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This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol
The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...BY DIANA WELCH
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Life After Todd Baxter
Baxter leaves the Lege, and would-be state reps may have to jockey for position earlyBY AMY SMITH
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Ngai Found Insane – What Now?
Without reform, Texas' mental health system might fail killer of piano teacher againBY EMILY PYLE
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Paul Rusesabagina: Human Rights in Action
Real-life hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' is honored for saving livesBY RITA RADOSTITZ
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Council Notes
Toll roads and trash dumps on the council agendaBY WELLS DUNBAR
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Endorsements
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Mask Instructions
How to be Babs 'Marie Antoinette' Bush for HalloweenBY DIANA WELCH
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Naked City
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Point Austin: The Prosecutor and the Pariah
Don't know about you, but I'm beginning to feel sorry for Tom DeLayBY MICHAEL KING
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The Hightower Report
Fifty percent of Americans say they want Congress to consider impeaching Bush if he lied about his reasons for invading Iraq; and while Big Oil gouges America, Congress gives refiners new tax breaks and anti-pollution requirement exemptionsBY JIM HIGHTOWER
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Special Blend
888's fine Vietnamese fare deftly seasons the classic with the contemporaryBY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
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Food-o-File
A Majestic future for Grape Vine Market? Plus: Noodle-ism and Mangia aren't just local favorites.BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
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Food Reviews
music
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Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legendsBY BILL BENTLEY
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Outta the Bag
John Cale loosens a new 'Black Acetate' on the unsuspecting undergroundBY AUDRA SCHROEDER
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TCB
The Astros' World Series run prompts memories from longtime fans, and memories of smoking in local bars will stay just thatBY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
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Texas Platters
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GAMING
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City of Chillin'
How my attempt at hard-core gaming proved too hardBY JAMES RENOVITCH
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Austin Game Conference
October 27-28BY JAMES RENOVITCH
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Player's Guide
Real news for your virtual existenceBY JAMES RENOVITCH
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Smartbomb
'Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution'BY JAMES RENOVITCH
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God Help Us
Austinite Stephen Romano's psychotic collaboration with Don Coscarelli launches Showtime's 'Masters of Horror' seriesBY MARC SAVLOV
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Austin Asian Film Festival 2
Nov. 3-6BY MARC SAVLOV
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At the Austin Film Festival
Harold Ramis and Mike Judge receive awards; plus, go to www.austinfilmfestival.com for a list of film competition winnersBY JOE O'CONNELL
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'SXSW Presents': 'The Wilgus Stories'
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'Secuestro Express'
Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'BY MICHAEL KING
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TV Eye
I could offer the usual list of Halloween fare. Instead, I offer a list of good scary and bad scary things on the small screen.BY BELINDA ACOSTA
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Screens Reviews
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Film Reviews
the arts
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Americamisfit: Rock & Revolt
Dan Dietz's new play 'Americamisfit' may get you to question the way we Americans romanticize the sudden, violent change of revolutionBY BARRY PINEO
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The Essential Chopin: A Genius Displaced
In advance of her Oct. 30 program, the Essential Chopin, pianist Mary Robbins talks about Chopin and Mozart, and what makes for essential ChopinBY BARRY PINEO
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State Theater Company: Kanoff Terminated
Just two weeks into what was to be his sixth season with the State Theater Company, Scott Kanoff was booted from his job as producing artistic directorBY ROBERT FAIRES
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Culture Flash!
A national economist discusses the role of the arts in regional vitality, the LBJ celebrates the NEA at 40, Miami City Ballet cancels a show, and the Blanton Museum delays its grand openingBY ROBERT FAIRES
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Arts Reviews
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Page Two
Watching the watchmenBY LOUIS BLACK
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Letters at 3AM
With oil in the future rationed to agriculture, essential services, and (inevitably) the military, and personal long-distance driving and passenger flight no longer feasible – then, if the United States is to remain a continental entity, the only answer is trainsBY MICHAEL VENTURA
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After a Fashion
Stephen is deep in fall fashion benefits. 'Tis the season!BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
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To Your Health
Is erythritol a natural sweetener, and how does it compare in safety to sucralose?BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
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The Common Law
When can the police search my car?BY LUKE ELLIS
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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Termites. A thousand million of them.BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Day Trips
The faithful and the curious make the trek to the shrine of faith healer Don Pedrito Jaramillo just east of FalfurriasBY GERALD E. MCLEOD
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Oops!
Our latest batch
The Luv Doc: Abortion is a Sticky Wicket
Nature doesn’t provide any clear cues for difficult moral questions.
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books
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All Lit Up
Previewing the 10th Texas Book FestivalBY SHAWN BADGLEY
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Finding the Write Word
Nina Marie Martínez and Liliana ValenzuelaBY BELINDA ACOSTA
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'Above Us Only Sky'
Marion Winik's new collection: an excerpt
sports
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Soccer Watch
The Lady Longhorns lose their chance for a regular-season titleBY NICK BARBARO
LET’S DO THIS!
John Fullbright at Continental Club
Joel-Peter Witkin at The Blanton Museum of Art
Midsummer in Motion at Republic Square Park
Summer Film Classics: Kickoff Weekend – Celebrating 100 Years of Universal Pictures: To Kill a Mockingbird at Paramount Theatre
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