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When photojournalist Erin Trieb traveled to Afghanistan to embed with U.S. troops, she wasn't expecting to find her calling.

"This may be the year that Austin earns its place on the map as a movie capital," concludes Melena Ryzik in a profile of our city's film scene, which appears in this Sunday's New York Times .

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the U.S. should focus on attracting good jobs, educating workers and ensuring workers get paid a decent living.

Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope said more productions are moving their shoots to Austin, including NBC's "The Revolution" and ABC's "Lying Game" and "Killer Women." With more productions comes more money for local businesses, too.

The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Mark Guard. He has been charged with aggravated assault on a public servant and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Thanks to our shared fame as the capital of Texas and the live music capital of the world, Austin has a wealth of creative types and political junkies.

Daniel Greer mouths off, Lee Leffingwell dances with the stars, and Judith Zaffirini reaches a landmark.

Austinites shouldn't expect to be boarding a bullet train to Barton Springs anytime soon, but urban rail took a big step forward this past week.

It's been two years since 21-year-old Jennifer Cave was brutally murdered and dismembered inside the West Campus apartment of her friend Colton Pitonyak.

While primarily a gala benefit for KLRU, our local PBS affiliate, last night's three-hour ACL Live at the Moody Theater concert celebrated Austin music master Lloyd Maines .

INRIX, a Kirkland, Wa., company that collects real-time traffic data from more than 100 million vehicles worldwide using global positioning devices, rates Austin traffic as the fourth worst in the United States.

Oh, San Antonio. You were rebuilding your rep for South Texas rock dominance - with corazon - until Pinata Protest crashed the fiesta.

The incident happened at 8:38 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Congress near William Cannon Drive.

Two people were found dead Thursday morning following a late-night fire at a Spicewood home, officials said.

By now you have heard that Trader Joe's is coming to Austin. The Austin Business Journal reported earlier this spring that three stores will open in Rollingwood, Downtown, and at The Arboretum beginning this fall.

Writing prizes are great news for the recipients, but they're even more spectacular for the community: You get a whole new set of rising stars to watch make their impressive trajectory.

This March 14, 2013 photo shows members of the band Vampire Weekend, from left, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio, Chris Thomson and Ezra Koenig posing during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

The New York Times once wrote that Nashville was like Austin's cousin had it been raised by a stricter father.

AUSTIN, Texas The City of Austin's Emerging Technology and Telecommunications Committee had its first public discussion Wednesday regarding Google Fiber and which city buildings should get the super fast Internet connection first.

Jason Boland's come a long way since his Red Dirt-kicking, Pearl Snaps days. 2008's Comal County Blue proved the Okie native and decadelong Austinite worthy of the top tier of emerging Texas songwriters, its poignant tunes crafted through their songwriter's blistered heartbreak and alcoholism recovery.