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AUSTIN, Texas — A gunman fired more than 100 rounds at downtown buildings in Austin and tried to set the Mexican Consulate ablaze early Friday before he died during a confrontation with police, authorities said.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Perry Ellis scored 24 points, Cliff Alexander added 16 and No. 11 Kansas beat Tennessee 82-67 Friday in an Orlando Classic semifinal.

MILWAUKEE — Some people wait for hours in the cold to buy cheap televisions or video games. People in Wisconsin do it for beer.

NASHVILLE — A legendary Tennessee lawyer whose push for voting rights dated back to the civil rights movement died last summer, not long before a new federal report found evidence that he might have had a point about the state's voter identification law.

NEW YORK — Ray Rice has won the appeal of his indefinite suspension by the NFL, which has been "vacated immediately," the players' union said Friday.

A Stevenson, Ala., man is jailed on murder charges in the slaying of another man Thursday night.

Chattanooga retailers are experiencing slower, yet steady crowds today after seeing busy traffic overnight.

NASHVILLE — Shoppers in Nashville may have seen something in the sky during their Black Friday holiday spending, but it wasn't Santa Claus.