
Green Day's Armstrong upbeat in lively SXSW show
Green Day isn't talking about the recent rocky past, but they're playing like the old days. An upbeat Billie Joe Armstrong whipped the Grammy-winning ...
Machine Gun Kelly big winner at Woodie Awards
Machine Gun Kelly stole the night at the 2013 mtvU Woodie Awards. The rapper won the Woodie of the year during the annual awards celebrating emerging ...

Leap jumps to capture next step in motion control
In a bustling tent set up in a parking lot here at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival, people are pointing their hands and gesturing with ...

Gordon-Levitt's 'Don Jon' gets streamlined title
First, he agreed to cut some of the graphic sex scenes. Now, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is trimming the title of his directorial debut. His racy comedy, ...

Big names at SXSW, but what about big breaks?
In the frenzy of South by Southwest, even standouts like The Flaming Lips feel the need to stand out. Now consider that problem while surveying the ...

'Spring Breakers' has bikini-clad debut at SXSW
Iconoclastic director Harmony Korine unveiled what may be one of the most twisted spring break movies in recent memory with a screening heralded by ...

Schools shift from textbooks to tablets
Well before the cleanup from Superstorm Sandy was in full swing, students could read about the weather system that slammed the East Coast in their ...
Cowboys redo 5 contracts, save cap space
The Dallas Cowboys have reworked the contracts of five starters, including DeMarcus Ware, Jason Witten and Miles Austin, to save salary cap space.

'Victory or Death' letter returns to the Alamo
A written plea for help in which the commander of the besieged rebel Texas forces at the Alamo vowed "Victory or Death" will return Friday to the old ...

Bartender, I'll have another ... for charity
Call it benevolence through beer, donating via daiquiri or generosity by gin and tonic. A new Houston bar is offering its customers not just a relaxed ...

LBJ and Lady Bird courtship love letters released
Days after the congressional aide met the University of Texas history and journalism graduate in Austin, he boldly proposed marriage. Claudia Alta ...

Procession escorts ex-Navy SEAL Kyle to burial
After a 200-mile journey, former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle was buried Tuesday in Austin as his family members and fellow SEALS looked on amid the ...

Ex-DA denies misconduct in wrongful conviction
A former Texas district attorney whose prosecution led to an innocent man spending 25 years in prison for his wife's murder looked the man in the eye ...
Colleague: Ex-DA worked to keep notes from defense
A former Texas prosecutor who worked for an ex-district attorney at the center of a wrongful conviction case said Wednesday that his former boss ...
Texan seeks accountability for wrongful conviction
A Texas man who was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 25 years for his wife's murder told a judge Monday that neither he nor his legal team knew ...

Rudy Gay heads to Toronto in Grizzlies' makeover
Rudy Gay is on his way to Toronto in the latest and most dramatic move in the Memphis Grizzlies' money-motivated makeover. The Grizzlies agreed to ...

Thousands rally against stricter gun control in US
Gun advocates — some with rifles slung across shoulders or pistols holstered at the hip — have rallied peacefully in state capitals nationwide against ...

Armstrong's enemies find vindication, sadness
First shunned, then vilified by Lance Armstrong, Mike Anderson had to move to the other side of the world to get his life back. Now running a bike ...

Lance Armstrong left it 'all on table' with Oprah
All the speculation is about to end. In a matter of hours, viewers can judge for themselves whether Lance Armstrong told the truth this time.

Anti-doping officials want Armstrong under oath
A televised confession by Lance Armstrong isn't enough. Anti-doping officials want the disgraced cyclist to admit his guilt under oath before ...

AP source: Armstrong tells Oprah Winfrey he doped
Lance Armstrong has finally come clean. After years of bitter and forceful denials, he offered a simple "I'm sorry" to friends and colleagues and then ...

AP source: Armstrong tells Oprah he doped
Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person ...

Armstrong awaits 'candid' Oprah interview
Out for a Sunday morning jog in bright sunshine, Lance Armstrong hardly looked like a man about to finally confront the doping scandal that has ...