An Austin icon is dead, and Austin just got a lot less weird. Leslie Cochran — the city’s flesh-flashing, cross-dressing, attention-loving, frequently homeless mascot, unofficial ambassador and sometimes mayoral candidate — died at 1 a.m. at Christophe... »
Attendees at SXSW Interactive 2011. Photo by Jay Janner / AMERICAN-STATESMAN South by Southwest Interactive — the gigantic tech culture festival that has gone from spring break for geeks to spring break for anyone who uses a smart phone or Twitter — is... »
The Longhorns have gone into relatively uncharted territory for them during the Mack Brown reign — the junior-college ranks — to secure a commitment from offensive tackle Donald Hawkins of Northwest Mississippi Community College . Hookem.com, the Ameri... »
Investigative knackRe: April 15 article, "Who's policing Texas judges?"The American-Statesman deserves to be commended on its investigative reporting, which includes this recent segment.One might even argue that this type of reporting is the newspaper'... »
