• You’ll now get a ticket for texting-while-driving in the ATX. (But you can still Tweet while stopped at a red light!)
• A chilling murder-for-hire plot between high-school students in Houston.
• Ghost hunting in Galveston! (We now have professional confirmation that at least one building on the Strand is haunted.)

• Toyota stops selling and making eight models until faulty gas pedals fixed.
• Obama to focus on jobs in tonight's State of the Union address.
• iPad? Apple expected to unveil their tablet computer today.

• The New York Times tells us that most-often stolen book at Book People is …The Bible.
• This Plano East graduate nearly turned down going to Harvard, in order to stay home and help his family.
• U can’t legally txt while drivi8ng in the ATX.

Following months of discussion, Austin's expanded ban on texting while driving goes into effect on Friday. The law makes it illegal to text, use a mobile device for GPS, or access websites while behind the wheel. more ›

We already knew that texting while driving was going to be banned come 2010, but the City Council today broadened the ban even more. Now when the ban takes effect on January 1, using your cell phone for anything besides talking while you are driving will not be condoned. No more checking Google Maps on your iPhone while driving to an acquaintance's house, no more tweeting while stuck in traffic, no checking your email as you head down IH35 . . . you get the idea. Texting while at a red light will be allowed, as well as texting in an emergency. [KXAN] more ›