Racist stickers appear on windows of businesses across East Austin
On Wednesday, racist stickers appeared on the windows of businesses across East Austin. The stickers, featuring a city of Austin logo, read thus: "Exclusively for White People.
AeroMobil planning to sell flying cars by 2017
Austin – At SXSW AeroMobil CEO Juraj Vaculik shared an exciting flying car which could help people travel faster and avoid traffic.
Google opens sign-ups for Fiber service in some Austin neighborhoods
In a move which marks a significant advance by Google in the direction of rolling out its Fiber high-speed Internet service in Austin, Texas, residents of some neighborhoods were able to sign up for t
Nashville could become the next Google Fiber city
In an apparent indication that Nashville may become the next Google Fiber city, Google has filed an application for a certificate of franchise authority with the state of Tennessee Regulatory Authorit
Election campaigns come to an end
Texas Attorney General & gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott (R) and his opponent state Sen.
Austin needs to be inspired to grow smartly: Randall Stephens
Austin mayoral candidate Randall Stephens said he has a lot of ideas on how to guide and steer the city into a sustainable future as its mayor. Randall Stephens described Austin as a "creative and welcoming" place but also added that the city needed to be inspired to grow smartly.
Seeking support from voters, Stephens said, "I feel like Austin's been imagined to death here. We need to inspire Austin to grow smartly. I want to do things a little differently, a lot differently."
Remains of over 300-year-old French ship being reassembled
Remains of a frigate that sank due to a powerful storm off the coast of Texas more than three centuries ago are being reassembled at the Bullock Texas State History Museum to allow people to walk over the hull and feel like they are on the ship's deck.
The 54-foot oak frigate La Belle was carrying French colonists to the New World when it sank off the Texas coast in 1686.
Austin rapist might have victimized many more women: police
Sex offender Darren Vann, whose recent confession led police staff in Indiana to find seven bodies, might have victimized many more women during the past 20 years, authorities said.
On Monday, the Lake County prosecutor's office charged 43-year-old Vann in the strangulation death of 19-year-old Afrikka Hardy, whose body was discovered last Friday at Motel 6 in Hammond.
His confession of Vann of nearby Gary led authorities to discover the bodies of six more women on Saturday and Sunday. Officials in Gary are expected to charge the serial rapist and killer later this week.
