April 2012
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Police say teens set off “acid bomb” inside... →
Uh, what?
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Amid backlash over dog shooting, police reviewing... →
The Austin Police Department says they are reviewing their policies after receiving backlash from the shooting of a dog by an officer over the weekend.
“This incident has drawn a lot of attention,” said Assistant Police Chief David Carter, the department’s chief of staff. “We’ve received a lot of calls, a lot of emails, from people who are very concerned. And we are,...
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'American Bandstand' host Dick Clark has died →
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Higher Austin property taxes on the way? →
Austinites could face higher city property tax bills next year, according to a financial forecast presented this morning to the City Council.
Cost increases that are beyond the city’s control, such as for fuel and health insurance, are part of the reason a shortfall could occur.
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WatchFort Hood on the Front Lines: Mid-tour leave
Austin American-Statesman reporter Jeremy Schwartz and videographer Kelly West are in Afghanistan to cover the historic departure of Fort Hood’s 1st Cavalry Division from Bagram Air Base and its return to Central Texas.
In addition to blogs, video and photos, they are using Instagram to give us a glimpse of the soldiers and the country.
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Report of APD dog shooting goes viral →
Reports of an Austin police officer shooting a dog while responding to the wrong address on a domestic disturbance call have gone viral thanks to Facebook.
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“Education and awareness are going to be our primary methods of enforcement. Our...”
– Adrienne Howarth-Moore, director of human resource services for the University of Texas, on the announcement that the campus and its satellites have gone tobacco free.
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Planned Parenthood sues Texas over Women’s Health... →
Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit today arguing that Texas improperly excluded its clinics from participating in the Medicaid Women’s Health Program.
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Rick Santorum says he's leaving president race,... →
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“Texans want to be relevant. We’ve been passed by in the process before, and...”
– Weston Martinez, a member of the state Republican Party executive committee from San Antonio. Martinez, a Rick Santorum supporter, said the party’s executive committee will hold an emergency session to consider the changing the primary to a winner take all.
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Do you feel like Austin is bursting at the seams? →
It may be.
New census data show the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos region ranked as the nation’s second fastest growing metro area between April 2010 and July 2011.
“It’s still about Austin,” Ryan Robinson, the city’s demographer, said about the data. “It’s about the fact that when people move here, they’re wanting to move into the heart of the...
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Police: Woman charged after creating fake Facebook... →
A woman has been charged after police say she created a fake Facebook page for her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend that contained sexually explicit videos, according to court documents.
The woman who created the fake Facebook page was charged with online impersonation, which is considered a crime in Texas when someone creates a Web page or profile without consent and uses the persona to harm, defraud,...
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