Austin American-Statesman

Soldiers and civilians who work on this sprawling post are beginning to shift their focus from the immediate trauma of last week's shooting rampage to coping with its lasting impact. Full Story »

The Department of Homeland Security agency charged with investigating cases of modern-day slavery is enlisting the public's help to root out those involved. Full Story »

The white puppy first began following the National Guard squad from Camp Mabry while they were on patrol in the Afghanistan village of Sangh-e-Masha one day in June. Full Story »

Chances are, no other Texas convict has a music video pleading his case. Or a Facebook page, a Twitter account or a public relations firm. Full Story »

U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul of Austin, the highest-ranking Republican on the House subcommittee on intelligence, answered questions submitted in a Web chat Monday at strong Full Story »

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This has been a bad year for whooping cough in Central Texas — worse even than 2005 — and Williamson County is grappling with the state's most daunting outbreak. Full Story »

Travis County commissioners could decide today to approve the financing for a water pipeline that would fuel more development on Austin's eastern flank. Full Story »

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Mental health counselors have been increasing their availability in and around Killeen to get ready for the expected surge of people looking to talk about their troubles in connection with Thursday's Fort Hood shootings. Full Story »

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• In some editions Saturday, a headline and roundup item on Page C7 incorrectly stated that Liberty Hill defeated Llano in a high school football game. Llano won 26-12. • A high school football roundup item on Saturday's Page C6 misidentified two Del Valle players. Matt Gonzalez passed for 121 yards, including a scoring throw to Aaron Chisholm, in Del Valle's 20-7 victory. Full Story »

Wednesday is Veterans Day, a day when you and I should thank the troops for helping us keep what we've got. Full Story »

When Travis County commissioners decided to pay $40,000 to the 72-year-old woman whom a deputy constable hit with a Taser in May, they considered several factors. Among them were another Taser-related case that was settled for the same amount and a video of the May incident that had not previously been released to the media. Full Story »

The 13 American flags were flapping in a semicircle Sunday in the long courtyard beneath the balcony of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's second-story apartment, one for each person he is accused of shooting to death Thursday afternoon. Full Story »

In this town, where God and country have always been paramount, soldiers and military families sought comfort in local houses of worship on the first Sunday after the shootings at Fort Hood. Full Story »

The college graduation ceremony Thursday in a Fort Hood auditorium next to the site of the mass shooting was less about pomp and more about circumstance. Full Story »

Officials are investigating what caused a plane crash that killed a Kerrville man and his two grandsons Sunday in the Texas Hill Country. Full Story »

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Nine years old at the time, Judith Atzler was living in Munich when the East German government began opening the Berlin Wall between East and West Germany 20 years ago today. Full Story »

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