News Bits!

Yesterday morning Indiana finally joined the rest of us in our switch to Daylight Savings Time. We still haven't fully switched over and are walking around in a haze today.
Jill Carroll came home to the States yesterday. She has spoken out some about her captors in Iraq, saying that they forced her words during captivity.
Some Travis County officials think that we should put the toll roads up for a vote.
Austin's only female African-American firefighter is retiring.
A thousand marchers took to Austin streets this weekend to celebrate the life of Cesar Chavez and to protest HR 4437 (the anti-immigration bill).
Speaking of immigration, Sen. Frist wants the Senate to vote on immigration reform ASAP.
Years ago, Jenna Bush asked her daddy to get on her boyfriend's case . . . later to discover that the altercation was Jenna's fault. Or so a new bio on Laura Bush says. Whether this is news is up to you.
The cast of The Office (American version) taped some faux "The More You Know" ads for April Fool's day, viewable here.

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