Super Tuesday's results mean our state's primary actually has an impact on the Presidential nomination this year. Anyone remember the last time that happened? SxSW founder on unofficial SxSW parties: "Knowing that our continued existence is far from guaranteed makes us willing to fight (when we can) what we see as damaging to SXSW." Name of boy who died at Austin charter school has been released by his family; Tevin Park-Flowers was seven-years-old when he died on Friday. Update on a fall post: Parents who left their babies in the car while they enjoyed margaritas in Hutto have been sentenced to one year in jail....

Round Rock ISD announces another case of MRSA. Wash your hands, y'all! (see video at right) Woman attacked and sexually assaulted by man and two women in her South Austin apartment earlier this week; Police think she was specifically targeted, but didn't know her attackers. Laura Hall won't get a new trial, but her family isn't giving up. Southwest Key moves to their new facility. Local Ron Paul supporters ask Leslie to participate in......

Burma continues to adopt China's interpretation of "restraint" when it deals with protests. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf continues to be the bee's knees of Pakistan with the recent ruling from Pakistan's Supreme Court. Jena 6 Defendant Released on Bail. Holy crap! The FDA is understaffed and overwhelmed. Laura Hall's attorney asks to be replaced in order to appear as witness for the defense. If Gov. Rick Perry lives outside Austin city limits, are we......

Laura Hall did not testify in her own defense, and now it's up to the jury. Austin: 3rd most expensive city in Texas. Father of seriously injured toddler speaks out about her attack earlier this week. Perry may have commuted Foster's death sentence, but Texas politicians still love the death penalty. An accident this afternoon north of Hwy 71 leaves two people injured and some diesel in the Colorado river. The City Council isn't......

A woman who shared a jail cell with Laura Hall, an accomplice in the 2005 murder and mutilation of Jennifer Cave, testifies that Hall justified dismembering Cave's body by saying, "Intelligent people are able to compartmentalize things." The 3-year-old girl whose throat was cut by her mother's disgruntled ex-boyfriend in an attempted murder-suicide is going to be okay. Meanwhile, Assistant Police Chief David Carter declares that Officer Metcalf, who shot and killed the suspect,......

Warning to UT season ticketholders with seats on the north end zone: Porta-potties will be used at the stadium because of unfinished construction. 27-year-old man dies when his canoe tips over in a Hutto pond. The Chronicle live-blogged the city council budget talks today. Mommymixers help Austin mothers meet up with college students willing to babysit to pay for books. Texas lawmakers may lengthen the tax-free time to two weekends. Received a jury summons......