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Woman dog attacked by bees in North Austin
A woman was taken to the hospital after a bee attack in North Austin. It happened around 3:30 this afternoon in the 2100 block of Singletree Ave. near MoPac and Parmer. Austin fire officials say the woman, her dog and later an Austin police officer were attacked by bees from a hive near the woman's home. The woman apparently tried to get inside her home when some bees followed her in. ...
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Vigil held for firefighter in coma after wreck
Family, friends and co-workers were holding an around-the-clock vigil Wednesday for a firefighter who was critically injured Tuesday afternoon while riding his bicycle in South Austin.Colin Camp, 33, was struck from behind by a pickup shortly after 4 p.m. in the 10500 block of Manchaca Road south of West Slaughter Lane, officials have said. Austin Fire Battalion Chief Palmer Buck said Camp, who ...
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Residents getting mail again after missing mailboxes replaced
Two community mailboxes serving more than 30 homeowners disappeared last week from the Crossing Garden Homes neighborhood in Southeast Austin. Residents like Ellen Sweets couldn't get their mail. Nor could they get a straight answer about who would replace the mailboxes and when. Sweets was concerned because she was waiting for a check to pay bills.The mystery was finally solved Wednesday, ...
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Austin-based Drillinginfo acquires Denver software company
Drillinginfo Inc., an Austin-based provider of data and intelligence to the oil and gas industry, said Wednesday that it has acquired a Denver-based software company.Transform Software & Services Inc., founded in 2004, develops analytic interpretation and modeling software. It employs 30 ...
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Development plans ongoing at ACC’s Highland Mall siteMixed-use development part of overall plan
Austin Community College is taking another step in its vision of turning the former Highland Mall into an educational and workforce-training campus that eventually could be surrounded by shops, apartments and offices.Fast-growing ACC, which owns the former 1.2-million square foot mall on Airport Boulevard and more than 80 acres of land at the site, is seeking a team to come up with a blueprint ...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [DVD]
Unlike The Fellowship of the Ring, which opened with an information-packed prologue and then slowly eased itself into an extensive and leisurely introduction to all the major characters in the film, The Two Towers, the second installment of Peter Jacksons gloriously ambitious adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkiens sprawling fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, dives right into the acti ... ...
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Community Briefing Two Austin groups receive arts grants Pflugerville watering restrictions remain in place
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Ear infections and problems in your pets
Your pet could have an ear infection and you don't even know it. Dr. Jeremy Varga from Austin Veterinary Diagnostic Hospital joins FOX 7 to talk about the causes, symptoms, and how to prevent ear infections. Email questions or topic suggestions to ...
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Obesity is a disease not just problem
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Patricia Carangi keeps very busy. She says she's like many others who find it difficult to get to the gym on a daily basis. "Some people live a busy lifestyle and their kids," said Carangi. "They're consumed with their daily lives with work and they just don't have time to take care of themselves." Carangi says losing weight has been difficult for ...
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HOAs to allow water efficient landscapes
AUSTIN (KXAN) - In a move to increase water conservation, theres a new law that keeps home owner associations (HOA) from banning water-efficient landscaping. Governor Perry signed the legislation, SB 198, Friday. A HOA can still require approval before switching landscapes and they can set guidelines on what kind of plants are ok as long as they don't "unreasonably restrict" ...
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Man killed in crash was father of hiking victim
A motorcyclist killed in a crash in Central Austin on Tuesday morning was the father of an 18-year-old who was killed in a greenbelt hiking accident last month, according to the Travis County medical examiner's office.Alex Henry-Ballew was hiking with friends May 30 at the Barton Creek greenbelt near Barton Hills when he fell about 20 feet from a cliff, Austin police said. Officials said ...