The City of Austin is striving to keep Austin's police chief inthe state's capital and away from Dallas by extending an offer, thedetails of which city officials said will not be immediatelydisclosed.

A cave rescue this week by Austin firefighters brought the needfor training to the forefront. The city has a vast system of morethan 300 caverns running beneath it.

Austin has recruited local filmmaker Robert Rodriguez to helpthe capital city win Google's new ultra high-speed Internet pilotprogram.

Hundreds of flower vases have disappeared from a Pflugervillecemetery and now police are investigating.