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  • Austin Energy new billing options allows customers to help community

    If you live in the city of Austin, the next time you get your utility bill, you will see more options to help your community. You're likely used to seeing the option to give a contribution to the Customer Assistance Program, emergency utility bill assistance for customers experiencing hardships. Now, you have the option to help schools, parks and libraries. The city of Austin and Austin ...

  • Texas House panel approves new youth punishment

    By URIEL J. GARCIAAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas House panel has endorsed a bill to create a mandatory life sentence with the possibility of parole after 40 years for 17-year-olds convicted of capital murder. The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee sent the bill Wednesday to the full House, which is expected to vote before the end of the 30-day special session next week. The bill ...

  • Dewhurst tweet says bill attempts to close clinics Dewhurst tweet says bill attempts to close clinics

    AUSTIN (AP) Texas Senate Republicans insist proposed new restrictions on abortion facilities are designed to protect women's health. But a tweet Wednesday from the account of Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said what Democrats have claimed all along: the plan is an attempt to shut down clinics and all but ban abortion in Texas. Senate Republicans Tuesday night passed sweeping new ...

  • Lehmberg Perry cuts to Public Integrity Unit ‘partisan’ ‘misguided’

    cut about $3.7 million in annual funding to her office."It feels partisan, and it's misguided, as far as I'm concerned," Lehmberg said in a brief interview with reporters after addressing county commissioners for about 45 minutes Tuesday ...

  • AFD firefighter hit while on bicycle in critical condition

    A firefighter with the Austin Fire Department is in a coma after being hit by a vehicle while riding his bicycle in South Austin Tuesday afternoon. Firefighter Colin Camp remains in critical condition in ICU. Camp, 33, a six-year veteran of the AFD, was riding his bike near Manchaca and Slaughter Ln, not far from his home, when he was hit by a truck, according to authorities. He was transported ...


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Movie Review

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [DVD]

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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  • Judge to hear new evidence in school finance case

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The judge in Texas' sweeping school finance case says he will hear new evidence based on the Legislature's recent restoring of about $3.4 billion in funding to ...

  • Car driver cited in deadly biker wreck

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - The driver of a car involved in a deadly motorcycle wreck received a citation for failing to yield the right of way. The wreck happened early Tuesday on a rain-slicked Guadalupe Street, killing a 59-year-old man. Police said a black 2012 Honda Accord was heading south in the 3900 block of Guadalupe Street just after 6 a.m. when the biker on a 2009 Honda Shadow motorcycle, ...

  • Tragedy strikes again for family

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - For the second time in a matter of weeks, tragedy struck the same family. Jack Brown Henry, 59, died after crashing his motorcycle into a car early Tuesday on a rain-slicked Guadalupe Street. The driver of a car involved in the deadly wreck received a citation for failing to yield the right of way. Henry is the father of Alex Henry-Ballew , an 18-year-old who died after falling ...

  • Gun threat closed UT-Arlington campus

    ARLINGTON, Texas - The University of Texas in Arlington campus was closed for several hours Wednesday morning because of a gun scare. Dallas police reportedly contacted the university about a suicidal man who threatened to bring a gun on campus. The university canceled morning classes and events as a precaution. People were asked to stay away from the area and those on campus at the time ...

  • Official Firefighter in bicycle crash remains critical

    An Austin firefighter who was struck while riding his bicycle in far South Austin on Tuesday afternoon remains in critical condition Wednesday, officials said.The 30-year-old 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 said.The injured man, who has not yet been identified, is described as an avid cyclist who ...

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