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• Pit bull leads owner to rescue elderly woman in pond

  09-02-2018 23:40 via kxan.com
  LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (WXIA) — A pit bull’s instincts lead him to rescue an elderly woman from a pond this week.
  Abby Leathers says her pit bull Bruce kept staring out a window. She had no idea what got his attention or that it would mean saving a person’s life right outside.
  “He had started emoting and whining, just being very loud at the front door. So I was like huh, this is kind of weird,” Leathers explained.
  As she opened the door, Bruce bolted towards a nearby po
  
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• Officers will help drivers through Austin’s next roundabout this weekend

  09-02-2018 23:27 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Traffic closures associated with Austin’s next roundabout will continue into this weekend.
  Beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, drivers headed west on 51st Street were not able to turn onto the southbound Interstate 35 frontage road and detoured through the intersection to Airport Boulevard.
  Starting at 5 a.m. Sunday, however, one lane will open in the roundabout. The traffic signals will be removed and officers will be on site to direct traffic through the new intersection.
  
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• Ex-Bastrop County sheriff employee charged with stealing $58,000 from nonprofit

  09-02-2018 21:50 via kxan.com
  BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — A former Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office worker has been charged with felony theft, accused of stealing roughly $58,000 over several years from a nonprofit association that helps sheriff’s office employees, according to a Texas Ranger complaint unsealed Friday.
  Cheryl Lynn Klaus, 54, who worked as a records analyst at the sheriff’s office, was also treasurer of the Bastrop Association of Sheriff’s Employees during the time of the alleged thef
  
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• #WinterOlympics: Team USA gets pumped up on social media

  09-02-2018 21:32 via kxan.com
  (WFLA) — The 2018 Olympic Games opening ceremony is just a day away and Team USA is sharing their passion for the epic traditions.
  Team USA shared the big news on social media of Erin Hamlin being chosen to lead the pack at the opening ceremony.
  Officials said she had now reached the epitome of being an Olympian.
  .@erinhamlin has now reached “the epitome of being an Olympian”.She’ll be leading #TeamUSA at the #OpeningCeremony! https://t.co/N0HbgfSQX7 pic.twitter.com/
  
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• Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un impersonators cause ruckus at Olympics

  09-02-2018 21:32 via kxan.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (WFLA) — Leaders from all over the world made their way to PyeongChang for the Olympics opening ceremony. 
  The U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe represented their homelands.
  But folks were stunned when they thought they also saw North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump.
  The pair of national leaders have been known to trade threats of nuclear war over the past year.
  It turns out
  
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• Two men injured in south Austin stabbing

  09-02-2018 20:57 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two men were taken to the hospital after they were involved in a stabbing in south Austin Friday afternoon.
  Austin police say the stabbing happened around 12:30 p.m. at the corner of Pack Saddle Pass and West Ben White Boulevard. Austin-Travis County EMS says two men were found with stab wounds, one had critical injuries while the other had serious injuries.
  Both men were taken to the hospital.
  KXAN will update this story as more information becomes available.
  
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• PHOTOS: See the 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

  09-02-2018 20:49 via kxan.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (KXAN) — The 2018 Winter Olympics have officially begun.
  Teams from across the world marched into PyeongChang Olympic Stadium Friday, followed by a performance put on by the home country, South Korea. Notably, Tonga’s flag bearer was shirtless, and Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump impersonators were removed from the stadium.
  Watch a rebroadcast of the Opening Ceremony on KXAN at 7 p.m. CT Friday. You can also watch it online here.  2018 Winter Olympics Openi
  
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• Tracking wintry weather across Central Texas Sunday

  09-02-2018 20:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Arctic cold front brought a large drop in temperatures Saturday, and behind it we’ve been seeing a light wintry mix on Sunday morning. The mix has mainly been in the form of freezing rain or drizzle, but sleet and a few wet snowflakes could also be possible in some isolated spots through the early afternoon hours.
  Most models agree that the best chance for accumulating ice in the KXAN viewing area will be primarily in the Hill Country, with the highest likelihood i
  
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• Tracking the potential for ice Sunday morning

