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Believing the Children
In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Legitimate Public Concern
The Keller prosecution is an enduring stain on Austin's honor and sense of justice
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Circling the Wagons
Local pols start sorting candidates
BY WELLS DUNBAR
ON THE LEGE
Pity the Family-Planning Clinic
Budget rider targets specific family-planning operations
BY JORDAN SMITH
Cyclists Hope for Safe Passage
The Safe Passing Bill would make roads safer for cyclists and other vulnerable road users
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
When to Stop Punishing Schools
Accountability bill slowed by important questions
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Creationists Get Creative at the Capitol
Two new creationist-backed bills take aim at science education
BY LEE NICHOLS
Adding Teeth to Hazing Laws
Student hazing has a body count
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
LegeLines
Odds and ends from the Capitol
BY THE NEWS STAFF
AISD: Carstarphen Seals the Deal
Folks, we've got ourselves a new school superintendent
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Cap Metro
As if Cap Metro's budget crisis and MetroRail delay weren't bad enough
BY LEE NICHOLS
Yogurt Shop DNA Saga Continues, Part 2
Travis Co. D.A.'s office still considering new DNA evidence
BY JORDAN SMITH
City Counseling: Back to the Dais
Home-business advertising and oversight of tax increment financing for Seaholm are among this week's council items
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Res Publica
Good times for good citizens, March 26-April 3
The Hightower Report
A Blue-Green Victory for America; and The Milkman Delivers
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Retirement and the City
Retirement is tough. Living Downtown makes it all better.
BY LINDA BALL AND FORREST PREECE
Liquid Assets
Downtown, a nice drop of wine is never too far away
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Rachael Ray enjoys herself in Austin, and wholesale and online custom bakeries proliferate
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Local food events, March 28-April 2
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
2008-09 Austin Music Awards Encore
Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 18
Off the Record
Nothing's shocking: reveling in the aftermath and glow of South by Southwest 09
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Live Shots
Devo
SXSW showcase reviews
Big Boi
SXSW showcase reviews
PJ Harvey & John Parish
SXSW showcase reviews
Beach House
SXSW showcase reviews
Silversun Pickups
SXSW showcase reviews
Peter Murphy
SXSW showcase reviews
Justin Townes Earle
SXSW showcase reviews
Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkey Birds
SXSW showcase reviews
The Wooden Birds
SXSW showcase reviews
Érika Machado
SXSW showcase reviews
The Decemberists
SXSW showcase reviews
Jimmy Webb & the Webb Brothers
SXSW showcase reviews
The Cannabinoids featuring Erykah Badu
SXSW showcase reviews
The Knux/Dead Prez
SXSW showcase reviews
Futomomo Satisfaction
SXSW showcase reviews
Doug Sahm's 'Mendocino'
SXSW panels
Neil Young Archives
SXSW panels
Woodstock: Untold Stories
SXSW panels
Primal Scream
SXSW showcase reviews
Lady Sovereign
SXSW showcase reviews
Wovenhand
SXSW showcase reviews
The Bar-Kays
SXSW showcase reviews
Rosalie Sorrels
SXSW showcase reviews
The Strange Boys
SXSW showcase reviews
screens
SXSW Film Reviews
Red Carpet Rodeo
The stars smile pretty for SXSW
Under the Stars and Maybe Some Space Aliens
The LBJ Library screens sci-fi classics
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film News
New projects from Robert Rodriguez and Tim McCanlies; plus Danny DeVito plus Limoncello, together forever
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Screens Reviews
Frankly, My Dear: Gone With the Wind Revisited
The chief aim, it seems, of Molly Haskell's terrific new book is to make it okay to admit to liking Gone With the Wind
TV Eye
Lessons learned at SXSW Interactive
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Crossing Over
Various characters who are ensnared within the dogged machinery of the American immigration system become the subjects of this multistrand narrative.
EK: The Power of One
This Hindi action film tells the story of a professional assassin who is accused of killing a politician.
Gomorrah
The viral progression of organized crime in Naples, Italy, is starkly portrayed in this violent and deglamorizing gangster movie.
The Haunting in Connecticut
Essentially a substandard rip-off of The Amityville Horror, this spook house drama should be condemned.
Knowing
It's up to Nicolas Cage to save the world in this movie about a man who deciphers a cryptic artifact that predicts major disasters, past and future.
Monsters vs. Aliens
In this animated film, a misfit band of monsters unleashed from quarantine defend Earth from an alien invader.
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
The fascinating documentary explores the overlooked career of this influential yet enigmatic music legend.
Sunshine Cleaning
Two sisters try to remedy the financial and emotional paralysis of their lives by starting a company that specializes in crime-scene cleanups.
arts & culture
Research and Development
Back in the performance laboratory of the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Call them contemporary or modern, but Paul Taylor's dances are always masterful
BY ANDREW LONG
Anton Nel
The concert pianist shows off the Hamburg Steinway he chose for Dell Hall
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Candidates Forum on the Arts
Candidates for mayor and City Council will outline their positions on cultural matters
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck's tale of the Great Depression is delivered with beauty and power
Holy Cross Sucks!
Rob Nash plays 29 characters over four years of high school and makes it look so easy
columns
Page Two: SXSW 09: An Intelligence-Impaired Introduction
In which six wise men give up on the elephant and go down themselves
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM
We may come to regret there are so few intelligent conservative voices making themselves heard
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen saunters, sashays, and gets sassy at SXSW
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Gay Place is giving away tickets and looking for Pride interns.
BY ASH BELL AND KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Mason isn't your normal small Texas town
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Dog fetches meteorite, prank faxes in space, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Tax Break for Selling Your Home?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Playing Through
Rhonda Robinson gave it her all at the Austin Turfcats cheerleader tryouts
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Luv Doc Recommends: Holy Cross Sucks!
The Vortex, Friday, March 27, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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