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Austin added 13,200 jobs last year, ranking it No. 17 on a list of best private-sector job gains in 2011, according to a study by the Business Journals' On Numbers.

Documentaries about Cream drummer Ginger Baker and reggae pioneer Bob Marley are among the many movies scheduled to be screened next month at the 2012 South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas.

On Valentine's Day, New Orleans surgeons will fix a hole in the heart of a 4-year-old girl from the Philippines.

HAZING is on no college or university's official curriculum. Yet hazing does occur with regularity on a number of campuses, and when things go wrong, it ends up in tragedy - and headlines.

A light is set to be installed at a crosswalk where two Austin teens were hit by a car and died.

Austin police investigate near MoPac Boulevard and Stephen F. Austin Drive, where a passer-by found a man's body Sunday afternoon.

Thousands of Boy Scouts from across Texas paraded up Congress Ave. in their annual gathering Saturday morning.

IF THEY LOOK LIKE YOGA PANTS, you're not fooling anyone. Dead giveaways: piping across the butt, down the leg, logos, and colored waistbands if exposed.

Austin area residents will now be able to rent an electric car from Daimler's locally based car2go car sharing company.

Jarod Neece, however, is a member of the press corps devoted to another of Austin's grand traditions, one much, much more delicious.

James Danner had bought an Austin High School Class of 1960 ring at a garage sale, and after reading a story about the class of 1956, he called the newspaper to see whether the owner could be found.

If you're wondering what to do with your Saturday night, why not make good on your New Year's resolution and get thee to a local bookstore.

A series of showers and thunderstorms rolled through the Austin area earlier this morning, bringing a record 1.7 inches of rainfall to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, but the heavy rainfall anticipated early today largely missed the Central Texas area.

Readers, I'm guessing by now that you've been to G'Raj Mahal - one of my favorite restaurants in all of Austin.

As the City of Austin prepares its next bond package, it wants to know what improvements are needed in neighborhoods across the city.

After a three-day uproar, the world's largest breast cancer organization on Friday reversed its decision to deny continued funding to Planned Parenthood affiliates for breast cancer screening.

Austin police on Friday night broke up the Occupy Austin encampment under a city policy adopted Thursday that bans people from the public building during overnight hours.

After a month or so of public mulling, Brigid Shea announced this week that she's a candidate for Austin mayor.

No injuries were reported after an officer fired at a man who shot at police at a Northwest Austin apartment complex, police said.

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