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Higher educators in Texas are working to train great teachers and provide support and evaluation for teachers in the field—and the results are encouraging.
New Yorkers are cheering as our iconic yellow-labeled bock rams toward their city.
Houston has some of highest funeral costs, Tesla Motors wants to sell electric cars directly to customers, J.C. Penney's embattled CEO was fired, and more.
Because if you’re going to buy a banjo, it might as well be locally sourced.
“I haven’t thought about the bust or what I’ll do then. I live one day at a time. I’ll go with it as long as I can.”
Readers respond to the April 2013 issue.
1. Independent WomanOn May 24, Twentieth Century Fox will release the computer-animated movie Epic, in which Beyoncé, arguably the biggest star of our time, will voice the role of Queen Tara, the empress of a microscopic kingdom. What could be more appropriate?Think about it. Over the past year or so,
For decades, Stanley Marsh 3 was one of the most celebrated eccentrics in Texas. Then one Houston attorney set out to prove that he had a dark and terrible secret.
I am not ashamed to say that after reading the first draft of this month’s cover story on the Texas coast, by the intrepid and thoughtful Dan Oko, I experienced a fleeting hesitation about publishing it at all. Perhaps we could call a last-minute audible and put Lance Armstrong
Alfredo Corchado’s tragic, hopeful vision of Mexico’s emergence from an era of blood and fear.
The colorful Attwater's Prairie Chicken, a bird that flourished in Texas a hundred years ago, is on the verge of extinction.
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Could new legislation make cable more appealing than satellite television?
On March 5 in Austin, The Texas Medal of Arts Awards spotlighted and celebrated Texans who have achieved greatness through their creative talents, as well as those whose generosity has opened doors to artistic opportunity for Texans of all ages. Click through to read more and view pictures.
The Texas A&M System thinks so. It’s using data to enhance transparency and accountability in Texas’s institutions of higher learning so that Texas students get the support they need to get a college degree.
Dallas Wiens, the man who became the first American to receive a full-face transplant, got married over the weekend. The new couple hopes to inspire others with an up-coming reality show.
A Texas district attorney and his wife were found dead at their home, gunned down by unknown assailants, less than two months after an Assistant DA in the same office was shot outside the courthouse. There are no conclusive suspects, but the signs are pointing towards gang violence.
Some think the state should lessen its 14 percent tax on mixed drinks for bars that present live music more than four times a week.
To meet the demands of a growing economy in Texas, educators in the STEM fields have to innovate how they teach while increasing opportunities for students interested in getting a higher education.
“The big monster with the big mustache” is sentenced to life in prison.
James Arnt Aune took his own life after allegedly being blackmailed for having an online relationship with a minor. The underage girl he corresponded with apparently may not have been a girl at all, but a grown man running a "catfishing" scam.
Researchers at the University of Texas mapped the genome of the Texas Longhorn and discovered its heritage is more complicated than previously thought.
Proposed legislation would limit microbreweries' ability to distribute their product.
On the third day of Mark Alan Norwood's capital murder trial, an old friend testified that Norwood sold him the .45 that disappeared from Michael Morton's home after his wife, Christine, was murdered in 1986.
DNA testing of a blue bandana exonerated Michael Morton. Could the small square of cloth also be the linchpin that seals Mark Alan Norwood's fate?
How a changing society puts new demands on public education and what university educators are doing to ensure an educated workforce for the future of Texas.
Prosecutors say they will prove that Norwood sold a .45 pistol that was stolen from the Morton home.
Some Texas cities top the list for the fastest growth rate, others top the list for the greatest number of new residents. The reason behind both? Jobs.
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Regardless of your views, at least you know what's going on in there.
A San Antonio inmate allegedly hired another man to murder the judge presiding over his case.
Readers respond to the March 2013 issue.
In March 2003 the best-selling female band in American history touched the third rail of country music. A decade later, the Dixie Chicks belong mostly to history, and the recent recording of two separate albums by the former bandmates underscores the fact that the Chicks, as Chicks, are more or less
Steve Earle on leaving Texas, kicking drugs, and watching himself die on TV.
Macy's thought they were exclusive.
UPDATED: A Brownsville construction worker named Manuel Velez was sent to death row in 2008 after he was convicted of killing his girlfriend’s baby. Five years later, new testimony from a number of forensic experts suggests that the medical evidence against Velez was deeply flawed. Now he may receive the
Enter for your chance to win two pairs of FAN Badges to the Moontower Comedy Festival, taking place April 24–27 in Austin.
Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival presented by the Paramount Theatre brings to Austin, some of the funniest, wittiest and oddest world-class comics from around the globe. This marathon of side-splitting nights throughout the city is slated to bring over 100 comedians doing everything from stand-up and sketch to improv and
Plus, floundering J.C. Penney hired Sergio Zyman, the man who introduced one of Coca-Cola's most successful products (Diet Coke)—and one of its least successful (New Coke).
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News’ police blotter.
Buc-ee's founder Arch "Beaver" Aplin talks about his tips of starting and running a successful business.
Events on March 2-3 commemorate the 177th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution at Washington-on-the-Brazos where the Republic of Texas was founded. Featured are Independence Hall, an 1850s farm, costumed interpreters, Star of the Republic Museum (covering the 1836-1846 period) and a Visitor Center/gift shop.
A Houston suburb will impose a "crash tax" on at fault drivers to help cover the cost of emergency response teams.
Her emergency? She needed cigarettes.
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