Fewer political fundraisers reaching for their wallets
The vast majority of big-money bundlers who power political fundraising are sitting out the 2012 presidential contest so far, a reflection of persistent dissatisfaction with the Republican field and a lack of urgency and engagement felt by past supporters of President Barack Obama.
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Fewer political fundraisers reaching for their wallets
Austin man named sailor of the year
Two students make Eagle Scout with trail projects These students have earned the Eagle Scout ranking, the highest level of recognition in the Boy Scouts: Benjamin R. Koons, 18, son of Rob and Debbie Koons of Austin, created a network of natural pathways and removed trash and invasive species from parkland adjacent to his alma mater, Caraway …
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Austin man named sailor of the year
Fundraiser for Musician’s Daughter
Austin, (TX) – Investigators are trying to figure out exactly how a local musician was murdered nearly three weeks ago. On July 11th, 38-year-old Chadd Thomas was found dead on South Congress. Austin Police say Thomas was involved in three different incidents leading up to his death, one involving a car on South Lamar, another at a party in South Austin and finally an assault on South
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Fundraiser for Musician’s Daughter
Firefighters extinguish Central East Austin apartment fire
AUSTIN, TX — An early morning two-alarm apartment fire left 25 people without a home Sunday in Central East Austin. One apartment resident saw the flames just before 8 a.m. She called 911 and alerted her neighbors, helping save their lives. The Trestles Apartment Homes were left behind with charred damage and devastated residents. The occupants of the unit where investigators believe the fire …
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Northeast Austin fire displaces apartment dwellers
Erin Smith, who lives in an apartment across the parking lot, said she was putting clothes in her car to go do laundry when she heard glass breaking.
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Northeast Austin fire displaces apartment dwellers
Student athletes received free heart screenings
Local student athletes received potentially life-saving care Saturday. Doctors used EKGs to see if students had any kind of heart conditions that could put them at risk.
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Student athletes received free heart screenings
$49 for $100 Worth of Salon Services at Orbit Salon
Unlike open-heart surgery or removing a squirrel taped to the upper back, a haircut is rarely a successful do-it-yourself project. Leave mane-molding to the professionals with today’s Groupon: for $49, you get $100 worth of salon services at Orbit Salon on Cesar Chavez Street. Orbit Salon’s licensed cosmetologists employ a range of services to render unkempt manes into striking new ‘dos. Superfluous tendrils fall from the experienced shears in straightforward but chic haircuts ($44 for men, $59 for women), and all-over colorings ($79+) cast faces in a vibrantly hued frame that helps hoodwink hot-on-the-trail private investigators. The continuously trained stylists also twist tresses into chic updos ($59) that can help guide gazes toward newly sculpted eyebrow arches ($19) or particularly fancy sombreros. Sustainably made Kevin Murphy products line the salon’s ivory shelves, which draw an appealing contrast to the renovated 1920s abode’s electric-blue hues and green walls. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Creative Discipline Ideas Teach your children well, build a robot, and feed them on your dreams. Read more…
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$49 for $100 Worth of Salon Services at Orbit Salon
Premium Ice Cream at Zero Degrees Ice Cream. Two Options Available.
