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Mayor Wynn says, "We're taking action today that will lower the cost of utility bills, make housing more affordable, help improve air quality and take critical steps in the fight against global warming," as City Council adopts codes to make new homes zero energy capable. El Paso high school student collapses and dies after finishing the PSAT. Blanco High School pranksters put bloody deer carcass in Comfort High School bus. Bird conservationists are opposed...

Starting today, Cinematexas #11 will present a cavalcade of international, narrative and experimental short films at venues all over Austin. Thematically, this year's festival is incredibly diverse, with subjects ranging from "provocative experiments with vintage 'skin flicks' to sobering documentaries on the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina." Screenings are taking place all over town, at unique venues like the east side's historic Victory Grille, so we recommend checking the schedule to see...

What this picture is basically saying: Shrug! But as of this afternoon, ACL coordinators "are keeping a very close watch on the weather and are being advised by meteorologists", and the festival will go on. More importantly, so will our "Local Music is Sexy" party! From the Statesman: Gov. Perry announces voluntary evacuations AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday urged voluntary evacuations along the Texas coast as Hurricane Rita closed in as a...

As this weekend draws increasingly nearer, we've found ourselves becoming giddy with anticipation over all the awesome bands we're going to see and the parties we're going to attend - we're most excited, of course, about our "Local Music is Sexy" rock show + dance party going down at the Velvet Spade this Saturday (no cover! giveaways! hot Austin musicians!). With all our careful planning and preparations these past few weeks, the conditions for...

Although we are by no means experiencing any of the havoc from Hurricane Katrina that our neighbors in Louisiana are going through, the effects we are feeling are hitting us in the wallet. We all expected this to happen, and true to form, gas prices have been going up since Monday.

The director of the National Weather Service announced that this year's hurricane season will be a rough one. Forecasters say that the combination of warmer waters along with "low wind shear and low pressure, as well as the jet stream, favor storm formation."