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Texas jury acquits man who shot Craigslist escort after she refused sex

By Claire St. Amant

06.06.13 | 2:45 pm

It's not every day that a small-town Texas trial garners attention on Gawker, but this is no ordinary crime. A jury in Bexar County, near San Antonio, has acquitted a man who admits to shooting ...


R.I.P.

World-renowned pianist Van Cliburn dies at Fort Worth home

By Alex Bentley

02.27.13 | 12:09 pm

Van Cliburn, the legendary pianist whose eponymous competition has been bringing world-class musicians to Fort Worth for more than 50 years, died on Wednesday. He was 78. Cliburn was born in Sh ...


Tragedy at the stadium

Dead fan fell three levels at Reliant Stadium: Details on 25-year-old victim's night at Texans game

By Chris Baldwin

08.31.12 | 12:56 pm

Even as Houston's Reliant Stadium prepped to host a high school football game on Friday night, officials held a somber press conference to reveal more details about the falling death of a fan. ...


Be not afraid

Let's Take Back the Knight: Go see a movie — any movie — Thursday to swat back fear & that cowardly shooter

By Joe Leydon

07.24.12 | 1:31 pm

Andrew Breznican of Entertainment Weekly is absolutely right: We should not let the Colorado shooter scare us. We should defy this terrorist’s attempt to intimidate us by doing the very thing ...


RIP MCA

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, beloved hip-hop punk and pioneer, loses battle with cancer

By Reid Schroder

05.04.12 | 6:10 pm

Adam Yauch (aka MCA), a founding member of the influential Brooklyn hip-hop group The Beastie Boys, died Friday at the age of 47. Yauch had been battling cancer in his salivatory glands for the las ...


Remembering Whitney

Whitney Houston's Saturday funeral will stream live online as New Jersey lowers its flags half-staff: Will you watch?

By Whitney Radley

02.17.12 | 1:16 pm

Whitney Houston's untimely death came as a shock — though not a surprise — to her friends, family and fans across the world.  Though initial plans for a large-scale&nb ...


Talent Squandered

Whitney Houston dead at 48: Mystery surrounds demise at Beverly Hills hotel

By Chris Baldwin

02.11.12 | 8:57 pm

Whitney Houston is dead at 48. Houston — the supremely-gifted, record-breaking singer who ruined one of the most beautiful voices of our times with heavy drug use and questionable decisions ( ...


Good from tragedy

Ben Breedlove becomes a global phenomenon: Giving back even in death

By Kevin Benz

01.04.12 | 3:00 pm

Ben Breedlove left a legacy of strength and courage when he died on Christmas day. The 17-year-old, who recorded his belief in an afterlife on YouTube just a week before dying of a heart attack, is ...


Police seek info in teacher murder

Austin musicians and fans remember Esme Barrera: "A friend to all"

By Chad Swiatecki

01.03.12 | 10:31 am

No matter how packed the Free Week shows all across downtown Austin get this week, there will be a big void in those crowds. That’s the consensus of just about everyone who knew Esme Barrera, ...


in the news

Austin loses mentor, activist and music-lover Esme Barrera in tragic New Year's morning murder

By Caitlin M. Ryan

01.02.12 | 5:56 pm

Update: KXAN reports three individual attacks happened on the same block and in the early morning hours during which Barrera was killed. A suspect sketch has been released. Anyone with in ...


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