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AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- By Friday evening 250 Austin residents were without electricity, but that number was down from the 40,000 who were without power since overnight Wednesday. Buildings in Downtown Austin reported damage, and the grounds of the State Capitol had downed trees and broken...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Penn State coach Joe Paterno shrugged off a medical scare and said Friday that he feels fine after going to the hospital this week to be treated for dehydration. He even suggested he'd like to coach several more years. "Realistically, at my age, if I go three, four, five...
AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - May 16, 2008) - AAA Texas and Lamb's Tire and Automotive Centers are teaming up Tuesday, May 20 to offer Austin motorists a free automotive maintenance inspection which can help ensure that motorists get the best possible mileage from their vehicle. The inspections are...
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Littlefield Corporation (OTCBB: LTFD - News ) announces that it has participated with others representing approximately thirty-five (35) licensed commercial lessors in the founding of the Texas Association for the Advancement of Charitable Bingo. The Texas...
AUSTIN, Texas--"It's like a great big grilled cheese sandwich machine." That's how solar power company HelioVolt's vice president of marketing and sales, John Langdon, describes the company's pilot line for CIGS thin-film photovoltaics, a technology that a raft of companies are betting on to...
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- Cranes, toll roads, new homes -- you don't have to look far for proof that Central Texas is on the move. At a stretch of Highway 183A in Williamson County, one can clearly see that the road exists, but according to a GPS device, that area is no man's land. Other drivers...
Fresh off a sold-out North American tour, British electro-pop outfit Hot Chip [ tickets ] is already making plans to return in the fall. The group will hit another dozen major markets in the US and Canada, starting Sept. 21 with a two-night stand in Los Angeles. Double shots are also booked in...
A new Scarborough Research report (PDF) lists Austin, Texas as the nation's most "tech-savvy" city. Twelve percent of Austin adults are Digital Savvy, and they are almost twice as likely as the national average to be in this leading edge consumer segment. Las Vegas, Sacramento and San Diego are...
After several months of weekends photographing life along Highway 99 in the state's Central Valley, Adithya Sambamurthy said he realized he was barely scratching the surface of what travelers during the Depression-era exodus to the West called "California's Main Street." Now that he has won the...
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- If you think the gasoline price jump is hitting you hard, imagine what it's like for independent taxi cab drivers. "This is my office," says Tom Paxton, pointing to his cab. Paxton and hundreds of other cab drivers in Austin are spending longer days at the office to make...
