• Heartbreaking story from San Antonio, where a mother told the police, “I just killed my babies.” The boys were 1 and 3 years old.
• Yikes! Former coach, teacher, school board member in La Porte, Texas has been accused of allegedly downloading and sharing hundreds of images of child pornography, some of children perhaps as young as 2 years-old.
• A report on that Tuesday town hall meeting about the future of UT’s Cactus Cafe.

"What people don't realize is that the so-called Seattle grunge scene grew out of several close-knit gourmet supper clubs - we would only pick up guitars to pass the time while our dishes were simmering, baking, boiling, etc." - Kurt Cobain For those Austinites looking to escape a (warm) hip town full of rock and roll, coffee shops, tech geeks and weed for another (rainy) hip town full of rock and roll, coffee shops,... more ›

An 80-year old passenger on an American Airlines flight originating in Austin apparently got disoriented as the plane neared its destination of Los Angeles. He got out of his seat and pushed a stewardess. Then he made his biggest mistake: he wandered into first class. more ›

Sean Penn has a voodoo doll of Anne Coulter. Where did he get it? We want one, too. A man in New Delhi unintentionally divorced his wife in his sleep because he said the word "talaq" three times in his sleep. Hmm...We wonder what would happen?... beer- beer -beer. Damn. Bush meets with Mexican President Vicente Fox tomorrow and Friday in Cancun. Fox is pleased with the guest worker bill that was before the... more ›

We know people who drove for 24 hours from Minneapolis to make it to SXSW this year (much love, kids). We know people who flew from Bangkok and Madrid. We even have a friend who hitched from Seattle to be here. We thought that last scenario was a little extreme. The we read this. more ›

Austinites near East Seventh Street and Springdale were in for quite a shock this past Saturday afternoon when pieces of metal started falling from the skies. While we initially assumed this to be some sort of divine protest against our technological excesses (but seriously, everyone deserves a gold-plated media player), it turns out it was actually out-bound American Airlines flight MD-80 losing its lunch after experiencing engine failure. From Austin Globe: more ›