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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pro-Tesla Motors bill dies in Texas House

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc. Lawmakers have sided with dealers interests over those of Tesla Motors Inc. in the debate over whether manufacturers of electric- or all battery-powered vehicles should be able to sell directly to customers. House Bill 3351, authored by State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, had proposed changing Texas law that mandates vehicles be sold to customers through ...

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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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Compare Metrics filing reveals more funding details

A regulatory filing provided additional details about the Compare Metrics Inc. Series A financing announced earlier this week. The Austin-based software maker received nearly $4.4 million from 12 investors, according to a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Compare Metrics, founded in 2010 as Compare Networks LLC, develops search tools for e-commerce websites with a ...
CPRIT reforms headed to governor

Reforms for the scandal-ridden cancer agency are headed to the governor's desk.The Senate has concurred with House changes to Senate Bill 149 that increases checks-and-balances at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of ...
Former yogurt shop defendant seeking $700000 for time in prison

Yogurt shop defendant Robert Springsteen, right, walks out of the Travis County Jail with his attorney Joe James Sawyer after being released on personal bond in Austin on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Austin American-Statesman/Rodolfo ...
San Marcos purchases land for airport expansion

The San Marcos Airport will have room to expand after the San Marcos City Council voted this week to acquire 42 acres next to the airport.The parcel, which will cost $650,000, is currently owned by Texas State University and is used as a traffic safety center, hosting classes like motorcycle safety and drivers ...
Austin now 11th-largest but where are these people coming from

Austin is the 11th-largest city in the U.S. with a population of about 843,000, but it's the 33rd-largest metro area in the country with about 1.8 million residents. The recent news that Austin is the 11th-largest U.S. city, according to Census numbers, shocked a lot of people. We're growing fast, but that fast? It seems like only yesterday we were ranked No. 13. Oh, wait, that was ...

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New York Marriott Financial Center Hotel

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U.S. Senate puts paid to gun reform amendments

Of the forty five U.S. senators who voted down Wednesday's gun reform bill, 42 have received funding from arms manufacturers or their agents.

The London newspaper The Guardian revealed the statistic on Thursday citing a study dating back to 1990.

On Capitol Hill, 45% of the Senate was able to derail a proposal that polls say is supported by roughly 90% of Americans.

"Everyone who voted yesterday knows after reading that bill, in their heart of hearts, that the bill would have made America safer," MSNBC's co-host Mika Brzezinski said on Thursday's Morning Joe. "We are the 90%," his co-host Joe Scarborough added. "And 90% will not be ignored."

Forty one Republicans voted against the bill, as did four Democrats.

"All in all this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," President Barack Obamai, in company with victims of gun violence, told a press conference in the Rose Garden Wednesday.

Seven amendments were put up, covering assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and straw purchases. All 7 amendments were defeated.

The senators who opposed the bills were:

1. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

2. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

3. Sen. ...