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  • Ban on soda in elementary middle schools advances

    By MICHAEL BRICKAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A proposed ban on sales of sugary sodas in public elementary and junior high schools is on its way to the governor. In a 24-6 vote on Tuesday, the Senate approved a bill intended to help the state's youngest students develop nutritious drinking habits. It would allow schools to sell only water, low-fat milk and pure juice. Democratic ...

  • Austin area home sales rise 32 in April

    Central Texas home sales jumped 32 percent last month, the highest level for an April in nine years, figures released today show.The median price rose 8 percent from April 2012, with half the homes selling for more than $227,250 and half for less, the Austin Board of Realtors said in its monthly report.The board said 2,563 single-family homes were sold last month , making it the 23rd month in a ...

  • Timbaland invests in Austin music software company Open Labs

    Timbaland is making a bet on Austin music software company Open Labs.The record producer and musician is the lead investor in a $500,000 investment in the company, whose app lets people easily create music using a standard PC.The app, called StageLight, was released in November and costs $9.99. It requires no special keyboard or equipment. Users are guided through the process of creating a drum ...

  • Council tables Austin Energy board vote indefinitely

    The City Council won't establish an independent board any time soon to supervise Austin Energy.Earlier today the council decided that, rather than continue debating a proposal that Mayor Lee Leffingwell said had been "muddled up into an almost unrecognizable mess," it was best to put off the proposal for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, council members said, the council ...

  • EMS One dead after apparent construction accident

    A man was found dead Tuesday morning under an overturned backhoe on the 17200 block of Texas 71 near Lakeway, according to Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services.Warren Hassinger, a spokesman for the agency, said the man, who appears to have been in his 40s, suffered grave injuries after the machinery rolled over on him.The incident happened at a construction site about a quarter mile ...


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Movie Review

Hardball

Harball is a sluggish, "uplifting" Hollywoodized account of a troubled man who finds unlikely redemption by coaching an inner-city baseball team. Adapted by John Gatins (Summer Catch) from Daniel Coyle's 1993 memoir and directed by Brian Robbins (Varsity Blues) as Boyz N the Hood meets The Bad News Bears, Hardball is one of those irritatingly "well-intent ... ...

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  • Manor school bus driver sentenced for sex assault

    Former Manor ISD school bus driver Gilbert Briseno has been sentenced to 25 years for aggravated sexual assault of a child. He pleaded guilty on Friday after waiving his right to a jury trial. The investigation into Briseno began after a citizen called district officials to report a child had been standing on the bus while it was moving. That citizen provided a bus number and a license plate. ...

  • Accident on HWY 71 leaves one dead

    A man was killed Tuesday morning on Highway 71 West near Lakeway after he was pinned under an overturned backhoe. The 40-year-old victim was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics. Lake Travis Fire Rescue and ATCEMS responded to the accident. No other information is available at this time. Stay tuned to FOX 7 for more information as we get ...

  • On the ground with the storm chasers

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - The environment over northern portions of south-central Texas will become very conducive for a severe weather outbreak this afternoon and evening, and I will be in the field Tuesday afternoon tracking the thunderstorms along with experienced local storm chaser Randy Denzer. Meteorologists look at many variables to determine the potential for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. ...

  • Billions for campus construction close to passage

    In its tentative approval of campus construction bonds, the Texas House upped the total from about $2.4 billion to almost $2.7 billion. Billions of dollars in bonds for campus construction have received tentative approval by the Texas House, the Texas Tribune reports. The version of Senate Bill 16 by State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, considered by the House on Monday allocated bonds to ...

  • Wells Fargo Chase slow foreclosure sales while Bank of America continues

    Three large banks have nearly halted foreclosure sales while making sure they are meeting revised standards on how troubled homeowners are to be treated. Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have nearly halted foreclosure sales after federal regulators revised orders on the how troubled borrowers were to be treated before losing their homes. But Bank of America Corp. is ...

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