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• Weekend Gardener: Protecting plants you eat during freezing temps

  13-01-2018 20:58 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As more freezing temperatures make their way into Central Texas, it is important to know how to protect your plants- especially the ones you eat.
  Certain greens like Kale can withstand the cold temperatures but others like artichoke, tendrils and peas will freeze.
  The Weekend Gardener has more on this.
  
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• How early detection can help you get ahead of cervical cancer

  13-01-2018 20:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The American Cancer Society says 12,000 new cases of invasive cervical cancer are diagnosed each year. Dr. Yvette Williams-Brown from Seton Medical Center joins KXAN to talk about how early detection can help women fight the disease.
  Dr. Williams-Brown says while 12,000 is a large number, it is important to note that cervical pre-cancers are diagnosed far more often than invasive cervical cancer thanks to the Pap Smear test that screens for cancerous cells on the cervix.Thi
  
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• Gov. Abbott signs proclamation recognizing Jan. 13 as AMBER Alert Awareness Day

  13-01-2018 17:48 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of Public Safety is joining people all across the county to observe National AMBER Alert Awareness Day on Saturday Jan. 13 with Texas Governor Greg Abbott declaring the day as AMBER Alert Awareness Day across Texas.
  The first AMBER Alert program was started by law enforcement in the Dallas-Forth Worth area after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted and murdered in 1996. While the program is named after Hagerman, it is also an acronym for America&rsquo
  
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• Butcher trapped in freezer uses sausage to bash his way out

  13-01-2018 16:41 via kxan.com
  LONDON (AP) — A British butcher who got locked in a freezer says he was saved by a frozen sausage that he used as a battering ram.
  Chris McCabe says he became trapped in the walk-in freezer at his shop in Totnes, southwest England, last month when wind blew the door shut. The safety button to open the door had frozen in the -20 C (-4 F) chill.
  McCabe said he tried unsuccessfully to kick the button free before picking up a 1.5 kilogram (3.3 pound) black pudding, a form of blood sausage.
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• Report: Trump lawyer brokered $130,000 payment to porn star

  13-01-2018 15:37 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer brokered a $130,000 payment to a porn actress to prevent her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, according to a report Friday in The Wall Street Journal.
  Trump met Stephanie Clifford, whose goes by the name Stormy Daniels in films, at a golf event in 2006 — a year after Trump’s marriage to his wife, Melania. According to the Journal’s report, Clifford began talking with ABC News
  
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• Doctor, elderly couple, 6-year-old among mudslide victims

  13-01-2018 14:46 via kxan.com
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — A doctor and his daughter who died in the arms of her brother were among the 18 people killed in devastating mudslides that brought tragedy and sorrow to the idyllic coastal community of Montecito, California.
  Other victims included a young mother asleep with her 3-year-old daughter as her 10-year-old nephew slumbered nearby, and a woman and her 89-year-old husband of more than 50 years who celebrated his birthday the day before.
  Here are their stories and those of
  
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• Deadly California slide swept mother, daughter to deaths

  13-01-2018 14:46 via kxan.com
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — A young mother asleep with her 3-year-old daughter as her 10-year-old nephew slumbered nearby were among the 18 people killed in a devastating mudslide that brought tragedy and sorrow to the small, wealthy California enclave of Montecito.
  Other victims included a 22-year-old woman who died in the arms of her brother as he frantically tried to save her after their father was swept to his death by the fast-moving river of mud.
  Here are their stories and those of othe
  
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• 4 adults, two children injured in northwest Austin rollover crash

  13-01-2018 05:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Four adults and two children were injured in a rollover crash in northwest Austin, Friday night, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.
  Medics were called to the two-vehicle crash at the Research Boulevard service road northbound and Oak Knoll Drive at 9:52 p.m. The two children, who were rushed to Dell Children’s Medical Center, have potentially serious injuries.
  Six patients in all were reported — three adults and two children in one vehicle and one adult in a
  
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• Tech could help keep city pools open longer, avoid chlorine-related shutdowns

  13-01-2018 05:10 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — You wouldn’t think it in the middle of January, but Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department’s Aquatics Division is running on all cylinders to prep for the summer season. Sunday marks the first hiring date for the season.
  “This, believe it or not, is one of the busiest times for our division,” Jodi Jay, Division Manager for Parks and Rec’s Aquatics Division said.
  Last year, critical maintenance issues forced two pools to s
  
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• School board president calls arrested Louisiana teacher ‘poor little woman’

  13-01-2018 05:01 via kxan.com
  ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY/WCMH) – The president of a Louisiana school board said he stands by a school resource officer who removed and arrested a teacher who questioned the superintendent’s pay during a meeting.
  During the public portion comment of the Vermilion Parish School Board’s meeting, English teacher Deyshia Hargrave spoke up.
  “A superintendent or any person in leadership getting any type of raise: I feel like it’s a slap in the face for the teachers,
  
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• Texas tycoon T. Boone Pickens shutters energy hedge fund

