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  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 18

    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: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...

  • The Blotter Second charge filed against murder suspect

    Second charge filed against murder suspect Another charge has been filed against a man accused of fatally shooting one man and injuring another in an attempted robbery in April.Last week, Drexell Washington, 21, was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Reynaldo Ortega, 19, outside of an East Austin apartment complex, according to an arrest affidavit. On Thursday, he was also charged with ...

  • Construction to cause delays on MoPac Construction to cause delays on MoPac

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Traffic on MoPac is about to get a little slower but in the end will help alleviate drive time in Austin. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority hired CH2M HILL in February of 2013 to complete the project which will add new lanes on north MoPac from Ladybird Lake to Parmer Lane. Beginning Sunday lanes along MoPac will be closed from Ladybird Lake to Parmer in 15-minute ...

  • Record highs expected today in Austin

    Load up on water and shade, Saturday could hit record highs, according to the National Weather Service.Pat McDonald, a meteorologist with the weather service, says Austin will likely tie or break the previous record high of 94 set in 2003 at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The record in downtown Austin was set in 1925 at 97, according to the weather service.At 3 p.m., ...

  • My Pet Learning Discipline My Pet Learning Discipline

    Service Dogs Inc. shows you have to use treats to encourage discipline with your dog. You want to use treats to get and treat your dog's attention. Be sure you have good eye contact. Allow your dog to smell your hand, then when get the desired behavior, offer your dog a treat. This use of treats also can extend to other ...


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Movie Review

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan [DVD]

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan [DVD]

By the seventh installment of the illimitable Friday the 13th franchise, it seemed that any hope for originality or innovation was long gone, if it had ever existed to begin with. As a new movie in the series had been released virtually every year since 1980, there just didn't seem to be that much more to add to the tried-and-true stalk-and-slash formula. They had already used the gimmick ... ...

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  • Weekend Gardener Rainwater harvesting

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - This week John meets with Dani Slabaugh of Yard To Table Gardens to talk about rain water collection. Slabaugh designed and built this Thai Rain Jar cistern for Paige Hill of Urban Patchwork Neighborhood Farms using the traditional construction method. She used a container of mulch wrapped in chicken wire which she then covered with a thin layer of cement. The mulch is then ...

  • Pet of the Week Austin

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...

  • Pet of the Week Austin

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...

  • Pet of the Week Austin

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...

  • Pet of the Week Austin

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin, a labrador-retriever mix, is up for adopt at Austin Pets Alive. Here is something more from the Austin Pets Alive website: " With a little twinkle in his eyes, Austin comes over to greet you as if to say, 'Hi friend, let's go for a walk!' Easy-going, friendly and playful, he embodies many of the wonderful traits you would want in a family pet. Austin ...

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