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  • Circuit wants Austin’s support for X Games bid

    Circuit of the Americas is seeking the city of Austin's support to win a bid to host the ESPN's summer X Games, an international event that could generate more than $50 million a year in economic activity for Austin.The event is broadcast over 27 hours to 380 homes worldwide, and it features skateboard, BMX, motorcycle, bike and car competitions on elaborate courses and skate ...

  • The Blotter Suspect in attempted kidnapping in East Austin arrested

    Attempted kidnapping suspect arrested A man accused of attempting to kidnap a 14-year-old girl in East Austin last month has been arrested, police said Tuesday. Before his arrest, Jermail Travon Houston, 23, was charged last week with attempted kidnapping, a state jail felony.A girl was leaving a convenience store in the 1900 block of Chicon Street on April 15 when a man grabbed her arm and ...

  • Lawmaker resurrects radioactive water bill

    By CHRIS TOMLINSONAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Republican lawmaker has resurrected a radioactive waste bill that would allow a West Texas site to store more hazardous materials. San Angelo Rep. Drew Darby on Tuesday incorporated the measure into another bill governing a radioactive storage site in Anderson County. The measure allows the Waste Control Specialists' nuclear waste ...

  • Central Texas law enforcement joins forces to end distracted driving

    Law enforcement agencies across Central Texas are joining forces to end distracted driving to make sure drivers and their passengers arrive to their destinations safely. The first "Arrive Alive" initiative will be taking place this coming Memorial Day weekend. "Every morning that I wake up and see a death on there is a morning that my day starts off thinking about a family that ...

  • SWAT situation in Leander neighborhood SWAT situation in Leander neighborhood

    LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) - Police are evacuating certain areas of a Leander neighborhood on Tuesday evening due to a suicidal man. The Leander Police Department said they received a call around 4:20 p.m. stating there was a suicidal man in a home near Sonoma Court and Presidio Drive. Police say the man is in the home alone, but they are being cautious about approaching the home. Several homes ...


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You, Me and Dupree

You, Me and Dupree

Like any other genre, comedy tends to run cycles, and for the past decade American comedies have gotten stuck into a rut that future film historians will most likely label the comedy of arrested development. Emasculated men have frequently been the center of comedy (see, for ex ... ...

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  • Commissioners vote to add ambulance service in eastern Travis County

    Travis County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to add ambulance service to a fire station in an eastern part of the county that officials say is growing but lacking nearby emergency medical services.If the Austin City Council signs off on the expansion Thursday, a new, part-time Austin-Travis County EMS station will be based in the fire station at FM 969 and Hunters Bend Road starting ...

  • Herman 737 comes to the 512

    The 737 is on final approach, and Central Texas never will be the same.It's our new area code, and it's designed to make it easier to identify the newly arrived Texafornians. No, it's not ...

  • Community News New school board member appointed in Round Rock Elgin to host Sausage and Opera Festival June 1

    Community college to host luncheon Austin Community College's Center for Public Policy and Political Studies is holding a fund-raising luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Hilton Austin, 500 E. 4th St.This year's event will feature Tom Pauken as the keynote speaker. Pauken, who has said he is running for governor in 2014, served as the former head of the Texas Workforce ...

  • Agencies to target aggressive Central Texas drivers

    Central Texas law enforcement officials said Tuesday they have formed a traffic safety group to try to stem the record pace for deadly encounters on local roadways this year.Their aim will be to stop aggressive driving, whether through increased traffic stops, citations or criminal charges, officials said.In Austin alone, police have reported 29 traffic fatalities in 2013. There were 28 traffic ...

  • Woman gets 50 years for attack on ex-husband

    A woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after she was convicted last week in a vicious attack on her ex-husband in February 2012.A Travis County jury on Friday found Andria Stanley, 32, guilty of aggravated kidnapping and burglary of habitation with an intent to commit a felony, and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.After deliberating for more than three hours ...

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