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  • Austin trustees weigh partnership for Eastside High

    Austin school trustees Monday night were still considering awarding a $393,690 contract to Baltimore-based Talent Development Secondary of Johns Hopkins University to operate the troubled Eastside Memorial High School. They hadn't voted by press time.While district administrators previously expressed concern about low test results for the group's flagship school, the Baltimore Talent ...

  • Texas lawmakers pass Merry Christmas bill

    Texas lawmakers have just made it politically correct for teachers to say Merry Christmas in the classroom. It may be have been a hot 94 degrees outside the capitol, but inside it felt like Christmas for State Representative Dwayne Bohac of Houston. House Bill 308, what Bohac has dubbed the Merry Christmas bill, is now on the way to Governor Rick Perry's desk. "It allows school ...

  • Tips for protecting yourself from online impersonators

    When you reach a certain level of visibility online...you can become the prey of what are known as "trolls" and "griefers." "They're basically people who really want to cause problems," said Brad Bogus, the president of "Speak Social," a strategic marketing firm where social media is their specialty. Bogus said, "They can hack into your ...

  • City reveals park master plan City reveals park master plan

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Plans are in store for new park land in Austin. The area around the old power plant on Holly Street on the east side will be undergoing a transformation. As the city moves forward, they want input from the public. Austin's Parks and Recreation Department held a workshop Monday at Martin Middle School to engage the public. Project organizers presented a master plan to the ...

  • Diversity lacking in Austin map-drawing finalists

    Of the 60 finalists who could potentially draw 10 Austin City Council districts, most are white or Hispanic, 45 years old or older and live west of Interstate 35.That data, compiled by the American-Statesman and the city auditor's office, raises questions about whether the 14 people ...


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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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  • Austin Colony could get ambulance service added

    Amid disagreements over how to serve growing populations outside Austin's city limits, county commissioners are expected to consider Tuesday whether to add ambulance service to a fire ...

  • Community News Central Texas students win $16500 at International Science Fair Williamson County nurses honored

    Local students to participate in a day of volunteering The 650 students representing Westlake High School's graduating Class of 2013 will participate in Senior Service Day volunteering from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at various nonprofits within the community.Students will work with 30 different agencies to help with a range of projects including volunteering at food banks, retirement ...

  • New mental health clinic helps underserved in eastern Williamson County

    Philip English, a 70-year-old resident of Thorndale, said he couldn't find any mental health services to help a troubled relative in eastern Williamson County. Then he heard about a new clinic at 404 Carlos Parker Blvd. NW in Taylor.English said he was impressed after the relative got counseling for anger issues at the new place -- Eastern Williamson County ...

  • Soto Chirinos fill void competently behind the plate

    Email ARLINGTON -- The Rangers went into Monday's game with the Athletics having won nine of their last 13 games. That's significant because those 13 games took place while catcher A.J. Pierzynski was on the disabled list with a strained oblique muscle in his right rib cage. The Rangers were able to survive and thrive because of the work of Geovany Soto and Robinson Chirinos. Soto was ...

  • Texas lawmakers approve part of water overhaul

    AUSTIN (AP) Texas lawmakers have given final approval to an overhaul of the Texas Water Development Board as the state grapples with how to manage water resources amid drought and a rapidly growing population. Monday's vote sends the bill to Gov, Rick Perry, who had urged lawmakers to pass a new $2 billion fund to provide low-interest loans for water projects such as reservoirs and ...

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