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....

Photo by hamron on flickr Austin City Council is pretty much ready to sign a contract setting up red-light cameras at 15 intersections (to start with). Big Brother - er, APD - is watching your energy usage. And Austin Energy is cool with that! Southeast Austin standoff this morning ends with cop shooting the suspect. Round Rock police on the lookout for a suspected stalker. Local company under Neil Bush (Dubya's bro) is being investigated......

The Texas Department of Agriculture has put up a list of Texas businesses selling gas or diesel during the last 60 days whose pumps aren't compliant with state laws. You could be getting less fuel than you're paying for because such businesses aren't conducting proper maintenance on their pumps. While a large number of the businesses seem to be in Taylor County or Harris County, there are a few from our area on the list.......

The current political buzz is that Democratic candidate Nick Lampson will officially call for DeLay's immediate resignation. If DeLay resigns, Governor Rick Perry will have to call a special election to replace him, which would be held on May 13. However, if DeLay stays in office through June like he wants to, the election to replace him will be held November 7. Basically the longer DeLay stays on the more time the new Republican......

Thousands of Hurricane Katrina's refugees will be bused to Houston and sheltered at the Astrodome. The news was announced this morning by Rusty Cornelius, administrative coordinator for the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Cornelius said, "We are planning on being able to do a full shelter operation for 25,000 people." The majority of the refugees coming to Texas were staying in the New Orleans Superdome, which held about about 20,000......