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Double-killing investigated near Elgin
TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) - Two people were found dead inside a home in eastern Travis County on Friday afternoon in what the sheriff's office called a double-killing. Spokesman Roger Wade said the bodies were discovered around 2:35 p.m. at 23006 Hog Eye Road. "Sheriffs detectives arrived on the scene and are treating this case as a double homicide and have identified a person of ...
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No lesson plans means no state review for CSCOPE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The State Board of Education is scrapping its special panel to review a controversial curriculum system, after its creators agreed to stop offering lesson ...
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Report Texas insurance commissioner stepping down
Her critics claimed she was too close to the insurance industry - though some of their complaints could be traced to clashes in windstorm insurance cases between Kitzman and trial lawyers who are also major political ...
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Perry staying mum as special session talk ramps up
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Gov. Rick Perry wouldn't say Friday whether there is too much unfinished business at the Texas Legislature to adjourn next week as scheduled. His record the last 13 years says lawmakers aren't going ...
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APD Man kidnapped beaten in exs plot
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Two men have been arrested in connection to a kidnapping case that appears to be motivated by a relationship triangle. Russell Reed and Thor Pederson are in a relationship according to their Facebook pages and both were arrested for Aggravated Kidnapping charges for an alleged plot aimed at Pedersons ex-boyfriend. According to an arrest warrant, three men dressed in suits showed ...
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NuStar Greehey foundation supporting Oklahoma relief effort
Bill Greehey's family foundation is donating $250,000 to the American Red Cross to assist with relief efforts in Moore, Okla. NuStar Energy LPs philanthropic arm and The Greehey Family Foundation are donating $350,000 to the American Red Cross to support tornado relief efforts in Oklahoma. The Greehey Family Foundation is contributing $250,000, while the NuStar Foundation is donating ...
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Llano grad never missed a day of school
LLANO, Texas (KXAN) - Maybe he got used to the sound of his mother's voice every morning: "Hey! Wake up. Turn on the light." Or maybe it was the end-of-year recognition. Or maybe it was just stubbornness. But Llano High School senior Ryan West just completed 12 straight years without missing a single day of school. "Every day I don't want to go to school," Ryan said on ...
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Don’t leave children pets in cars
dianesmith@star-telegram.com Don’t leave little ones or pets inside parked cars during hot weather, Arlington police urge as part of a public ...
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A look at Netflix since stock plunged from peak
This undated publicity photo released by Netflix shows David Cross, left, and Portia de Rossi in a scene from "Arrested Development," premiering May 26, 2013 on Netflix. The sitcom, also starring Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, was canceled by Fox in 2006 after three ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 24
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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Lawmakers set up endangered species task force
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- How the state responds to the listing of an endangered species in Texas will be coordinated by a special task force under a bill approved by the ...
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Texas Brine offers settlements for sinkhole
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Texas Brine says it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a 15-acre ...
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NM senators want expanded hours for port of entry
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico's U.S. senators are asking the federal government for 24-hour daily operation of a port entry at Santa Teresa along the international border with ...
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Texas baby born after her mother was technically dead
Elayna Nigrelli's birth story is almost unbelievable: The infant girl was born while her mother didn't have a pulse. "I have got, like, the best ammunition for the rest of her life," mother Erica Nigrelli ...
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Corpus Christi police child found unconscious alone in vehicle
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Authorities are investigating a case of a 1-year-old left in a vehicle in the 5700 block of Bonner Drive at 2 p.m. Friday. Corpus Christi Officer Kirk Stowers said detectives were sent to the home for a report of the child found unconscious. The child was taken to Driscoll Children's Hospital for examination. Stowers said he had not been notified of the child's ...
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Corpus Christi police are looking for a man who robbed a Check n Go
Corpus Christi police are looking for a man who robbed a Check 'n Go store in the 13400 block of Leopard Street with a knife May 17. Police said a female employee told them a man took money from a register and ran out of the store about 5:24 p.m. Police said the woman was not injured during the robbery. The man is described as 35 to 40 years old, Hispanic, between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 ...
