
  “He repossessed it, like it was a car,” Crystal Leatherman told WBTV about the owner of the monument company who repossessed the marker of her son, Jake, who died last year.
  The owner, J.C. Shoaf, said the couple did pay for the marker in full at the beginning, but they made changes that added to the cost of the stone.
  After t
  
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• VIDEO: East Austin serial robbery suspect holds clerks at gunpoint

  18-10-2017 22:43 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Detectives are asking for your help identifying a man behind seven robberies of five stores in east Austin over the past month.
  The robberies happened between Sept. 25 and Oct. 26, and police say the suspect showed a handgun in five of the robberies. The incidents happened between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m.
  The suspect, described by officers as a black male, age 35-45, was seen on surveillance video pointing a gun at different clerks as he demanded money from the register. Detectiv
  
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• Police association vs. city of Austin negotiations drag out to historic lengths

  18-10-2017 21:57 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Wednesday, negotiators for the city of Austin and the Austin Police Association met in one of the last “meet and confer” meetings to work through remaining differences in the police contract.
  For the first time in recent history, negotiators have asked for a 30-day extension to come to an agreement between the city and the APA on the next contract, which will last for five years.
  The last contract ended Sept. 30.
  The major sticking points still to tackle ar
  
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• Columbus Crew owner ready to finance a new stadium by himself

  18-10-2017 21:15 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Within a day of announcing that Columbus Crew could make the move to Austin, team owner Anthony Precourt flew to Austin to begin the process of possibly relocating his team.
  As Major League Soccer fans wait for the final determination, which could take up to nine months, KXAN’s Roger Wallace spoke to Precourt one-on-one about why Austin is so attractive to the team.
  KXAN: Why does this feel like it’s a done deal — that MLS is coming to Austin? Can you tell
  
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• Columbus Crew owner in Austin to survey possible stadium locations

  18-10-2017 21:15 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Within a day of announcing that Columbus Crew could make the move to Austin, team owner Anthony Precourt flew to Austin to begin the process of possibly relocating his team.
  As Major League Soccer fans wait for the final determination, which could take up to nine months, KXAN’s Roger Wallace spoke to Precourt one-on-one about why Austin is so attractive to the team.
  KXAN: Why does this feel like it’s a done deal — that MLS is coming to Austin? Can you tell
  
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• Death row inmate in 2009 Austin murder granted hearing on DNA, cellphone data

  18-10-2017 20:02 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man on death row for the gruesome 2009 murder of a 17-year-old girl in east Austin has been granted a hearing in Travis County, according to Court of Criminal Appeals order released Wednesday.
  Areli Carbajal Escobar, 38, is currently incarcerated in the Polunsky Unit in East Texas near Lake Livingston, where he has been since he was sentenced to death by a Travis County jury in 2011. His initial post-conviction appeal was in May 2013. In February of this year, E
  
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• 2009 murder victim’s family speaks about death row inmate’s new hearing

  18-10-2017 20:02 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man on death row for the gruesome 2009 murder of a 17-year-old girl in east Austin has been granted a hearing in Travis County, according to Court of Criminal Appeals order released Wednesday.
  Areli Carbajal Escobar, 38, is currently incarcerated in the Polunsky Unit in East Texas near Lake Livingston, where he has been since he was sentenced to death by a Travis County jury in 2011. His initial post-conviction appeal was in May 2013. In February of this year, E
  
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• Amarillo’s George Saunders wins Booker prize for ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’

  18-10-2017 20:00 via kxan.com
  LONDON (AP) — American author George Saunders won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a polyphonic symphony of a novel about restless souls adrift in the afterlife.
  It is the second year in a row an American has won the 50,000 pound ($66,000) prize, which was opened to U.S. authors in 2014.
  “I feel kind of numb,” said Saunders, who said disbelief and gratitude were his principal emotions on winning.
  The book is based on a
  
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• Soccer teams sing a cappella National Anthem after sound system quits

  18-10-2017 19:43 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The music started to play. Then, the National Anthem went silent, but not for long.
  Two Massachusetts high school soccer teams belted out the song at the tops of their lungs ahead of the game, singing loud enough for those in the stands to hear after the sound system stopped working.
  The East Bridgewater High School and Rockland High School teams both stood for the Star Spangled Banner, many players with hands over their hearts. After it was over, they erupted in cheers bef
  
