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News‘Killer Joe’ a Tough Character to GraspMatthew McConaughey plays the title role in the new movie Killer Joe, a Texas police detective who works as a hit man on the side and gets hired by a family to kill their mother. When the family can’t come up with Joe’s advance he demands the family’s daughter as a “retainer.”
McConaughey talked with KUT’s Jennifer Stayton about being so disgusted the first time he read the script he threw it away, but then took a second look at the character.... |
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NewsState Tax Revenue Expected to DropLawmakers overseeing the Texas state budget heard some disappointing news today — that the state’s tax revenue is expected to drop.... |
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New Fire Truck Rules Alarm Firefighter...
The Austin Firefighters Association is meeting with the fire chief Thursday afternoon....
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New Law Pushes New Heart Test
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Graphic Novel Illustrates Destruction ...
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Austin Sees Surprise Revenue for 2010
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Budget News Brightens for Austin
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Rolling Out The Red Carpet..This Time ...
The Paramount Theatre in Austin hosts the World Premiere of Mike Judge's latest film "Extract":http://www.extract-the-movie.com/....
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Health Care 101: Beyond Town Hall Talk
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Tax Free Weekend Could Boost Sagging S...
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Judge Keller Denies Misconduct
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In School Discipline, Some New Rules
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Panel Calls for Outside Investigation
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Review Panel Takes up Sanders Shooting
Austin's Citizens Review Panel heard from members of the public who think that Officer Leonardo Quintana broke police regulations when he shot and killed Nathaniel Sanders the Second last May....
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Austin Teachers Hear From Their New Bo...
Thousands of Austin teachers and school district employees packed the Travis County Expo Center on Tuesday for a meeting with Superintendent Meria Carstarphen....
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