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  • Official Lady Bird Lake boardwalk trail about 30 percent complete

    The Lady Bird Lake boardwalk trail, an idea that germinated for two decades before getting voter approval in 2010, is about 30 percent complete and should finish on schedule in about a year, the project manager said Wednesday.David Taylor with the city of Austin's Public Works Department on Wednesday took the media on an hour-long boat tour of the construction along the lake's south ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 22

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Apple to build U.S.-made Macs in Texas

    Fingerprint sensor? See what Apple Inc. has planned for the next iPhone. Production for iPhone 5S expected to begin this summer. When Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook announced late last year that the tech company wanted to bring some manufacturing back to the United States, it raised the question of where? Now we know: Texas. Cook talked about location during his Senate committee appearance yesterday, ...

  • Drug-testing for jobless benefits passes Drug-testing for jobless benefits passes

    AUSTIN (AP) The Texas House has approved a bill that allows the state to drug test unemployment applicants. But Democrats successfully used a parade of stalling tactics to run out the clock on a similar measure mandating such screening for welfare applicants. Rep. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, sponsored the proposal approved late Tuesday night. It would require applicants to answer a ...

  • Dont make this common social-media mistake

    Never put social media in a corner, said Birmingham Business Journal guest blogger Joey Beachum. When it comes to using social media for a business, there are a lot of mistakes that most people know to avoid bad-mouthing a customer, deleting a critical comment or posting risqu pictures on the official company accounts, to name a few. However, what about mistakes we dont even know we are making? ...


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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) [Blu-Ray]

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) [Blu-Ray]

When Alfred Hitchcock made The Man Who Knew Too Much, which is arguably his first quintessentially Hitchcockian film, he had already directed more than 15 features, four of which were thrillers: The Pleasure Garden (1925), The Lodger (1927), ...

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  • Medical device developer Inova Labs raises $12M financing

    Inova Labs Inc. has completed a $12 million round of financing from six investors. Austin-based Inova Labs Inc. has completed a $12 million round of financing. The medical device developer collected the capital from six investors, according to a Wednesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Inova Labs, which launched in 2002, is an affiliate of International Biophysics ...

  • Austin co. develops 3-D food printer for NASA

    Astronauts may chow down on food produced through a 3-D printer in the near future. An Austin tech company has won a $125,000 grant from NASA to develop a 3-D printer that creates food for astronauts. Systems and Materials Research Corp. received the funding to research combining powders to produce a digital recipe. The printer-produced food would have the same texture and smell as real food, ...

  • House gets ready for major budget vote

    AUSTIN (AP) In the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature, a furious final week is being dominated by distrust, deadlines and delays. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says he takes House leaders at their word, and that delicate pieces of a complicated budget deal will be passed. A big test comes Wednesday. That is when the House is expected to finally take up a new state water plan that is crucial to a ...

  • Senate OKs legislation to cut business taxes

    The Texas Senate passed three bills on Tuesday to cut business taxes. The Senate version of House Bill 500 gives businesses with revenue of less than $1 million a permanent exemption from paying the state's franchise tax, and gives all businesses a 5 percent rate cut over the next two years, the Austin American-Statesman reports. House Bill 800, which gives companies a choice between a ...

  • COTA to city of Austin help us win X Games bid

    Sixteen of the competing X Games athletes live in Austin, COTA President Steve Sexton told City Council, the Statesman reports. Circuit of The Americas is asking the city of Austin to endorse ESPN's summer X Games so the sports facility can apply for money from Texas' Major Events Trust Fund. COTA President Steve Sexton estimates the circuit may seek about $800,000 a year from the fund, ...

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