An Ohio school has suspended a boy over his mohawk. Thought $3.00 was bad? Obama HQ in Longview, Texas vandalized. Civil rights leader and former Clinton devotee John Lewis switches his endorsement over to Obama. Gives a whole new meaning to "Red China". Kenyan leaders agree to share power; post-election violence has haunted the country since December. Got it bad. Got it bad. Got it bad. I'm hot for teacher.......

Foreclosures went up like crazy in January as mortgages readjusted. China, with Olympics looming in the background, is now willing to talk about human rights. More Americans now jump around from religion to religion, survey says. Teenage drivers are lagging in getting licenses....

Photo credit: sniderscion Torontoist spent its week uncovering who was behind mysterious ads for a drug called "Obay" that popped up across the country (Scientology? Frank Shepard Fairey?), first tracing them to an advocacy group called Colleges Ontario and then confirming their suspicions a few days later.Phillyist learned how to put on a puppet show – it's not as easy as you might think!Shanghaiist discovers that the average starting monthly pay for fresh graduates......

Photograph of the Trump Soho by Riccardo Sinti...

Presidential Primaries: Hillary and Mitt Romney take Nevada, McCain takes South Carolina....

Having won the Iowa Democratic Primary, U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama appears to be rocking and rolling with new momentum. The latest numbers show Obama leading the pack in the New Hampshire Democratic Primary, with Hillary Clinton lagging in second place by a 10 point gap. What's going on here?...

A teenage gunman wishing to "go down in style" killed 8 people, then himself, at an Omaha Shopping Mall. Hearings began yesterday in landmark case about whether Guantanamo detainees have a constitutional right to challenge their imprisonment. A portion of the US-Mexico border fence may be put on a wildlife refuge. If you drive by any Austin area high school right after school lets out, you will not be surprised by this. What's worse......

Gerald Ford accused Bill Clinton of being a sex addict. (We think he was just jealous.) A case of Saint Angelinas, gone terribly wrong. Has the Castro had its day? GM, unafraid of espionage, opens research center in China. Apple no longer accepting cash payments for iPhones so they can track who purchases them. Creepy! Welcome back, Owen.......

Beginning of the end? First baby boomer files for Social Security. The Rockies are going to the World Series. No, not the Rockettes. The Rockies. The South is thirsty. Not metaphorically. China is, like, the only entity in the world that doesn't love the Dalai Lama. Greenpeace says the iPhone is toxic. Small boys rejoice: a giant new dino has been found in Argentina. Led Zep finally gets with the program.......

Britain creates new drug to combat obesity...dog obesity. Dear Abby supports gay marriage. A London judge has found nine lies in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, orders disclaimer to air before being played in schools. The Empire State Building will glow green for the end of Ramadan this year. In China, there is a 95-year old woman growing a horn out of her forehead. Houston ISD is thinking of charging students (and their parents)......

Burma continues to adopt China's interpretation of "restraint" when it deals with protests. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf continues to be the bee's knees of Pakistan with the recent ruling from Pakistan's Supreme Court. Jena 6 Defendant Released on Bail. Holy crap! The FDA is understaffed and overwhelmed. Laura Hall's attorney asks to be replaced in order to appear as witness for the defense. If Gov. Rick Perry lives outside Austin city limits, are we......

Delaware State University is locked down after two students were shot there in the wee hours of the morning. Burmese monks have been walking in protest of the dictatorship for four days now. The Justice Department hasn't forgotten DeLay (or his staffers). Military cemetery at Ft. Riley in Kansas is full. The Vatican actually approves of China's pick for bishop of Beijing. In case you were worried: Paddington Bear still eats marmalade. Well, it......

Will Sen. Craig resign today? NY Post uses gay stereotypes in stupid online quiz. Bush to provide advice for sub-prime mortgage holders. Cartoon cops on the beat in China, keeping an eye on those who visit "illegal" sites. But they're so cute! As Homer would say, "Mmm, Bacn." Vivian Cash's memoir comes out this fall. The bra turns 100 this year.......

Some Austin restaurants are doing their part to help folks in Sudan and Chad. To help raise funds for the American Jewish World Service's work for the people of Darfur, local restaurants are donating a percentage of their proceeds from today's sales. AJWS provides basic health care, water, therapeutic feeding centers, medicine, activities/programs for children, and education to many of the displaced and traumatized refugees who have been violently forced from their homes and are......

Greece is burning up. Meanwhile, China is simply self-destructing (with a little help from the world). It was about two years ago...remember? Viagra makes people fall in love. With each other, not Viagra. Hopefully. Some guy tried to open the airplane door in midflight. (Probably had a seat next to a two-year-old. Desperate times...) Sam Jackson got mistaken for a homeless guy, but didn't mind. Ang Lee's new movie is too hot for America......

Mid-week malaise got you down? Step inside Stubb’s this evening for a chopped beef sandwich and easy melodies to help your melancholy mood. Singer-songwriter Gary Jules provides a gentle folk sprawl of guitar and hand claps that will help you get over any hump day. A veteran of fine albums such as Greetings From The Side and Trading Snakeoil For Wolftickets, his latest self-titled effort matches their potency by once again lacing his acoustic......

