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  <title>Bank Robbery Suspect Being Sought</title>
  <description>Austin police are on the scene of a bank robbery in Northwest Austin. The robbery happened around 2 p.m. at the Wachovia Bank in the 8400 block of Mesa Drive.</description>
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  <title>Officials To Ticket Smokers In Public Places</title>
  <description>Wednesday, the Austin-Travis County Health Department plans to start coming down hard on smokers. A letter from the department says they plan to write tickets to smokers who violate the city's smoking ban. That's a fine of up to $500.</description>
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  <title>Feedback Forum: Have You Used The Toll Roads Yet?</title>
  <description>The first toll road in Austin is now open. Have you used it yet? Share your views below.</description>
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  <title>Halloween On Sixth Street 2006</title>
  <description>Thousands turned out to celebrate Halloween on Sixth Street Tuesday night, and there were some pretty creative costumes out there. But despite the big crowds, police say only 11 people were arrested, and people were well-behaved for the most part.</description>
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  <title>Part Of Toll Roads Now Open</title>
  <description>But in this time of trial and error, whether the roads are a quicker option is up for debate. Many Austin-area drivers were a part of history, but during rush hour at the Loop One extension, record speeds were not reached.</description>
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  <title>Blanco High Repairing Damages From Vandals</title>
  <description>Vandals trashed a high school in the Hill Country, causing nearly a half million dollars in damage. Vandals caused extensive damage to the relatively new campus in Blanco.</description>
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  <title>Georgetown Council To Discuss Smoking, Scooters</title>
  <description>Georgetown city leaders are looking to change the rules about smoking in public places. The city manager revised the city's smoking ordinance. Council members will look over the draft at Tuesday night's meeting.</description>
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  <title>Money-Saving Tips For Halloween</title>
  <description>Halloween is a week away, and if you're still trying to figure out what your kids will wear or what you might wear for a costume party, KXAN has some money-saving ideas for you.</description>
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  <title>Austinites Have Roles On 'Friday Night Lights'</title>
  <description>By now, you know the NBC series "Friday Night Lights" is being shot on location in and around Austin. And plenty of Central Texans have had fun playing extras and bit parts.</description>
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  <title>I-35 Open Again After Overnight Wreck</title>
  <description>Emergency crews shut down part of Interstate 35, south of Austin, after a wreck and fuel spill. It happened at around 11:30 p.m. Monday, just south of the Cabela's in Buda.</description>
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  <title>GOP Candidate Catches Grief For Steamy Romance Novel</title>
  <description>Texas agriculture commissioner Susan Combs says a romance novel she wrote is lighthearted and entertaining. But critics say Republican Combs, who's running for state comptroller, think otherwise.</description>
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  <title>Getting Kids To Exercise More</title>
  <description>Is your child getting enough exercise? A new study done by the Travis County and AISD says probably not. Roughly 25 percent or one fourth of Travis County fourth graders are obese, but some argue this doesn't just impact those families with obese children. It impacts all families.</description>
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  <title>Austin WorkSource Job Fair</title>
  <description>Some 900 job seekers got one-stop shopping in Austin Tuesday. Austin WorkForce held a job fair at their career center on Airport Boulevard. More than 70 different potential employers showed up including AISD, Austin Fire Department and UT.</description>
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  <title>Hitch50: 50 State Capitols In 50 Days</title>
  <description>Hitch50 is the project of two guys, Fiddy and Scotty, who are attempting to hitchhike to all 50 state capitols in 50 days. They started from New York's Times Square and made their way to Albany.</description>
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  <title>Sewage Truck Overturns In Manor</title>
  <description>A messy traffic accident near Manor is keeping emergency crews busy Wednesday morning. Travis County officials tell KXAN that a sewage truck lost control and overturned at the intersection of FM 969 and Burleson-Manor Road.</description>
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  <title>2 Bats Found With Rabies In Central Texas</title>
  <description>A dead bat found at a North Austin school has tested positive for rabies . That's after a rabid, disoriented bat was found outside a Texas State University dorm in San Marcos just two days earlier.</description>
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  <title>Arrest Made In 2005 Murder Case</title>
  <description>It's a murder investigation with more twists and turns than a crime drama. Tuesday, KXAN NBC Austin uncovered the latest chapter of a Central Texas murder cover-up.</description>
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  <title>Texan Convicted Of Possessing Memorabilia From Canadian Library</title>
  <description>New York -- A New York jury has convicted an Austin Community College professor of criminal possession of music memorabilia from Canada. Barbara Moore was convicted Tuesday on two misdemeanor counts of criminal possession of stolen property.</description>
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  <title>Austin-Area Briefs -- 10/25/06</title>
  <description>In Wednesday's Austin-area briefs, police investigate an unusual wreck in East Austin, construction begins Wednesday on what some call a free alternative to one toll road and more.</description>
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  <title>October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month</title>
  <description>And the older you get, the more likely you are to get it. Your first line of defense is to get a yearly mammogram. Women who are 40 or older should get one every single year.</description>
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Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes (AP) 11/6/2009 11:03 PM

The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people dead.


Democrats clear impasse blocking health care vote (AP) 11/7/2009 12:09 AM

FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.


Suspect in Orlando office shooting had money woes (AP) 11/6/2009 11:48 PM

This image made from video provided by Channel 13 News in Orlando, Fla., shows Jason Rodriguez being taken into custody by police officers in Orlando, Fla. Rodriguez, 40, opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring five others. (AP Photo/Channel 13 News, cfnews13.com)  MANDATORY CREDIT   NO SALESAP - A man so broke that he said he didn't have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said.


Stepfather convicted in death of 'Baby Grace' (AP) 11/6/2009 11:55 PM

Royce Clyde Zeigler II, left, enters the 10th District Court in Galveston, Texas on  Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Zeigler is accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers, whose unidentified body was dubbed 'Baby Grace' when found in a plastic container in Galveston Bay. (AP Photo/Jennifer Reynolds, Pool)AP - Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.


Details emerge about Fort Hood suspect's history (AP) 11/6/2009 11:54 PM

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived.   REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself.


Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games (AP) 11/6/2009 11:46 PM

This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.  In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high. (AP Photo/NASA, Tom Tschida)AP - A space elevator may not be rocket science but it can be just as complicated — and rewarding.


Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old (AP) 11/6/2009 11:26 PM

This undated photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)AP - A young woman broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities she admired, including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Audrina Patridge, because she wanted to own their designer clothes and jewelry, an informant told police.


Computers, records seized at ACORN offices in La. (AP) 11/6/2009 11:56 PM

ACORN employees, left and center, leave the ACORN offices as state investigators remove computers from the group's New Orleans offices, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. A warrant was obtained to seize computers, hard drives and other documents after ACORN attorneys said two unidentified former employees took computers and other items when they left the organization. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - State investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization's national headquarters was based in New Orleans.


No. 5 Boise State survives Louisiana Tech 45-35 (AP) 11/6/2009 11:36 PM

Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore (11) throws a deep pass in the first quarter against Louisiana Tech during their NCAA college football game in Ruston, La., Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Just when Boise State looked vulnerable, Kellen Moore and the Broncos quickly reminded a national television audience why they've been unbeatable.


LeBron gets 33 in only MSG visit; Cavs beat Knicks (AP) 11/6/2009 11:57 PM

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (23) shoots over New York Knicks'  Larry Hughes (0) during the second period of an NBA basketball game on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)AP - LeBron James celebrated with the Yankees and toyed with the Knicks.


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