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• Bastrop County man found stabbed to death in his car

  18-10-2017 19:12 via kxan.com
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect in a homicide that happened at the beginning of October in Dale, Texas.
  Officials identified the victim as Daniel Heath, 22. Someone called police to report seeing his body in the passenger seat of his car Oct. 7 shortly after 10 p.m. Police said he had stab wounds to his head and neck as well as facial trauma.
  The car was parked at a home on the 100 block of Oak Arbor Trail, but police do n
  
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• 277 arrested in human trafficking, online prostitution sting in Florida

  18-10-2017 18:52 via kxan.com
  POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A week-long undercover sting targeting human trafficking and online prostitution in Polk County, Fla. ended with 277 arrests that included doctors, pharmacists and law enforcement officers.
  “That’s the most we have ever arrested in the history of the sheriff’s office,” Sheriff Grady Judd said.
  “Operation No Tricks, No Treats” started Oct. 10 and ran through Oct. 16. During that time, undercover detectives posted fake ads or pro
  
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• Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium to host 2018 NFL Draft

  18-10-2017 18:47 via kxan.com
  During a press conference on Wednesday, the Dallas Cowboys announced the Dallas-Fort Worth area would serve as the host site for the 2018 NFL Draft.So excited for Dallas to host the @nfl draft this April 2018 @ATTStadium in Arlington, TX! #nfl #NFLDraft
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  The Cowboys organization announced all three days of the draft would take place in Arlington at AT&T Stadium, however, the fanfare will be
  
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• Austin mayor declares Oct. 20 to be ‘Tom Petty Day’

  18-10-2017 18:41 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin is declaring Friday, Oct. 20 to be “Tom Petty Day,” to honor the late singer on what would have been his 67th birthday.
  Tom Petty died Oct. 2 after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, Calif. His exact cause of death has not been determined.
  Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s proclamation praised Petty’s four-decade career, unique music style and “dedication to creative expression, integrity, and authenticity.”
  It
  
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• Gymnast McKayla Maroney alleges sexual abuse by team doctor

  18-10-2017 18:17 via kxan.com
  Two-time Olympic medalist McKayla Maroney says she was molested for years by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor, abuse she said started in her early teens and continued for the rest of her competitive career.
  Maroney posted a lengthy statement on Twitter early Wednesday that described the allegations of abuse against Dr. Larry Nassar, who spent three decades working with athletes at USA Gymnastics but now is in jail in Michigan awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to possession of child po
  
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• Sheriff: Fire kills Texas woman and her 5 children

  18-10-2017 17:08 via kxan.com
  SILSBEE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a woman and her five children were killed in a fire that destroyed their Texas home.
  Hardin County Sheriff Mark Davis says the fire was reported by a neighbor around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday near Silsbee, which is about 80 miles northeast of Houston.
  He says the family’s home, a small structure converted at some point into a residence, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. He says relatives of the victims live in a house in front of the v
  
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• Hutto gun shop burglarized for the second time in 3 weeks

  18-10-2017 17:08 via kxan.com
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — A gun store in Hutto that was burglarized at the end of September was once again targeted by thieves this week.
  The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office says the most recent burglary of the Blackland Hills Gun Works, located at the corner of US 79 and Farm to Market 3349, happened around 4:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The suspects broke in through a front window and made off with approximately 10 to 15 shotguns and rifles.
  Surveillance footage shows six suspects w
  
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• Hutto-area gun shop burglarized for the second time in 3 weeks

  18-10-2017 17:08 via kxan.com
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A gun store in between Hutto and Taylor that was burglarized at the end of September was once again targeted by thieves this week.
  The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office says the most recent burglary of Blackland Gun Works, located at the corner of US 79 and Farm to Market 3349, happened around 4:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The suspects broke in through a front window and made off with 14 hunting shotguns and rifles. Surveillance footage shows six s
  
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• Anthem will turn to CVS after troubled Express Scripts deal

  18-10-2017 16:48 via kxan.com
  Anthem has found a new partner to help run prescription drug coverage after the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer’s rocky relationship with Express Scripts ends.
  The nation’s second-largest insurer says it will create a pharmacy benefits manager called IngenioRx starting in 2020 and will work with CVS Health Corp. to manage the business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  Shares of all three companies climbed on the news after markets opened Wednesday.
  Pharmacy benefit managers, or P
  