And you thought you couldn't look any stupider on a tandem bike? It now costs two cents to make one cent. Does that make sense? A man upset with his property tax hike pays his $12,000 bill in change. Fox News is accused of altering Wikipedia articles. Raising a baby until the age of 17 will cost you $290,000 if you make around $75,000 a year. $198,000 if you make $45,000 a year. A......

Lady Bird joins LBJ, but her legacy lives on. Take a lap around Town Lake for her, and be sure to stop and smell the flowers. Pray for rain--in Alabama. Lord knows we've had enough of it here, and we may even get more. While you're at it, pray for grocery stores--Detroit doesn't have any. Maybe Whole Foods could move in if Mackey weren't so busy online. Feeling broke? Head to Japan, where they......

You can check iPhone availability at local Apple stores before heading out to buy one. Both the Domain and Barton Creek locations in Austin are stocked up--for now--so it's about time to get in line. Bring your sleeping bag--or, better yet, pay someone to wait for you. In case anyone still cares about the iPod, researchers broke down the parts and labor costs by country. Can't go more than 3 hours without checking your......

Did you ever hear the joke about Nuns on a Bicycle? How about the traveller at the Ayr hostel? When you get an F because you forgot to study for your final exam, go ahead and sue your school. It's the American way. Taco Bell High should teach students about the real magic ingredients in the beans...or the sour cream...or the guacamole... Sounds like someone dug a really deep hole under Oklahoma. They found......

After vehemently encouraging Austinites to indulge in the splendor of live musical entertainment, Mayor Will Wynn's charisma is now focused on more literary pursuits. Wednesday, March 28th, at 7pm marks the official start of the annual Mayor's Book Club. For the sixth installment of the book club Mayor Wynn has chosen Stephanie Elizondo Griest's Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana. To get readers in the mood, the City of Austin is......

SXSW has truly built a strong reputation around the world, and every year various countries send their top-notch artists to Austin to display their nation’s talent. Scandinavia is one such area with a booming music scene. Danish band Mew and Sverige’s own Loney, Dear (Emil Svanängen) will bring their best to the festival this year. Finland, too, is doing its bit, with the Finnish Moosic Tour. Featuring punk rock from Disco Ensemble and electro-pop from......

WEDNESDAY [28] film • Beats Per Minute, the 48 Hour Music Video Competition at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film • Premiere screening of Party 101: Consequences at The Paramount Theatre (7pm) film • Mardi Gras: Made in China at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film • Weird Wednesday: Massacre of Pleasure at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown music • Grizzly Bear, The Papercuts, Peter & the Wolf at Emo's music • This Life Electric, Goldcure, Starchild at Stubb's music......

Did Ghostland Observatory play a free show at Auditorium Shores? Nope, it was Illinois Senator and democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama (photos coming soon). Vice President Dick will not back down from his smack down of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Senator Lieberman is almost a Republican. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would like everyone to quit harassing Senator Hillary Clinton. Vice President Dick would also like for everyone to fear China. Can you really picture......

We don't know about you, but it's friggin cold out there. Well, not for some of you. It seems as though places that are supposed to be cold are warm and places that are supposed to be warm are cold. Or maybe that's just us. Either way, we're freezing. Austinist said goodbye to their co-editor (sell-out) and played rumor monger on the SXSW lineup. And when dozens of dead birds littered downtown Austin, it's......

Happy Holidays! Chances are, you're reading this the day after Christmas, back at your day job after all-too-short a holiday, and the last thing you want from us is stuff about the holidays. But that's just too bad. Because, see, here in the Ist-A-Verse, we do things ahead of time. It might be December 26 for you, but that's what you get for not checking your Favorite Local Blog on Christmas Eve. Austinist is......

Photograph of Rick Santorum conceding defeat with his family by Gene J. Puskar/AP The -ists this week had politics on the brain. And what goes better with politics? Partying-- that's two great tastes in one. Oh, and Kevin Federline...can't forget about Kevin Federline. That's three great tastes in one. -Bostonist discussed two big state issues-- what sort of math constitutes a marriage and what kind of alcohol can be sold in most grocery stores.......

Last night, Bush, Karzai, and Musharraf had dinner at the White House. There is no punch line here. Yesterday, surgeons operated on some French guy's arm in almost zero gravity. This story contains the phrase "...slicing off the yellow growth that floated away from the patient, tied to a string." Sorry. Too much testosterone kills brain cells. Boy, it really works our last nerve when navel-gazing scientists spend money to prove things we already......

On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, Austin, its sister cities around the world, and 40 other cities around the country will team up in what's being billed as The September Concert. The concurrent event is somewhat bittersweet, as it's intended to both commemorate the tragedy that conspired on September 11th and celebrate the golden anniversary of Sister Cities International, founded by Eisenhower during the historic White House Summit on Citizen Diplomacy. "Fifty years ago,......

A small group of uber-rich political subscribers are reportedly giving about $10 million to Gov. Rick Perry's re-election campaign. As always, the people with the money make the rules. Kinky Friedman's proposed energy plan for Texas calls for 20% of the electricity in the state to come from renewable sources by 2020. Jack Carter, offspring of former president Jimmy Carter, won the Democratic nomination in the Nevada primary and will move on to face......