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• Posted Dinner, Crime, Disease and the Holidays! [Extra Extra] to Austinist
  me and the sysop/Flickr Doh! Don’t rob the mayor of a small town! He won’t be happy about it, and he’ll really want the cops to catch you. Do you know a real, no-nonsense girl who rides horses, and who is between the ages of 12 and 16? If so, you might want to tell her about this casting call for the lead role in a Coen Brothers movie. Squee! Pitchfork covers Fun Fun...
• Posted Strange Days, Here We Are [Extra Extra] to Austinist
  me and the sysop/Flickr The BBC's coverage of Obama’s memorial address at Fort Hood on Tuesday. (This story is part of the BBC's extensive coverage of the tragedy.) Need a kidney? Make sure you tell your priest about your needs! It worked for this Dallas woman. Prison inmates found a stash of weed hidden in a delivery of prison-bound produce. This was after the fruit had already been searched by police officers/pot-sniffing dogs! Reasons...
• Posted Texas Tragedy in a Changing World [Extra Extra] to Austinist
  me and the sysop/Flickr This is the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the event that signaled the end of the Cold War. The “Wall of Change” project at UT marks this historic moment. President Obama to attend a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday. The New York Times has a detailed story about the background of the Fort Hood shooter. It’s part of their larger package on the tragedy....
• Posted The News is Stranger than Fiction [Extra Extra] to Austinist
  Flickr/That Other Paper Car collector dies… in a car accident. Be careful whom you shoot when they are coming into your condo! Skip class=find true love. Some elementary school students near Dallas to become mere pawns. If you can’t use stolen checks to buy beer…just steal the beer! Christmas to occur as scheduled, as the Zilker tree is already up! Wow… Cap Metro's board just voted to approve a fare hike for the MetroRail...
• Posted We're Still Recovering From Halloween [Extra Extra] to Austinist
  aaronisnotcool/Flickr You might not remember the details from Halloween on 6th Street, but it really happened! Be careful what you put on Facebook. That’s especially true if you do super-tacky things! Look at the planning for this incredible wedding that was scheduled for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead.) Daily Texan slideshow showing the Day of the Dead in Austin. Matador Records releasing Casual Victim Pile, a compilation of lesser-known Austin bands....