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DOWNTOWN AUSTIN (KXAN) – Police say Chupacabra Bar on 6th Street became more of a weapons show than a watering hole after a man allegedly pulled out a knife to scare customers around noon Friday. Dustin Aly, 29, is now facing a prohibited weapon charge and a resisting transport charge. An arrest affidavit states a [...]
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Jackie Jackson, 45, was arrested around 7 p.m. Friday and is facing a misdemeanor family violence assault with injury charge. Jackson admitted to police she was angry and jealous over a Facebook message her boyfriend sent his ex-wife telling his ex he liked what color she painted the bedroom, an arrest affidavit [...]
AUSTIN (KXAN) – For some families, New Year’s Eve is all about having some good clean fun–or fun you can wash off in the morning. “This is a spider and this is a monster,” said Ruby Stankiewic, 3, who is living on the NYE fringe and sporting three temporary tattoos. Stankiewic, along with the two [...]
AUSTIN (KXAN) – A traffic stop off Elmont Drive Friday night ends with two male passengers facing misdemeanor prostitution charges. Hector Perales, 38, and Jaime Jaimes-Avilez, 38, were stopped in a silver Toyota after a police officer noticed them circling an apartment complex there. Perales was driving the car and Avilez was a passenger along [...]
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin domestic violence shelter SafePlace is looking for help after seeing a huge increase in need and a big drop in donations compared to 2010. ” We found the recession is beginning to show its toll on non-profits,” said Julia Spann, SafePlace’s Executive Director. ” The shelter is full, the hotline is [...]
AUSTIN (KXAN) – A teenager is accused of robbing a friend, who stole bags of cocaine from him at gunpoint, police say. Jerron Deshay Alston, 18, is now facing a first degree felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge and is being held on $100,000 bond. Police say Alston and his girlfriend offered to [...]
The best line of the film V for Vendetta is uttered by the Chancellor, who thunders at his subordinates: “I want everyone to remember why they need us!” That’s what’s so interesting about Gary Chartier’s 2011 book The Conscience of an Anarchist. Chartier has heard it all before: government has an important role to play, [...]
Well, I can’t complain about 2011, at least personally. Happy household, happy kids, great school, lots of interesting travel, two new books (Rollback and Back on the Road to Serfdom), and the encouragement and support of lots and lots of good people. Among my most memorable moments this year were presenting Ron Paul a defender [...]
Happy New Year’s Eve! In addition to being the end of 2011, tonight is also the last chance to take advantage of Standard Registration to the 2012 International Students For Liberty Conference. That means you have just a few more hours to take advantage of our incredibly discounted rates of $20 for students and $35 for alumni. Prices [...]
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