  09-02-2018 20:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An arctic cold front is forecast to bring a large drop in temperatures between Saturday and Sunday, along with the potential for a wintry mix on Sunday morning. The mix would most likely be in the form of freezing rain, but sleet and a few wet snowflakes could also be possible.
  The timing and impacts of this cold front are still in flux, but most models agree that the best chance for accumulating ice will be in the Hill Country. Small ice accumulations could form in western
  
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• Tracking the potential for freezing drizzle Sunday morning

  09-02-2018 20:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Arctic cold front is bringing a large drop in temperatures Saturday, along with the potential for a wintry mix on Sunday morning. The mix would most likely be in the form of freezing rain or drizzle, but sleet and a few wet snowflakes could also be possible.
  Most models agree that the best chance for accumulating ice in the KXAN viewing area will be primarily in the Hill Country, with the highest likelihood in Mason, Llano, San Saba, Burnet, Blanco, Gillespie and Lampasa
  
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• Tracking Arctic front and potential for ice Sunday morning

  09-02-2018 20:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Arctic cold front is forecast to bring a large drop in temperatures between Saturday and Sunday, along with the potential for a wintry mix on Sunday morning, but mainly in the Hill Country. The mix would most likely be in the form of freezing rain, but sleet and a few wet snowflakes could also be possible.
  The timing and impacts of this cold front are still in flux, but most models agree that the best chance for accumulating ice in the KXAN viewing area will be primarily
  
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• Freezing rain, sleet falling across Central Texas; roads could be impacted

  09-02-2018 20:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Arctic cold front brought a large drop in temperatures Saturday, and behind it we’ve been seeing a light wintry mix on Sunday morning. The mix has mainly been in the form of freezing rain or drizzle, but sleet and a few wet snowflakes could also be possible in some isolated spots through the early afternoon hours.
  Most models agree that the best chance for accumulating ice in the KXAN viewing area will be primarily in the Hill Country, with the highest likelihood i
  
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• A mix of winter weather fell across Central Texas; roads could be impacted tonight

  09-02-2018 20:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Arctic cold front brought a large drop in temperatures Saturday, and behind it Central Texas got a wintry mix Sunday morning and early afternoon.
  The system started off producing just cold rain that hit temperatures on the ground below freezing, becoming icy. Sleet mixed in with the freezing rain shortly after sunrise. Then the moisture tapped into some instability in the atmosphere, causing lightning, graupel and eventually, small hail to form! Click here to s
  
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• A mix of winter weather fell across Central Texas; roads could be impacted overnight

  09-02-2018 20:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Arctic cold front brought a large drop in temperatures Saturday, and moisture moving in behind it gave Central Texas a wintry mix Sunday morning and early afternoon.
  The system started off producing just cold rain that hit temperatures on the ground below freezing, becoming icy. Sleet mixed in with the freezing rain shortly after sunrise. Then the moisture tapped into some instability in the atmosphere, causing lightning, graupel and eventually, small hail to form!&
  
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• Alarming Amount: Who’s tracking addictive pain meds being prescribed to children

  09-02-2018 20:30 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A Central Texas mom was standing in the kitchen fixing snacks for her children when her 12-year-old daughter walked over and said she was in pain.
  The mom reached into to the medicine cabinet and pulled out some Tylenol when the girl interjected.
  “Can’t I have the other one,” said the girl, who had her tonsils and adenoids surgically removed in late October. “It’s stronger.”
  The first two or three days after getting home from the hospital
  
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• Man dies in travel trailer fire in south Travis County

  09-02-2018 19:56 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A person died in a travel trailer that caught fire Friday afternoon in south Travis County.
  The Manchaca Fire Department responded to the fire on Hickory Ridge Road around 12:30 p.m. When firefighters arrived, the mobile home was “fully involved,” says the Austin Fire Department, which is assisting.
  A bystander tried to pull the man out of the trailer but he died at the scene. Austin-Travis County EMS says the person who died is a man in his 50s.
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• Redheads, lobster and cupcake among 157 new emojis coming in 2018

  09-02-2018 19:50 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Redheads, those with curly hair and those with no hair at all will soon be able to express themselves in emoji form. Those are just a few of the 157 new emoji options coming to people’s phones, tablets and computers in 2018.
  The Unicode Consortium, which sets global emoji standards, announced the new options in version 11.0 that should be available in August or September. More expressive smiley faces, as well as more animals, will be available.
  Here are a few long-awa
  
