NEWS
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Will Texas Do Better? As the 83rd Legislature slouches toward Austin, hope dances a two-step with apprehension
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• Education: A Fine Mess Education: A fine mess
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• Women's Health Care: Can It Get Worse? Women's health care: Can it get worse?
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• Great Doomed Ideas Great doomed ideas
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• Drugs: No Texas Sunrise Drugs: No Texas sunrise
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• Criminal Justice: Cheaper But Smarter? Criminal justice: Cheaper but smarter?
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Point Austin: Cliff Diving The practice of government by self-extortion
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Beside the Point: All the Arguments That Fit City Council agenda packed with volatile materials
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Headlines Top state and local stories of the week
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Civics 101
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State & City Redevelopment? Hold That Thought ... The TFC wants to redevelop state land in Austin – Austin's not so sure
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A 10-1 Sense of Humor? You'll Need It. Already, the schedule for unveiling geographic districts in Austin has been denounced as impractical
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Rooster Need a Booster? Call Breco! A business that advertises in 'The Gamecock' magazine alleges its products are for fatigue and infections, not cockfighting
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An IDEA Whose Time Has Passed? The AISD board contemplates terminating its contract with IDEA Public Schools
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Politics Gift Guide, Part II For the pot smokers, pacifists, and stamp collectors in your life
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The Hightower Report: Who Really Killed the Twinkie? Don't blame the unions
FOOD
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Mrs. Santa's Book Bag An international smorgasbord with something for every palate
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• Jewish Holiday Cooking
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• Japanese Farm Food
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• India: The Cookbook
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• The Lebanese Kitchen
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• The Brown Betty Cookbook
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• Dinner, a Love Story
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• Glow: Tastes From a Tiny Boathouse
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• Pecans: A Savor the South Cookbook
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• To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion
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• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide
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• CookFight: 2 Cooks, 12 Challenges, 125 Recipes, An Epic Battle for Kitchen Dominance
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• The Epicurious Cookbook
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• The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
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• Lagniappes from the Baking Shelf
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Food-O-File Our food writers go On the Range with a slew of new food events
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Meal Times Dec. 7-13
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Wine of the Week Sparkling wine and whisky options for the holiday season
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Whistle Has a Niche Market Cornered Corner store offers local, sustainable grocery choices on Eastside
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Elaine's Pork & Pie Two Southern cuisine staples done right
MUSIC
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Old Friends/Bookends Sex, drugs, and rock & roll. And books.
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Playback Austin's version of 'Bad Santa' at a bar near you
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Wrapped Up in Books One last batch of music books for 2012
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Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream
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Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles' Solo Career
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Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll
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Jimi Hendrix: A Brother's Story
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Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock & Roll
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Mick Jagger
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Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss
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Who I Am
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The Art of Punk
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A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths
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The Alternative Hero
SCREENS
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Two Gorehounds Go West Horror directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks tackle a period Western
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When the Sixties Was Happening on FM Radio AFS Doc Night: 'Radio Unnameable'
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Sundance Taps Texas Filmmakers for 2013 Fest Richard Linklater, David Gordon Green, Andrew Bujalski, and more head to Park City to show off new films
ARTS
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Expressing Himself How David Bologna made the leap to Broadway and a Tony nomination in Billy Elliot the Musical
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'Vodka, Fucking, and Television' For Breaking String's latest show, the whole world is watching
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'Drinking & Driving' Photographers Ashley Watson and Chris Evans snap private moments in public settings
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The Nutcracker Ballet Austin marks 50 years of presenting The Nutcracker
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Austin Playhouse Once more with feeling: It's yet another temporary space for the theatre's new season
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Vodka, Fucking, and Television Breaking String's production is fun, but the script gets self-indulgent a little too often
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'Post Linear' The paintings of Beili Liu, Shawn Camp, and Sandra Pratt might be what cartographers dream
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Between Heaven and Hades Far from the purgatorial stasis of the title, Ballet East's program revealed significant journeys
COLUMNS
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The Common Law: A Visit From the Credit-Card Grinch Holiday shopping and credit card billing errors
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After a Fashion H&M and Zink have a lot in 'store,' and Seabrook's benefit was a smash
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Gay Place: SEASONAL GAYFECTIVE DISORDER On our gaydar for our pre-holiday ho-ho's
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Day Trips The shine is still on Lawrence Ludtke's most recent (and final) commission – the JFK Tribute in Fort Worth
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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
SPORTS
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NCAA Volleyball Tourney Third-ranked Horns host USC, Florida, and Wichita State
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Soccer Watch Aztex, amongst others, host Austin Soccer Kicks Cancer Camp
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Hornucopia Horns pay millions and millions for mediocrity
