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• Teenager Charged After Deadly Texas Bus Stop Crash

  A Texas teenager whose speeding car veered out of control and struck a bus stop, killing two women, was charged with manslaughter Monday.

• APD Chief Art Acevedo Applies for Dallas Police Chief

  Dallas is looking for a new chief of police, and Austin's Police Chief Art Acevedo has applied for the job.

• New Austin bishop inspires Houston churchgoers

  Outside the St. William Catholic Church in Round Rock, just before the Mass of Installation began for new Austin Bishop Joe S. Vasquez, a crowd danced, sang, and played music.

• David Foster Wallace archive goes to U. of Texas

  AUSTIN, Texas - The Harry Ransom Center library and museum at the University of Texas has acquired the archive of writer David Foster Wallace.

• Dallas Police Chief Search Narrowed to 6 Finalists

  Dallas City Hall is one step closer to naming a new police chief. The six finalists in the running include three internal and three external candidates.

• Two women killed while waiting for bus in South Austin

  Two women awaiting a bus in South Austin were killed about 7:30 this morning when a car careened out of control and struck them, Austin police Lt.

• Central Texas: Man killed in Southeast Austin crash

  A 50-year-old man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday evening in Southeast Austin, police said.

• US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa

  Bobby Pagan loved to have fun but took his responsibilities seriously. He helped take care of his family as a teenager after his older brother left for the military, working at a mall and making sure his siblings made it to school.

• Fatal Crash Shuts Down Parts of 2222

  Austin police are on the scene of a deadly crash in northwest Austin. Detail are limited, but we know the crash happened shortly before 11 Sunday night along Mopac and 2222.

• Did ethnicity play any part in election outcome?

  By most accounts, Amarillo's restaurant owner Victor Leal already had one strike against him in the Republican race for Texas House District 87 because there were doubts about his residency in the district, which the Amarillo Globe-News detailed in a front-page story.