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• Officer slain, deputies wounded, suspect dead near Atlanta

  09-02-2018 19:40 via kxan.com
  LOCUST GROVE, Ga. (AP) — A police officer was killed and two deputies were seriously wounded in a shooting that also left a suspect dead south of Atlanta, authorities said Friday.
  Henry County Sheriff Keith McBrayer said gunfire broke out as the officers were serving an arrest warrant around 11 a.m. at a home in Locust Grove, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta.
  “It all happened inside the residence,” the sheriff said at an afternoon news conference.
  He said sho
  
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• Georgia sheriff: Officer and suspect dead, deputies wounded

  09-02-2018 19:40 via kxan.com
  LOCUST GROVE, Ga. (AP) — A police officer was killed and two deputies were seriously wounded in a shooting that also left a suspect dead south of Atlanta, authorities said Friday.
  Henry County Sheriff Keith McBrayer said it happened as the officers were serving an arrest warrant around 11 a.m. at a home in Locust Grove, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta.
  “It all happened inside the residence,” the sheriff said at an afternoon news conference.
  He said gunfire e
  
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• Wrong-way driver sentenced to 9 years for causing crash that killed two

  09-02-2018 19:34 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As a judge officially sentenced 25-year-old Michelle Orduna to nine years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two people in 2015, Orduna wiped tears away from her eyes.
  Megan Mendez
  On Aug. 29, 2015, around 2:30 a.m., Austin police say Orduna got onto the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 from Manor Road while going northbound and crashed head-on into a Toyota Scion being driven by Clayton Keller, 26. Keller died at the scene. Orduna’s fri
  
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• Apple investigating after man says AirPods exploded

  09-02-2018 19:04 via kxan.com
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – The tiny pieces of Apple AirPods fit into Jason Colon’s hand.
  The left is intact.
  The right is blown apart and charred.
  “It’s the craziest thing I ever went through,” Colon said.
  Colon, of Tampa, was listening to a dance mix at the LA Fitness on 4th Street in St. Petersburg when he noticed something strange.
  “And then I saw white smoke start billowing out,” he said.
  He left the AirPods on a piece of workout equipment an
  
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• Relief for People Who Suffer from Acute or Chronic Pain

  09-02-2018 19:02 via kxan.com
  Pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. Dr. Genaro Gutierrez joined us in studio with news of the most advanced treatments for pain, and tips on how you can regain your quality of life. Whether your pain is chronic or acute, from injury or disease, Pain Specialists of America can treat your pain with minimally invasive procedures performed by the most experienced and qualified physicians in pain management. To find a location near you and for more details, g
  
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• Floor Cleaning Special with Amazing Results

  09-02-2018 19:01 via kxan.com
  Dirt Free Carpet Cleaning officially began as a carpet cleaning company in the late 1980’s, and they are one of the most trusted carpet cleaners in Texas. They understand that your carpet is one of the largest investments you’ll make in your home. It is also regularly exposed to dirt, stains, and the wear and tear of daily use. Plus it can harbor allergy causing contaminants and dust mites that you can’t see, but that get deep into the carpet fibers.
  This is the dirt
  
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• Heart Health with Orangetheory Fitness

  09-02-2018 19:00 via kxan.com
  If you are inspired to train like a champion in this season of athletic competition, Orangetheory Fitness could have just the right regimen. Orangetheory Fitness offers 60-minute workout sessions split into intervals of cardiovascular and strength training with heart rate monitors to track intensity and maximize metabolic burn. Increase energy, get visible results and burn more calories, even after leaving the studio. That’s the Orange Effect! Backed by the science of Excess Post-Exer
  
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• What to watch tonight in PyeongChang: Opening Ceremony in Primetime

  09-02-2018 18:32 via kxan.com
  The 2018 Olympic Winter Games will officially begin tonight with the Opening Ceremony broadcast during Primetime on NBC and hosted by Katie Couric and Mike Tirico.
  Tonight’s action will also feature Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris making his Olympic return less than one year after suffering life-threatening injuries in a backcountry snowboard crash, a full-slate of mixed-doubles curling games, the opening of women’s hockey preliminary play and a trio of short track events.
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• Apparent Eagles fan arrested, accused of tagging Stevie Ray Vaughan statue

