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New Homes Focus On Senior-friendly Features - Usa Today
states and cities worried about where the growing number of senior citizens will live when they're older are starting to ask that all new homes be built to accommodate the elderly. almost 60 state and local governments have passed initiatives ...
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Austin Area Homes Marked Down
austin, texas (kxan) -- starting friday, more than 150 homes listed with coldwell banker in the central texas area are going to be marked down 5 percent, all in an effort to reinvigorate the housing market.
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Hundreds Of Lutherans Help Clean Up Galveston
in a cleanup effort referred to as "10-4," more than 390 lutherans from the houston area readied themselves with rubber gloves, paint masks and sack lunches to help clean up hurricane-damaged homes and churches in galveston, oct. 4.
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2 High-tech Execs Put Homes On Market - Austin American-statesman
two austin executives who made their mark in the high-tech industry have put their homes on the market, each seeking about $2 million. stephen siegele, who founded advanced delivery & chemical systems and then went on to found fluorine on call ltd ...
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Polygamist Children Arrive In Austin Shelter - Keye Austin
at foster homes like the austin children's shelter, most of the information they've received until now has come from the news media. but now we know the texas department of child protective services (cps) has also provided written guidelines about ...
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East Austin House Fire Leaves 6 People Without A Home
half a dozen people are out of their homes after a fire tore through an east austin apartment building, tuesday night. everyone was able to get out, but a police officer was checked out at brackenridge for inhaling either material from fire extinguisher or smoke. recent updates to the roof made the fire difficult for firefighters to put out.
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East Austin House Fire Leaves 6 People Without A Home
half a dozen people are out of their homes after a fire tore through an east austin apartment building, tuesday night. everyone was able to get out, but a police officer was checked out at brackenridge for inhaling either material from fire extinguisher or smoke. the fire was tough to put out because of recent updates to the roof.
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Couple Keeps Burglary Ring Close To Home In South Austin - Kxan
police said a husband and wife living in south austin organized a burglary ring targeting homes and vehicles in their neighborhood, near stassney lane and manchaca road. alan and basilia gonzalez, both 22, ran the burglary ring out of their home and ...
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Firebug Hits Three Cars, Two Homes - News.com.au
police are hunting for a firebug in the nsw rural centre of wagga wagga after three cars and two homes were set alight in under three hours. fire units rushed to the first fire in the city's south, a blaze in a unit in bolger avenue, mount austin ...
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Clock Ticking On Blue Roof Registration
austin , texas - with this week's first major rainfall since hurricane ike, southeast texas homeowners who didn't realize their roof was leaking were in for an unpleasant surprise when they found water in their homes.
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International Digest: Iraq's Christians Protest Abolishment Of Election Law
nashville, tenn. (bp)--hundreds of christians staged street protests around iraq's northern city of mosul sept. 28, protesting the abolition of a quota system that guaranteed they would be represented in iraq's parliament.
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Texans Mired In Hurricane Ike's Aftermath - Los Angeles Times
houston -- weary residents of the texas coast foraged sunday for water, ice, generators and gasoline as rescuers continued to save people trapped by widespread floodwaters a day after hurricane ike flooded roads, destroyed homes and businesses, and ...
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Pioneering Social Activist Geoffrey Canada To Be Honored With 2008 ... - Pr Newswire
sherman, texas, jan. 16 /prnewswire/ -- austin college has announced pioneering social activist geoffrey canada, president and ceo of the harlem children's zone (hcz), as the recipient of its 2008 austin college leadership award. canada's application ...
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Amid Protests, Ban Lifted On Dorm Displays At University Of Texas
austin – students at the university of texas at austin will be allowed to put political signs in their dormitory windows, officials decided thursday, reversing a policy that had caused a growing uproar across campus in recent days.
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fire chief in final 4 for austin job
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Thank You Austin For The Mix 94.7 Favorite Anchor Award - Keye Austin
i love austin! i wanted to say a big thank you to the listeners at mix 94.7. thank you! every year, morning show hosts j.b. and sandy have a unique, favorite "anchor" contest. they ask people to call in with personal stories about local news people ...
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Media, Austin History Discussed At Immigration Forum - Austin Daily Herald
there were mirrors, but no smoke at thursday night’s forum on immigration issues at oak park mall. less than 30 people attended the forum in the mirrored community meeting room. the two-hour session began with the playing of a video, which most ...
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Austin Man Sentenced To 4-year Term
a 44-year-old austin man last month received more than four years in prison for an incident in july in which he came close to striking mobile homes and large trees wh
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Homeless Camps - San Francisco Gate
"i looked out the bathroom window, and that was it," says leeds, who called 911. "he was in the middle of the intersection." the victim, who died of repeated stab wounds to the face and neck, turned out to be a 29-year-old homeless camper named brian ...
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