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• Man dies from injuries after car strikes him on I-35 near Parmer

  03-12-2017 23:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A car struck a man in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 near Parmer Lane Sunday afternoon, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  It happened at about 4:24 p.m. Medics performed CPR on the man at the scene and then transported him to St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center with critical, life-threatening injuries.
  The Austin Police Department said he was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after 5 p.m.
  Police said that the car that struck the victim remained at the scen
  
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• Man, 20s, dies from injuries after car struck him on Interstate 35 near Parmer Lane

  03-12-2017 23:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A car struck a man in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 near Parmer Lane Sunday afternoon, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  It happened at about 4:24 p.m., ATC EMS said. Medics performed CPR on the man at the scene and then transported him to St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center with critical, life-threatening injuries.
  The Austin Police Department said he was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after 5 p.m.
  Police said that the car that struck the victim remai
  
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• Man, 20s, dies from injuries after car strikes him on I-35 near Parmer

  03-12-2017 23:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A car struck a man in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 near Parmer Lane Sunday afternoon, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  It happened at about 4:24 p.m., ATC EMS said. Medics performed CPR on the man at the scene and then transported him to St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center with critical, life-threatening injuries.
  The Austin Police Department said he was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after 5 p.m.
  Police said that the car that struck the victim remai
  
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• I-35 southbound lower deck reopens after motorcycle crash closes it for 6 hours

  03-12-2017 22:44 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — All southbound traffic on Interstate 35 were diverted onto the upper deck after a car and motorcycle crashed near Dean Keeton Street on the lower deck Sunday afternoon.
  Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services said it happened at 3:17 p.m.  A man and woman were taken to Dell Seton Medical Center in serious condition.
  Austin Police diverted traffic onto the upper deck and closed the lower deck while they investigated. They reopened the lower deck at about 9:30 p.
  
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• I-35 southbound lower deck reopens after 6-hour closure following motorcycle crash

  03-12-2017 22:44 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — All southbound traffic on Interstate 35 were diverted onto the upper deck after a car and motorcycle crashed near Dean Keeton Street on the lower deck Sunday afternoon.
  Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services said it happened at 3:17 p.m.  A man and woman were taken to Dell Seton Medical Center in serious condition.
  Austin Police diverted traffic onto the upper deck and closed the lower deck while they investigated. They reopened the lower deck at about 9:30 p.
  
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• Avoid the area: I-35 southbound lower deck closed after crash

  03-12-2017 22:44 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — All southbound traffic on Interstate 35 is being diverted onto the upper deck after a car and motorcycle crashed near Dean Keeton Street on the lower deck Sunday afternoon.
  Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services said it happened at 3:17 p.m.  A man and woman were taken to Dell Seton Medical Center in serious condition.
  Austin police are asking people to avoid the area while they investigate.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• CVS pushes into insurance with $69 billion Aetna bid

  03-12-2017 22:01 via kxan.com
  CVS will buy insurance giant Aetna in a roughly $69 billion deal that will help the drugstore chain reach deeper into customer health care and protect a key client, a person with knowledge of the matter said Sunday.
  CVS Health Corp. will pay about $207 in cash and stock for each share of Aetna Inc., according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced publicly. That represents a 29 percent premium to the price of Aetna shares on Oct. 25, the day be
  
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• CVS expands into insurance with $69 billion Aetna bid

  03-12-2017 22:01 via kxan.com
  CVS will buy insurance giant Aetna in a roughly $69 billion deal that will help the drugstore chain reach deeper into customer health care and protect a key client, a person with knowledge of the matter said Sunday.
  CVS Health Corp. will pay about $207 in cash and stock for each share of Aetna Inc., according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced publicly. That represents a 29 percent premium to the price of Aetna shares on Oct. 25, the day be
  
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• CVS bids $69 billion for Aetna amid health care changes

  03-12-2017 22:01 via kxan.com
  Drugstore operator CVS is making a $69 billion offer for insurer Aetna as it tries to position itself as a one-stop shop for Americans’ health care needs with prescription drugs, clinics and insurance plans to cover those goods and services.
  The companies announced Sunday that CVS Health Corp. will pay about $207 in cash and stock for each share of Aetna Inc., a 29 percent premium over Aetna’s stock price before the first report about a possible deal in October.
  The mammoth acquisiti
  
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• Texas going to Houston for Bowl game.

