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Cirrus share plummet after CEO’s comments
Investors pummeled the shares of Austin-based chipmaker Cirrus Logic Inc. on Thursday and Friday after CEO Jason Rhode said at an investors conference that the company's gross profit margin could decline sharply in the second half of this year.Cirrus shares dropped by $4.31 a share, a decline of 19.5 percent in heavy trading Thursday after Rhode's disclosure. The price fell another 41 ...
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Some areas report more than 3 inches of rain
Lower Colorado River Authority . Most of Central Texas has seen 1 to 2 inches during that time, the authority's figures show.Lake Austin at Cortana Shores has seen the most rain in the past two hours, 3.32 inches, while Onion Creek at U.S. 183 has seen 3.08 inches, the figures ...
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Courtney Griffin’s father sues Nestande
Bart Griffin, the father of Courtney Griffin, filed a lawsuit against Gabrielle Nestande for killing his daughter in 2011. Nestande was convicted of criminally negligent homicide earlier this year and sentenced to 10 y ears probation. The judge in the case ordered her to serve 180 days in jail in addition to the probation. Griffin is also suing Clive Bar and Nestande's boyfriend William ...
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Lightning strike spooks ABIA employee
EMS responded to a call at ABIA after an employee was reportedly struck by lightning. ABIA officials say lightening did strike close to the employee but it did not hit anything or anyone. The employee was shaken up by how close it struck and was checked out by ...
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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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Movie Review
The Omen (2006)
The opening scene of John Moore's remake of 1976's The Omen presents us with a series of uneasy recent news images--the space shuttle exploding, the Twin Towers falling, the tsunami in Thailand, violence in the Middle East--that are meant to be interpreted as the fulfillment of signs in Bi ... ...
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KXAN Time Warner Cable struggle to reach new deal
It's crunch time for Time Warner Cable and LIN Media, which operates three Austin TV stations.An agreement that allows the area's largest cable provider to air NBC affiliate KXAN, CW affiliate KNVA and MyNetworkTV affiliate KBVO expires May 31 and thus far, the two sides says they've been unable to reach an ...
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Medicare threatens to pull $29 million from state care home
For the third time in 14 months, Austin's state institution for people with intellectual disabilities is in danger of losing millions of dollars in Medicaid money after a string of incidents left one resident dead and two severely injured.The facility has until June 17 to make significant improvements or it could lose its eligibility for Medicare funding, which amounts to nearly $29 million ...
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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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Police Thieves targeting cars at daycare
Round Rock police say thieves are targeting daycares. One recent burglary turned into a robbery when the victim was hit by the getaway car. Not only do they not care if they injure people, but now police say they're armed. Stephanie Johnson cares for eight children...that's a lot of toys and sippee cups to keep up with, for an outing at the park. Before this job, she depended on a ...
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Austin gets $2.5 million healthy homes grant
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The city of Austin has received a $2.5 million grant to recondition older homes that contain lead and other health and safety hazards, an expansion of a local program that has already helped hundreds of families. The grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments Lead Hazard Control Program includes a new focus on healthy homes allowing the city to address other ...