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11/6/2009
More than a year behind schedule on opening the downtown to Leander commuter rail line, the man in charge of Capital Metro, at least for now, does not anticipate any more delays in cutting the ribbon on the 'Red Line', as Cap Metro has nicknamed it.
"We think we've identified everything that needs to be done to open up safely. When we were developing this last little bit of a plan, I went around the room and asked everyone 'Is there anything else we can think of?' and no one had anything else we could think of that we needed to do," Doug Allen, Interim President/CEO said this week.
The rail line was expected to open a year ago but was delayed until March, 2009. Two weeks before it was scheduled to open, it was announced that the system would be delayed indefinitely. One major problem was signal timing, made clear at one point during a Capital Metro news conference at a school along 51st Street when a vehicle got trapped under the agency's crossing arms when the system failed, with local reporters just yards away. That was a public relations challenge for the agency.
Allen says testing and repairs have ...
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11/6/2009
Law enforcement officials say a 5.7-millimeter pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting rampage was purchased legally at a Texas gun store.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case.
Records indicate Hasan bought the FN 5.7 at store called "Guns Galore'' in Killeen, Texas, well before the attack that left 13 people dead. The pistol has been dubbed a "cop killer'' by those who have tried to stop its use.
The most powerful type of ammunition for the gun is available only to law enforcement and military personnel. Gun control advocates call it a "cop killer'' weapon because that ammo can pierce bulletproof vests, and its use by Mexican drug cartels worries police.
WASHINGTON (AP) Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press.
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11/6/2009
Neighbors say an Army psychiatrist suspected of firing on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment and left a phone message saying goodbye to a friend.
Thirteen people were killed and 30 others were wounded in the rapage.
Neighbor Patricia Villa says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came over to her apartment Wednesday and yesterday and offered her some items, including a new Quran, saying he was going to be deployed on Friday.
Another neighbor, Jacqueline Harris, says Hasan called her boyfriend, Willie Bell. Harris says "He just wanted to thank Willie for being a good friend and thank him for being there for him.''
The manager of the apartment complex where Hasan lived says the soldier was recently involved in a spat with another soldier living there over Hasan's religious beliefs. John Thompson says a bumper sticker that read "Allah is Love'' was ripped from Hasan's car, which was keyed.
Hasan is now among 30 people wounded in the rampage and remained hospitalized Friday in a coma, attached to a ventilator. All but two of the injured were still hospitalized; all are in stable condition.
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Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press.
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11/6/2009
Military, friends and families have observed a moment of silence at Fort Hood, Texas and other U.S. military bases as a show of respect for the victims of the shooting rampage. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates had declared a moment of silence for U.S. military forces worldwide on Friday afternoon. Dozens of people haved gathered at Fort Hood and bowed their heads as part of the moment of silence. Army Chief of Staff George Casey and Army Secretary John McHugh also arrived at the base Friday.
Press update from Fort Hood (1:39pm Friday)
Live video coverage from Fort Hood
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Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison on Fox News at 11:25am
Fort Hood Press Conference at 6:30am
Authorities say Fort Hood shooting Nidal Malik Hasan remains in a coma but is expected to live. A federal law enforcement official said investigators have not been able to talk to Hasan since the deadly rampage that left 13 people dead and injured 30 others at the sprawling Army post in Texas on Thursday. The initial investigation shows that Hasan allegedly used only one gun during the attack _ a 5.7-caliber semiautomatic pistol. Army officials said Hasan also was carrying another ...
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11/6/2009
Two of the shooting victims were taken by helicopter transport to a Williamson County hospital, which has only been open to trauma victims for one month. The victims, both men, arrived at Seton Medical Center of Williamson County in serious and critical condition with gunshot wounds to the chest. Dr. Brian Aldred Medical director of the emergency department says it’s put their trauma center to the test. Aldred says they had multiple trauma surgeons available to treat the victims. Scott and White in Temple meanwhile has been asking for blood donations for the ten victims that hospital is treating.
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11/6/2009
Federal law enforcement won’t be the only ones investigating the mass shooting at Ft. Hood. The DPS Texas Rangers will be joining in on the investigation of the Ft. Hood shooting spree. Governor’s Spokeswoman Katherine Cessinger says the Governor has made it clear to the Ft. Hood Commanders that the state is ready with whatever resources they need to help the victims and their families get some answers.
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11/6/2009
Today is a day of mourning at Ft. Hood for the 13 people lost in the deadly shooting rampage. The people who live on and near the base are still trying to process what happened. It’s estimated around 130 thousand soldiers; civilians and school children were in lock-down for five hours following the shooting. They spent many hours more trying to reunite with their families.
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11/6/2009
Officials at Austin's Camp Maybry National Guard stand by with increased security following a deadly Army massacre. Chief Master Sgt. Gonda Mancada could not talk about specific security measures in place. She says what happened at Ft. Hood has dominated the hearts and minds of all the guardsman at Camp Maybry.
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11/6/2009
Police say 33-year-old Michael Vincent Weaver broke into a woman's apartment and sexually assaulted her in August. Weaver followed the woman to her apartment, shoved her through the door and dragged her into her bedroom, where he strangled her to the point of unconsciousness and began ripping at her clothes. According to court documents, weaver was smoking something out of a glass pipe while assaulting the woman...he left shortly after that. Officials say weaver's bond is set at 100-thousand dollars.
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11/6/2009
An oversight board has voted to keep a generous refund formula for those who want to cancel their Texas prepaid college tuition plans.
The Texas Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board on Thursday decided to cancel new rules that would have cut the value of refunds.
A final board vote is needed in December after a public comment period to reinstate the previous refund policy that reflects the value of tuition, not just the amount paid in.
The former Texas Tomorrow Fund, renamed the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan, had money trouble and was suspended for new participants after legislators in 2003 deregulated college tuition.
Texas families that left the plan, after learning of the refund policy change in May, would have until Dec. 31 to return, getting a year to get caught up on tuition installment payments and interest
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