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• Car runs over, seriously injures man in southwest Austin

  30-12-2017 23:36 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man in his 30s was seriously hurt Saturday afternoon while he may have been working on his car in southwest Austin, said the Austin Police Department.
  It happened just after 2 p.m. in the 4300 block of Bremner Road near Slaughter Lane, APD said.
  Austin Police said that the car may have ran over the man while he was working on it. Austin-Travis County EMS said he suffered serious injuries, but it was unknown if they were life threatening.
  Medics transported him to St. Davi
  
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• Erica Garner dies; fought police brutality after dad’s death

  30-12-2017 23:18 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The daughter of key Black Lives Matter figure Eric Garner died Saturday after a weeklong hospital stay following a heart attack.
  “She was a warrior to the end. She stood up for justice for her father,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said in announcing the death of Garner, 27, at a New York hospital.
  Garner’s official Twitter account, run by her family and friends since she became ill, asked that she be remembered as a mother, daughter, sister and aunt with a heart &
  
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• Bamba’s stellar night wasted in loss to KU in Big 12 opener

  30-12-2017 21:11 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kansas players saw Mohamed Bamba, Texas’ long-armed shot blocker, stationed near the basket and figured there were easier ways to score than to challenge him.
  So the 11th-ranked Jayhawks shot 3-pointers, converting 17 of 35, and defeated Texas 92-86 on Friday night in the Big 12 opener for both teams. They made 11 3-pointers in the second half.
  “We definitely weren’t getting any layups with him down there,” Kansas guard Devonte’ Graham sai
  
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• Bama’s stellar night wasted in loss to KU in Big 12 opener

  30-12-2017 21:11 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kansas players saw Mohamed Bamba, Texas’ long-armed shot blocker, stationed near the basket and figured there were easier ways to score than to challenge him.
  So the 11th-ranked Jayhawks shot 3-pointers, converting 17 of 35, and defeated Texas 92-86 on Friday night in the Big 12 opener for both teams. They made 11 3-pointers in the second half.
  “We definitely weren’t getting any layups with him down there,” Kansas guard Devonte’ Graham sai
  
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• Driver slams into Dollar Tree on Burnet Road

  30-12-2017 21:05 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A car slammed into a Dollar Tree store in central Austin Saturday afternoon, said the Austin Fire Department.
  It happened at about 1:30 p.m. at the store in the 5300 block of Burnet Road south of Koenig Lane.
  Emergency crews were able to respond quickly because they were right next door, said the Austin Fire Department.
  “We were taking care of a medical patient at the dialysis clinic when someone had come and reported that a car had gone into the Dollar Tree, one suit
  
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• Car slams into Dollar Tree; 1 taken to hospital

  30-12-2017 21:05 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A car slammed into a Dollar Tree store in central Austin Saturday afternoon, said the Austin Fire Department.
  It happened at about 1:30 p.m. at the store in the 5300 block of Burnet Road south of Koenig Lane.
  Emergency crews were able to respond quickly because they were right next door, said the Austin Fire Department.
  “We were taking care of a medical patient at the dialysis clinic when someone had come and reported that a car had gone into the Dollar Tree, one suit
  
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• Motorcyclists offer comfort and aid to family of fallen officer

  30-12-2017 19:36 via kxan.com
  SAN MARCOS (KXAN) — Motorcyclists took to the roads of San Marcos Saturday morning to support the family of San Marcos police officer Ken Copeland. Their ride through the city and the surrounding area started around 10:30 a.m.
  Officer Copeland died while serving a warrant in San Marcos on Monday, Dec. 4 — what was supposed to be his day off. Copeland was laid to rest on Dec. 13. He leaves behind a wife and four children and had worked for the San Marcos Police Department for 19
  
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• Gas odor creates smell for people in eastern Travis County

  30-12-2017 18:37 via kxan.com
  PFLUGERVILLE (KXAN) — Pflugerville police say an odorant added to natural gas in the Buda/Del Valle area caused a strong gas smell in the Pflugerville area Friday night into Saturday morning.
  According to police, atmospheric conditions carried the smell toward eastern Travis County. Police said in an overnight Facebook post the smell doesn’t present any public health or safety concerns to the residents of Pflugerville and there is no leak.
  Apparently, conditions kept the residue clos
  
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• Pflugerville police investigate ‘package pirate’

  30-12-2017 18:34 via kxan.com
  PFLUGERVILLE (KXAN) — Pflugerville Police need your help catching a man seen taking a package from the front porch of a home on Dec. 21.
  According to the department’s Facebook post, the package was stolen at around 5:30 p.m. in the 19500 block of Coneflower Cove. Security cameras recorded the suspect picking up an Amazon package from the front porch and leaving with it. If you have any information about this subject, you are asked to call Pflugerville Police detective De La
  
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• Some practical advice for losing weight in 2018

  30-12-2017 16:15 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s the time of year everyone rushes to the gym and vows be healthier, but when you’re making your new year’s resolutions what really matters? Dr. Sam DeLiberato with the Baylor Scott & White Clinic in Westlake spoke with KXAN News Today about the top health resolutions you can make for 2018.
  According to Dr. DeLiberato, diet and exercise will be beneficial, but where people often fail is not being realistic with expectations. That leads them to burn
  
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• Police: Prank led to police shooting unarmed Kansas man

