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Owner of sick abandoned dog charged with cruelty
AUSTIN (KXAN) - When a Northwest Austin apartment manager went to check in on a former tenants residence in early April, she expected to find it empty, but what she found on the back porch was an unwelcome and unsightly surprise. It was cold and raining outside. The tenant had terminated his lease three days earlier. But there, huddled in the corner of the porch, was a white terrier with dirty, ...
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Report Austin Ventures wants $450M to fund startups
Austin Ventures LP is reportedly going back to targeting the type of companies that helped it grow initially early-stage startups. The Austin investment firm plans to raise a $450 million fund to focus on those types of companies, Bloomberg reported Friday. Austin Ventures, the dominant investment firm in Texas, has been largely focused on less risky later-stage investments in recent years ...
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Senate expected to confirm UT regents
AUSTIN (AP) The Texas Senate is expected to confirm three of Gov. Rick Perry's appointments to the University of Texas System regents, positions that are being closely watched as lawmakers have clashed with the board in recent months. The board is the governing body for the nine-campus system and Perry has re-appointed vice chairman Paul Foster of El Paso to a new six year term. New ...
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Capital Metro bus involved in traffic accident
Austin Police responded to the scene of a traffic accident at North Lamar and Research Blvd involving a Capital Metro bus and another vehicle Friday morning. All lanes of southbound Lamar Blvd have been blocked off, and one lane of northbound Research Blvd is shut down to traffic. There have been no reports of ...
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CapMetro wreck shuts down Lamar lanes
AUSTIN (KXAN) - A Capital Metro bus sideswiped a car Friday morning, shutting down some lanes on Lamar and Research boulevards. CapMetro spokeswoman Erica Macioge said the Route 1 bus was heading south on Lamar Bouelvard leaving the North Lamar Transit Center when it wrecked with the car. No one was hurt in the incident, but the bus does have a bit of damage. It can still be driven, ...
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Blood Simple [Blu-Ray]
Blood Simple, the filmmaking debut of brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, has not aged a bit in the two and a half decades since it was first released. Taut, suspenseful, well-written, and superbly directed with a sly sense of black humor, it is a deliciously wicked film noir given a m ... ...
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Griffins father sues Nestande Clive Bar
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The father of Courtney Griffin is suing Gabrielle Nestande, her boyfriend and the bar where they were drinking on the night before Griffin was killed in a hit-and-run crash. The civil lawsuit filed Thursday in the Travis County Clerk's Office by Bart Griffin alleges that Nestande was negligent by driving after drinking, that Clive bar and its staff were negligent for ...
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Nestande sued by family of killed woman
The father of Courtney Griffin, the woman killed two years ago by hit-and-run driver Gabrielle Nestande, has filed a lawsuit against Nestande and the bar that served her drinks the evening of the incident.The suit, filed late Thursday, alleges the Clive Bar servers knew Nestande was impaired but continued serving her, and that Nestande herself "was operating her vehicle negligently" ...
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Hays school district names new superintendent
The Hays school board unanimously voted to offer a contract and the superintendent position to Michael McKie during a special called meeting on Thursday.Trustees earlier this month named McKie, who had been serving as the interim superintendent of the Fort Bend district before that post was filled, as the lone finalist for the Hays position. By law, the trustees had to wait 21 days before naming ...
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Police presence to increase on the roads this weekend
As Memorial Day weekend gets underway, local law enforcement will boost its presence on the roadways to ensure commuters stay safe on their travels. Beginning Friday night in Austin, the Austin Police Department will hold another No-refusal weekend, starting at 9:00 p.m. and ending at 5:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. Central Texas residents hitting the road this weekend will notice an increase in ...
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Local group collecting items for OK tornado victims
A local group in Austin has started collecting donations to help the victims of the Oklahoma tornado who lost everything. The group will be heading up to Moore, OK soon with some basic necessities and some Texas barbeque to help residents begin to move forward from the devastation caused by the storm. FOX 7's Tania Ortega reported live from Central Austin on what the group is doing to help ...