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  1. How did that happen? News reports of dad with 30 kids NOT true. Hometown paper says he's been in prison since 2009. bit.ly/K1DQ5a about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
  2. @snowed_in rim shot. (Sorry I'm late.) about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to snowed_in
  3. Austin biz seeks $150K cash grant to move to San Antonio. Can't business do anything without taxpayer money? bit.ly/LMVXk3 about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. GULP! NYC's Bloomberg Plans a Ban on Large Sugared Drinks nyti.ms/KJIJmA 2:33 AM May 31st via Mobile Web
  5. Watching the city wake up from our downtown live shot. Mornin' Austin! It's about time you got up. 4:18 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  6. Last day of school in AISD. Watch out for carefree kids. They're not going to be watching for you. 2:12 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  7. Honor student jailed for missing school. She was working two jobs while keeping up grades. I'd be tired, too. bit.ly/JrdtWO 4:05 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  8. Capital of Texas Triathlon will be swimming in Lady Bird Lake this morning Just keep your feet up and don't drink the water. 4:55 AM May 28th via TweetDeck
  9. GADGET GUY-- Store photos and files in "the cloud" and even share them in real time all FOR FREE. Tonight at 10:00 on KEYE TV. 8:45 AM May 25th via web
  10. NEWS-- Jerry Sandusky's "Second Mile" charity to close and transfer programs & assets to Texas-based Arrow Ministries. bit.ly/JhEo7l 7:50 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  11. We're live at Magnolia Cafe talkin' Bollywood Shakespeare, Sausage & Opera, Eurovision Song Contest and UT's youngest grad. What a lineup! 2:30 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  12. Whoa! RT @CouncilManMike over 8 hours of testimony left if all who signed up speak....very long evening for #ATXCouncil #ATXGov 5:00 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
  13. Wow! New Orleans' only daily newspaper soon to publish three days a week. Sign of the times? bit.ly/KNPRAO 8:53 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  14. My photog Ben says our Memorial Day cemetery story turned out great! Be watching on KEYE TV at 6:45am. 3:55 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  15. NEWS-- Conviction, death sentence of Cathy Lynn Henderson in death of baby Brandon Baugh may be overturned. New interpretation of evidence. 2:50 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  16. Arizona says info from Hawaii proves Pres. Obama's American birth & satisfies AZ's requirements for November ballot. bit.ly/JpG5Rs 5:50 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  17. Eugene Polley, the inventor of the TV remote control has died. He called it "the greatest invention since the wheel." lat.ms/KcbB6w 1:26 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  18. @judy_keyetv Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived Communist plot we have ever had to face? Or so I've heard. 6:12 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to judy_keyetv
  19. @Eurovision I have been following Eurovision Song Contest in Austin Texas since I discovered ESC in 1996. I plan my month of May around it. 8:36 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to Eurovision
  • Name Fred Cantu
  • Location Austin, Texas, USA
  • Web http://fredcantu.com
  • Bio Uncle Fred is a broadcast journalist, tech reporter and longtime media personality in Austin, Texas.
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