  03-12-2017 21:43 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas will be playing in the Academy Texas Bowl against Missouri on December 27th at Houston’s NRG Stadium.This is UT’s first Bowl appearance since losing to Arkansas in Texas Bowl in 2014.
  “We’re really excited to be headed to the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl and facing an old Big 12 opponent in Missouri,” said head coach Tom Herman. “I know the bowl staff there runs a first class operation, and the city of Houston will be excite
  
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• Blasts fails to bring down upper section of Silverdome

  03-12-2017 21:23 via kxan.com
  PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A partial implosion of the Silverdome failed to bring down the upper section of the Detroit Lions’ former home as intended Sunday as demolition of the stadium began.
  Demolition company Adamo said the blasts in Pontiac, Michigan, did weaken the Silverdome and it could still fall, but it’s unclear when that might happen.
  Rick Cuppetilli, executive vice president with Adamo, told the Detroit Free Press that 10 percent of the explosive charges failed to detona
  
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• Stanford sex offender files appeal in sex assault case

  03-12-2017 19:37 via kxan.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a campus fraternity party is appealing.
  Lawyers for Brock Turner filed an appeal Friday. They argued the Ohio native’s initial trial was “a detailed and lengthy set of lies.”
  The attorneys say they hope a new trial will help overturn Turner’s mandatory lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender.
  The case gained national attention when Judge Aaron Pers
  
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• All-SEC title game on horizon? Alabama gets nod over Ohio St

  03-12-2017 19:30 via kxan.com
  Back in January 2012, the day after Alabama beat LSU in the BCS championship game, the commissioners of the FBS conferences gathered in New Orleans to discuss the future of the college football postseason.
  There had already been movement toward tearing up the unpopular Bowl Championship Series, but the all-Southeastern Conference championship game was the final blow. The College Football Playoff was created soon after.
  On Sunday, the field for the fourth College Football Playoff was set and for
  
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• Alabama joins Clemson, Oklahoma and Georgia in playoff

  03-12-2017 19:30 via kxan.com
  Alabama is in.
  The Crimson Tide got the nod over Ohio State and will play Clemson in the College Football Playoff on Jan. 1 in the Sugar Bowl. Oklahoma and Georgia will meet in the Rose Bowl semifinal a few hours earlier.
  Tide or Buckeyes was the question facing the selection committee, the toughest call in the four-year history of the playoff.
  The Tide had been more consistent and lost just once. The Buckeyes lost twice, including an embarrassing 31-point beating at unranked Iowa, but have the
  
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• No baloney. Woman caught trying to smuggle bologna into US

  03-12-2017 18:53 via kxan.com
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Customs and Border Protection agents in El Paso say a woman who initially told inspectors she had nothing to declare as she was entering the country from Mexico was found carrying 227 pounds of contraband bologna in her car.
  The discovery last week was made at a secondary examination station and after the woman amended her declaration statement.
  The 23 tubes of meat were hidden under the rear seats of her car.
  The bologna contains pork and isn’t allowed into the
  
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• Special Olympic athletes “fly” during indoor skydiving session

  03-12-2017 17:49 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Special Olympics athletes will be adding another sport to their repertoire – indoor skydiving.
  In honor of National Disabilities Day, iFLY Austin will offer these athletes a discounted price to “fly” in one of their wind tunnels. All Abilities Night is the final event in a month-long partnership to benefit local Special Olympics Texas chapters.
  Not only athletes, but anyone with special needs can attend the event.
  The discounted package includes a pre-flig
  
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• Turnover could re-shape who represents you in Congress

  03-12-2017 17:22 via kxan.com
  The Texas congressional delegation will have several new faces after the 2018 election. Several longtime representatives have announced their plans to retire at the end of their terms.
  “It’s just a really unpredictable time in politics right now,” said Lauren McGaughy, the Austin bureau reporter for The Dallas Morning News. Halfway through the filing period for primary elections in Texas, U.S. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Ennis) announced he would not run for re-election after a nude pho
  
