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Austin, Texas is located in Travis County. Zip codes in Austin, TX include 78748, 78721, and 78719. The median home price in Austin is $275,000. More Austin information.

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Capital City cashing in on Hollywood projects

Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope said more productions are moving their shoots to Austin, including NBC's "The Revolution" and ABC's "Lying Game" and "Killer Women." With more productions comes more money for local businesses, too.

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Suspect identified in Friday morning's officer-involved shooting

The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Mark Guard. He has been charged with aggravated assault on a public servant and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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Fri May 17, 2013

The Austin Chronicle

Kickstart Your Weekend With These 3 Projects

Thanks to our shared fame as the capital of Texas and the live music capital of the world, Austin has a wealth of creative types and political junkies.

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The Austin Chronicle

News Ticker: May 17

Daniel Greer mouths off, Lee Leffingwell dances with the stars, and Judith Zaffirini reaches a landmark.

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Austinist

Urban rail coming to Austin? Plan could finish as early as 2014

Austinites shouldn't expect to be boarding a bullet train to Barton Springs anytime soon, but urban rail took a big step forward this past week.

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The Austin Chronicle

The Unexplained Death of Jennifer Cave

It's been two years since 21-year-old Jennifer Cave was brutally murdered and dismembered inside the West Campus apartment of her friend Colton Pitonyak.

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The Austin Chronicle

Praise the Lloyd

While primarily a gala benefit for KLRU, our local PBS affiliate, last night's three-hour ACL Live at the Moody Theater concert celebrated Austin music master Lloyd Maines .

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Austin American-Statesman

Study shows Austin traffic congestion among the nation's worst

INRIX, a Kirkland, Wa., company that collects real-time traffic data from more than 100 million vehicles worldwide using global positioning devices, rates Austin traffic as the fourth worst in the United States.

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The Austin Chronicle

El Valiente

Oh, San Antonio. You were rebuilding your rep for South Texas rock dominance - with corazon - until Pinata Protest crashed the fiesta.

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Austin American-Statesman

Woman carjacked at gunpoint in South Austin

The incident happened at 8:38 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Congress near William Cannon Drive.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Austin American-Statesman

The Blotter: Two found dead in Spicewood house fire

Two people were found dead Thursday morning following a late-night fire at a Spicewood home, officials said.

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Austinist

Trader Joe's Lands In Austin This Fall: Ten Items To Pine For

By now you have heard that Trader Joe's is coming to Austin. The Austin Business Journal reported earlier this spring that three stores will open in Rollingwood, Downtown, and at The Arboretum beginning this fall.

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The Austin Chronicle

News/Print

Writing prizes are great news for the recipients, but they're even more spectacular for the community: You get a whole new set of rising stars to watch make their impressive trajectory.

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KFOXTV

Vampire Weekend switch it up, some, on third album

This March 14, 2013 photo shows members of the band Vampire Weekend, from left, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio, Chris Thomson and Ezra Koenig posing during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

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The Austin Chronicle

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

The New York Times once wrote that Nashville was like Austin's cousin had it been raised by a stricter father.

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KHOU-TV Houston

Austin creates wishlist for where Google Fiber should go first

AUSTIN, Texas The City of Austin's Emerging Technology and Telecommunications Committee had its first public discussion Wednesday regarding Google Fiber and which city buildings should get the super fast Internet connection first.

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The Austin Chronicle

Jason Boland & the Stragglers

Jason Boland's come a long way since his Red Dirt-kicking, Pearl Snaps days. 2008's Comal County Blue proved the Okie native and decadelong Austinite worthy of the top tier of emerging Texas songwriters, its poignant tunes crafted through their songwriter's blistered heartbreak and alcoholism recovery.

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Wed May 15, 2013

The Austin Chronicle

Funniest Person in Austin 2013

Okay, folks, our annual comedy competition is really gettin' serious. Back on April Fools' Day, we were looking at a record 209 jokeslingers vying for the crown in this year's Funniest Person in Austin contest.

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KVUE.com

Troubled teens art featured at Austin auction

It started in 1997 as a summer-only art program for kids at Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center.

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The Austin Chronicle

Summer Fun: Sweatin' It Out

July, 2009. I'd lived in Austin nearly two years. That first leg from Spoon's three-night stand at Stubb's hit so hard that I had to scalp a ticket to the third night.

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