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  • Poverty takes root in Austin’s suburbs

    From 2000 to 2011, the Austin metro area saw the nation's second-fastest increase in the number of poor people living in the suburbs, according to a new book to be released Monday which describes poverty dramatically shifting from America's inner cities to the suburbs and which calls on policymakers to rethink how they respond to poverty.The suburban poor population grew 143 percent in ...

  • Austin memorial for AIDS HIV Austin memorial for AIDS HIV

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austinites gathered Sunday in Republic Square Park to pay tribute to the fight against AIDS and HIV. Community leaders spoke to the crowd and had a moment of silence to remember those whove lost their lives. Congressman Lloyd Doggett and Austin Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole participated and spoke at the event. This year's theme: "In solidarity," emphasized the need of ...

  • Trifecta of drought late freeze hail decimate Hill Country peach crop

    It's peach season, but Austinites likely won't be seeing any Fredericksburg peaches in grocery stores any time soon after a combination of freezing weather and hailstorms decimated more than 90 percent of the crop in Gillespie County."The damage is pretty widespread," said Jamey Vogel, owner of Vogel Orchard in Stonewall and president of the Hill Country Fruit ...

  • Manor New Tech principal invited to White House

    Two weeks after President Barack Obama visited his school, the principal of Manor New Technology High School has been invited to the White House for an informal brainstorming session on education.Steven Zipkes will join U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and 20 other leaders on Thursday to discuss how to engage "employers in buildings skills through redesigned high schools," ...

  • APDs LGBT help build new homes APDs LGBT help build new homes

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - If you're a homeowner - you likely remember the first time you stepped foot in your first home. An Austin woman and her family are about to know what that feels like...thanks to Habitat for Humanity and the "Austin Pride Build" tradition. You often see them working together to keep Austin safe. On Saturday morning a group from the Austin police department -- worked up ...


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Oldboy [DVD]

Oldboy [DVD]

After seeing Park Chan-wook's Oldboy, I was reminded of a line of dialogue in one of the opening scenes of David Fincher's Seven (1995), a film with which Oldboy shares more than a few similarities, in both its visual use of bruised colors and sharp cont ... ...

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  • Memorial held for local AIDS victims

    It's common for today's youth to forget about the significance of HIV/AIDS because of medical advances made over the past decade.Still dozens of central Texans die from the disease every year. That's why activists held a vigil Sunday evening to remember local victims and remind the community that HIV/AIDS is still a disease for which there is no cure.39 people have died in the ...

  • 2nd annual Viva Streets Festival

    The heat and humidity didn't stop hundreds from heading out to 6th street for the 2nd annual viva streets festival.The free festival ran along two miles of 6th street from Brazos Street to Robert Martinez Jr. Street.The idea of the festival is to get up and move around.People were dancing, riding bikes; there was an obstacle course, and even aerial and circus performers.The viva streets ...

  • MoPac Improvement Project road closures start Sunday night

    By late 2015, the MoPac Improvement Project will be complete.Steve Pustelnyk with the project tells us the 11-mile stretch of MoPac from Lady Bird Lake to Parmer Lane will get brand new express lanes."Basically, you'll get an extra lane in each direction. It will be an express lane which means it should be non-stop, point to point, but there will be a toll for those folks who want to ...

  • Rangers proceeding with caution with injuries

    Email ARLINGTON -- Injuries and subsequent trips to the disabled list continue to take their toll on the Rangers, but at least part of the reason their roster is so thin is because the Rangers are doing their best to keep players from making injuries worse at this early stage in the season. Among the players who have been sent to the disabled list when they might have been back in a week or so ...

  • Murphy looking for positives while hitting second

    Email ARLINGTON -- Rangers manager Ron Washington penciled left fielder David Murphy in the No. 2 spot in the batting order for the second consecutive night Sunday as Elvis Andrus shifted to the leadoff role in Ian Kinsler's absence. "I'm going to try to keep [Murphy] there so he doesn't have to wait around to get at-bats and he can be involved in the game right away," ...

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