After four of their utility cabinets caught fire or exploded—two incidents in suburban Houston, and the most recent explosion on Christmas Day in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin—AT&T has finally moved to replace the defective batteries, made by now-bankrupt Avestor. more ›

• SFist saw Christmas Day turn tragic after a Siberian tiger escaped from her pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing a visitor and mauling two others.
• Phillyist counted down the top ten items on Philadelphia's New Year's wish list.
• Gothamist looked at the wooden bikes being offered for NYC's first bike share program on Governors Island.

The Paramount presents White ChristmasDecember 9th, 11th and 12thParamount Theater (713 Congress Avenue)$7 / $5 Children, Students and Seniors, 7pm-ish, Tickets available at the box office day of show[info]Being that we live in a heat belt where it is not uncommon to see kids raking leaves in tank tops and jorts on Christmas Day (seriously, we've done it...well, not the jorts part), dreaming of a white Christmas is something that we are intimately familiar... more ›

Thanks to massive snow, you might be spared another Christmas Day with your Coors-toting cousin from Golden. YouTube continues its new narkdom. Mt. Hood search called off. Final Harry Potter title announced, via elaborate and cutesy web animation. Rosie calls Donald a snake-oil salesman (from Little House on the Prairie, no less); Donald threatens to have one of his friends seduce Rosie's girlfriend. Our heads spin slowly in boredom.... more ›

Have some shopping money left over and don't yet have a place to eat your holiday meal? Look no further, for these are just some of the many fine restaurants that will be serving up some dining delights: The Driskill Grill will be serving a prix fixe menu starting at 5:30p both Saturday and Sunday as well as a Christmas Day buffet with seating times from 11a to 2:30p. The Driskill Grill. 604 Brazos... more ›

Austinist's chief running resource RunTex and the Salvation Army have teamed up this winter in the hopes of raising $250,000 to help shelter, feed and clothe Central Texas familes. Yesterday, News8 reported that they were at approximately $150,000, pegging the required daily contributions at around $22k through Christmas Day. What broke our hearts was the thought of kids showing up for promised presents, only to be turned away: About 600 needy families will be... more ›