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• Local motorcyclists rev their engines to deliver gifts, spread holiday joy

  03-12-2017 16:49 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Hundreds of Austin-area motorcyclists will load their bikes with gifts to spread joy this holiday season.
  They’ll be leaving from Texas Mist on Old Bastrop Highway at 12 p.m. all the way to Helping Hand Home, a safe haven for abused children. Accompanied by a police escort, these motorcyclists will deliver toys to children at the home. It’s all part of the Annual Motorcycle Toy Run.
  Dan Simmons of the Austin Area Motorcyclists founded the run 29 years ago. Altho
  
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• Central Texas motorcyclists rev engines to deliver gifts, spread holiday joy

  03-12-2017 16:49 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Hundreds of Austin-area motorcyclists loaded their bikes with gifts to spread joy this holiday season.
  They left from Texas Mist on Old Bastrop Highway at 12 p.m. and rode all the way to Helping Hand Home, a safe haven for abused children. Accompanied by a police escort, these motorcyclists delivered toys to children at the home. It was all part of the Annual Motorcycle Toy Run.
  Hundreds of motorcycles poured into center’s parking lot for over 20 minutes.
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• Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas hosting holiday party

  03-12-2017 16:20 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas is having a holiday party on Sunday.
  The party will include dancing, lawn games, a DJ and a BBQ lunch which will be served from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 a.m.
  Children younger than 2 years old can attend for free. Tickets for children 2-11 years old are $5 and $10 for 12 years and older.
  Tickets can be purchased at the event location. The party will take place at the Shady Springs Party Barn on Sherman Road from 11 a.m. until 2 p.
  
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• Germany offers money for migrants who go back home

  03-12-2017 14:42 via kxan.com
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany wants to support rejected asylum-seekers who voluntarily move back to their home countries with a one-time payment of 3,000 euros ($3,570).
  The Interior Ministry says those who qualify can apply by a Feb. 28 deadline and they would get the money once they return home.
  Migrants who agree to go back even before their asylum request is rejected have already been offered 1,200 euros per adult and 600 euros per child under a different program for almost a year. They are no
  
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• Police: Parking dispute leads to stabbing, car into crowd

  03-12-2017 13:54 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man angry about a parking dispute stabbed two people and then drove into a group of people on a New York City sidewalk, leaving one person dead and several others injured, one critically.
  Authorities say it happened around 4:30 a.m. Sunday outside a hookah lounge in Queens.
  They say it started with the driver of a sedan getting out of his car and stabbing two people in the chest.
  Police say the driver then got back into his car, drove off, jumped a curb and hit
  
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• Police: Man angry about parking stabbed 2, mowed down others

  03-12-2017 13:54 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man angry about a parking dispute stabbed two people and then drove into a group of pedestrians on a sidewalk Sunday, leaving one person dead and several others injured, one critically, police said.
  The violent altercation started around 4:30 a.m. outside a hookah lounge in Queens, when the driver of a white Hyundai sedan got out of his car and stabbed two other people, New York Police Department Assistant Chief David Barrere said. They were both stabbed in the chest, aut
  
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• Police: 1 killed, several hurt after driver hits NYC crowd

  03-12-2017 13:54 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man drove into a group of people in New York City and then fled, leaving one person dead and several others injured, one critically.
  A New York Police Department detective says the driver targeted the victims in Queens, but terrorism is not suspected. It happened around 4:45 a.m. Sunday.
  Authorities say the people were at a hookah bar, and two people got into a fight and stabbed each other. Police say the vehicle hit the crowd after the dispute.
  Police say the
  
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• Police: 1 killed, 3 injured after driver strikes 4 in NYC

  03-12-2017 13:54 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man driving down a New York City street struck at least four people, killing one and critically injuring three.
  A New York Police Department detective says the driver targeted the victims in Queens, but terrorism is not suspected. He says the man fled after striking them around 4:45 a.m. Sunday. Police are searching for the driver, who they say had his hair in a ponytail.
  The Daily News reports that the crash happened after a knife fight outside a hookah bar.
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• Man dead in N. Lamar scooter collision

  03-12-2017 13:52 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man is dead after his scooter collided with a car early Sunday morning.
  Austin Police said the crash happened around 1:20 a.m. on N. Lamar Boulevard at the intersection of Provines Drive just south of West Braker Lane.
  Austin Travis County Emergency Medical Services said the 25-year-old man died at the scene.
  No further information was immediately available.
  
