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  • Austin-to-San Francisco route debuts

    Virgin America's new route between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and San Francisco International Airport debuted Tuesday. The inaugeral flight included an in-flight performance by Austin-based band The Bright Light Social Hour.Photo by Virgin ...

  • Commissioner says Lehmberg should resign

    A Travis County commissioner called Tuesday for District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg to step down in the wake of her DWI conviction and jail sentence."I think the best thing that can happen is for Rosemary to resign from office," Commissioner Gerald Daugherty said. "If she doesn't, and she stays, I will be right there with ...

  • Residents in Oklahoma begin recovery process after devastating tornado

    The National Weather Service now says Monday's tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma was at the top-of the scale--an EF-5. That would give the tornado winds from 261 to 318 miles per hour. Tuesday was a day when this community seemed to take deep breath, a chance to take in all this damage just for a moment and then it was back to work. As another storm rolled into Moore, Oklahoma, Larry ...

  • Dave Matthews Band concert at COTA postponed Dave Matthews Band concert at COTA postponed

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Due to severe weather concerns in the Central Texas region, Tuesday night's Dave Matthews Band performance has been postponed. The concert, which was slated to take place at the Circuit of the Americas amphitheater at 7 p.m., will now take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. All purchased tickets and pre-paid parking passes will be honored for the rescheduled concert. We regret any ...

  • Regents nominees clear Senate hurdle Regents nominees clear Senate hurdle

    AUSTIN (AP) The Senate Nominations Committee has approved Gov. Rick Perry's three appointments to the University of Texas System board of regents, sending them to the full Senate for consideration. The nominations are being closely watched as state lawmakers have clashed with regents over the performance of Austin campus president Bill Powers. Lawmakers have supported Powers, who is ...


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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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  • Austin homes selling quick really quick

    Austin homes are selling within six weeks on average, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Austin Board of Realtors. The volume of home sales $794.2 million in April increased for the 23rd consecutive month. April had the most home sales in Austin since 2004. Townhouse and condo sales also experienced a rapid uptick. Heres some other statistics for April from the report: 2,563 ...

  • SolarWinds to buy Canadian company for $120M

    SolarWinds Inc. has agreed to buy a Canadian software maker for $120 million. Austin-based SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) last week agreed to acquire N-able Technologies International Inc., which develops remote monitoring and management and service automation software for managed service providers, according to a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing doesnt ...

  • Running Brushy Middle School evacuated after bomb threat

    Running Brushy Middle School has been evacuated while police investigate a bomb threat at the Cedar Park school, officials said.The school received a "possible bomb threat," and school officials immediately called the police department and evacuated the building about 2 p.m., Leander school district spokeswoman Veronica Sopher said.No other information was immediately ...

  • Travis County Commissioners discuss fate of D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg

    Travis County Commissioners take on the issue of whether District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg should lose her job. This is in response to her April DWI conviction. On Tuesday, Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg's supporters again came to her defense--this time in front of County Commissioners. "It seems like this is a political witch hunt against the first female ...

  • Local agencies head to Oklahoma to help victims

    GEORGETOWN (KXAN) - Tuesday morning volunteers stood in a circle, held hands and prayed before driving off to Oklahoma to help people displaced by Monday's deadly tornado. The Austin Disaster Relief Network sent its assessment team to Moore to see what the area needs. "Our hearts are going out to them we know exactly what they are probably going through right now it's a lot of chaos ...

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