Big surprise: Obama doesn't care much for "Obama Girl". Hurricane Dean was a category 5 when it hit Mexico, but settled down to a category 3. The "Daily Show" tries to recapture its cultural relevance by really and truly sending a correspondent to Iraq. Gaddafi's son wants a free media (among other reforms) in Libya. The gal who works on your nails definitely deserves a bigger tip. Rumor is Google is investing in Chinese......

UT Austin professor receives national award for "distinguished service to education in librarianship" A kid in South Austin gets an explosive reaction after he attempts to use real bullet in toy gun Hurricane Dean looks like it's heading to Mexico, but FEMA says Texans should still look out A Dallas man allegedly murders his mother, keeps her decomposing body in the house for days until neighbors complain about "a stench" Austinite Lynne Smith successfully swims......

A 17-year-old kid dies after smashing his car into a tree in Central Austin Round Rock police, fed up with pesky juvenile delinquents, close down a popular skate park for a week Tropical Storm Erin was just a warm-up; Hurricane Dean might be on its way The Texas Attorney General closes a local illegal nursing home operation; one resident was found locked in a room with boarded-up windows UT students and others looking to......