  30-12-2017 15:27 via kxan.com
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police and the FBI are investigating whether an argument over an online game prompted a hoax call that led to a house where an officer shot and killed a Kansas man who apparently wasn’t involved in the dispute.
  Wichita Deputy Police Chief Troy Livingston on Friday blamed a “prankster” who called 911 and made up a story about a shooting and kidnapping. He did not mention reports that an argument over online gaming was at the heart of the prank, alth
  
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• 1988 Olympic volunteer shares experience with KXAN’s Erin Cargile

  30-12-2017 05:34 via kxan.com
  LEANDER, Texas — We are almost one month out from the start of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. KXAN viewers have been reaching out to anchor Erin Cargile giving her advice before she takes off to cover the games. Friday, one Central Texan invited Erin to her home to share her own unique Olympic experience.
  “You know most of the memories are fading away,” said Mija Lee as she flipped through a photo album.
  For the last two weeks Lee, 71, has been digging through boxes a
  
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• Lyft launches free rides for Austin musicians

  30-12-2017 04:59 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Local musicians will soon have a chance to catch a free ride to and from their gigs thanks to certain venues that have partnered with Lyft.
  The ridesharing company announced the “first-of-its kind” Austin Musician Rideshare Program on Thursday. The company is partnering with local venues like Empire Control Room, Antone’s and Stubb’s.
  “It’s expensive and difficult to park downtown, even harder for a working musician lugging gear,” s
  
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• The Latest: Police: Texas boy killed after woman opens fire

  30-12-2017 04:22 via kxan.com
  MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old Texas boy (all times local):
  5:15 p.m.
  Police say a 7-year-old Texas boy died after his father’s girlfriend opened fire as he drove away with the boy and two other children.
  Greenville police identified the boy as Kaden Green on Friday. He was shot in the chest and died at a hospital after a witness took him there Thursday afternoon.
  Authorities say the woman accused in the shooting, 26-year-old Brooke Craig, was
  
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• Woman whose mother died shamed for not having Christmas decorations

  30-12-2017 04:06 via kxan.com
  VACAVILLE (KRON) — A North Bay woman has been shamed by her neighbors for not decorating her house for the holidays this year.
  She lives on a street visited by tens of thousands of people every December. It’s called Lollipop Lane, and residents usually go all-out with lights and decorations.
  Lyndia Zarra, who lives right in the middle of Lollipop Lane, couldn’t bring herself to do it this year — but it wasn’t a lack of Christmas spirit that kept her from p
  
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• Tips to protect your pipes ahead of freezing temps

  30-12-2017 03:28 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — “It was like plumbing Armageddon out there. Pipes were bursting all over the place,” Brendin Dittman, owner and operator of Cold is on the Right Plumbing, recalled of Austin’s last big freeze.
  “For freezing temperatures of only 2-3 days to cause that much damage and have that many homes, you know, without water, broken pipes, damage inside of homes, it was pretty amazing to me,” said Dittman, who grew up in Michigan.
  Cold is on the Right P
  
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• UT student working with NASA receives cochlear implant

  30-12-2017 01:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Amy Quartaro was diagnosed with bilateral hearing loss in 2014, but the 21-year-old aerospace engineering student at the University of Austin is pursuing her dreams, splitting time between school and working with NASA.
  “I haven’t let it stop me,” she said. For the past few years, she relied on hearing aids. Now, she has a new tool to help — a cochlear implant.
  “Even with the hearing aids, there are people I can’t hear, certain pitches,&rd
  
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• Three dead, including gunman, in shooting in southwest Houston

  30-12-2017 01:03 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (KXAN) — Houston police are responding to a shooting where three people died, including the gunman.
  It happened around 4:08 p.m. at a mechanic shop on the 14000 block of South Post Oak, in the southwest part of the city, according to NBC affiliate KPRC. Police said it appears the gunman shot and killed two employees before killing himself.
  The suspect was a former employee, according to police, but they did not have details on how long ago he worked there or what he did.
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• Four dead, including gunman, in shooting in southwest Houston

  30-12-2017 01:03 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (KXAN) — Houston police are responding to a shooting where four people died, including the gunman.
  It happened around 4:40 p.m. at a mechanic shop on the 14000 block of South Post Oak, in the southwest part of the city, according to NBC affiliate KPRC. Police said it appears the gunman shot and killed three people before killing himself.
  Investigators are at the scene of the shop working to determine what led to the shooting.
   
  
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• Polar bear plunges will live up to their names this year

  30-12-2017 00:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — While it’ll be cold New Year’s Day morning, it’ll create quite the ambience for the polar bear plunges being held around town.
  The KXAN First Warning Weather Team says temperatures on Monday morning will hover around the freezing mark, maybe even colder depending on when your scheduled pool time is.
  Here are the polar bear plunges happening in our area:
  Barton Springs Pool in AustinTime: 9 a.m. but the pool actually opens at 5 a.m.Admission: Free
  City of K
  
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• How another million barrels of crude oil a day will impact Texas

  30-12-2017 00:43 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts oil companies will produce a million more barrels of crude oil a day next year. That will bring America to a new record of more than 10 million barrels a day. The West Texas oil fields in the Permian Basin will drive a lot of that production.
  The state of Texas will also collect a lot of taxes on oil production. Roads, schools, colleges and the state savings account all get dedicated money from oil and ga
  
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