  09-02-2018 18:18 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In Austin, you don’t mess with Stevie Ray Vaughan’s legacy. A 39-year-old Philadelphia Eagles fan learned the hard way after police say he tagged the popular statue located along Auditorium Shores.
  Austin police say Matthew Rutledge tagged the statue on Feb. 5. Witnesses in the area said the saw a man spray painting the statue as well as placing a Philadelphia Eagles jersey over it. This was the day after the Eagles won the Super Bowl.
  “Philly” and &
  
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• Protester urges fairness as Chambers support MLS in Austin

  09-02-2018 17:48 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Shortly after the two Austin chambers announced support for Major League Soccer in Austin, a whistle blew.
  “I want to call a foul here today,” a woman said. “I’m with the community and I want to make it clear we like soccer but we do not want it on public land.”
  She was the latest voice to urge the city to keep parkland from a list of possible venues. At the beginning of February, activists gathered at Roy Guerrero Metro Park, one of the s
  
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• PHOTOS: 40-foot deep cave discovered under Brushy Creek neighborhood

  09-02-2018 17:32 via kxan.com
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — People who live in a Brushy Creek neighborhood west of Round Rock are in awe after a hole opened up on a street, revealing a 40-foot deep cave underneath.
  A photograph posted to numerous neighborhood groups show an expansive cave with a large column in the middle. Brushy Creek MUD confirms the photo that was posted is an actual photo of inside the cave that was taken by a spelunker.
  The cave is located on Cambria Drive near Ephraim Road, however, officials
  
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• PHOTOS: 22-foot deep cave discovered under Brushy Creek neighborhood

  09-02-2018 17:32 via kxan.com
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — People who live in a Brushy Creek neighborhood west of Round Rock are in awe after a hole opened up on a street, revealing a 22-foot deep cave underneath. Crews initially said the cave went down 40 feet, but a new estimate says 22 feet.
  A photograph posted to numerous neighborhood groups show an expansive cave with a large column in the middle. Brushy Creek MUD confirms the photo that was posted is an actual photo of inside the cave that was taken by a spe
  
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• 17-year-old Speed skater makes history in PyeongChang

  09-02-2018 17:27 via kxan.com
  [Watch Lex Gray’s report on Maame Biney]
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (WAVY) — A speed skater with ties to Virginia is making history this Olympics.
  SALT LAKE CITY, UT – DECEMBER 17:  Speedskating Short Track Olympic Team Trials at the Utah Olympic Oval on Dec. 17, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
  Maame Biney is the frist black woman to qualify for Team USA in speed skating. Biney is also memorable for her personality, because she does not stop l
  
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• Amber Alert canceled for 2-year-old Mesquite girl

  09-02-2018 16:46 via kxan.com
  MESQUITE, Texas (Local 2/Fox 24) — The Mesquite Police Department is looking for 2-year-old Amia Blanton.
  She’s described as a black female, 2-foot-2-inches’, 40 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink and green Nike jacket, green sweatpants, and brown boots. She has a scar on her right eyebrow and birthmark near her genitals.
  The suspect wanted in connection with her disappearance is 47-year-old Levita Gant.
  She’s described as a black wom
  
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• Shipping shakeup? Amazon may deliver some of its own orders

  09-02-2018 16:29 via kxan.com
  Amazon’s next move may be to shake up the shipping industry.
  The online retailer is reportedly planning a new service called “Shipping With Amazon” that will allow it to pick up packages from businesses and deliver them to consumers. The service is expected to start in Los Angeles in the coming weeks, before it is rolled out more broadly as soon as this year, according to The Wall Street Journal , which cited anonymous sources.
  Shares of shipping companies FedEx and UPS slipped
  
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• Shipping shakeup? Amazon may deliver its own packages