If we all screamed at once for ice cream, the resulting sonic boom would destroy the sun, turning the entire solar system into a freezer in which we could store more ice cream. Warm up your shoutin’ muscles with today’s Groupon to Zero Degrees Ice Cream , valid at the locations in Austin on Lakeline and Research Boulevards. Choose between the following options: For $7, you get two medium ice-cream cones with one mix-in and one quart of ice cream (a $14.57 value). For $13, you get a large ice-cream cake (a $26 value). Chilled fists scoop and sculpt delectable dairy treats at Zero Degrees Ice Cream, which are made in-store daily from fresh ingredients. Choose from more than 36 frozen flavors to steer tongues away from equatorial climes, including classics such as vanilla and sweet cream as well as postmodern peach and pink peppermint candy. Before spooning your milky masterpiece onto its temporary waffled home, a cream-savvy curator blends one fruit, nut, or candy bar selection from the menu of mix-ins . Add texture with chewy Gummi bears or crunchy graham-cracker crumbles or invent unique combinations by scattering a Butterfinger into a raspberry base. Customers can go home with their carton-packed quart to keep taste buds preserved in sweet stasis beneath a creamy avalanche long after their cones have melted into their stomachs. Ice-cream cakes combine the best parts of birthdays and tonsillectomies into a single decadent dessert. Dig through the Cookies and Cream cake’s two layers of ice cream and Oreo cookies to uncover a dark lair of devil’s food or wrap your tongue in strawberries and homemade frosting with the strawberry shortcake as fingers chart fork-bound passage to the arctic isles. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Creative Discipline Ideas Teach your children well, build a robot, and feed them on your dreams. Read more…
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$24 for a Pet Exam at Westlake Animal Hospital in West Lake Hills ($48.99 Value)
A pet is irreplaceable as an easygoing companion, a source of unquestioning support, and a model for all the sweaters that get shrunk in the dryer. Lavish love on little creatures with today’s Groupon: for $24, you get a pet exam at Westlake Animal Hospital in West Lake Hills (a $48.99 value). Lauded as the Austin area’s Best Veterinarian by the Austin Chronicle in 2010, Westlake Animal Hospital helps to better the lives of pawed patients with preventative care fine-tuned over four decades in business and carried out by eight veterinarians . After entering through the dog- or cat-only waiting room, each pooch, feline, gerbil, or animorph sits and stays for a thorough examination of the skin, the ears, the eyes, and the teeth. Vets then peer into pets’ inner workings by taking vital signs and assessing the effects of any extra weight on a pet’s frame. Each 30- to 40-minute appointment affords time to go over any lingering health concerns, ask nutritional questions, and show off pets’ best Buddy Holly impressions with one of Westlake’s animal aces. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Creative Discipline Ideas Teach your children well, build a robot, and feed them on your dreams. Read more…
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$24 for a Pet Exam at Westlake Animal Hospital in West Lake Hills ($48.99 Value)
Three- or Five-Visit Punch Card to Locomotion Inflatable Play
Air is the most important ingredient of any beach ball, scuba tank, or make-believe turkey dinner. Discover some of air’s entertaining uses with today’s Groupon to Locomotion Inflatable Play , located inside the Community Renaissance Market off Westgate Boulevard. Choose between the following options: For $10, you get a punch card good for three visits, plus two bags of chips and two drinks (up to a $24 total value). For $15, you get a punch card good for five visits, plus two bags of chips and two drinks (up to a $36.50 total value). This Groupon can be used for full-price admission for kids ages 4–10 or discounted admission for tots ages 1–3. Babies younger than 12 months are admitted for free. At Locomotion, youngsters can freely run, jump, and play in a clean, well-staffed 12,000-square-foot facility that’s tided and sanitized every hour. Children can exert developing muscles by romping inside colorful inflatable structures, or mimic their adult counterparts in the play town, where they can gossip at the fake diner, shop at the pretend grocery store, and file their tax returns at the faux accountant’s office. A separate, toddler-friendly play area shelters guests younger than 2. Kids and their guardians receive matching wristbands at the start of each play session, ensuring that they are able to find each other as easily as a GPS and a carrier pigeon with a satellite strapped to its back. To fuel playful exertion, guests also receive two juices or soft drinks and two bags of chips from the center’s assortment of snacks. Groupon holders can redeem snacks all at once, or across multiple visits. For an additional cost, children can also craft a new friend for themselves at the stuffed animal-making station, where they can choose the clothing and species of their creation. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Creative Discipline Ideas Teach your children well, build a robot, and feed them on your dreams. Read more…
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Three- or Five-Visit Punch Card to Locomotion Inflatable Play