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• Trump gives more mixed signals in bipartisan health deal

  18-10-2017 16:29 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sent more perplexing signals Wednesday about whether he backs a bipartisan Senate deal for steadying health insurance markets, saying he backs lawmakers’ efforts to strike that compromise but “can never support” federal bailouts for insurers.
  A chief sponsor of the agreement, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said Trump called him Wednesday morning and encouraged him to continue his effort, but left himself wiggle room. Alexander and
  
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• Republican says he’ll push health deal, Trump keeps distance

  18-10-2017 16:29 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The authors of a bipartisan plan to calm health insurance markets said Wednesday they’ll push the proposal forward, even as President Donald Trump’s stance ricocheted from supportive to disdainful to arm’s-length and the plan’s fate teetered.
  “If something can happen, that’s fine,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “But I won’t do anything to enrich the insurance companies because right now the insurance compani
  
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• Health care plan sponsor says Trump offers encouragement

  18-10-2017 16:29 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A chief sponsor of a bipartisan Senate deal to curb the growth of health insurance premiums said Wednesday President Donald Trump called to offer encouragement, a day after the president spoke favorably of the pact but then reversed course.
  The mixed signals from the White House have created confusion even as voters face the prospect of dramatic premium spikes absent congressional action.
  “I think he wants to reserve his options,” Republican Sen. Lamar Alexand
  
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• Chick-Fil-A tests out spicy chicken options in central Texas

  18-10-2017 16:12 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Chick-Fil-A is spicing up customers’ options in select areas, including central Texas. The company is testing two new spicy recipes for a limited time, starting this week.
  The company said people had been asking for “more bold, spicy flavors,” according to a blog post. 
  Participating restaurants in central Texas, south Texas and Philadelphia can try the new spicy chicken strips. Those who live in Orlando, St, Louis and Knoxville, Tenn., have the chanc
  
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• Paddleboarding chicken makes waves in Florida

  18-10-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  ISLAMORADORA, Fla. (KXAN/NBC) — Most chickens like to stay in the yard and peck at their food, but one pet from Florida has taken up paddleboarding.
  Loretta hangs out on the front of her owner’s paddleboard, sometimes walking around a bit and other times just staring at the water. She’s one year old, and her owners love hanging out with her as they paddle.
  “Loretta’s very curious and follows us around the yard,” said Loretta’s owner, Karly Venezia. &ldqu
  
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• Lego unveils ‘Women of NASA’ set with astronauts, scientists

  18-10-2017 15:34 via kxan.com
  ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Lego has unveiled a set of figures celebrating the women of NASA.
  The 231-piece set features Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, and Mae Jemison, the first black woman to travel in space. Also included in the set are figures of astronomer and educator Nancy Grace Roman and computer scientist Margaret Hamilton.
  Lego versions of the Space Shuttle Challenger, the Hubble Space telescope can be put together with the set. A miniature version of Hamilton’s
  
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• Chicago fires 2 officers in United passenger dragging case

  18-10-2017 15:00 via kxan.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Department of Aviation has fired two security officers involved in an incident in which a passenger was dragged off a United Airlines flight after refusing to give up his seat, the city’s Office of Inspector General said in a report released Tuesday.
  One of the fired officers, a sergeant, also was part of an attempt to cover up some details of the incident that happened in April at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, according to the report.
  
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• Man known as Houston area’s ‘Tourniquet Killer’ set to die

  18-10-2017 14:54 via kxan.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man who became known as the Houston area’s “Tourniquet Killer” because of the way he strangled his victims was set for execution Wednesday evening.
  Anthony Allen Shore confessed to killing four female victims from 1986 to 1995 after a tiny particle collected from under the fingernail of 21-year-old Maria del Carmen Estrada, whose body was dumped in a Houston Dairy Queen’s drive-thru lane, was matched to his DNA. Estrada was killed in 1992
  
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• Houston-area “Tourniquet Killer” set to die

  18-10-2017 14:54 via kxan.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man who became known as Houston’s “Tourniquet Killer” because of his signature murder technique on four female victims is set for execution in Texas.
  Anthony Allen Shore confessed to the four slayings after a tiny particle collected from under the fingernail of a 21-year-old murder victim was matched to his DNA.
  His lethal injection Wednesday evening would be the seventh this year in Texas and the 21st nationally. That’s one more than the
  
