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COLUMBUS: Ohio officials want to know whether the state's 101 rest stops could be leased to a private operator and how much a potential deal might be worth.

Thanks to modern technology, some of the young patients at Dell Children's Medical Center shared a little Valentine's fun with patients at the Heart Specialty Care and Transplant Center.

Austin firefighters say seven people were hospitalized Sunday after a carbon monoxide leak at the Canyon Villas Apartments at 1212 Westheimer Road.

Austin activists are planning a town hall meeting Monday evening, looking for answers in the officer-involved shooting of Byron Carter Jr.

Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for the American-Statesman since 1997 and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ahora si! , Austin's Spanish-language newspaper.

The Circuit of the Americas venue in Austin has become the first Formula One facility to join the Green Sports Alliance.

In a weekly showdown between the top makeup effects artists in the nation, Austin's Matt Valentine works his magic under immediate deadlines.

The San Francisco-based company did not disclose how much it paid for the buildings - which totals 261,000 square feet of office space - at 8310 N. Capital of Texas Highway.

New Jersey state senators voted Monday to approve a bill that would extend the right to marry to same sex couples, sending the bill to the Assembly at-large for final approval.

After eight rounds of preliminary voting , you faithful Eater readers have narrowed the playing field in this year's second annual Hottest Chef in Austin competition.

Her voice was pure molasses, the rolling sweetness of a Southern drawl sometimes enlivened-in the service of a good cause-with an ardent edge.

Domestic goddess Martha Stewart gets a little help from an Austinite as she crafts Valentine's Day goodies on today's show.

Christopher James Dunagan, 16, son of Richard and Diane Dunagan of Austin, constructed an 1870s-style grape arbor for the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms.

Tracy Steinberg is charged with delivery of a dangerous drug to a student at Lyndon Baines Johnson High School in Austin, TX.

None of the three nominees with Austin ties, including Austin-based musician Marcia Ball, won awards on Sunday.

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Seven people in a northeast Austin apartment complex have been hospitalized with symptoms believed to have been caused by a gas leak in the area, an Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Service spokesman said.

Today, the shops on the square are a focal point for out-of-town visitors. Here, Hillary Burrows browses boots at the Wall Street Western Shop.

A man who says he was arrested and jailed two years ago based on an arrest warrant for a person who shared his name but had a different birth date, driver's license number and Social Security number is suing Austin and Travis County officers, the sheriff and the City of Austin.

It was not that many years ago that John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic to inhabit the White House, gave his famous speech assuring the Protestants and various evangelical groups here that he would not be guided by the pope nor would he cede any of his authority to Rome.