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CPRIT Investigation
3:02 pm
Tue December 11, 2012

Travis County DA Investigating State Cancer Institute

Originally published on Tue December 11, 2012 2:55 pm

There’s more trouble for the state’s embattled cancer-fighting agency.

The Travis County District Attorney’s office is now investigating the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, better known as CPRIT.

Gregg Cox is the head of the Public Integrity Unit in the Travis County DA’s office. He says they’ll be looking at how contracts were awarded.

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San Antonio's Missions
10:32 am
Tue December 11, 2012

20 Years Later, Mission Trail Project Nears Completion

The plan to connect San Antonio’s Missions from the Alamo to Mission Espada has been ongoing since the mid-1990’s. This portion of the project--called package 4 and 5--will repair streets  and add pedestrian and bike routes along Mission Road to Roosevelt Avenue.

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Lackland Article 32 Hearing
7:01 am
Tue December 11, 2012

Testimony: Lackland Instructor Forced Airmen To Fill Canteens With Water From Toilets

Credit U.S. Air Force
Staff Sgt. Ryan Deraas

An Air force training instructor heads back into a military courtroom this morning for a second day of testimony in his Article 32 hearing.

It's the latest in the growing number of cases against military training instructors caught up in the sex scandal at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

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Winter Weather
5:16 pm
Mon December 10, 2012

Get Ready For Cold Weather: Protect Your Pipes

Though temperatures rarely get low enough to freeze and burst water pipes in San Antonio, these kinds of things do sometimes happen, so it is good to know some simple ways to prepare your house for the freezing weather.

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Business
11:54 am
Mon December 10, 2012

American Airlines Pilots Approve Deal

Credit American Airlines

Originally published on Fri December 7, 2012 5:20 pm

By an overwhelming 74 percent margin, American Airlines pilots have voted to ratify the tentative contract hammered out with the bankrupt carrier. Voting ended Friday at noon.

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