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Cold as ICE
Sheriff Greg Hamilton stoutly defends the 'Secure Communities' deportation mill. But growing public and official opposition is working to shut down the line.
BY TONY CANTÚ
Point Austin: ... And Two Steps Back
Firefighters fulfill threat to contest DOJ decree
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Saving Water From Ourselves
Task force urges 'aggressive' conservation and reuse strategies
Quote of the Week
Headlines
Civics 101
Hamilton Digs In: Won't End 'S-Comm'
Travis County Sheriff bucks opposition
BY TONY CANTÚ
Council: Sweet Summertime
CMs work through full agenda before break
BY MICHAEL KING
An 'Open' Search for AISD Chief
Timetable to allow stakeholder input
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AISD Board Shake-Up: Torres, Moya Won't Run Again
Torres, Moya won't run again
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Crocodile Goes Head-to-Head With Alligator
Nomadic Notions owner lives to tell the tale
BY SARAH MORTIMER
AE's Solar Deal: 'Game Changer'
Recurrent Energy price could lower energy rates
BY NORA ANKRUM
Morrison to Mayor: 'It's Not Personal, It's Policy'
Leffingwell refuses to give up Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Planning Org. seat
BY AMY SMITH
Is Acevedo Stonewalling Fox TV?
Friction between the two stems from arrest of jaywalking jogger
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
X Games X-Factors: Heat, Booze, and Meth
EMS almost forced to activate disaster plan
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food Events
July 4-10
Food-o-File
Is bánh mì destined to be Austin's newest food obsession?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Dining del Lago 2014
Looking for water? Bring your own!
Roadside Fuel
Gas station eats by the lake
BY MICK VANN
music
Down & Dirty
Lone Star guitar great Johnny Winter gets his hands dirty once again
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Playback: Tip Jar Etiquette
See that tip jar? Give.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Box Sets
Michael Bloomfield
From His Head to His Heart to His Hands
the "5" Royales
Soul & Swagger: The Complete "5" Royales 1951-1967
Slint
Spiderland
Leyland Kirby
Intrigue & Stuff Vol. 1-4
Joe Satriani
The Complete Studio Recordings
Bee Gees
The Warner Bros. Years 1967-1991
Little Feat
Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990
screens
This Spaceship Runs Adobe Premiere
Joe Nicolosi's workstation is out of this world
BY DAN GENTILE
What a Ride
Annie Silverstein's road to Cannes
BY NEHA AZIZ
At Rooster Teeth's Annual RTX Fest, It's All About the Community
RTX 2014
BY ASHLEY MORENO
Film Reviews
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Another book by conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza gets the documentary treatment.
Begin Again
Agreeably phony movie focuses on a pair of unlikely partners drawn together by the promise of making music.
Bobby Jasoos
Adventure-comedy about a female private detective.
Earth to Echo
A trio of suburban kids befriend an alien entity in this Spielberg-influenced family film.
The Grand Seduction
In this Canadian comedy, a down-on-its-luck fishing village spruces up to try to lure a big-city doctor to town.
Lekar Hum Deewana Dil
Two kids elope and discover marriage is tougher than it looks in this Bollywood film.
Tammy
Melissa McCarthy burns through a lot of goodwill in this limp, confused comedy cowritten with her husband, Ben Falcone.
Third Person
Globe-trotting multistory meditation on love, betrayal, and lost/found children from the director of Crash.
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Optimus Prime finds a new pal in franchise addition Mark Wahlberg.
arts & culture
Lone Star (In)Justice
Tales of true crime and made-up mayhem from deep in the heart of Texas
BY ROBERT FAIRES
July Is Crime Month
As summer heats up, the 'Chronicle' runs afoul of the law, in fiction and nonfiction
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Tesla Project: A Celebration of All Things Tesla
Sure to be the most current event this weekend
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
Silence! The Musical
The musical send-up of 'The Silence of the Lambs' delivers two hours of nearly nonstop laughter
American Roots: Music of the Moravians
This concert of music from the pacifist community offered a meaningful alternative to the usual July Fourth celebration
'Mariah Dekkenga and Josef Bull: We have never been modern'
The works by these two artists weave an intricate web of times and cultures
columns
The Common Law: Can I Win My Property Tax Protest?
How to appeal to the Appraisal Review Board
BY LUKE ELLIS
Day Trips
Natural Bridge Caverns is home to Buddy the giraffe
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Good Eye: Bringing Messy Back
Them other boys don't know how to craft ...
BY AMY GENTRY
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Gay Place: DANDY DOODLE
Go forth and blow it up for the Fourth
BY KATE X MESSER
OOPS
The Luv Doc: Thanks, SCOTUS
Americans should be highly suspicious of people walking around in robes
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
World Cup Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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