The good thing about Bush's State of the Union speech tonight: it will be his last! St. Austin's Church turns 100. Judge decides against landowners in Brownsville border fence dispute. This has us baffled: Harris County assistant district attorney sends out e-mail using "Canadian" as a racial slur. more ›

Judge Jeanne Meurer may be running for Travis County District Attorney. Pimp C was found dead yesterday afternoon. He was 33. How To Green Your Christmas Tree: Tips for having a more eco-friendly holiday. Colors! Gmail adds colored labels. Guerrilla artist Banksy in Bethlehem, proving if "it's safe for sissy artists, I think it's safe for everyone." Here’s What We Need: Some Way to Associate Our Low Fares with Worn Out Vaginas Using a... more ›

As part of their ongoing investigations in the death of UT fraternity pledge Tyler Cross, who died last November after falling from a fifth story balcony at the University Towers, authorities are ">taking their search to the internets. The Travis County District Attorney's office recently filed a search warrant demanding access to the Google Group archives of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fall 2006 pledge class. In the affidavit, as described by KVUE News, investigators interrogated... more ›

The prosecutors in Bastrop County are fond of the good jokes, but they're evidently not the best at delivering them. more ›

After the news of the firing of the director of the convention center earlier this week, today a search warrant was issued to search his office. What is being searched for has not been released, but the plot sure is thickening. The former director, Robert Hodge, was fired for supposedly doctoring surveys related to customer service, but that act alone doesn't seem worthy of a search warrant. More likely, this is tied to an... more ›

Independent goober candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn Rylander Cougar Mellencamp is suing the Texas secretary of state over his refusal to let her use "Grandma" on the Nov. 7 ballot. We're pretty sure the filing of a frivolous lawsuit will do very little to help Carole Cougar gain new supporters. It seems Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle is reluctant to release information about his investigation of Tom DeLay. In fact, he is suing the... more ›

News8 reports that the four men who were indicted last June on charges of selling fake insurance plans now face felony indictments for organized criminal activity and theft. The Travis County District Attorney's office, in their ongoing investigation into the insurance fraud, say the quartet tricked some 800 Texans - many of whom were low income families - into purchasing "affordable health insurance," which they would later discover to be entirely fraudulent when trying... more ›

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Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle wants a halt in the trial of U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay as he intends to appeal the dismissal of conspiracy charges that accuse DeLay of conspiring to violate a law barring the use of corporate money in a political campaign. Any postponement would prevent DeLay from regaining his position as U.S. House Majority Lleader, which he can’t resume while under indictment. DeLay Lawyer Dick DeGuerin has said that Earle’s move to appeal is merely designed to postpone the proceedings. more ›

The Hammer has been taking some heat from the press and blogs of late, but whether he faces some real heat should be determined today. DeLay is in court for a hearing where a judge will determine whether there is enough evidence to take the scumbag former exterminator to trial for criminal conspiracy and money laundering charges. The savvy Dick Deguerin, DeLay’s attorney, is claiming that the laws which DeLay allegedly broke were not even in place in 2002 when his client committed the ‘offense,’ and that, further, District Attorney Ronnie Earle is just out to get DeLay for political reasons. We shall see. But seeing as how DeLay’s former top aide Michael Scanlon pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to bribe public officials in another case, where there is smoke, there could be fire. more ›