• On the record, South Korea blames North Korea for deadly sinking.
• Cheerio to the House of Lords.
• Scientist calls B.S. on BP's oil spill estimates.

• Flooding continues in the Midwest as levees break on the Mississippi River
• President Bush to make a renewed push to allow offshore drilling
• Obama has a narrow lead on McCain, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll

Last Saturday, actor Will Ferrell made a quick stop in Austin during a press tour for his new film Semi-Pro. He also attended a sneak preview of the film and did a Q&A session at the Alamo Drafthouse, where attendees were required to dress in 70's basketball attire for admission - you can see the Drafthouse "team photo" here. Austinist's Tom Thornton and Gordon And The Whale's Chase Whale spoke briefly to Ferrell during the media day. more ›

While it arrives in Austin too late to capitalize on World Cup fever, the new documentary Once In A Lifetime tells a surprising and all but forgotten story. In the late 1970's, some brilliant businessmen sold the city of New York on soccer as a stadium event and planted the seed for a huge new pro sports league...only to watch their dream fall to pieces. The most entertaining thing here is to realize that... more ›