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Newsgeist: 12/31/10

Happy New Year's Eve from the Newsgeist! Start the day with stories on Australian floods, cell phone chargers, and Gov. Perry. Read more for all the links.

8:13AM Fri. Dec. 31, 2010, Eric Pickhartz Read More | Comment »

Frasier Named New Police Monitor

Conspicuously absent from the Wednesday afternoon press conference announcing the selection of the city's new police monitor was the city's new police monitor, Margo Frasier.

4:43PM Wed. Dec. 29, 2010, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

Splitters! Part Two

On Monday, Legeland mused about how Texas Republicans have started to resemble the bit in Monty Python and the Life of Brian, where each Judean faction was more ideologically pure than the last. Today's latest conservative attempts to dislodge Speaker Joe Straus more resemble a Three Stooges routine. Eye pokes for everyone!

4:15PM Wed. Dec. 29, 2010, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Peach Pit, Briston Maroney, Bnny

Moody Amphitheater

Showgirls
at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

Happy Together + God’s Own Country at Paramount Theatre

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Newsgeist: 12/29/10

It's mid-holiday week and the Newsgeist charges forward with stories on teen pregnancy, Apple, and New Year's resolutions. Read more for the links.

6:47AM Wed. Dec. 29, 2010, Eric Pickhartz Read More | Comment »

What's a Master of Discovery?

So the race in West Austin's House District 48 is heading to its ultimate showdown: A legislative hearing on whether Democratic incumbent Donna Howard's victory should stand. With Howard filing her official response to Republican challenger (now plaintiff) Dan Neil's suit, let's recap the issues.

3:46PM Tue. Dec. 28, 2010, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Popular People's Front of Texas

With everyone to the right of Lon Burnam daubing themselves with the conservative tag, it's kinda lost all meaning. So now Empower Texans is the ultimate arbiter of real conservativosity, deriding even hardcore GOPer Rep. Beverly Woolley, R-Houston, as a secret RINO.

4:05PM Mon. Dec. 27, 2010, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Newsgeist: 12/27/10

The Newsgeist is back from a holiday hiatus, and full of stories on the East Coast blizzard, Medicaid, and the passing of Teena Marie. Follow the jump for more.

8:36AM Mon. Dec. 27, 2010, Eric Pickhartz Read More | Comment »

Former Yogurt Shop Suspect Killed by APD (Updated)

Austin Police shot and killed former yogurt shop defendant Maurice Pierce around 11pm Thursday night, after pulling Pierce over on a traffic stop in North Austin.

1:02PM Fri. Dec. 24, 2010, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

Reefer Roundup 12/23/10

Additional reform to crack sentencing laws on the horizon? Could it be? Details on this – and so much more! – below.

7:00AM Thu. Dec. 23, 2010, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

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