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Report details Echelon Building damage

In response to a KXAN Austin News open records request, the City of Austin releases the initial damage report on the Echelon Building.

AT&T trying to prevent mobile meltdown

After last year's mobile meltdown during SXSW, AT&T said they are better equipped to give the thousands of intense mobile broadband users a positive

Attending SXSW? Watch where you park

The Austin Police Department wants its residents and visitors to use caution when parking around the City of Austin during SXSW events. APD will be enforcing

Austinite cruises the Colorado

On March 6, an Austin Realtor climbed in a canoe on the Colorado River near San Saba, Texas, and set her eyes on the Gulf of Mexico, 466 miles away. She knew

Drunk driver sentenced for four deaths

Judge Burt Carnes found Luke Looschen guilty of four counts of intoxicated manslaughter and two counts of intoxicated assault. He also found that the vehicle

Fallen soldiers honored at Fort Hood

Families and friends at Fort Hood took time Friday morning to remember 69 soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq.

APD: Woman chased man with garden hose

A woman starts watering a stranger's lawn, then assaults a disabled man in a wheelchair, chases him with a garden hose into his house and then takes his cell

Facebook accepts ATX's friend request

Facebook officially accepted Austin's "friend request" Friday morning as city leaders and Facebook officials introduced the new sales and operations office to

The Daily Blotter 03/12/10

Detectives ask unidentified female to come forward. Officer suing City after smashing car with baseball bat. School walking routes deemed too dangerous.

'Random' Taylor drive-by peppers car

A seemingly random drive-by shooting in the early morning hours Friday peppered a vehicle parked in front of a home, according to Taylor police.

Youth Unlimited approach reaches teens

A program helping young men get excited about learning is growing at LBJ High School.  Students responding to specialized instruction.

DNA links Llano man to 11 brush fires

A year-long investigation has led to the arrest of a Llano man in connection with nearly a dozen brush fires.

Teen airlifted from school bus crash

A 19-year-old man was being airlifted to a local hospital after what police are calling a "high-speed school bus collision" near Granite Shoals.

Bigfoot challenges carbon footprint

When Wal-Mart announced plans in February to drastically cut its carbon footprint, the mammoth company's suppliers took notice. Following in those carbon

Businesses team up for CulinART event

Austin area businesses are teaming up with a local nonprofit to raise awareness and funding for those at risk of HIV.

Craigslist iPhone sale leads to beating

Two men are accused of luring a man to a parking lot by trying to sell an iPhone on Craigslist, holding him at gun point, then beating and robbing him.

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