  13-01-2018 04:21 via kxan.com
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens is closing his Dallas energy-focused hedge fund after what he describes as “one hell of a roller coaster ride.”
  In a statement published on his LinkedIn page Friday, the 89-year-old Pickens says that “it’s no secret the past year has not been good to me, from a health perspective or a financial one.”
  Pickens is recovering from a series of strokes and a fall last year. Slumping oil and natural gas prices knoc
  
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• Officers wrangle 12-foot python while responding to call

  13-01-2018 03:38 via kxan.com
  PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (WFLA/NBC) – A police officer in Pembroke Pines got more than he bargained for while responding to a call on Thursday.
  Officer Cabrera responded to a call of a 12 ½ foot Burmese python found in the middle of a street.
  Officer Cabrera jumped into action and wrangled the snake.
  He then took the snake to police headquarters, where a licensed python remover took the snake away.
  Officer Cabrera and his fellow policemen posted for a photo with their new reptile friend
  
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• Scholar offers historical context for president’s alleged derogatory remarks

  13-01-2018 02:47 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The president is pushing back against accusations that he profanely insulted other counrties. Several lawmakers say President Trump used a demeaning expletive to refer to Haiti and African nations during a meeting Thursday. The president insisted on Twitter Friday that he didn’t use that language.
  President Trump isn’t the first leader to come under fire for allegedly using derogatory language. University of Texas public affairs and history Professor Jeremi Suri
  
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• California family killed by suspected drunk driver in Austin laid to rest

  13-01-2018 01:58 via kxan.com
  VALLEY CENTER, Calif. (KXAN) — A 10-year-old girl who lost her mother, father and brother when a suspected drunk driver slammed head-on into their rental car in Austin finally laid her family to rest Friday in Southern California.
  Keira Latulippe was the sole survivor of the crash that has forever changed her life. Corporal Lori De La Fuente with the Austin Police Department attended the family’s funeral after developing a special relationship with Keira over the past few months.
  De
  
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• Demand for truck drivers in Texas grows due to improving oil production

  13-01-2018 01:42 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – With oil prices and production improving again, it’s driving a demand for more truck drivers.
  “It’s a busy time in West Texas,” John Esparza, president of the Texas Trucking Association, said.
  Jerry Terry with Amarillo College’s Truck Driving Academy said he gets calls every day from people needing drivers.
  “I have family that lives in the Odessa area and they tell me that it’s very hard to find drivers,” Terry said. “My
  
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• People go bananas over Sam’s Club closing deals

  13-01-2018 01:27 via kxan.com
  SAN ANTONIO (KXAN) — While no Sam’s Club stores are closing in the Austin-area, the 63 stores that are closing across the country are offering deep discounts to get rid of inventory.
  In San Antonio, the line at the store closing at the corner of US 281 and Bitters Road was longer than some Black Friday lines. One person on Facebook posted the line was a mile long. Everyone posted the store was selling everything at 25 percent off.
  The company says approximately 10 of the shuttered Sa
  
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• Tech giants and Texas businesses urges Congress to continue DACA by Jan. 19

  13-01-2018 01:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas could lose more than 120,000 legal workers if lawmakers don’t continue an immigration status known as DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
  Tech leaders and the Texas Association of Business are urging Congress to continue the program.
  Most Texas lawmakers in Washington, D.C. support continuing the DACA program, but it’s caught in larger negotiations due Jan. 19. President Trump says he won’t extend DACA without tougher border security
  
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• Balloons line Fredericksburg streets to remember 2-year-old boy

  13-01-2018 00:58 via kxan.com
  FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (KXAN) — Balloons lined parts of Fredericksburg on Friday to remember a 2-year-old boy whose favorite thing was colorful balloons.
  Noah Munn passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Jan. 7 in Fredericksburg, according to his obituary. His parents, Bryan and LaShea Itz Munn, posted memories of their son on Facebook:
  Saturday night we had the greatest time with our little boy. He was running around the house, throwing balls over our balcony, watching tv on the bar, eating cooki
  
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• Texas’ newest indoor water park opens in North Texas

  13-01-2018 00:35 via kxan.com
  GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (KXAN) — A giant 80,000 square foot indoor/outdoor water park with a retractable roof opened in North Texas Friday.
  Epic Waters features 11 water slides, some of which actually wind through the outside of the building. The water park is now home to the longest indoor lazy river in Texas as well as a 10,000-square-foot outdoor wave pool.
  The water park holds the record for the largest indoor waterpark under a single curved retractable roof in the United States. On days
  
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• Mental health classes launch at Travis Co. Jail for inmates’ families

  13-01-2018 00:26 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Travis County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Austin in an effort to decrease the number of inmates with mental illness incarcerated in the jail.
  NAMI will offer its second in a series of classes for family members and friends of inmates currently incarcerated at the Travis County Jail, later this month. The agency wants to provide resources to families so they can be proactive when it comes to s
  
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