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Photo by The Chaninator™ on flickr Travis County officials hope to extradite former UT student from Peru; in 1996, her drunk driving led to the death of her passenger. Attorney General Greg Abbott's office collected $2.3 billion in child support last (fiscal) year. Chief Acevedo to decide today if any disciplinary action will be taken against Sgt. Olsen for the death of Kevin Brown earlier this year. Secretary of Defense Gates visited Fort Hood this...

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Two local paramedics are being investigated by Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services after an attempt to help a former co-worker get away with drunk driving. A call was made to 911 early Tuesday morning saying that a man had passed out in a car near an Oak Hill intersection. The two paramedics were first to the scene, recognized their friend, and called the cops to say no police action was necessary.

Hey, did you all hear that Haley Joel Osment pleaded no contest to drunk driving and drug possession charges? Can you imagine being in an AA meeting with that kid who saw dead people? Man, he is totally that guy now. Sad. Anyway, on to this week's new movie releases, which feature actors whose careers may or may not eventually take a turn for the worst! *Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood's son makes...

We didn't have to read this report from Speed Trap Exchange to know that the Austin Police Department has a serious hard-on for speeding. We live about a block south of the river, where APD sets up shop to pull over speeders and, hopefully, a few drunk drivers. Our parking lot, as well as the hotel and burger joint next door, have become a repository for police who've pulled over said offenders. And while we...

Several teachers in Dallas got to experience the joys of marijuana this week. Muffins left in the teacher's lounge helped to expand the consiousness of the administrators. We'll call that a special delivery. The Pink Taco Restaurant is opeing a second location in Scottsdale, Arizona. Apparently the city fails to find it humourous. We wonder if we need to enlighten them with some muffins. In the Vatican, Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado is being punished...

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), in collaboration with other crime victim outreach agencies, is hosting a candlelight vigil tonight at Umlauf Sculpture Garden to kick off National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The goal is to educate communities on the impact of crime on victims, neighborhoods, schools and our nation as a whole. Congressman Ted Poe (R-Houston) will be the keynote speaker on progress made thus far and the current state of victims' rights in the...

Next time you are out getting your drunk on at a bar and the spirit moves you to do something that will clearly indicate you are drunk, we defer to Truecraig for a list of potential activities, you might wanna check yourself. The Man is watching and is ready to take you down.

Right around this time every year, we find ourselves slowing down, bundling up and generally restricting our movement as much as possible. But as comfortable as this may be, it's absolute hell on our running regimen. And so, this weekend, we're planning on setting a new precedent for 2006 by taking part in the Jingle Bell 5K at Auditorium Shores. Now twenty years in the running, the JB5K is a relaxing, enjoyable race around downtown that peaks at the capitol building before heading back south of Town Lake

Back in December of 2003, washed-up country singer Gary Gibbs was arrested in nearby Georgetown for driving while severely intoxicated. You can see a video of the field sobriety test here.