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Actress SofA a Vergara attends the Yahoo News/ABCNews Pre-White House Correspondents' dinner reception pre-party at Washington Hilton on May 3, 2014 in Washington, DC.

The Times reports Mark Sweeney of Austin, Texas, accepted an offer to be the executive director of the Metropolitan Planning Commission.

Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour , a collaboration between the estate of Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil, will perform at the Cedar Park Center on August 5 and 6. Since its premiere in Montreal, Canada in October 2011, this musical production has thrilled audiences throughout the world.

Want to help build a home for a family in need of one? Thanks to several local bars, that'll be easy.

From the City of Austin: Austin 3a 1a 1 is pleased to announce its new Smart Phone App.

DPS authorities say 28-year-old Suzanne Hodgson, of Austin, was traveling west on State Highway 71 about 7 p.m. when she crashed into the back of a vehicle stopped at a red light at Farm to Market 1209 in Bastrop County.

The band has been a fan favorite in Austin for years . Their eagerness to experiment in all things sight-and-sound makes their live performances a spectacle to behold.

Just because your pregnant wife doesn't want to participate in a pregnancy photo shoot doesn't mean you shouldn't commemorate the occasion.

A fire alarm that prompted some passengers to evacuate Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has been blamed on a worker who was welding.

Attorneys for a woman is renewing her appeal of a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the use of race in University of Texas undergraduate admissions.

The two trucks collided in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 between E. Braker Lane and Tech Ridge Boulevard, just before 3:30 a.m. Austin police have closed down the southbound main lanes of I-35 starting at Parmer Lane.

Last week, Austin filmmaker Robert Rodriguez was at San Diego Comic-Con, promoting his latest movie Sin City: A Dame to Kill For with panels and parties -- even walking the convention floor in costume .

"I hit the ball really well all day and when I hit it close, I made the putts I needed to make," Gillman said.

Jeff Knight, formerly of Austin Poetry Slam, and his daughter Cassidy, who graduated from Anderson High School and is headed to University of North Texas-Denton to study film, made a pretty cool video about embracing life now before it changes.

A handful of Austin musicians will play Beatles songs as part of the Sunday services at the Center for Spiritual Living throughout the month of August in the Center's 13th annual Beatles Month event.

Wade Atwood, a 40-year-old Austin man accused of hitting and killing Kelly Noel, aka ATXhipsters , was charged Monday with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.

A rendering of the State Highway 45 extension. Some say the route of a proposed extension to SH 45 could negatively impact the Edwards Aquifer.

The Ann Arbor News reports the university's car named Quantum won the eight-day solar vehicle competition on Saturday.

We usually think of lentils as warming comfort food for the cold weather months, but they add body and substance to salads perfect for a summer potluck.

The report published by Zip Realty said the median number of days a house stays on the market in Austin is just 10 days.