The ancient mammoth may roam again thanks to a Canadian team of scientists. By extracting mammoth DNA from frozen specimens scientists can……hey, wait, isn't this the plot in Jurassic Park? Abandoned Hezbollah positions in Lebanon have revealed their use of Syrian-made rockets. Have you noticed an increase in the amount of graffiti in Austin? You're not seeing things. Republican Ben Bentzin is withdrawing from the race for state representative in District 48, which covers......

Today is the last day to vote early in the District 48 Run-off. We won't comment except to recommend googling "Ben Bentzin" and look at the fifth result. That is all. A Waco man has been sentenced to life in jail for sexually abusing a young girl he was helping to raise. 14 dogs (half of them puppies) were stolen from a local breeder. Not the puppies! Austinites are worried that Austin Energy is......

*image borrowed from www.trilug.org If you're seeing plenty of those Ben Bentzin and Donna Howard signs littering your neighbors' lawns, quit stealing them. The election will be over soon enough. Yesterday began the early voting period for the run-off election for State Representative of District 48. Back in January, Donna Howard came close to winning the majority by a .5% margin. Ben Bentzin came in a close second with 38% of the votes. Early......

Lt. Gov. Dewy announced that Feb. 14 will be the runoff election date in the House District 48 race. It will be Democrat Donna Howard against republican Ben Bentzin, and the blood will flow my friends. It's real; it's raw. It's the House District 48 showdown! The governor's race is already getting spicy! Independent candidate Carole Strayhorn says that she is against private school vouchers. In fact, Strayhorn has accused Gov. Ricky of dismantling......

In the race to represent House District 48, Democrat Donna Howard and Republican Ben Bentzin made it through Round One on Tuesday and will meet in a runoff election to see who will replace Todd Baxter in the Texas House. Democrat Kathy Rider and Libertarian Ben Easton finished third and fourth and are now free to vote for Donna Howard. She received 49.5% of the vote, against Bentzin's 37.8 % which might shock some......

Scoop Jackson was kind enough to point this out to us: for those of you residing in House District 48, today's your chance to vote for Todd Baxter's replacement in the Texas House. Baxter resigned last Fall, leaving his seat open to four contenders: Republican Ben Bentzin, Libertarian Ben Easton and Democrats Donna Howard and Kathy Rider. A run-off election will be held later if no one candidate receives a strong majority; the winner......