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Line of thunderstorms sweeping through Texas
COASTAL BEND -- A line of storms from Laredo to the Hill Country is making its way east and will likely hit the Coastal Bend before 7 p.m. Friday. The National Weather Service forecast calls for an 80 percent chance of rain tonight. Some areas could see wind gusts of up to 55 mph and a quarter inch of rain. Once the storms pass, the weekend should be sunny and warm with daytime high ...
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Tony Parkers calf is doing just fine MAY 24
Golden State Warriors and underwent an MRI on Thursday to check on the recovery. The results? His calf seems to be recovering just fine and there will be no limitation on his workload in Game 3 on Saturday. Parker said that he's feeling better and believes he'll be fine on ...
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Lightning strike injures man at ABIA
AUSTIN (KXAN) - A worker for a company based at Austin Bergstrom International Airport was injured by a lightning strike Friday afternoon and checked by a medical crew Airport spokesman Jim Halbrook said the man who was not immediately identified was working outside the general aviation facility. It did not appear that he was struck by the bolt, but was nearby with it hit. There was no word on ...
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Memphis Grizzlies ready to believe vs Spurs
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The towels are showing up all around Memphis, hanging over neighborhood signs and even at a door to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.The sentiment? Believe Memphis.And the Grizzlies certainly do.While the Grizzlies are down 0-2 to the San Antonio Spurs in their first Western Conference final, they dug themselves out of a 0-2 deficit in the first round ...
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Texas Conservatives Mobilize — Ask Governor to Veto Bill Expanding the Definition of ...
Republicans in the Texas Legislature have succeeded where Obama Democrats have failed. Both houses of the Texas Legislature have passed SB 346 and it awaits the governor's signature to become law. SB 346, authored by Senator Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) and sponsored in the House by Representative Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth), would greatly expand the definition of what is political activity ...
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Opening of Euless Aquatic Park postponed
Northeast Tarrant water parks While the Euless Aquatics Center won’t open Memorial Day weekend, plenty of other water parks in Northeast Tarrant County ...
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NBC to air Blake Sheltons benefit for Oklahomans
This May 21, 2013 photo released by NBC shows married singers Miranda Lambert, left, and Blake Shelton performing an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" during a broadcast of the singing competition series, "The Voice," in Los Angeles. Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton, an Oklahoma native, told reporters about the ...
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Ex-Yogurt shop murders figure seeks compensation
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A man whose conviction in the 1991 slayings of 4 teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop was overturned wants compensation for his imprisonment. Robert Springsteen IV spent nine years in prison before an appeals court overturned his sentence, but Travis County prosecutors haven't declared him innocent. Now, the Austin American-Statesman ...
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Ex-yogurt shop suspect seeking $700000
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Robert Springsteen, whose conviction in the 1991 yogurt shop killings was overturned, is seeking $700,000 from the state as compensation for the nine years he spent in prison. In a petition filed in the federal court, Springsteen says he is entitled to the compensation because the conviction deprived him of his rights to earn a living and of his freedom. At one point, Springsteen ...
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Is the student-beating teacher being used as scapegoat?
Without question, the shocking video footage of a Houston school teacher attacking and beating a cowering 13-year-old student shows something wrong and something that should never ever occur in the classroom. But recent revelations surrounding the events leading up to the incident, and the conditions at the school itself, seem to suggest that this teacher was pushed to the limit by a flawed school system, as well as her own lack of training to deal with the rigors of a stressful and provocative teaching environment.
On April 29th Sheri Lynn Davis attacked a student in her class, the footage has now gone viral on the internet and shows an incident that seems to represent a complete breakdown of the system. In the video the 13-year-old student is seen backed into a corner of the room with Davis standing before him in a position indicative of an imminent attack, the boy cowers down at which point the beating begins. Read more
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