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32 min ago | Topeka Capital-Journal

Bernanke: lower interest rates are 'feasible'

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday that further interest-rate cuts are "certainly feasible," but he warned there are limits to how much such action would revive an economy likely to stay weak ...

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Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Austin Metro, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Mon Dec 01, 2008

www.khou.com | lwisser

Southern discomfort: Longhorn fans cope with BCS blues

The Pittsburgh Steelers played on the TV screens Sunday afternoon but at Scholz Bier Garten in downtown Austin, the majority of the crowd both young and old could only think Longhorns.

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Related Topix: Comfort, TX

Sun Nov 30, 2008

KVUE.com

Car towing at UT-A&M game upsets Austin man

An Austin man is taking action after he says a group of football fans were ripped-off Thursday night.

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Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

Sat Nov 29, 2008

KVUE.com

Backyard burning sparks Mustang Ridge brush fire

Travis and Caldwell County firefighters battled a 30-acre brush fire early Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Fire, Mustang Ridge, TX, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Caldwell County, TX

The Austin Chronicle

Austin on Broadway: More Shooting Stars Than Ever

Austin's Nicole Lowrance , with Jenny Dare Paulin, Hallie Foote, and James DeMarse in Dividing the Estate It isn't as if an Austin actor has never made it to Broadway.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, A Tuna Christmas, The Heidi Chronicles, Julie White, Southern Methodist University

Austin American-Statesman

Austin girl's a neighborhood 'dog whisperer'

Riley Winebarger, 12, lay on the grass in her South Austin front yard while a pug tore around her in circles.

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Fri Nov 28, 2008

KVUE.com

Photo released in North Austin bank robbery

Austin police released a photo Monday of a suspect in a North Austin bank robbery.

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KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

Texas news briefsCase considers exclusions in auto insurance policy

Richard Gibbons was evading San Marcos police in 1999 when his pickup truck smashed into Greg and Maribel Tanner's car at an intersection.

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Related Topix: Texas, Austin Metro, San Antonio, TX, San Marcos, TX

KEYE-TV Austin

Drought ongoing in San Antonio-Austin area

San Antonio-area rancher Debbie Davis usually sees green clover and winter grasses this time of year across her pastures.

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Thu Nov 27, 2008

KEYE-TV Austin

Texas death row yields more cell phone gear

Another cell phone charger and SIM card have been recovered in the cell of a Texas death row inmate -- the latest in a series of similar discoveries.

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Related Topix: Prison, Texas

Wed Nov 26, 2008

www.kvue.com | lwisser

Texas to test wireless call blocking in Travis County prison

Texas officials plan to test cell phone jamming technology after a prison system lockdown and search turned up hundreds of smuggled mobile devices.

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Related Topix: Prison, Texas, State Prisons

Springfield News Leader

Lieberman praises Obama

Hartford, Conn. -- Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman took another step Tuesday toward mending his relationship with Democrats, saying that Barack Obama's actions since winning the presidency have been 'just about ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Gay/Lesbian, Austin Metro

KVUE.com

Thousands expected for Feast of Sharing

Thousands will be downtown Tuesday to celebrate the season by sharing a Thanksgiving meal together.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Food, Turkey, Meat, Travis County, TX

Tue Nov 25, 2008

Abilene Reporter-News

Abilenian is made bishop

The Rev. J. Scott Mayer, bishop elect to the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas.

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Related Topix: Abilene, TX, Religion, Episcopal Church, Texas, Abilene Metro, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest

KVUE.com

Live Music Task Force findings presented to Austin council

The live music industry in Austin is asking for some help from the Austin City Council -- and Mayor Will Wynn says he wants to get to work on the issue sooner rather than later.

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Austin American Statesman

Eastward toward Prozac

The entry titled "Eastward toward Prozac." Categories Archives Eastward toward Prozac Monday, November 24, 2008, 09:00 AM Maybe it was the East Austin Studio Tour earlier in the day.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Prozac, Sarafem, Fluoxetine (generic), Medication

Mon Nov 24, 2008

Austin American Statesman

Regal Arbor Cinema in N. Austin robbed

Police are looking for a man who robbed the Regal Arbor Cinema in Northwest Austin this morning, said Veneza Aguinaga, an Austin Police Department senior police officer.

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MacRumors

OpenCL Specification Completed in Record Time for Snow Leopard

Macworld reports from the SuperComputing 08 conference which is taking place in Austin, Texas this week.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Austin Metro, Apple

News Observer

New tobacco product alarms some health officials

They're discreet, flavorful and come in cute tin boxes with names like "frost" and "spice." And the folks who created Joe Camel are hoping Camel Snus will become a hit with tobacco lovers tired of being forced ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, West Virginia University, University of Minnesota, Austin Metro

KVUE.com

Airline passenger charged with making threats

An Austin man faces felony charges after he was arrested for making a terroristic threat during a recent Southwest Airlines flight.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, Southwest Airlines

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