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GREEN ISSUE
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Viridian Ventures
Take nothing but pictures; leave nothing but carbon footprints?BY KATE X MESSER
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A Long, Watt Summer
The citywide Kill-a-Watt Challenge kicks offBY NORA ANKRUM
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news
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Keepin' It Jungle
Austin company plans an eco-colonial retreat in MexicoBY KEVIN BRASS
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Cool City: Water Utility Flows Green
Daryl Slusher hops from Austin Energy to Austin Water Utility to serve as first assistant director of environmental affairs and conservationBY KATHERINE GREGOR
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Profitable, but Clean
AE's Duncan pushes for new power paradigmBY DANIEL MOTTOLA
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AE & Plug-In Hybrids: Power Coming and Going
Electric cars could both run clean and boost our power supplyBY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Needle-Exchange Bill Barely Hanging On
State Rep. Dianne White Delisi all but kills legislation that would let local health departments establish one-for-one anonymous needle-exchange programs
BY JORDAN SMITH
AISD's Johnston and Webb: Test Score Role Reversal
TAKS scores for district's two most struggling schools confusing
BY MICHAEL MAY
Naked City
Happenings
May 24-30
Morrison for Council?
Austin Neighborhoods Council's Laura Morrison considering run for City Council
BY MICHAEL KING
APD Idol: Top 5 Countdown
Five contenders still standing in contest for police chief
BY JORDAN SMITH
Taxi Fracas Finalizes
Lone Star Cab Co. prevails on third and final reading at City Council, awarded city's newest taxi franchise despite competitor's best efforts to bring it down
BY WELLS DUNBAR
KXAN for Sale?
Parent company of local NBC affiliate KXAN-TV announces plans to explore sale of company, as market forces continue to pummel local television industry
BY KEVIN BRASS
Community Stewardship Awards
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
GREEN ISSUE
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Reefer Madness: 'Let's Embarrass Ron Paul'
Libertarian/Republican presidential candidate discusses hemp farming and other 'crazy' ideasBY JORDAN SMITH
On the Lege
When suffering the Lege, just remember: It could always be worse
BY AMY SMITH
Capitol Briefs
GREEN ISSUE
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Point Austin: Green Is as Green Does
Saving the planet begins at the grassrootsBY MICHAEL KING
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Beside the Point
We know what won't be going in at Webberville ... at least for nowBY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Vacation on Warming Island; and A Chocolate Mess
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
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GREEN ISSUE
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Contributing Factors
Solutions happen one consumer – or farm or restaurant – at a timeBY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
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With a Twist
The Austin Wine Festival, May 26-28BY WES MARSHALL
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In Person
Georgeanne BrennanBY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
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Food-o-file
One man's green issues are another man's Foie Gras Cotton CandyBY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
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Event Menu
May 25-31
music
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GREEN ISSUE
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If You're a Viper
From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-TBY MARGARET MOSER
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TCB
The bottles and cans keep piling up, but two venues catch green-building fever; a local pirate plunders the music business; and Kelly Clarkson now employs the entire Austin music scene in some capacityBY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
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Texas Platters
screens
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GREEN ISSUE
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Beyond 'The Electric Company'
Can a bunch of toddlers watching television save the world?BY MARRIT INGMAN
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Chewing Up the Scenery
Last thoughts on Planet EarthBY SHAWN BADGLEY
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Paramount Theatre Summer Film Classics Series
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The Go-To Guy
Meet ME TV's Paul Saucido, if you haven't alreadyBY BELINDA ACOSTA
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The Wizard of Gore Returns
Herschell Gordon Lewis releases his inner Herschell Gordon LewisBY CARSON BARKER
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GREEN ISSUE
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TV Eye
If Kermit could see thisBY BELINDA ACOSTA
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Screens Reviews
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Film Reviews
the arts
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GREEN ISSUE
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Green on the Go
For Austin Green Art, every day is Earth Day – or eARTh DayBY NIKKI MOORE
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Inner Worlds We Inhabit
Denise Prince Martin's photographs transport us to places within where the unspoken waitsBY CLAYTON MAXWELL
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Dan Dietz: The exit interview
As local playwright Dan Dietz prepares to leave Austin for a teaching gig at Florida State, he talks about his experience here and what he sees happening down the roadBY BARRY PINEO
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Andy St. Martin: Break on through to the other side
For nearly two decades, Andy St. Martin has been making large, mixed-media paintings, and a recent run of sales and new solo exhibition suggest he's finding an audienceBY DAVID BRADFORD
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Ruth Denney: Remembering Ruth
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Arts Reviews
columns
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Page Two: A Personal Journey, Part 2
Nashville, Coconut Grove, and points in betweenBY LOUIS BLACK
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Letters @ 3AM
No class can cultivate what a writer most needs, the gift I call the 'talent of the room'BY MICHAEL VENTURA
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After a Fashion
Stephen goes green and manages to work both Maureen and Scarlett O'Hara into the same bitBY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
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Day Trips
Five quick getaways in Central Texas to recharge the internal batteries without draining the gas tankBY GERALD E. MCLEOD
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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Camels have come a long way, babyBY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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The Common Law
Title Insurance – the basicsBY ANDREA LOWRY
The Luv Doc: Grabbing Crotch
How to cure your attention deficit
Postmarks
Letters to the editor, published daily
books
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Book Reviews
sports
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Soccer Watch
Lightning play twice at home this week, and moreBY NICK BARBARO
FOLLOWUS
THEMOST
Praise the Lloyd Lloyd Maines and the Dixie Chicks hold court for KLRU
Thinking About Stephen Bruton There’s just no getting over some people
Playback: Demolition at 1701 Red River Another Red River venue going away? There goes the neighborhood.
Bonds: 'Death By a Thousand Cuts' Even with Propositions 1 and 3 passing, AISD's election campaign appeared doomed from the start
The Changing Face of Mueller A burst of development marks the latest phase of the central city neighborhood
Review: The Great Gatsby A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.
CHRONCAST
Eastside Memorial High School Poem Dedication
Students from the East Austin campus send a message to the Austin ISD board of trustees
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