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What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right
The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditchBY LEE NICHOLS
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ON THE LEGE
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Campus Gun Bill in Crosshairs
A lot of folks are fired up about a bill that would allow guns on Texas university campusesBY RICHARD WHITTAKER
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A Commonsense Solution to Stupidity
Lawmakers craft a scheme to force Perry to accept federal unemployment-insurance dollarsBY RICHARD WHITTAKER
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Family Planning Survives House Budget
Funding for family-planning centers reamins intact – for nowBY JORDAN SMITH
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A House United, for Once
House unanimously passes its version of a budgetBY RICHARD WHITTAKER
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LegeLines
A roundup of this week's Capitol capersBY RICHARD WHITTAKER
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Diversion Program for Vets Clears Committee
Bill proposes treatment, not jail, for vets who run afoul of the lawBY JORDAN SMITH
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One Fish, Two Fish, Poison Fish
Bill calls for health warnings on certain types of fishBY RICHARD WHITTAKER
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ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
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Carole's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
The many faces of CaroleBY WELLS DUNBAR
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Do the Hustle for Mayor
BY WELLS DUNBAR
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City Counseling
It may not be loud, but it's comprehensiveBY WELLS DUNBAR
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Protecting the Waterfront (Part 1)
New Waterfront Overlay draft ordinance advances the public good and pleases no oneBY KATHERINE GREGOR
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Flat-Track Snack Attack: Frito-Lay vs. Crackerjack
A Texas Rollergirl defends her nameBY RICHARD WHITTAKER
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Two Snapshots, One Problem
Hispanics won battles this week that they shouldn't have had to fightBY MICHAEL KING
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'Killer' Keller Digs Herself Deeper
The courthouse doors might close at 5pm, but Judge Keller's problems won't quit knockingBY JORDAN SMITH
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Reefer Madness: Eye for an Eye, Ounce for an Ounce
Will the Lege downgrade the punishment for pot possession this session?BY JORDAN SMITH
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Naked City
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Point Austin: Torture and History
Revelations of the Bush torture programs are only the first stepBY MICHAEL KING
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City Hall Hustle: The Hustle Gets Mohawked
Chronicle mayoral forum draws beers, voters, and rhymesBY WELLS DUNBAR
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The Hightower Report
Wall Street and Washington: Here We Go Again; and J.P. Morgan Creates Jobs With Bailout MoneyBY JIM HIGHTOWER
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Res Publica
food
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Newflower Farmers Market
Austin's newest member of the green grocery club is one-stop shopping for the eco-conscious SouthiesBY MICK VANN
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Food Reviews
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Liquid Assets
The economic downturn has created an unexpected windfall for local wine loversBY WES MARSHALL
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Food-o-File
Dining options in Austin's far-flung suburbs are definitely improvingBY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
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Event Menu
Steady yourself: This week is chock-full of liquor, wine, and beer happeningsBY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
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Monk-Think
It's Black Monk Time – again. Shave your head!BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
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Off the Record
Sounding off on the ripple effect from City Council's changes to the Austin City Code regarding live music at restaurants, while Vega makes some noise with Crystal CastlesBY AUSTIN POWELL
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Phases & Stages
screens
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Big Time
Gigantic director Matt Aselton's indie Cinderella storyBY JOSH ROSENBLATT
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Ashes of Time
Smoke 'em while you still got 'em at Rolling Roadshow's The Maltese FalconBY JOSH ROSENBLATT
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Film News
Incentives update, Linklater's baseball film, and what Tom Copeland's been up toBY JOE O'CONNELL
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TV Eye
Talented on the insideBY BELINDA ACOSTA
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Film Reviews
the arts
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To Be Conversant
Fusebox Festival gets Austin talking – with leading artists from all over the worldBY HANNAH KENAH
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Toxic Audio
This a cappella quintet blows up cabaret with jaw-dropping vocals and irreverent humorBY ROBERT FAIRES
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The Barbara Jordan Statue at UT
The statue honoring the former congresswoman and UT professor is unveiledBY ROBERT FAIRES
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Art City Austin
The big outdoor art fair is spreading the love, via partnerships and pink notesBY ROBERT FAIRES
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Arts Reviews
columns
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Letters at 3AM
Homer, the epic poet of ancient Greece, invented the cinematic close-upBY MICHAEL VENTURA
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After a Fashion
Erotic art, kissing, flying, substation cake, and sperm on the tip of the tongueBY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
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Playing Through
At only 18, UT's Stacey-Ann Smith has everything it takes to be one of the world's fastest track and field athletesBY THOMAS HACKETT
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Day Trips
The Elm Creek Cafe serves delicious country-style comfort food, including its lauded grilled quail and dewberry pieBY GERALD E. MCLEOD
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Gay Place
This week, UT honors the life of incomparable stateswoman Barbara Jordan. And so do we.BY KATE X MESSER
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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
'Hawley's Comet, ashy cheeses, and moreBY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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The Common Law
Legal Issues for Website Owners (Part 2)BY CHRIS JOHNS
The Luv Doc: Real People vs. Smart Phones
Nothing breaks the ice like a flawless recitation of the Monty Python 'Albatross' sketch
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books
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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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Finding Rail Route Complicated Michael King, in “The Reading Railroad”, while making valuable points, seems to state that finding an initial route for urban ...
Problems Facing Mueller Neighborhood leaders and members past and present of the city of Austin's Robert Mueller Advisory Commission (RMAC) deserve credit for ...
People Are the Real Mueller Story Through various media, we are subjected to stories of Mueller: the construction project. While that can be appreciated, Mueller's true ...
Keeping Austin Weird Things that keep Austin weird: 1) belief that one needs a train to get from UT to the state Capitol; ...
More Women on the Cover, Please How about putting a woman on the cover once in a while? The last eight issues have all featured men ...
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