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Becky Murphy’s boss Dr. Russell Boone was found stealing her health insurance number to buy painkillers for a year.  She reported him and was pretty upset that he was put on a probation and continued to practice even after he plead guilty to possession of a controlled substance by fraud.  His attorney is negotiating a settlement with…

Texas leads the nation in the decline in fatal crashes involving teen drivers. Fatalities involving 16 to 19-year-old drivers fell 33 percent from 2002 to 2007, more than double the national rate of decline, according to a study released Monday. Driving experts attribute the decrease to the rigorous multistep program Texas teens must endure to…

Democratic lawmakers recently called for states to ban texting while driving or face cuts in highway money, citing the need to reduce driver distraction and potential highway deaths and injuries. “When drivers have their eyes on their cell phones instead of the road, the results can be dangerous and even deadly,” said Sen. Charles Schumer,…

The state dental board gives the public “inaccurate, incomplete, and inconsistent data,” about Texas dentists and other dental profes sionals, a long-standing problem that a state audit released last week says weakens the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners’ ability to police dental professionals. The report by the State Auditor’s Office notes that unreliable and…

A woman was taken to University Medical Center Brackenrisge hospital by STARFlight Saturday afternoon after she was badly burned on her face during a vehicle crash on Texas 71 West. The three-vehicle collision took place about 12:30 p.m. near the intersection with Preserve Way.  Nine people were involved in the collision.  Four others besides the…

Police are looking for the driver of a pickup that crashed Sunday morning in the 6100 block of Reicher Drive in Northeast Austin, leaving a passenger dead. About 6 a.m. Sunday, the driver lost control of a teal Chevrolet pickup, and if flipped over, police said. The driver fled and has not been identified. Police…

Austin police early Tuesday drew the blood of a drunken driving suspect — without a previously required search warrant who was involved in a crash and had an 11-year-old boy in the car. The incident happened 28 minutes after a new law took effect that gives police wider authority in the types of cases in…

A 23-year-old Austin man who was charged with murder after a fatal wreck Monday had been convicted in three drunken driving cases and had gotten his license back just over a month ago, according to his arrest affidavit and court documents. Jaime Bonilla Alvarado, who also goes by Donnie Noel Bonilla, was charged with first-degree…

Austin City Council members will vote next week on an ordinance that would prohibit text messaging while driving. If approved, it might be the first such citywide texting ban in Texas, officials said. Drivers could still text while a vehicle is stopped. But the ordinance would ban writing, sending or viewing electronic messages on a…