• Obama faces busy first day: economy and Gitmo top the list
• Senator Kennedy OK after seizure at Obama's luncheon
• Bush returns to Texas with 'a sense of accomplishment'

• In case you hadn't heard, there's this thing happening today in Washington, D.C.
• Intelligence guys are busy bees today.
• Well, this is patriotic.

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One last go-round for Zeppelin seems to be in the works. We sort of thought they were all dead. "Why, Britney...why?" Hey, don't ask us. We stopped watching MTV a long, long time ago. Interesting article about doctors that gave an elephant LSD for reasons that aren't exactly clear. If you go swimming in Lake LBJ, you might want to...not do that. Another medical study suggesting that political leanings might actually be attributable to... more ›

This has been a rough week for your -ist pals, though you wouldn't know it from the great posts all over the network. Plagued with server problems, our tech team (led by the great Neil Epstein) toiled around the clock to solve the glitches as they arose. Seriously, we've said, typed, and thought the phrase "server problems" more in the past week than we have for the last 35 years combined. Why not say it... more ›

Anthony Nak, the uber-chic jewelers whose flagship store opened in Austin back in 2003, were carjacked this past weekend. The thieves made off with thirteen pieces of Tanzanite -- a nearly extinct stone from Tanzania, Africa -- set in platinum and gold jewelry. Ten of the pieces were recovered earlier this week from a local pawn shop. more ›