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Official Party boat fire started in kitchen equipment
destroyed a party boat on Lake Travis on Friday afternoon originated from kitchen equipment, according to the Travis County Fire Marshal.Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire in the two-story Flagship Texas party boat about 4:10 p.m. near the 6300 block of Bob Wentz Park Road near Windy Point Park, according to fire and sheriff's officials.Engineers will have to determine if the ...
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County asks feds for $4.2 million to develop computer-and-paper voting system
Travis County is asking for a $4.2 million federal grant to help build a new voting system that would provide a paper backup of every ballot cast electronically.Officials say the new system, estimated to cost $8.2 million, would feature a more sophisticated program for electronically counting the votes than the present computer-based voting system. It would also print a paper copy of the votes ...
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Icahn Bid for Dell is still in play
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said Tuesday he continues to work on putting together a potential takeover offer for Dell Inc.Icahn's latest plan is the third version he has suggested since March. None of the plans have included a complete list of financial backers.Icahn continues to work with Southeastern Asset Management, a major Dell investor. Icahn said Tuesday that he has bought half ...
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Bicyclist hit by truck in South Austin
A bicyclist has been taken to the hospital after he was hit by a truck in South Austin on Tuesday afternoon, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.The crash was reported at 4:06 p.m. in the 10500 block of Manchaca Road, about half a mile south of West Slaughter Lane, police said.The man, who was in his 30s, was unconscious, but breathing and was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge ...
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Family files suit after alleged threats by neighbor
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The Texas Civil Rights Project is stepping in to help an Austin woman who says her neighbor has threatened them repeatedly and called them "illegal aliens," among other things. The civil rights group is filing a lawsuit and a temporary injunction against a neighbor, Amanda Benavides. Cristina Pia Perez moved to the United States 10 years ago with her family from ...
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3000 Miles to Graceland
Demian Lichtenstein's 3000 Miles to Graceland opens in the middle of the Nevada desert with a close-up, frenetic battle to the death between two seemingly giant computer-generated scorpions with leering cartoonish scowls. Much like the rest of the movie, this opening fight sequence is loud, crude, and too long for its own good. While I am sure that it is intended to have some kind of symbo ... ...
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Congress Avenue gets a makeover
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The Downtown Austin Alliance has partnered with the city's Public Works Department to give a fresh new look to Congress Avenue. With the help of local landscape architect Eleanor McKinney, the DAA has designed and installed a new palate of plants down the busy Austin avenue over the past few months. The DAA took many things into consideration to ensure the long-term health of ...
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Liberty Hill family claims Leander Officer shot their dog
A Liberty Hill family wants a Leander police officer fired after they say he went to the wrong house and wound up shooting their dog. Monday afternoon around 4:45 p.m. Leander PD Officer Woodson Blase went to a home in the 7000 block of FM 3405 in Liberty Hill to serve a probation violation warrant. He says he knocked on the door of this home twice. No answer. Then he says he began to walk ...
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Leander officer shots dog while serving warrant
LIBERTY HILLS, Texas (KXAN) - Some residents in Williamson County say a Leander cop crossed the line when he shot their dog. James Simmons says he and his family were home Monday afternoon when he heard several shots out in front of his home in the 7000 block of FM 3405 in Liberty Hill. The shots were fired by a Leander Police officer who was looking for someone with an outstanding warrant when ...
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Lehmberg speaks about Integrity Unit
AUSTIN (KXAN) - After a DWI arrest, a jail sentence, and a steady stream of written statements, Rosemary Lehmberg reemerged on Tuesday. She was at the Travis County Commissioners Court meeting looking for ways to get back $7 million in funding that was vetoed on Friday by Governor Rick Perry. This is the most important thing pending for me right now, said Lehmberg, who declined to speak about ...
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Man charged with making a terroristic threat against Sen. Ted Cruz
HOUSTON (AP) - A Houston man is accused of threatening to kidnap, murder and burn U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and his father and also to "blow up" the sun if he wasn't paid $3 million. Nick Gates was being held Tuesday in the Harris County jail on a $10,000 bond. He's charged with making a terroristic threat. Investigators allege threatening phone calls made June 5 to Cruz's ...