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  • Senators grill Perry’s nominees to UT board

    State senators sharply questioned three nominees to the University of Texas System Board of Regents on Monday regarding a long-running controversy about governance of the Austin flagship and the job security of its president, Bill Powers.One senator said during the confirmation hearing that he would vote against the nominees because he believes they are "on a mission" to dismiss ...

  • First wave of relief workers heads to Oklahoma

    The Austin Fire Department has sent two employees to Oklahoma to help with relief efforts.An engineer, who will help determine whether buildings are safe to search, and a communication specialist will join Texas Task Force 1, said department spokeswoman Michelle Tanzola.As of 7:30 p.m. Monday, both were enroute to the disaster area.The force is an elite search and rescue team at Texas A&M ...

  • Cap Metro mulls fare increase

    Capital Metro fares, last raised in 2010 after being static for much of the agency's first quarter-century, could be headed up again.A consultant hired by the transit agency to study fares, including how they compare with those in other comparable cities, recommended Monday that Capital Metro in January increase its weekly and monthly pass prices by 10 to 20 percent, and begin charging ...

  • Number of $100000-plus earners jumps 78 percent at Central Texas school districts

    As fast as Central Texas school districts are growing, the number of highly paid administrators is growing even faster.The number of school employees with salaries of more than $100,000 has jumped 78 percent over the past five years, an American-Statesman analysis of data from eight area school districts has ...

  • Austin startup Compare Metrics raises $3.5 million for expansion

    An Austin startup that wants to change the way online retailers interact with their customers has raised $3.5 million from investors including Austin Ventures.Compare Metrics, founded in 2012, has developed a software platform that lets websites customize the product content they provide to ...


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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Everything about The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, including its lengthy, colon-demarcated title (which The Village Voices J. Hoberman amusingly likened to a verbal freight train) and ... ...

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  • Controversial Williamson County elections administrator leaves for Georgia job

    Williamson County Election Administrator Rick Barron, who survived a no-confidence vote earlier this year, submitted his resignation Wednesday. He has announced he has been hired to take over as election administrator for Fulton County, Ga., next month.Speaking via cell phone from Georgia, Barron said his last day in Williamson County will be June 7. His first day in Atlanta is to be June 19. ...

  • Suspected tornado devastates small Texas school

    BLANKET, Texas (AP) - A strong storm winds authorities suspect was a tornado smashed the public school complex in a small town in the rolling hills southwest of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Texas Department of Public Safety reported a tornado about 6 p.m. Monday in Blanket, a town of about 400 residents about 100 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Brown County sheriff's spokeswoman Kim ...

  • Lawsuit alleges RunTex owes lender $625000

    RunTex's money woes continue, with a lawsuit alleging that the troubled retailer owes a lender $625,000.That's in addition to a $150,000 judgment obtained by the store's ...

  • Police 72-year-old exposed himself to children at mall

    A 72-year-old man was arrested Sunday after police say he exposed himself to children at a Barton Creek Square mall restroom last year, according to an arrest affidavit.James Hughey Rankin of Austin has been charged with indecency with a child (exposure).An 11-year-old boy told police that he was helping his little brother wash his hands at a restroom near the food court on Feb. 23, 2012, when ...

  • Report Poverty increasing rapidly in Austin suburbs

    A sobering new report was issued Monday that may have you looking at your neighbor in a completely different way. According to the Brookings Institute, the suburbs have become a new battleground in the war against poverty. At the LBJ Library you can learn about President Johnson's dream of the great society and his war on poverty. The report issued Monday is a warning that the safety net ...

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