Recent Entries in News
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Turkey Time Means Focusing on Football, Film, and Food! [Extra Extra]
Flickr/gamene Story about the A&M student who barely survived the tragic bonfire collapse in 1999. When we learned that the mayors of College Station and Austin were wagering live trees on the outcome of Thursday's Longhorn/ Aggie pigskin kerfuffle all we could think of was the vintage Belly song “Feed The Tree.” Dallas Cowboys who were real turkeys. A.k.a. “Serious Cowboy FAIL.” Former UT student makes a stop-motion film about some thieving farm animals!...
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Thief Nabs $10K Flagship Trek Bike From Mellow Johnny's
Lance Armstrong and his crew at Mellow Johnny’s bicycle shop are doubtlessly pissed after someone stole a $10,000 triathlon bike being housed in the store last weekend.
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Government Recalls Cars and Cribs [News Bits]
Toyota recalls nearly 4 million cars because of gas pedals that can get stuck in the floor mats More than 2 million Stork Craft cribs - some with the Fisher-Price logo - have been recalled The number of jobless claims sinks to its lowest level in more than a year Google apologizes for racially offensive Michelle Obama image, but won't remove it Donny Osmond wins "Dancing with the Stars" Acorn-throwing led to shooting near...
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Pecan Street Project Gets $10.4 Million Stimulus Grant
The Pecan Street Project has been awarded $10.4 million in federal grant money to build a "smart-grid" community at the Mueller development in Northeast Austin. The grant money was part of $184.5 million in federal clean-energy stimulus programs announced today by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Pecan Street is a partnership between the city and high-tech companies to develop clean-energy solutions, such as advanced electric meters on homes and business and electric-car recharging stations. More...
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Austin High Teen Shoots Fleeing Car Near Lady Bird Lake Trail
Jay David Carbullido, a 17-year-old senior at Austin High, was involved in a heated exchanged with a female student on Stephen F. Austin Drive when the other teen decided to leave. As the car carrying the girl pulled away, Carbullido fetched a .22-caliber rifle from his trunk and shot at the car, striking it four times and breaking one of the windows. No one was hurt.
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Austin IRS Offices Catch Fire, Temporarily Closed
Community Impact reports that the local IRS office, as well as its affiliated Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC), was affected in a fire in the adjacent office last Friday. The office, at 825 East Rundberg, will be closed at least until early December. [ImpactNews]
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True Stories Can Be Stranger Than Fiction [Extra Extra ]
me and the sysop/Flickr If you thought you saw a Viking Boat on the street on Saturday, it wasn’t your imagination. It was on the way to be part of the East Austin Studio Tour! The Blue October show at Stubb's on Friday was kind of a big deal. People even flew in from out-of-town to see the band play. The Austin Film Society's current film series features the work of a modern Finnish...
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Schieffer's Out of Gov Race
The Dallas Morning News reports that Democrat Tom Schieffer is pulling out of the gubernatorial race, and plans to formally announce his withdrawal this afternoon.
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Austin Man Charged In Scheme To Defraud Government Program For The Deaf
An Austin man has been charged with fraud as part of a scheme to steal millions from the FCC's Video Relay Service, a government program that is intended to help deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans communicate with hearing persons.
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Whoops: Did Texas Ban All Marriages?
Conservatives can sleep soundly knowing the fight for gay marriage is not returning to Texas shores—at least not entirely. The only Democratic candidate for Texas Attorney General, Barbara Radnofsky, says Texans were so eager to ban gay marriages in 2005 that they banned marriages altogether. Don't understand how? Read on.
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News Kibbles!
Israel brushes off Obama criticism over Jerusalem. US urges release of citizen held in China for two years. Russia moves one step closer to death penalty abolition. Protesters take over UC Berkeley building. What if KU stuns Texas? Oprah Winfrey to End Her Program in 2011. Dirty secrets of Black Friday....
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Southwest Parkway Prius Drive-By Was 18-Year-Old Punk
Former Austin High School student Hollan Dyer, 18, was riding shotgun in a blue Toyota Prius in Oak Hill when the car came upon the cyclist, Austinite Brad (last name withheld). According to detectives, Dyer allegedly remarked to his fellow passengers something along the lines of, "I hate cyclists on the road!," then, evidently steamed, rolled down his window and fired at the victim.
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News Bits
World economies grow, but surprisingly, China's economy poised to kick everyone's ass. FAA says our state-of-the-art air traffic control system is running smoothly (after a large blip earlier this morning). South African runner whose gender was questioned will keep medal. Ollie North has a new hobby: fighting those darn socialists in Washington. Oh, and the falsehoods of Global Warming. Texas outlaws gay marriage...and perhaps every other marriage in the process. Oops! Democratic senators unveil...
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Travis House: City Council To Finalize Zoning Status Today
On October 13th, the Planning Commission (PC) considered the Historic Landmark Commission’s recommendation that Travis House be designated as a historic building. The owner’s lawyer told Planning that the 1945 building was in bad shape and contaminated with lead, mold and asbestos. Susan Villarreal, Senior Planner with the city responded that "It is a distinctive and interesting building" and an "excellent representative of Colonial Revival style." The PC voted 4-2 to deny the historic designation (DMU-H) and recommended DMU zoning. City Council will make the final decision as to whether the building gets historic zoning at its meeting today.
UPDATE: City Council denied historic zoning, so the building will likely be demolished.
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Dinner, Crime, Disease and the Holidays! [Extra Extra]
me and the sysop/Flickr Doh! Don’t rob the mayor of a small town! He won’t be happy about it, and he’ll really want the cops to catch you. Do you know a real, no-nonsense girl who rides horses, and who is between the ages of 12 and 16? If so, you might want to tell her about this casting call for the lead role in a Coen Brothers movie. Squee! Pitchfork covers Fun Fun...
