Thousands and thousands and thousands of people are dead in China. McCain comes out in favor of carbon caps. Teenagers who smoke pot are likely to be depressed later on, gov't says. Biggest immigration raid of the year, at a meat packing plant, means hundreds are arrested. If Congress is banning flavored cigarettes, why aren't menthols part of the package? Could this be true? Man claims Jet Blue made him sit on a toilet......

Earthquake in China is thought to have killed thousands of people in a county of the Sichuan province. Scientists say that atmospheric CO2 levels are at record highs. After a weekend of tornadoes through the midwest, this year could have the highest number of twisters since the '50s. ...

Junta allowing aid supplies to slowly come into Burma. Chinese team takes the Olympic torch up Everest. Oklahoma hit by severe storms. Campaign official basically admits that Clinton will be out of the race by June 15. American women waiting later and later in life to have their first babies. Vote for the best character on TV: c'mon, Olive Snook (or Liz Lemon)! What happens when gas costs over $7 per gallon?......

Indiana and North Carolina vote today. Saddam thought that he might get VD from the American guards in his prison. Never let anyone tell you that European news is sooo much more dignified than American news. They are currently fascinated by this Austrian father-daughter sex slave story (but who can blame them?) First Texas needle exchange program will not come to pass. Scientists have now found that being smart may not lead to evolutionary......

Tornadoes hit Virginia. Will Ashley Dupre be the one to finally bring "Girls Gone Wild" down? Only click on this link if you can stand really sick-o crime stories. A dolphin died after a collision with another dolphin at Sea World over the weekend. Supposedly, the new Grand Theft Auto is really, really good. Sex tape of Jimi Hendrix now for sale.......

NYC Cops acquitted in shooting death of bridegroom Sean Bell. Internet sales tax coming to New York. Texas rejects creationist science degree. China offers to meet with Dalai Lama envoys. Tax rebates to start arriving Monday. Al-Sadr may restart full-scale fight against US in Iraq. YEAH, TAKE IT, YOU TAKE IT!......

Pressure to keep army going leads to more ex-cons in the ranks. Condi takes on peaceful old Jimmy Carter. In the battle of rice vs. peanuts, it's clear who wins. An article about the Pope's love for cats is the number one most emailed article on the New York Times site today. More tainted stuff from China...this time it's a medicine. Skype about to make calling worldwide really, really cheap. That Yale abortion art......

According to Jimmy Carter, Hamas may, under certain conditions, accept Israel's right to exist. "Open access science": A possible future? New study claims that 58% of music in the U.S. is not paid for. The Pennsylvania Democratic Primary comes down to the wire... Austin has gained approximately 22,000 new jobs in the past year. Are we approaching a nationwide food shortage? The United Nations is urging a major increase in worldwide food production in......

It's been one year since the attack at Virginia Tech. Bush throws a bash today at the White House for the Pope's birthday; there will be music, 9,000 guests, and a 21-gun salute. Spain's government now has more women in the cabinet than men, including a pregnant defense minister. Zimbabwe's election results have yet to be released; 33 arrested today as they protested for the release of the results. France passes a bill to......

Marine suspected of killing a pregnant woman caught in Mexico. American Airlines cancels more flights. Is that really a naked woman in Dick Cheney's sunglasses? China rages over attack on disabled torch bearer. Facebook sex addict slept with 50 men. Coachella to pay Prince $4 million for performance? Bush still hates Iran.......

Wanna get away? American cancels 900 more flights, nearly 200,000 stranded across the nation. Someone broke the first rule of La Vernia High School Fight Club. That Olympic torch that is causing all that fuss--a new study shows it emits 5,500 tons of CO2. Yahoo & Google to help each other out? You thought those squirrels on campus or at the capitol were bad--at least they're not this bad. Cuatros, a new West Campus......

San Francisco braces for Olympic torch protests today The Army's new weapon in Afghanistan? A handheld lie detector General Petraeus heads back for a second day of testimony before Congress Greenspan calls it: We're in a recession Baby with two faces worshipped as goddess MTV reality show goes inside the high school newspaper Tennessee wins second straight women's basketball national title......

General Petraeus in front of the Senate today; faces three very anxious senators. New Chinese plan: re-educate Tibetans about -- wait for it -- how bad the Dalai Lama is. French Grand Prix chairman in trouble for taped S&M orgy with Nazi overtones. Sorry, Spitzer, you're going to have to kick it up a notch. Mayor Bloomberg's totally radical traffic plan is dead in the water. The nightmare is about to begin: EU approved......

Since Thursday, state & local law enforcement officials have removed over 200 people - 159 of them children - from the polygamist compound out near Eldorado, Texas. Condi Rice for Vice President? From his cold dead hands...like, right now. Why do some smokers get lung cancer while some don't? A recent study says: The answer might be in your genes. Yet another terrible idea endorsed by the Bush Administration: "The FDA's decision on whether......

Obama had "three times as much money in the bank at the end of February as Hillary Clinton." This puts him at a significant advantage as the Democratic convention grows closer. Yes! Money can buy you happiness. But here's the rub: You have to give it to someone else. The Chinese government claims that the Dalai Lama is colluding with Muslim terrorists to disrupt the coming Olympic Games. There may be water on one......

