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Four Casualties in Salado I-35 Bridge Collision
UPDATE 3/27: All lanes of I-35 have been reopened as of Friday morning.
At roughly 11:15 a.m. this morning, an oversized tractor trailer struck a beam of the under-construction FM 2484 overpass of I-35 in Salado, Texas. The impact knocked two unsecured beams onto the highway, crushing a pickup truck and the cabin of another tractor trailer headed south.
No Blizzard in Texas? See What You’re Missing
Today in most parts of the Lone Star State it'll be sunny and a cool 70 degrees. Yeah, it might have dropped into the forties overnight, but that's hardly anything to brag about. What's the use in being the toughest folk in America when the weather is so milquetoast? Look at what you could be experiencing today if you lived in Maine, instead.
BREAKING: Thomas Eric Duncan, America’s First Ebola Victim, Dies in Hospital
Thomas Eric Duncan, the first American diagnosed with Ebola, succumbed to his illness this morning, says Wendell Watson, an official at Dallas's Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
Tony Hawk Joins Skateboard Street Practice at X Games Austin 2014 [GALLERY]
The Men's Skateboard Street finals closed out sport competition at X Games Austin 2014, but in the practice session beforehand the final six riders (and the crowd) were surprised by a special guest on the field of play: Tony Hawk.
Women’s Skateboard Street at X Games Austin 2014 Showcased Rising Stars [GALLERY]
The best female skaters in the world come together in the Women's Skateboard Street competition, held on the final day of X Games Austin 2014. The women have two runs each in the first and final rounds to impress the judges by pulling tricks off the course's stair sets, manual pads, banks, and ledges. Best score wins.
BMX Park at X Games Austin 2014 Won by Hometown Hero [GALLERY]
Twelve riders took to the swoops and slopes of the all-concrete Skateboard Park course on Sunday in a best-run-takes-all battle. In BMX Park, riders are judged on the aggressive execution of maneuvers, difficulty, variety, continuity, originality, style, and amplitude (height of airs), and no one disappointed.
Seen at the X Games: Extreme Sign Spinners [VIDEO]
Is it just me, or is sign spinning the new hotness when it comes to street performance? It makes sense, really, since it combines flashy technical skill with a big, spinning advertisement. Nowhere is that more true than at the X Games, where we caught this pair of extreme sign spinners practicing their art.