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  • SOCO food trailers forced to move

    The lot at South Congress Avenue and Monroe Street East has become a favorite spot for tourists and locals alike. However, come Monday the choices to fulfill your taste buds in the area will drop by about a dozen.For months food trailer operators on South Congress Avenue have known they would eventually have to move to make way for a new hotel to be constructed at their site.The lot which is the ...

  • Murphy enjoying hot streak

    Email SEATTLE -- Lefty-swinging David Murphy was back in the No. 2 spot for the Rangers on Saturday night with right-hander Felix Hernandez on the mound for the Mariners. Manager Ron Washington said moving Murphy behind leadoff man Elvis Andrus has helped him get untracked at the plate. Murphy said he is still not quite there yet. "I don't know if I can put my finger on it yet," ...

  • Nathan on pace for free-agent option

    Email SEATTLE -- Rangers closer Joe Nathan faced just one batter in earning his 15th save on Friday night, striking out Michael Morse to preserve the Rangers' 9-5 victory over the Mariners. Nathan is now third in the American League in saves, but he is tied for first in games finished with 20. The number is significant in regards to his contract. Nathan is in the second season of a ...

  • Lewis goes four innings for Round Rock

    Email SEATTLE -- Rangers right-hander Colby Lewis made his third start on a medical-rehabilitation assignment for Triple-A Round Rock on Saturday and allowed three runs over four innings against Memphis. He allowed six hits, walked two and struck out two. He also hit his target of 60 pitches, including 34 for strikes. The Rangers will see how Lewis recovers from this outing, but his next start ...

  • Wolf moves into Rangers bullpen

    Email SEATTLE -- Ross Wolf, who earned his first Major League victory on Wednesday when he started and allowed one run in five-plus innings against the Athletics, became a long reliever when the Rangers decided to call up southpaw Martin Perez to start the first game of their doubleheader with the D-backs on Monday. "That was the recommendation of the people down there," manager Ron ...


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Movie Review

Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous) [DVD]

Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous) [DVD]

Man Bites Dog (C'est arriv prs de chez vous) was destined for controversy. Everything about it elicits conflicting responses, so that even those who find it to be brilliantly subversive tend to have doubts about its methods. Its true attitude about its subject is blanketed in mystery and contrary statements, some of which suggest that it is a serious and significant cinematic explor ... ...

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  • Travis County may be subsidizing constable work for out-of-county towns

    When Travis County constables from two precincts head out several mornings a week in their recognizable cruisers, they might not always be working for the local taxpayers who pay their salaries.One of the primary jobs of Texas constables is serving arrest warrants for minor crimes such as unpaid speeding tickets. Yet, in an arrangement that appears rare, if not unheard of, in other precincts ...

  • Community News Austin Humane Society offers reduced adoption rate Rebates offered for irrigation upgrades in Round Rock

    means it is premium content -- and it continues on the all-new site. Premium stories, plus all the news from the printed edition of the paper, are included. Until June 11, you can enjoy a free preview of all the premium content on ...

  • Officials Suspect in custody in northeastern Travis County slayings

    A 41-year-old Travis County man is in custody in connection with a double homicide in rural northeastern Travis County, officials said Saturday.Carlos Whitcomb has been charged with capital murder in the deaths of Kenneth Payne, 60, and Phyllis Payne, ...

  • Memorial honors Johnston High alumni who gave their lives

    The wounds of war still cut deeply in the tightknit barrios around the old Johnston High School in East Austin, where young men walked out the door for the last time and headed to Vietnam to serve their country more than 40 years ago.Many of them did not return, having made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Others came back but, according to their families, died later of the effects of ...

  • Are helper robots the future of care for the aging

    In the opening scene of the movie "Robot & Frank," which takes place in the near future, Frank, an elderly man who lives alone, is arguing with his son about going to a medical center for Alzheimer's treatment when the son interrupts him. "I brought you something," he says to Frank. Then the son pulls a large, white humanoid robot from the trunk of his car.Frank ...

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