Obama to make a speech on race this morning which will address his pastor's none-too-politic comments on the subject. The Dalai Lama might "resign" if violence in Tibet keeps getting worse. News flash: US consumers are going to become fiscally responsible again! Oh man! The new New York guv has had affairs too! But at least this time, his wife got hers as well. ...

The Wall Street Journal dogs the SXSW Conference. According to speculators on Wall Street, Tuesday is a "make-or-break" day for the U.S. economy... Yikes: Apparently there's a growing concern over hackers being able to hack into pacemakers and other implanted devices. Tibetan protests against the Chinese government have recently intensified. The Dalai Lama fears imminent bloodshed on a large scale...while the Chinese government has blocked YouTube viewing of the Tibetan protests. Many community gardens throughout Austin are at risk of being bulldozed for the sake of urban growth....

Today's the day! This is it! Ya es el dia! Voila! Israel has now said that they might go into Gaza and reoccupy it. The Monkeywrench Gang is alive and well. Two moms in Boston got into a litigation-worthy fight at a Chuck E. Cheese. Study says, blocking TV/video game time helps kids slim down. Did you read that fishy-seeming article in the New York Times this weekend about the ex-gang-member living in Oregon?......

"Chemical Ali'' to be executed in 30 days. Prince Harry has apparently been fighting in Afghanistan. Good on ya, Harry. Good on ya indeed. Vote for Putin's successor, Dmitry Medvedev, or disappear. Obama currently has a small lead in Texas and is pulling even in Ohio. McCain admits he is a liberal. Austin set to increase use of wind power. We totally rule. Courtney Cox and Demi Moore are the same person.......

An Ohio school has suspended a boy over his mohawk. Thought $3.00 was bad? Obama HQ in Longview, Texas vandalized. Civil rights leader and former Clinton devotee John Lewis switches his endorsement over to Obama. Gives a whole new meaning to "Red China". Kenyan leaders agree to share power; post-election violence has haunted the country since December. Got it bad. Got it bad. Got it bad. I'm hot for teacher.......

Foreclosures went up like crazy in January as mortgages readjusted. China, with Olympics looming in the background, is now willing to talk about human rights. More Americans now jump around from religion to religion, survey says. Teenage drivers are lagging in getting licenses....

The Black Crowes are accusing Maxim Magazine of writing a review of their record without actually listening to it. When Busey Attacks: Gary Busey crashes the Oscars, much to the chagrin of Ryan Seacrest. Over the weekend, Hillary Clinton provides the public with further evidence that she's basically already lost by doing the one thing she shouldn't do: Go even MORE negative. Check this video footage from Rhode Island last Saturday... Ralph Nader's running for President again. We guess he's just bored or something. What other reason could he possibly have?...

No survivors in Venezuela plane crash. Protesters set fire to U.S. embassy in Belgrade. "Whatever happens, we're going to be fine." Republican Rep. Rick Renzi has been indicted for extortion, wire fraud and money laundering. McCain manages to dodge "improper relationship" political bullet. ...

Mistah Castro, he dead. Well, not really, but he did resign. Big shocker: Pappy Bush endorses McCain. Those without health insurance receive their cancer diagnoses much later in the disease's progress. Doctors are trying to fix the fertility drug triplet syndrome. Oh man, HD DVDs are really kaputski. Boy, did we bet on the wrong horse....

Sex toys are no longer illegal in Texas; federal appeals court overturns the ban. McCain adviser tells NPR that if Obama is the Democratic nominee, he won't keep working on McCain's campaign. Decapitation wire placed by someone on US/Mexico border fence. Hezbollah leader in Lebanon calls for "open war" on Israel at the funeral for their top commander. Yesterday the Prime Minister of Australia publicly apologized for the wrongs done to the Aboriginal people.......

Super Tuesday is the new Super Bowl; New York Times continues its mastery of the obvious. Oh, Obama. Bringing the Dead out of the grave. Is there anything you can't do? Move over, Zeus - archaeologists have found evidence of a pre-Jove deity in Greece. ...

More talk of the coming recession: "The question is not whether we will have a recession, but how deep and prolonged it will be." Meanwhile, Austin's economy may be uniquely positioned among the nation's cities to withstand a potential recession....

Hillary Clinton's win last night in New Hampshire shows that as much as the media hates to admit it, the Democratic candidacy is still up in the air. And McCain beat Romney in New Hampshire's GOP primary. That both party's nominations are still so unsure gives possible campaign donors pause. Video: Obama campaign workers appear paranoid in this Guardian story. The situation in Kenya post-election isn't improving. Stolen paintings, including a Picasso, recovered in......

Obama and Huckabee win Iowa; Ron Paul had a better showing than Giuliani. Nation's unemployment rate at two-year high of 5%. Millions of tiny crustaceans destroying uninhabited Japanese island by boring into it....

Elections to continue in Pakistan despite the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif's vow to boycott them. Republican Mike Huckabee is clueless about Pakistan. Your tax refund could be delayed due to Congress' late fix to the alternative minimum tax. UT won the Holiday Bowl and the sports world yawned. San Francisco zoo director Manuel Mollinedo claims that the tiger's enclosure fell short of the industry's safety standards. Is anyone else......