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YOUR WEATHER, More details, B6 Today Quite chilly. 5035 Tuesday Not as cold. 5742 Wednesday Milder afternoon. 5934 Thursday Much colder. 4733 AUSTIN360.D1 Mi METRO STATE, Bl What the top transportation stories were in the past year POP INTO 2016 Why David Bowie leads the pack of things to catch in January sports, ci Weeden guides Texans one step closer to AFC South title mm American-Slates us tin Breaking news at statesman.com STORMS SPIN DEVASTATION At least 11 people killed, Estimated 1,000 homes dozens injured as tornadoes damaged or destroyed.

Winds hit the Dallas area Saturday, might have hit 200 mph. Monday, December 28, 2015 BONUS DIGITAL CONTENT ONLY FOR SUBSCRIBERS Photo Extra. Get bonus content on the Statesman ePaperand on MyStatesman.com. PHOTOEXTRA INDELIBLE IMAGES Islamic State puts up a fight Progress of Iraqi forces trying to retake the militant-held city of Ramadi is stalled by suicide bombers, snipers, booby traps. A3 NATION WORLD Chicago police come under harsh criticism Friends and relatives of two people shot to death by an officer responding to a domestic disturbance call for more use of nonlethal means.

A2 POLITIFACT False: PolitiFact checks a statement by Sen. Ted Cruz about the federal government wanting boys and girls to shower together. Bl METRO STATE Learning is sweet for some students ShadowGlen Elementary in Manor is one of nine Central Texas schools with a beekeeping program. Bl Season for Caring: A family with multiple illnesses receives help from art and theater students and a group of friends meeting for coffee at Christmas. Bl BUSINESS New windshields have more protection Vehicle manufacturers are starting to use Gorilla Glass, the material on cellphone screens, because it is lighter and yet more durable.

B5 Data caps: Cellphone and broadband providers are excluding some video from their limits, giving consumers a confusing array of options. B5 An aerial image taken Sunday shows homes destroyed by a tornado in Rowlett, near Dallas. Violent storms ripped through North Texas late Saturday, spawning tornadoes that killed 11 people. In Rowlett, there were no fatalities, but 23 people were hurt. g.j.

mccarthy dallas morning news GROWING AUSTIN Rents, school quality linked Data: Austin apartment dwellers pay 38 more to live near the A-rated. By Marty Toohey mtooheystatesman.com Renters who live near an exemplary school in the Austin area pay about $365 more a month than those who live near a struggling school. This is according to an analysis by RENTCafe, a real estate website whose sister company Matrix performs apartment-market analysis. The company recently looked at rents near schools in Texas' largest cities and determined that the long-known link between desirable schools and pricier homes holds with rents, as well. The research has its limits.

It does not take duplexes, single-family rentals or small apartment complexes into account when calculating rental costs near each school, relying instead on the prices at large apartment complexes with more than 50 units. Large complexes account for about 65 percent of the rental market in Austin, where more than half of the residents are renters. Still, the correlation held broadly enough across Texas' largest cities to suggest renters pay a significant premium "to live near an award-winning public school," RENTCafe said. The company looked at rents within a 1-mile radius of two types of elementary schools: those judged exemplary (an A-plus, A or A-mi-nus rating) by Children at Risk, a Houston-based nonprofit, and those judged to be failing (an rating). Children at Risk ranks schools based largely on student performance on state-mandated tests for the previous year, though the rankings also factor in other measures of student achievement and campus growth.

In Austin, the average rent is $1,303 a month near the A-rated schools, 38 percent higher than the average rent for an apartment near the poorly rated schools, the RENTCafe analysis showed. The analy- Rents continued on A4 STATESMAN IN-DEPTH Caregivers Family care stressful, financially rough and worth $470 billion. By Mary Ann Roser maroserstatesman.com Lynn Greenblatt greets the men and women by name. "How are you?" she asks each one, inviting a sincere reply. Lynn understands what most people don't: The work these men and women do is incredibly precious and incredibly hard.

She knows because she is one of them. Lynn, 57, is a caregiver to a loved one, an unpaid job filled by more than 40 million, mostly middle-aged Americans, including 3 million Tex By David Warren and Reese Dunklin Associated Press GARLAND At least 11 people died and dozens were injured as tornadoes swept through the Dallas area and caused substantial damage this weekend, while 12 people died in flooding in the Midwest. It was the latest of a succession of powerful weather events across the country, from heavy snow in New Mexico, West Texas and the Oklahoma Panhandle to flooding in parts of the Plains and Midwest. Days of tumultuous weather have led to 42 deaths overall those in Texas, plus five in Illinois, seven in Missouri and 19 in the Southeast. The full extent of damage from Saturday's storms along a nearly 40-mile stretch near Dallas came into focus Sunday.

Local officials estimated that as many as 1,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. Vehicles were mangled, power lines fell, and trees were HEALTH Delores Downard salvages items from her son's house in Rowlett on Sunday, the morning after it was struck by a tornado. As many as 1 ,000 homes were estimated to have been damaged or destroyed in the Dallas area, rex c. curry associated press toppled. Heavy rain, wind and falling temperatures hampered cleanup efforts Sunday afternoon.

"This is a huge impact on our community, and we're all suffering," Garland police Lt. Pedro Barineau said of the city about 20 miles northeast of Dallas, where eight peo- Storms continued on A6 ALSO INSIDE Cold front brings taste of winter to Austin area, Bl to help cope share stories, resources Austin360 Dl Business B5 Deaths B4 Sports CI ans. Many have regular jobs and are in the "sandwich generation," caring for children and aging parents simultaneously. Some care for a spouse; others take care of a sibling or a chronically ill child. Family caregiving, which is stressful, emotionally wrenching and financially taxing, is worth a breathtaking $470 billion, says a July AARP Public Policy Institute report.

It's a growing strain as people live longer, and it's beginning to capture the attention of Congress and others. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed a tax credit that would offset up to $6,000 of a family's caregiv- Caregivers continued on A9 To subscribe to the American-Statesman, call 445-4040 or visit statesman.comsubscribe. Vol.145 No. 156 Copyright 2015 Austin American-Statesman Lynn Greenblatt (right), founder of Caregiving Cafe, hugs Ana Coose, 78, who takes care of her 95-year-old husband, Richard. Greenblatt's support group for caregivers meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month at St.

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