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• 60-year-old Bastrop County skydiver encourages people to reach for the sky

  18-10-2017 14:13 via kxan.com
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Nothing is slowing down one Bastrop County man taking his love for skydiving to new heights.
  Doug Feick is 60 years old. A lot of people at that age are planning for retirement. Feick jumps out of planes.
  He started skydiving in the 80s. First, it was an interest, then a hobby, and soon a passion that has only strengthened over time.
  He continued to evolve as a skydiver. Today, he does so competitively as part of an 8-way formation skydiving te
  
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• Harry Potter candle sorts fans into Hogwarts houses

  18-10-2017 14:00 via kxan.com
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Mere muggles can now have the same magical fun of the sorting hat from the comfort of their own homes.
  There is now a candle that will reveal which of the four Hogwarts Houses a person belongs in: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff.Here’s how it works.
  The candle will start off white and, as it burns, it will transform its color to be either red, yellow, green or blue, which are the colors that symbolize each of the houses.
  The candle features sc
  
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• Texas couple names son after UT Austin stabbing victim

  18-10-2017 13:27 via kxan.com
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KXAN/KFDX) — A blonde-haired, blue-eyed, 1-month-old baby boy is bringing some much-needed joy to Lori Brown and her family after they suffered an unbelievable loss back in May.
  Lori Brown’s son Harrison Brown was from Graham, and was a freshman at the University of Texas when he was stabbed and died from his injuries.
  Six months later, her longtime friend had a son, and had a very special request for Lori Brown.
  “I told her, I said, ‘Lori, I wanted
  
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• US Rep: Trump says fallen soldier knew what he signed up for

  18-10-2017 12:41 via kxan.com
  MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump told the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband “knew what he signed up for,” according to a Florida congresswoman who says she heard part of the conversation on speakerphone.
  Rep. Frederica Wilson said she was in the car with Myeshia Johnson on Tuesday on the way to Miami International Airport to meet the body of Johnson’s husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, when Trump called.
  When asked by Miami station WPLG if s
  
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• Trump: Lawmaker ‘fabricated’ account of his talk with widow

  18-10-2017 12:41 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a Florida congresswoman “fabricated” an account of the commander in chief telling the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband “knew what he signed up for.”
  Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson said she was in the car with Myeshia Johnson on Tuesday on the way to Miami International Airport to meet the body of Johnson’s husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, when Trump called. Wilson said
  
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• How Texas cities are wooing Amazon for second headquarters site

  18-10-2017 12:13 via kxan.com
  DALLAS (AP) — Economic incentives are expected to be major selling points for a number of Texas cities making pitches to Amazon for the Seattle-based company’s second headquarters and the estimated 50,000 jobs that would come with it.
  Formal proposals are due to the company Thursday.
  The Associated Press recently spoke with business leaders around Texas to find out why they believe their respective cities would provide the best fit for Amazon.
  Here’s a look at their responses:
  
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• UT scientists lead search for the cause of spike in Texas earthquakes

  18-10-2017 05:57 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Faculty and students at the University of Texas at Austin are leading statewide efforts to pinpoint the causes of the increase in earthquakes in recent years.
  UT Austin has led the charge to implement the TexNet monitors — sensors placed around the state to measure earthquake activity. Forty permanent TexNet monitors have been installed around the state as well as 40 movable stations, more than doubling the amount of data the state will be able to to take in about sei
  
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• DA: No charges in 3 different police shootings involving Austin officers

  18-10-2017 05:32 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — No charges will be filed against the officers involved in three different officer-involved shootings with the Austin Police Department.
  Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore said her office saw no evidence of a crime in the three cases. The DA’s Office says they decided not to present the cases to a grand jury.
  In April, Moore announced that not every use of force case involving an officer would be presented to a grand jury.
  “The benefit for us is
  
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• Mom says Texas school’s corporal punishment went too far

  18-10-2017 05:12 via kxan.com
  LUBBOCK, Texas (KLBK) — A Roosevelt ISD mother, Michelle Decker, is speaking out against the school district after she said the assistant principal used excessive force when disciplining her fifth grade son with corporal punishment after he talked back to a teacher.
  “She said Gianni has two choices, he can either go to ISS for three days or he can get three swats,” Decker said. “Gianni told me he didn’t want to go to ISS, he said, ‘I’ll take the swats Mo
  
