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Anderson County Man First Confirmed Case of West Nile Illness In Texas This Season

From Staff ReportsAn Anderson County man is the state's first confirmed case of West Nile illness this season, the Texas Department of State Health Services today confirmed in a news ...
Police will arrest drunk boat operators

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Sgt. Len Snyder's work has just begun. Like dozens of other law enforcement officers Snyder will be looking for dangerous boat operators, and making sure boaters comply with required safety equipment. The first thing we want to do is identify the driver and ask him to provide the certificate of number, which is the registration card you get for your boat," said ...
Corpus Christi couple embody Older Americans Month theme with compassion for patients

Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Wayne Atzenhoffer, a volunteer at Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline, gets Tina Peña a cup of coffee while she gets an infusion at the Cancer Center on Tuesday. Since 1994 the couple has volunteered at Christus Spohn Hospital ...
Gang member arrested in Aransas Pass during raid Friday

Contributed Photo Aransas Pass police, U.S. Marshals and Texas Department of Public Safety officers arrested Reynaldo Eliserio Flores on suspicion of aggravated robbery and violating his parole ...
Austinite helps reclaim Memorial Day

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Saturday, May 25, 2013, several thousand people are expected to gather at a Burnet County ranch to do a bit of walking. Some will walk just a mile or two, others up to 20 miles. The hope, though, is to go as far as you possible can, and then a little more. The point is to reclaim the true meaning of Memorial Day. The idea is to Carry the Load . You know, said Kim Kelsall, 36, ...

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Dinner for Schmucks

Dinner for Schmucks, a comedy in which smug, wealthy men hold a monthly dinner party as a contest to see who can find the biggest dolt to invite, is now in its third incarnation, after having been a 1998 French film written and directed by the venerable Francis Veber ... ...

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Tech Wildcatters hosts largest program in its 5-year history

San Francisco residents Ben Jorgensen, left, and David Martin of Klick Push chose to participate in the Tech Wildcatters seed accelerator program in Dallas because they felt the community was more willing to foster the tech startup. Dallas Tech Wildcatters this week hosted its largest program since the group's inception five years ago. The seed accelerator, which works to develop companies, ...
Double-killing investigated near Elgin

TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) - Two people were found dead inside a home in eastern Travis County on Friday afternoon in what the sheriff's office called a double-killing. Spokesman Roger Wade said the bodies were discovered around 2:35 p.m. at 23006 Hog Eye Road. "Sheriffs detectives arrived on the scene and are treating this case as a double homicide and have identified a person of ...
No lesson plans means no state review for CSCOPE

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The State Board of Education is scrapping its special panel to review a controversial curriculum system, after its creators agreed to stop offering lesson ...
Report Texas insurance commissioner stepping down

Her critics claimed she was too close to the insurance industry - though some of their complaints could be traced to clashes in windstorm insurance cases between Kitzman and trial lawyers who are also major political ...
Perry staying mum as special session talk ramps up

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Gov. Rick Perry wouldn't say Friday whether there is too much unfinished business at the Texas Legislature to adjourn next week as scheduled. His record the last 13 years says lawmakers aren't going ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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Deadly US Twister Hits 'Tornado Alley'

Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes.

Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries.

Comparison of Tornado paths in Moore, Oklahoma - May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013 x Comparison of Tornado paths in Moore, Oklahoma - May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013 The region is susceptible to tornadoes when cold, dry air moving south from Canada meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and warm, dry air moving east across the Rockies. The collision of warm and cold air breeds severe thunderstorms, which spawn tornadoes.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center says Tornado Alley is a nickname used by the media and stresses it only indicates the area where most tornadoes occur. It says violent or killer tornadoes happen outside Tornado Alley every year and can strike almost anywhere in the United States, as well as in Canada and overseas.

Studies have shown the deadliest twisters in the U.S. happen to the east of Tornado Alley, in an area known as "Dixie Alley. ...