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Shia LaBeouf Arrested and Booked for Public Intoxication in Austin
Brendan O'Connor · 10/10/15 08:30AMAustin Police Investigating Video of Officer Grabbing Man's Phone
Hudson Hongo · 06/07/15 03:00PMUniv. of Texas Can't Figure Out Where 100 Jars of Brains Went
Aleksander Chan · 12/03/14 03:25PMGunman Dead After Firing 100 Rounds in Downtown Austin
Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/28/14 09:30AMAustin Police Confirm These Are Cops Making Rape Jokes on Video
Jay Hathaway · 10/31/14 05:00PMThe Daily Show Found Out What's Really Weird About Austin
Aleksander Chan · 10/31/14 10:55AM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/frzwa65delwued2jagj0/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
The official brand of Austin, Texas, USA is: "Keep Austin Weird." If you visit, you will be inundated with the mantra wherever you strut your cowboy boots. It is an amorphous identity projected by Austinites onto and into everything they do and it often sounds like a battle cry—this is the only "liberal" place in Lone Star State, and let's keep it that way!
President Obama Cut in Line for Barbecue in Texas
Aleksander Chan · 07/10/14 07:03PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/brxmcw3m7nidkld2ksm1/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
President Obama was in Austin today, where he stopped by renowned barbecue joint Franklin's on his way out of town. But the president is apparently not beholden to the unspoken but strictly enforced "no cutters" rule the rest of us live by (or should live by). "I know this is a long line. I feel real bad, but—I'm gonna cut," the pool of reporters heard him say, before he cut in line.
Farrah Abraham's Next Venture: Frozen Yogurt
Aleksander Chan · 07/09/14 06:18PMTaylor Berman · 03/27/14 03:58PM
Racist Romeo Willing to Pay for Non-Fat, Non-Slut, Non-Black Girlfriend
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/25/13 12:10PMMayor of Austin Prepared for North Korea Attack as U.S. Continues Show of Force
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/30/13 11:09AM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/18j3exyjl4almjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
After releasing photos on Friday showing Kim Jong-Un and his advisers reviewing plans to attack major (and some not so major) American cities, mayors of those cities have responded to the possible (eh, not very possible) threat. Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell has released a statement, reassuring residents that they do not face imminent demise:
Austin Restaurant Closes Amid Backlash Over Owner's Insensitive Newtown Comments
Robert Kessler · 12/19/12 03:45PMAustin Noodle House Owner in Hot Water Over Racially Charged Comments About Sandy Hook Shooting
Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/17/12 04:43PMEx-Girlfriend from Hell Phones Ex-Boyfriend Hundreds of Times a Day, Runs Over His Mother
Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/04/12 03:40PMTexas Homeowner 'Lynches' Empty Chair Meant to Represent President Obama
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/20/12 07:50AMRun-D.M.C. Announce to Reunite After Decade-Long Hiatus
Neetzan Zimmerman · 07/10/12 10:31AMTurning Homeless Guys into Wireless Hotspots Solves Important Problem
Max Read · 03/12/12 10:50AMNew York-based marketing firm BBH is running what they're calling a "charitable experiment" this week at the South by Southwest tech and arts festival in Austin, Texas. They've outfitted 12 homeless men, and one woman, with equipment that turns them into walking 4G wireless hotspots. It's a simple, innovative solution to an important, pressing problem: lack of internet.
College Republican Sends 'Positive' Message: 'Don't Shoot Obama'
Max Read · 11/16/11 11:11PMAustin Breaks Character and Gets Weird About a Celebrity (Ryan Gosling)
Lauri Apple · 11/06/11 03:18PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/18k1fpin5s3s7jpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Looks like Austin, America's warmest creative-classetropolis, has gone all Chloe Moretz and developed a little crush on Ryan Gosling, who's there to film Lawless with director Terrence Malick. As evidence, we submit Ryan Gosling at Fun Fun Fest: a collaborative photo-Tumblr inspired by our shy hero's attendance at one of the Texas city's nightly music festivals.