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• Uncommon Objects’ closing shows change brewing on South Congress

  18-10-2017 05:07 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After 26 years on South Congress, Uncommon Objects closed its doors Tuesday night. A crowd gathered to play music, reminisce their memories at their store and hold a parade to the store’s new location.
  The store’s owner, Steve Wiman, says when he opened up shop two-and-a-half decades ago, it was one of the only businesses in the area.
  “It was a very sleepy, sad, rundown little neighborhood,” he said.
  Now, he takes credit for helping turn the street i
  
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• Five-year-old’s grave marker repossessed

  18-10-2017 02:45 via kxan.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WCMH) — A couple in North Carolina is demanding answers after the grave marker for their 5-year-old son was repossessed.
  It’s almost been a year since Wayne and Crystal Leatherman had to bury their 5-year-old son, Jake, after he died from leukemia.
  But when Crystal recently went to visit Jake’s grave, she discovered his marker was gone.
  “He repossessed it, like it was a car,” Crystal told WBTV about the owner of the monument company who repossessed
  
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• Soccer club outlines wishlist for potential Austin location

  18-10-2017 02:32 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the marketing plan for Visit Austin, Austin’s convention and visitors bureau, the Sports Commission’s top three objectives include positioning the city as an ideal location for a major league soccer franchise.
  With the news about Columbus Crew considering relocating to the live music capital, KXAN spent the day getting to the bottom of what we know and questions that remain.
  In a conference call Tuesday morning, Columbus Crew Soccer Club Investor-Operato
  
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• 17 bus routes being slashed from Hays CISD

  18-10-2017 01:51 via kxan.com
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Sixty percent of students with Hays Consolidated Independent School District depend on a bus to get to school. Starting in January, some of those students will have to find a different way to school as the district plans to cut 17 bus routes.
  The district says these routes were previously considered hazardous routes. The law says a hazardous condition exists where no walkway is provided and children must walk along or cross a freeway or expressway, an uncontrolled majo
  
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• Cowboys’ Elliott gets another reprieve, will play vs 49ers

  18-10-2017 01:48 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott was granted another legal reprieve Tuesday night in the running back’s fight to avoid a six-game suspension over domestic violence allegations.
  A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the league’s suspension, clearing Elliott to play Sunday at San Francisco.
  U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty’s ruling comes five days after a federal appeals court overturned a Texas court’s injunction that had ke
  
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• Austin police officer indicted in Social Security fraud scheme fired

  18-10-2017 01:39 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin police officer whose wife is accused of embezzling and stealing money from the United State Social Security Administration has been fired from the force.
  In June, Roosevelt Granderson II, 44, was arrested while working at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on charges connected to a scheme to collect more than $258,000 in benefits that he, his wife and mother-in-law were not entitled to, a grand jury indictment alleges.
  When the department was made aware of the
  
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• K-9 Shield keeps working after partner’s death in river

  18-10-2017 01:34 via kxan.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police Officer Craig Lehner loved his K-9 police dog, Shield.
  The pair began working together last September, spending hours together every day training in a South Buffalo agility park.
  The pair were inseparable, Buffalo Police K-9 Commander Salvatore Losi said Tuesday.
  “Craig infused into that dog his own personality,” Losi said. “That dog is fiercely loyal.”
  When Lehner, also a member of the Buffalo Police Underwater Recovery Team, w
  
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• Report: Wind could overtake coal in a few years in Texas

  18-10-2017 01:29 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As coal plants shutter across the state, wind capacity could exceed coal in Texas in a few years, according to a new report from the Energy Institute at the University of Texas – Austin.
  Joshua Rhodes, research fellow at the Energy Institute, says he believes that will be the case with Luminant announcing a total of three coal plants that will stop operating next year and more wind capacity that’s expected to come online. The Monticello Power Plant in Titus
  
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• 325-pound woman charged with killing girl by sitting on her

  18-10-2017 01:12 via kxan.com
  PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A 325-pound Florida woman is charged with killing her 9-year-old cousin by sitting on the child as punishment.
  Veronica Green Posey, 64, was arrested and charged with homicide and cruelty toward a child, The Pensacola News Journal reported. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office report identified Posey as the girl’s cousin.
  Paramedics and deputies responded to the family’s Pensacola home following a 911 call Saturday. Posey told deputies she sat on De
  
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