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  • State agency investigating Burnet jail death State agency investigating Burnet jail death

    BURNET, Texas (KXAN) - The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has opened an investigation into the apparent suicide of a capital murder suspect in the Burnet County Jail over the weekend. Brandon Wood, the executive director of the jail standards commission, said Monday that his office was notified of the death of Gregory Mark Currie, 30. Currie's body was discovered in his cell Saturday. ...

  • List of Top 10 area high schools is out List of Top 10 area high schools is out

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - The list of the Top 10 high schools throughout the Central Texas area is out, and two schools from the Austin Independent School District made the cut. Top 10 public high schools in Central Texas Harmony Science Academy in North Austin Nyos Charter School Westlake High School (Eanes ISD) Westwood High School (Round Rock ISD) Star Charter School (Chaparral Star Academy) Dripping ...

  • First lane closures on MoPac begin as two-year project approaches

    What is likely to be a frustrating two-plus years of highway construction on MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1) will take its first tangible form over the next couple of months as surveying and soil sampling occurs between Lady Bird Lake and Parmer Lane.The good news is that the work, and the rolling lane closures, will occur between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. when traffic is light on the highway. The only daytime ...

  • Firefighter dies in Dallas condo complex blaze

    DALLAS (AP) - Dallas firefighters have recovered the body of a comrade who reported by radio being trapped while battling a condominium complex blaze. A U.S. flag covered the firefighter's body when it was removed from the rubble Monday morning. The firefighter's name wasn't immediately released. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says two firefighters were transported to ...

  • Law enforcement targeting seatbelt violators

    Texas law enforcement officers will be out over the next few weeks looking for drivers who are not wearing their seatbelts. FOX 7's Tania Ortega reported live from I-35 this morning on the "Click It or Ticket" ...


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The Thirteenth Floor

There have been a number of American films in the last few years that have been built on the notion of questioning What is reality? These include "Dark City," which played with the idea of implanted memories, "The Truman Show," which gave us a TV studio masquerading as the real world, and, most recently, "The Matrix," with its alien-imposed, prison-like virtual world. What these films have ... ...

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  • Murder suspect commits suicide in jail

    The Burnet County Sheriff's Office said three people have been arrested in connection to the murder of two people found in a burned home ...

  • $17 million psychiatric hospital opening Tuesday

    Austin Oaks Hospital, a new 80-bed psychiatric hospital and inpatient treatment facility, will have a ceremony to mark its grand opening at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The facility on West Stassney Lane will offer care for children, adolescents and adults, and is expected to see its first patients in early June. With more than 51,000 square feet and more than 200 employees, Austin Oaks is a sister hospital ...

  • Upland Software establishes Austin headquarters

    CEO Jack McDonald Upland Software Inc. has established an Austin headquarters after acquiring five companies. Silverback Acquisition Corp.s roll-up company that was previously called PowerSteering Software Inc. declined to disclose the number of local workers, CEO Jack McDonald said. Upland Software, which employs 250 workers in six locations, develops project and work management ...

  • In the money May 20 Austin startup funding wrap-up

    ProspX Inc., Wisegate Inc., Zebra Imaging Inc. and Postmaster Inc. pulled in funding over the past week. At least four Austin-area companies received funding last week to take their businesses to the next level, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Software maker ProspX Inc. received $8.2 million of a planned $9.2 million financing from 39 investors. Online ...

  • Senate holds confirmation hearing on UT regents

    AUSTIN (AP) Months after state lawmakers elevated a quiet feud with University of Texas System regents into a public spat, the Texas Senate is set to hold a confirmation hearing for new board members with just a week left in the session. The Senate must approve regents appointed by Gov. Rick Perry. Monday's hearing will include testimony from nominees Jeff Hildebrand of Houston and Ernest ...

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