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  • Fort Worth gets ready to open Forest Park Marine Park pools

    The city, which closed its pools amid budget cuts in 2009 and 2010, is bringing back the historic Forest Park Pool on the near south side and opening the Marine Park Aquatics Center on the north side – Fort Worth’s first all-new pool since ...

  • Poor Planning Left Texas Firefighters Unprepared

    23 minutes ago (11:50 PM) From the article: A federally funded program intended to grant fire departments online access to the Tier II reports was not being used in West. Although some firefighters in Texas said they know about and use the system, known as E-Plan, others said they didn't know of its existence or how to access it. Federal funding for the E-Plan system was eliminated ...

  • City to vote on additional EMS City to vote on additional EMS

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - With the drought and the threat of wildfires local emergency officials say the need for their service is growing. Austin's continued population boom puts demands on those agencies as well. Austin-Travis County Emergency Services Director Danny Hobby says they're hoping to add more EMS medics on east side of the county. They also are considering where they can make other ...

  • Fire Marshals Office Panel had blast site access

    AUSTIN, Texas -; The State Fire Marshal's Office says a federal safety panel's investigators had access to the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 ...

  • Edmonton Oilers to face Dallas Stars in Oklahoma City in Sept. 27 NHL pre-season game

    Dallas Stars' Eric Nystrom, 24, is stopped by Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk, 40, as Ryan Whitney, 6, defends during first period NHL hockey action in Edmonton on Feb. 6, ...

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Year One

Year One

In theory, Jack Black and Michael Cera, the stars of Harold Ramiss prehistoric comedy Year One, should make the perfect odd couple. Everything about them--both physically and behaviorally--is contradictory. Black is stout and compact, which heightens his energy, whereas Cera is long and ... ...

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  • Austrian-based Voestalpine seeks to debunk steel mill stereotypes ahead of Coastal Bend plans

    Mary Beth Cleavelin/Special to the Caller-Times Austrian-based Voestalpine hosts a town hall mixer Wednesday at NorthShore Country Club in Portland to talk with residents and city leaders about its planned iron ore processing plant. The Austrian-based company signed a 50-year lease agreement with the Port of Corpus Christi last ...

  • Senate approves new Rio Grande Valley university

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A plan to merge two South Texas universities into one and create a new medical school cleared one of its last hurdles Wednesday night with a final vote of approval by the state ...

  • Sir Paul rocks the Erwin Center

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Some things are worth waiting for. Sir Paul McCartney performed for the first time in Austin Wednesday at the Frank Erwin Center. A second show will be staged Thursday. One of the most acclaimed songwriters and performers of all time, McCartney is making Austin the only Texas stop on his U.S. tour. Erwin Center director John Graham has been trying to land McCartney for years and ...

  • Llano ISD teacher accused of misconduct

    LLANO, Texas (KXAN) - A Llano Independent School District teacher is on administrative leave as authorities investigate a complaint made by a former LISD student accusing the teacher of misconduct. When Sunrise Beach police notified the district of the investigation, the district placed the teacher on administrative leave. According to the district, there is no information to suggest that any ...

  • No dough for roads Lack of funds for transportation is a worldwide problem

    LEIPZIG, Germany — Facing tight budgets and political pressure, the United States and many other countries are missing on a chance to invest in transportation, economists said ...

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