  09-02-2018 16:29 via kxan.com
  Amazon has already shown that it can rattle the retail, grocery and health insurance industries, and now it is doing the same in the delivery business.
  The online retailer is reportedly planning a new service to pick up packages from businesses and deliver them to consumers.
  The service, called “Shipping With Amazon,” is expected to start in Los Angeles in the coming weeks and roll out more broadly as soon as this year, according to The Wall Street Journal , which cited anonymous sou
  
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• American bobsledder misses Opening Ceremony after emergency surgery

  09-02-2018 15:32 via kxan.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (KXAN) — One Team USA athlete did not join his American teammates during the opening ceremony, he’s still in the hospital recovering from an emergency surgery.Bobsledder Justin Olsen had an appendectomy after arriving in South Korea and still plans competing. He posted video of his first post-surgery workout on twitter saying he’s determined to compete.
  First workout post surgery:15 minute dynamic warm-up
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• Unified: Korea marches together at 2018 Opening Ceremony

  09-02-2018 15:22 via kxan.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — On a divided peninsula marked most in its recent history by war and division, the 2018 Olympic Winter Games opened Friday night as a tribute to the powerful symbolism of the five rings, the two Koreas punctuating the colorful parade of nations by marching into Olympic Stadium together.
  On a chilly evening in a stadium roughly 50 miles from the demilitarized zone that since the armistice in 1953 has buffered North from South, athletes and officials from the two Ko
  
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• Man killed after Lyft driver allegedly kicked him out onto LA freeway

  09-02-2018 14:37 via kxan.com
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Amy Lavelle is fighting for justice from her home in Princess Anne, Maryland, about 3,000 miles from where a hit-and-run driver killed her son after he was allegedly dropped off on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles by a Lyft driver.
  Justin Lavelle, 23, was riding a Lyft from his apartment in West Hollywood to a friend’s house around 1 a.m. on Jan. 31.
  A friend told KNBC that Justin called him while in the Lyft and said the driver was being “weird&
  
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• Shirtless cross-country skier from Tonga turns heads at Olympics

  09-02-2018 14:10 via kxan.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Tonga’s Pita Taufatofua doesn’t need a shirt for these Winter Olympics, even in frigid conditions at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium.
  Taufatofua turned heads at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio with his shirtless, oiled-up look as the flag bearer for his country. He’s back again and this time it was even more impressive as he waved the flag and didn’t seem fazed by temperatures that had fallen into the 20s.
  Taufatofua will be competing in the
  
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• Removed from death row by appeal, Griffin gets life

  09-02-2018 13:59 via kxan.com
  BRYAN, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas jury has handed a life sentence to a man convicted of killing a woman whose wounded 9-year-old son managed to call a relative for help.
  The Brazos County jury resentenced Stanley Griffin on Thursday.
  Griffin had been sentenced to death in 2012 for the strangling of 29-year-old acquaintance Jennifer Hailey at her College Station home and stabbing her 11-year-old son. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned his death sentence in 2016, though, citing
  
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• The serious reason Austinites will be running around in their undies this weekend

  09-02-2018 13:02 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Runners this weekend will strip down in order to step up.
  Close to 100 teams are signed up for this year’s Cupid’s Undie Run in Austin, one of close to three dozen events like it happening across the U.S. throughout the month. They’ll strip down to their unmentionables (or whatever level of clothing they’re comfortable with) and jog a mile or so in downtown Austin.
  “I never thought I’d put on an event like this and definitely didn’t
  
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• 1988 Olympics: Eddie the Eagle becomes global icon despite last place finish

  09-02-2018 12:42 via kxan.com
  Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards became the first British ski jumper to compete at the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary 30 years ago. Although Edwards finished in last place in both of his events at the 1988 Games, he became a cultural icon, even outshining those who earned medals.   
  Michael Edwards was no child protégé. He was born on December 5, 1963 in Cheltenham, England, 90 miles from London as the middle child in a working class family. Edwards did
  
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• The Latest: State Duma decries court ruling banning Russians

  09-02-2018 12:39 via kxan.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):
  10:55 p.m.
  The lower house of Russian parliament has issued a statement protesting a court’s decision barring 45 banned athletes from the Pyeongchang Olympics just hours before the opening ceremony.
  The International Olympic Committee had banned Russia over a massive doping scheme at the 2014 Sochi Games but allowed 168 Russian athletes to compete as “Olympic Athletes from Russia.”
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• The Latest: Spotlight on united Koreas in ceremony, on ice

