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America's 15 Best Bargain Cities

ABC News | ZACK O'MALLEY GREENBURG | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

To determine which U.S. cities are the best bargains, Forbes looked at the country's 50 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan d...

Rick Perry Aide: Don't Open Up GOP Like A "Whorehouse"

AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A comment by a strategist for Gov. Rick Perry that the Republican Party shouldn't open itself "like a whorehouse" to new voters h...

Capital Factory Incubator Chooses Five Startups

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Capital Factory, an early-stage incubator that provides its annual class of startups with up to $20,000 each, mentorship services, office space, legal...

Gov. Rick Perry: Texas Could Secede, Leave Union

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick...

Texas Rep. Betty Brown Apologizes For Saying Asians Should Simplify Their Names

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas lawmaker under fire for saying that Asian-American voters should adopt names that are "easier for Americans" has apologi...

Brittany Murphy Joins the Expendables

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

It's just gained Brittany Murphy as the girlfriend to Mickey Rourke's character, and David Zayas as the dictator that they are sent to bring down. The...

Star Trek Sneak Explodes in Giant Trekgasm [Star Trek]

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Folks in the United States were a little bummed to hear that Star Trek was going to premiere in Australia, today, roughly one month before it was set ...

Early Twitter Buzz: Star Trek Has Secret Premiere in Austin

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

While a world of Trekkers believed the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek would premiere in Sydney, Australia Tuesday, Leonard Nimoy made a surprise appearance...

Time Warner Cable Expands Internet Usage Pricing

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

It was only a matter of time before Time Warner Cable expanded its efforts to bring tiered broadband out of the tiny town of Beaumont, Texas. Time Wa...

Courtney Love Sued For Libel Over Online Rants

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

LOS ANGELES — Some of Courtney Love's online rants are now in a Los Angeles court. A fashion designer's libel and breach of contract lawsuit ag...

What Would Molly Think?

Betsy Moon | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Betsy Moon

Molly Ivins made us want to be our better selves and stand up and use our power. Two years after her death, she would be so proud that we finally woke up and worked to make this happen.

Consumer Confidence and an All American Attitude

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Don McNay

In today's economy, there are a lot of things out of control. Greedy bankers and lousy leaders put the world in peril -- it is easy to get depressed. Then I think about the bright side.

How Green is Austin?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Austin, Texas is poised to set an example for the rest of the country, having successfully managed to shift its fiscal and social focus towards conser...

Ike: Galveston's Big Break?

Isabel Cowles | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Isabel Cowles

The Sunday after Ike, I visited Austin for the first time. Power seemed weeks away, there was debris in the streets and the blessed cool front Houston...