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• Austin holiday cleanup: What you can and can’t recycle

  25-12-2017 22:10 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Where will the trees, presents, boxes and electronics that have filled homes over the holiday season wind up when the festivities end? Austin Resource Recovery hopes Austinites take into account that many of the things they used over the holidays can be recycled.
  Susanne Harm with Austin Resource Recovery recommends that people consider reducing waste by donating extra edible food to food banks and charities. For food that’s not edible, she recommends bringing it to a
  
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• Man creates backyard nativity scene from recycled materials

  25-12-2017 20:14 via kxan.com
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — A Cedar Park man has turned his backyard into a giant nativity scene, and in the spirit of Christmas he has opened it up for the public to enjoy as well.
  Jorge Villanueva spent three years creating the nativity village all out of recycled materials like styrofoam, stucco and old Barbie dolls. Villanueva says he was inspired by his grandfather who built his own nativity scene. After his grandfather passed, Villanueva decided to continue the tradition 2 years ago.
  
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• Dozens displaced in northwest Austin apartment fire

  25-12-2017 17:45 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Fire Department and several other Williamson County departments are on the scene of a fire at an apartment complex at the 9800 block of Copper Creek Drive in northwest Austin. In a tweet, the department describes the situation as a second alarm fire and says building 9 at the apartment complex was heavily involved. The fire was since contained to building 9 according to AFD but dozens of people are displaced from the building where 12 out of the 24 units were damaged
  
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• Crews battling heavy fire at northwest Austin apartment

  25-12-2017 17:45 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Fire Department and several other Williamson County departments are on the scene of a fire at an apartment complex at the 9800 block of Copper Creek Drive in northwest Austin. In a tweet, the department describes the situation as a second alarm fire and says building 9 at the apartment complex was heavily involved. The fire was since contained to building 9 according to AFD.
  AFD tweeted that in December of 2012 there was a major fire at this same apartment complex.
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• Christmas day fire displaces dozens at northwest Austin apartment complex

  25-12-2017 17:45 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department and several Williamson County fire departments battled a fire at an apartment complex in the 9800 block of Copper Creek Drive in northwest Austin Monday morning.
  Video from initial firefight pic.twitter.com/Vu3WpyKB9r
  — Austin Fire Info (@AustinFireInfo) December 25, 2017In a tweet, the department described the situation as a second alarm fire and said that building 9 in the apartment complex was heavily involved.
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• Carey returns to ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’

  25-12-2017 15:45 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey is determined to have a better New Year’s Eve than in 2016 — she is returning to “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” after last year’s debacle.
  The Grammy-winning singer’s live performance in Times Square on New Year’s Eve 2016 was marked by problems. She was visibly upset and at points stopped singing, despite a pre-recorded track playing in the background. The performance went vi
  
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• White Christmas on its way for Northeast, Midwest

  25-12-2017 14:45 via kxan.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — If you live in the Northeast or Midwest, you’re not dreaming: It’s probably going to be a white Christmas.
  But the trade-off is hazardous driving conditions across New England and the Great Plains. Out west, the Rocky Mountains have been pounded this weekend.
  The storm system attacking the Mississippi River and to the east started in Nebraska, swept across Iowa and will dump several inches of snow on Chicago. Aside from a lake-effect dump of as much as 4 inches (
  
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• Christmas brings Northeast blizzard, bitter cold in Midwest

  25-12-2017 14:45 via kxan.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The good news for many in the Northeast and Midwest is that it’s a white Christmas. The bad news is a blizzard swept into parts of New England and bitter cold enveloped much of the Midwest.
  Motorists in New England were in for tough sledding as a Christmas storm was expected to bring nearly a foot of snow in places. A blizzard warning was issued Monday for portions of central and northern Maine, and part of the New Hampshire coast. Forecasters warned that snow of up to
  
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• Message of hope resonates during Christmas Eve services in Sutherland Springs

  25-12-2017 05:22 via kxan.com
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) — The congregation of First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs hugged, lit candles and prayed.
  During Christmas Eve services, the message of hope echoed through the portable building which sits right next to the white church. In November, a gunmen walked into the church and killed 26 people.
  The church’s Pastor Frank Pomeroy focused on the meaning of Christmas, despite heartbreak. His 14-year-old daughter was among the victims in the mass shooting.
  
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• Man, woman reunited after he falls off sailboat at Lake Travis, goes missing

  25-12-2017 02:05 via kxan.com
  LAKE TRAVIS, Texas (KXAN) – A man and a woman were reunited Sunday evening after the man fell out of a sailboat into the water at Lake Travis, said the Austin Fire Department and the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.
  He went missing, triggering an emergency search that lasted 50 minutes until he was found safe on shore, AFD said.
  It happened at about 4:57 p.m. near Bob Wentz Park at Windy Point, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  The woman who was left on board didn’t know how to ope
  
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• Crews rescue man, 60s, after he suffers injury in Barton Creek Greenbelt

  25-12-2017 00:07 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Emergency crews worked for more than two hours to rescue an injured man in his 60s in the Barton Creek Greenbelt in west Austin Sunday, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  The call came in at about 3:48 p.m. Sunday afternoon to a part of the greenbelt near the 1300 block of South Capital of Texas Highway, ATC EMS said.
  Crews initially asked Star Flight to respond, but cancelled an air evacuation after they reached the man and decided he could be extricated by ground.
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