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Newsmakers: KXAN news director leaves station; New band for Spoon's Britt Daniel; ACL Fest's first presale sells out Philanthropists Gail and Jeff Kodosky, music educator Margaret Perry, the late architect Hal Box and community theater founder Linalice Carey have all been inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame.

Terrence Malick's new film, starring Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams, has changed names, according to Joe M. Connell's blog .

As the acrimonious race for Travis County District Attorney heads to the finish line, the campaigns of incumbent Rosemary Lehmberg and challenger Charlie Baird seem determined to illustrate whether or not each candidate possesses the discretion and temperament required for the job as our county's top prosecutor.

Hello Chronicle , Just read your article about the brothers Yassine and the demise of their blow-fueled disco empire [' The Yassine Sixth Street Noir ,' News, May 18]. While money laundering, coke, and international terrorism are certainly nefarious activities, I believe a far greater evil was unleashed upon our fair city by these characters.

Both their Merlot and Cabernet were rich and intense, but it was their rotund, grippy and food-friendly Reserve Cabernet that won the night.

Good news out of the Texas Supreme Court today, if not all one might hope from them.

This podcast features writer Robert Faires, talking about his creative space. FairesA is the Arts Editor forA The Austin Chronicle and has been active in the city's theatre scene as a writer, actor, and director since 1980.

Henson's petition notes that Obama quoted O. Henry when pardoning the White House turkey, and that now it's time to pardon the man himself.

Texas is one of five U.S. states with a majority minority population , according to U.S. Census Bureau data released this week.

CENTRAL TEXAS HEALTH CARE St. David's Hospital Foundation CEO Earl Maxwell discusses the state of health care in our region.

Alphonse Dotson with Damian Mandola both grew up in the wards of Houston. Damian's grandfather owned the grocery stores that Alphonse's parents shopped at.

Less than six months after incurring life-threatening injuries when a taxicab ran over him as he slept in a Portland, Ore., hotel room, New York Night Train proprietor Jonathan Toubin is back at the turntables.

Lucha Libre USA Wrapping Up Tour Tonight, Former WWE Sueprstars Scheduled Posted by Joseph Lee on 05.12.2012 Lizmark Jr defends against Latin Lover... -Lucha Libre USA will finish their "Masked Warriors 2012" tour tonight at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas .

East Cameron Folkcore's shows are always a passionate performance and feel like a family affair with the crowd often singing along.

Alan Shull attends a job fair in Portland, Ore. The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits edged down by 1,000 last week after dropping sharply the previous week, evidence hiring could pick up this month.

To celebrate Bad Pizza Power Hour , Eater Austin e-mailed some of our colleagues-about-town in the food writing world, asking them to tell us about the worst pizza they've ever eaten.

Steve Anderson , a brewer at Austin-based Live Oak Brewing Co., is heading west to start his own production brewery , the Austin Chronicle reports.

'AUSTIN CHRONICLE' ADULT SPELLING BEE Join our fine proofing staff and volunteers from BookPeople and the Austin Public Library in this scintillating evening of vocabulary edification.

Why do I feel like that kid after Christmas whose dad shows up on the 26th with the new Hot Wheels car after my mom's new boyfriend already beat me with a couple of lengths of the racetrack under the tree the day before? It sure would have been nice to hear you say this before North Carolina's idiotic vote , Mr.