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  • 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," ...

  • Police Man stole iPhones from purses at bar

    Austin police nabbed a man accused of stealing about a dozen iPhones from different women at a Sixth Street bar this weekend.Josue Vivar-Hernandez, 28, was charged with aggregated theft, a state jail felony, and held on a $10,000 bail at the Travis County Jail, according to court records.Police say just after 2 a.m. Saturday, employees at The Aquarium bar, 403 E. Sixth St., spotted ...


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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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  • Austin may require more disabled-accessible features in new homes

    Austin could soon require newly built homes to include more features to accommodate people with disabilities.The City Council will consider new rules Thursday that would require features such as wide doorways and levers instead of door knobs in the first floor of new single-family homes and ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 19

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Circuit to ask City Council for help in attracting X Games

    Circuit of the Americas officials are expected to go before the Austin City Council this week to ask for help with the circuit's bid to land the X Games.The circuit is seeking for the city to become the endorsing municipality for the event, which would satisfy a requirement for the circuit to be eligible to obtain money from the Texas comptroller's Events Trust ...

  • Wear Looking at what the Legislature HAS done on transportation

    It wasn't all about the money.With one week left in the session, the chance that our 181 legislative heroes (Ever notice that matches almost exactly the number of defenders at the Alamo? Probably a coincidence.) will come up with significant new cash for the Texas Department of Transportation are ...

  • VIVA STREETS takes over East Austin

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - From bikes to bats, revelers in East Austin took to the streets Sunday for VIVA STREETS!. The community event hosted by HEB and Texas Gas Service promoted active lifestyles in a "Get Moving Zone." The activities included a 55-foot obstacle course and 25-foot bungee run. REI even brought out a 30-foot rock climbing wall. VIVA STREETS! took over a 2-mile stretch of East ...

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