National teams from eight countries including the United States will compete in Austin this summer at the International Federation of American Football's under-19 world championship.The U.S. squad will be joined by teams from American Samoa, Austria, C... »
While state police and the FBI started a wiretapping investigating into the Saints and general manager Mickey Loomis, assistant head coach Joe Vitt called allegations that Loomis had his Superdome booth wired so he could listen to opposing coaches "abs... »
Rising foreclosures are weighing on the U.S. housing market, reducing prices and keeping new-home sales weak.Foreclosed homes are usually sold at steep discounts, thereby lowering average prices. And by expanding the supply of low-priced, previously oc... »
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will hold a town hall meeting at the University of Texas on Thursday as part of a newly added three-day campaign swing through his home state of Texas.The congressman from Lake Jackson, targeting fellow Texans... »
Consumers are growing wary of losing their identities online and are frustrated with the level of personal data that company websites demand, a conference at the University of Texas' Center of Identity was told Tuesday.Kimberly Little with LexisNexis R... »
You know what's weird? No, I mean in addition to the fact that Grape-Nuts cereal has no grapes or nuts. It's weird that only one of the three Democratic candidates in a local U.S. House race will be voting for himself or herself in the May 29 primary.M... »
TECHNOLOGYApple sells 35 million iPhones in 2nd quarterNEW YORK — Apple, the world's most valuable company, is trumping skeptics once again by reporting blow-out iPhone sales.Apple says it sold 35 million iPhones in its most recent quarter, almost twic... »
DOWNTOWN AUSTIN Ethics panel set to host council candidate forum The City of Austin's Ethics Review Commission will host today's candidate forum moderated by the Austin Area League of Women Voters, which will feature City Council candidates. The forum ... »
Austin-based software maker Affinegy has a new list of global customers after buying a broadband software business from a technology company based in France.Affinegy, which develops home networking software, said the purchase of the business from Sagem... »
Timothy Lay was ready for some new sneakers. Maybe white ones with black soles. Or the kind that light up when you walk and make little boys like Timothy stomp their feet on the floor with every step.His mother, however, had different standards."I'm lo... »
An appeals board has dismissed a complaint alleging that Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley engaged in misconduct and violated ethics rules in his handling of the Michael Morton case.The Board of Disciplinary Appeals ruled that the State ... »
Energy and ownershipRe: April 14 editorial "Address Austin Energy inequities."If Austin Energy were a private company, its revenues in excess of expenses and reinvestments (aka profits) would flow to its owners (shareholders) as dividends paid.Could a ... »
Call the police.Many readers might have had that thought more than once as they took in reporter Andrea Ball's story in Tuesday's American-Statesman about the state's decision to re-examine how a patient at Rusk State Hospital, a psychiatric facility i... »
This weekend, celebrity chefs and foodies from around the country will descend on Auditorium Shores for the first ever Austin Food & Wine Festival, which is likely the highest-profile culinary event in Austin's history. But let's get it out in the open... »
Russ Kane put almost 7,000 miles on his car driving across the state while researching his new book, "The Wineslinger Chronicles: Texas on the Vine" (Texas Tech University Press, $29.95). He's back on the road this month, but for a different reason.Kan... »