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• Thousands run through Trail of Lights week before official opening

  03-12-2017 05:34 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Around 8,000 people jogged through the massive display of Christmas lights at Zilker Park Saturday evening. Organizers say the fun run is what helps kick off the event every year.
  “You can’t have any event in Austin without a run attached to it, right?” said Trail of Lights Foundation Executive Director James Russell. “With Austin being the fit city that it is, I think there is a reasonable expectation to be able to run through the trail of lights, a
  
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• Del Valle HS cuts ribbon on new athletic facility

  03-12-2017 05:32 via kxan.com
  DEL VALLE, Texas (KXAN) – This weekend marked a big update for students at Del Valle High School.
  The school held a ribbon cutting ceremony to welcome a shiny, new 115,000-square-foot athletic facility.
  It includes a new weight room and indoor 80-yard practice field.
  Officials say they hope the new facility will help inspire athletes to pursue excellence.
  
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• Austin police, kids battle it out in Kids Madden tournament

  03-12-2017 05:32 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is taking some time to interact with the community.
  On Saturday, several officers participated in a free Cops and Kids Madden tournament at the Domain.
  And yes, it’s exactly how it sounds — Austin police officers competing against some kids to see who could score the most touchdowns.
  “We have invited them in to bridge the gap between the community, given the kind of tensions around the world with the police department,” s
  
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• Kyle inmates craft holiday cheer for kids in need

  03-12-2017 04:56 via kxan.com
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — While behind bars, some inmates are showing off their sewing skills — all for a good cause.
  The Kyle Correctional Center held its Operation Stitch-A-Smile event this week in which inmates crocheted hand-made toys for children in need.
  Santa also stopped by to pick up the 200 teddy bears, bunny rabbits, hippos, monkeys and pigs.
  They will be delivered on Sunday.
  
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• DACA Summit gives dreamers hope, encouragement

  03-12-2017 04:27 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A decision impacting more than 100,000 people in Texas has just three months to be made.
  President Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — or DACA — in September. He gave Congress six months to create a permanent program, which is up in March.
  Right now, Democrats are looking at tacking on a solution onto the government spending bill. They say it’s a required concession if Republicans want their support on the spending bill.
  With the futur
  
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• Attorney: Death penalty to be sought in Texas officer death

  03-12-2017 03:41 via kxan.com
  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — An attorney for a 19-year-old college student charged in the fatal shooting of a Texas Tech University police officer says prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty against his client if he’s convicted of capital murder.
  KLBK-TV in Lubbock says defense attorney Dennis Reeves indicated in a court filing Tuesday that the state will seek to execute Hollis Daniels III if he’s found guilty. Prosecutors have not said whether they will seek the death penalty.
  
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• Opossum breaks into liquor store and gets drunk as a skunk

  03-12-2017 01:20 via kxan.com
  FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An opossum that apparently drank bourbon after breaking into a Florida liquor store sobered up at a wildlife rescue center and was released unharmed.
  Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge officials say the opossum was brought in by a Fort Walton Beach, Florida, police officer on Nov. 24. A liquor store employee found the animal next to a broken and empty bottle of bourbon.
  “A worker there found the opossum up on a shelf next to a cracked open bottle of liquor w
  
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• Texas lawmakers react to passage of Senate’s tax bill

  03-12-2017 00:05 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas lawmakers are responding after the U.S. Senate passed a tax bill in the early hours of Saturday morning.
  It passed mostly along party lines with 51 for and 49 against.
  The final vote came after hours of voting on amendments, including one from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that would allow parents to use the 529 College Savings Fund to pay for private school tuition.
  Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said simplifying the tax code is the jump-start the economy needs.
  “This is
  
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