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Medicaid 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 Medicaid funding, which amounts to nearly $29 million ...
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Rules on disabled-accessible homes get initial OK
The Austin City Council gave preliminary approval Thursday night to rules that would require all newly built homes to have more features accessible to people with disabilities.The council plans to vote on and possibly revise the rules a second and third time in August, after a city committee that looks at issues related to Austin's aging population issues a report on its work.According to ...
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Business Digest Stocks fade post first weekly loss in a month
Stocks fade, post first weekly loss in a month NEW YORK -- Stocks prices closed mostly lower on Wall Street on Friday, giving the market its first weekly loss in a month.The Dow Jones industrial average edged up 8 points to 15,303 Friday, a gain of 0.1 percent. The Dow was supported by a big gain in Procter & Gamble. The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 1 point to 1,649, or 0.1 percent, ...
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Bus crash closes lane of Lamar 183 in North Austin
All southbound lanes of North Lamar Boulevard and one northbound lane of U.S. 183 North are shut down after a Cap Metro bus was involved in a collision with another vehicle.There are no injuries, officials said.Austin police officers are on scene but no further details were ...
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Lake Travis businesses hoping for busy holiday weekend
Before the rain came, this group was ready to load up on a party barge and get their Memorial Day weekend started on Lake Travis. "It looks like a good crowd, everybody's anxious to get out there, said Captain Hawkeye Roth with 'Just for Fun' boat rentals. He says that despite the low lake levels, the company is booked solid through the weekend. "We didn't expect ...
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Movie Review
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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Double-killing investigated near Elgin
TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) - Two people were found dead inside a home in eastern Travis County on Friday afternoon in what the sheriff's office called a double-killing. Spokesman Roger Wade said the bodies were discovered around 2:35 p.m. at 23006 Hog Eye Road. "Sheriffs detectives arrived on the scene and are treating this case as a double homicide and have identified a person of ...
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APD Man kidnapped beaten in exs plot
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Two men have been arrested in connection to a kidnapping case that appears to be motivated by a relationship triangle. Russell Reed and Thor Pederson are in a relationship according to their Facebook pages and both were arrested for Aggravated Kidnapping charges for an alleged plot aimed at Pedersons ex-boyfriend. According to an arrest warrant, three men dressed in suits showed ...
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Llano grad never missed a day of school
LLANO, Texas (KXAN) - Maybe he got used to the sound of his mother's voice every morning: "Hey! Wake up. Turn on the light." Or maybe it was the end-of-year recognition. Or maybe it was just stubbornness. But Llano High School senior Ryan West just completed 12 straight years without missing a single day of school. "Every day I don't want to go to school," Ryan said on ...
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Cirrus share plummet after CEO’s comments
Investors pummeled the shares of Austin-based chipmaker Cirrus Logic Inc. on Thursday and Friday after CEO Jason Rhode said at an investors conference that the company's gross profit margin could decline sharply in the second half of this year.Cirrus shares dropped by $4.31 a share, a decline of 19.5 percent in heavy trading Thursday after Rhode's disclosure. The price fell another 41 ...
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Some areas report more than 3 inches of rain
Lower Colorado River Authority . Most of Central Texas has seen 1 to 2 inches during that time, the authority's figures show.Lake Austin at Cortana Shores has seen the most rain in the past two hours, 3.32 inches, while Onion Creek at U.S. 183 has seen 3.08 inches, the figures ...