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October 31, 2003

Volume 23, Number 9

news

  • Among the Damned

    PromiseLand's Virtual Hell haunted house offers salvation to trick-or-treaters.

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Journey Woman

    A young Austin nurse takes her skills and faith to Bolivia.

    BY LUCIUS LOMAX

  • Mala Sangre: City Shoots Self in Foot, Then Reloads

    The city's legal strategy -- or lack thereof -- in the Jeff White suit.

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Is There Really a Case Against Officer Glasgow?

    The grand jury indictment in the Owens shooting may be impossible to prosecute.

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • The Redistricting Shuffle Commences

    Doggett jumps into the new District 25, Barrientos is peeved; Congressional wannabes find themselves on the new Texas map.

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Big-Box Ban Bollixes Up Lowe's Plans

    The City Council's moratorium slows down the hardware giant's settlement deal

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Naked City

    Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • Naked City

    Council Member Alvarez pushes to close the Eastside plant two years ahead of schedule.

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • Naked City

    Austin loses an appellate court fight to enforce its environmental rules.

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Naked City

    Yet another allegation of misconduct by the beleaguered APD assistant chief.

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Naked City

    After 25 years, Doyne Bailey still commands attention at the courthouse.

    BY LUCIUS LOMAX

  • Naked City

    Williamson Co. investigators build a case against Sheriff John Maspero.

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Naked City

    The world's largest everything wows the crowd at City Council.

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Naked City

    The State Board of Education shows the Lege its backside on "virtual charters."

  • Naked City

    The General Land Office throws the doors open for wind power in the Gulf.

    BY LEE NICHOLS

  • Naked City

    Indigenous leader has fought Narmada dams for 20 years.

    BY LEE NICHOLS

  • Naked City

    San Marcos lawyer beats Garry Mauro to lead party's comeback effort.

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Naked City

    Fox News viewers most likely to not know what's going on in Iraq.

    BY LEE NICHOLS

  • Capitol Chronicle

    The governor sells social service cuts as "enhancements."

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

    The City Council moves to finesse the smoking ordinance.

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • The Hightower Report

    UNC acts like a public university; and the Bushites “save” endangered species by killing them.

    BY JIM HIGHTOWER

food

  • The Killing Fields, Kind Of

    A culinary history of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre farmhouse

    BY MM PACK

  • A Delectable Día de los Muertos

    Earlier last month, I received a call from Sahar Arafat-Ray, director of the Central Market Cooking School here in Austin, wondering whether I would like to teach a class based on food for Day of the Dead. Since Day of the Dead is one of my favorite holidays, and since the class will be a benefit for the Austin Children's Museum, I happily agreed.

    BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN

  • Food-o-File

    Virginia B. Wood updates you on all the food news you need to know.

    BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

  • Second Helpings: Japanese, Part I

music

screens

the arts

columns

  • Page Two

    Critical response to Kill Bill ignores the current cultural resonance of cinematic vengeance.

    BY LOUIS BLACK

  • Page Two: Tom 'Leatherface' DeLay

    Halloween Mask Instructions

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • Postmarks

    Our readers talk back.

  • Letters at 3AM

    "Mediocrity is never passive; it avenges itself for its deprivation." -- Nelson Algren

    BY MICHAEL VENTURA

  • After a Fashion

    Got a fetish for fashion? Read the verdict on Austin's latest fetish fashion show. (Hint: Stephen seems to have kept his whip sheathed!!!)

    BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

  • Day Trips

    BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

  • Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

    BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

  • To Your Health

    Sometimes I notice that eating two foods at the same meal gives me an allergic reaction that I don't get when I eat the same two foods separately.

    BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.

  • About AIDS

    BY SANDY BARTLETT

    • The Luv Doc: Abortion is a Sticky Wicket

    Nature doesn’t provide any clear cues for difficult moral questions.

    Postmarks

    Letters to the editor, published daily

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