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Winner of the 2005 Best Foreign Language Oscar, this South African entry is a harsh but ultimately redemptive tale of a young gang leader who lives in a Johannesburg shantytown.

Application backlog grew from December to January

"Texas Plan" brings new money to Austin and other districts, but nothing's final yet

“In Texas, we don’t focus on what our needs are; we focus on what we want to pay”

“Let’s target some new money toward childhood literacy, toward high school success, toward teacher quality – the kind of things that research shows make a difference”

AISD real estate; a clean energy future

Four buildings plus 75 acres up for new uses

5-2 Vote on Websense and Dropbox suggests shifting perspectives

A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?

Best and worst of the Lone Star State

Will AISD abandon its shrinking schools?

We've Been Having Fun All Summer Long

Why There's No Oldies Country Radio

Dr. Libby Doggett makes the case for Travis County CARES, a November ballot measure that would provide high quality, affordable child care and afterschool programs for working families

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Downloading hawker culture

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

Hammer & Tongs on why their Eighties-era childhood epic Son of Rambow is the anti-CGI

Unfortunately, Norman Mailer is more a journalist than he is a novelist, more a student of humanity than a creator of lives

"I was born to Hand Jive, baby, and that's not even a euphemism," says Sarah Hepola, explaining the continuing appeal of camp classic, Grease. Project Transitions and the Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival will host a sing-along performance of Grease this weekend at the Paramount.

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

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Private school partnerships boost district enrollment

City Council attempts to spend more, cost less, and ... sustain services

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