  09-02-2018 12:39 via kxan.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):
  12:20 a.m.
  A united Korea stole the show at the opening ceremony, and a united Korean hockey team will be in the spotlight on Saturday at the Pyeongchang Olympics. North and South Korea marched together on Friday night as the games were officially opened at the Olympic Stadium.
  On Saturday, the women’s hockey team that is made up of players from the host country and its neighbor to the north wil
  
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• The Latest: S. Korea president opens Pyeongchang Olympics

  09-02-2018 12:39 via kxan.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):
  9:45 p.m.
  South Korean President Moon Jae-in has declared the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics open during a ceremony that featured the rival Koreas joining hands and marching together in the small ski resort town in eastern South Korea.
  The games beginning Friday are taking place amid an international standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons. But Pyongyang’s decision to send a high-level de
  
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• Trump signs budget deal, government reopens

  09-02-2018 12:27 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed a $400 billion budget deal that sharply boosts spending and swells the federal deficit, ending a brief federal government shutdown that happened while most Americans were sleeping and most government offices were closed, anyway.
  The House and Senate approved a bill to keep the government funded through March 23, overcoming opposition from liberal Democrats as well as tea party conservatives to endorse enormous spending increases des
  
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• Congress votes to reopen government, passes budget deal

  09-02-2018 12:27 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House moved swiftly early Friday to reopen the federal government and pass a $400 billion budget deal, overcoming opposition from both liberal Democrats and tea party conservatives to endorse enormous spending increases despite looming trillion-dollar deficits.
  The 240-186 vote came in the pre-dawn hours, putting to bed a five-and-a-half hour federal freeze that relatively few would notice. Many who did quickly labeled it a pointless, head-scratching episode. The shut
  
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• Man struck, killed by alleged drunk driver in central Austin

  09-02-2018 11:47 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 21-year-old woman is in the Travis County Jail charged with intoxication manslaughter after police say she hit and killed a man who was walking along Red River Street early Friday morning.
  Austin police say the crash happened just after 3 a.m. on Red River Street near Luther Lane, which is just north of St. David’s Medical Center. When police arrived the at the scene around 3:14 a.m., the man had already died. Austin-Travis County EMS says the man killed was in
  
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• Man dies after car hits him in central Austin

  09-02-2018 11:47 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man is dead after he was hit by a car overnight in central Austin.
  The car collided with the man around 3 a.m. on Red River Street near Luther Lane. That’s just north of St. David’s Medical Center. Austin-Travis County EMS says the man killed was in his 40s. The medical examiner is on scene.
  Red River Street is blocked off as part of the investigation. It will be closed in both directions from Duncan Lane to 37th Street. Drivers are asked to avoid the area if
  
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• Minimum speed limits considered on MoPac toll roads

  09-02-2018 06:10 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After receiving feedback and several complaints about slow drivers, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is considering an option to alleviate the issues on MoPac.
  Incorporating a minimum speed limit is something the director of community relations at CTRMA, Steve Pustelnyk, says has been brought up. However, there are several steps to take before being able to move forward and it would be a while before it can become a reality.
  “The chall
  
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• KXAN sits down with Austin’s outgoing fire chief to talk about the state of AFD

  09-02-2018 06:07 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On the heels of Austin’s first female fire chief’s announcement to retire from the department, KXAN’s Kylie McGivern sat down with Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr to talk about where AFD stands with some of the controversies it’s faced and what a new chief will inherit.
  When asked what loose ends she feels the next chief will have to take over, Chief Kerr said, “I mean certainly the budget. I think fire stations — prompting and continuing
  
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• PHOTOS: New medical marijuana dispensary south of Austin

  09-02-2018 05:53 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It was a milestone day for a new medical marijuana dispensary.
  Compassionate Cultivation opened for customers for the first time Thursday afternoon in Manchaca.
  The dispensary sells cannabis oil for patients with epilepsy. There are only two other licensed dispensaries in Texas.
  “It’s not very often you get a chance to match business agenda with a real purpose driven mission,” said Morris Denton with Compassionate Cultivation.
  The security on the drugs and
  
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