- Change in Austin/Round Rock unemployment rate from February to March, according to the Texas Workforce Commission : -.1% [reference]
- Combined wattage of new solar panels installed at Austin's St. Gabriel's Catholic School: 21,000 [reference]
- Equivalent pollution reduction this represents, in number of cars per year: 6
- Amount hoped to be raised by Austin resident-slash-actor Dennis Quaid at his annual Charity Weekend in May : $500,000 [reference]
- Number of pounds Quaid thinks he lost back in 1994 after developing manorexia: 42 [reference]
- Number of single-family homes sold in March 2006: 2,400 [reference]
- Total funding allocated to new internship program between tech consortium Sematech and Austin Community College: $4 million [reference]
- Cost of a modest home on Valeria Street in Zilker neighborhood in 1953: $10,000 [reference]
- Estimated population of Austin that year: 125,000
- Increase in New Commercial Building Applications (permits) from 2004-2005 to 2005-2006, through March: 18% [reference]
- Total firetrucks needed to contain a 50-acre fire in Caldwell County this week, plus unknown number of helicoptoers, : 18 [reference]
- Number of Branch Davidians released from prison this week: 6 [reference]
- For-sale items on austin.craigslist tagged "vintage": 992
- Acreage of new manmade lake in Pflugerville: 180 [reference]
- Estimated number of feet that a mobile home in Georgetown was thrown by last night's gusty winds: 50 [reference]
- Check cut by 107.1 KGSR from proceeds of Broadcasts, Vol. 13 to the SIMS Foundation: $223,687 [reference]
- Rank of Texas' high-tech sector versus other states, according to a national industry trade association report: 2 [reference]
- Percentage of private sector employees in Texas employed by a high-tech firm: 5.7%
- Amount allocated in 2006 city budget for bridge maintenance: $725,000 [reference]
- Amount earmarked for school crossing guards: $1.13 million
- Cost of a day trip to the "Barton Healing Springs" during ACL for out-of-towners, if booked through ACL Concierge Service : $106 [reference]
- Realistic estimate of how much this would actually cost: $12
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- President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox continue talks today over the immigration issue. Bush is urging a program that allows more immigrants to take on jobs in the US. The heated debate over immigration is causing many to publicly protest, including local area students.
- Former San Antonio Spurs player Alvin Robertson is getting in to trouble with the law again.
- Ryan Seacrest and Teri Hatcher apparently 'idolize' eachother. (I know. I know...boo, hiss.)
- This morning, a series of earthquakes in Iran have killed at least 66 people and the number is expected to rise. The US has already offered humanitarian aid to the areas most affected by the disaster.
- As one of the most prominent oil-producing countries in the world, Iran claims that it won't use that as leverage to defend itself. Iran denies allegation of having any kind of nuclear program.
- Even if Massachusetts allows gay marriages, the state will continue to uphold a law that prohibits the validity of any marriage of nonresidents "if the marriage would not be recognized in their home state".
- The job market in Austin isn't so bad. According to the Texas Workforce Commission, Texas' economy is as healthy as ever.
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