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Martin Luther King Day News [Extra Extra]
- As of Monday, it now costs most of us at least a buck to ride Capital Metro.
- The New York Times explores the reasons why Gov. Perry might have said 'nope' to a possible 700 million bucks for education.
- Older women in small towns in Central Texas are watching out for the “Twilight Rapist.” (The name comes from the time-of-day when he strikes, not the Twilight series of books.)
- An East Texas radio show that's made with real cowboy culture is broadcast on the Internet, now has fans all over the world!
- UT Film students interviewed soldiers getting tattooed before going to Iraq. See the story when the Austin Film Society Documentary Tour presents Tattooed Under Fire with filmmaker (and UT Professor) Nancy Schiesari in attendance.
- Read this heartbreaking feature from the Austin American-Statesman about the late Austinite Stephen Bruton, music supervisor for the Oscar-buzz film Crazy Heart
- At Gallery Furniture in Houston, you can look at some monkeys before you pick out a sofa. (We wonder if “Mattress Mack” will change his name to “Monkey Mack?”)
- See Brett Favre lead the Vikings in a rendition of “Pants On the Ground” after their victory over the Cowboys. Oh, the horror!
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