Upping the ante

Every evening in Las Vegas, a spectacular musical fountain greets visitors to the Bellagio hotel and casino. Friday evening at the University's School of Social Work casino night, visitors were greeted by a 5-foot cardboard cutout of Elvis Presley.

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Fraternity leaders face hazing charges

The Travis County Attorney's Office charged four members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Texas Rho Chapter on Friday for allegedly hazing pledges with cattle prods, beating them with bamboo sticks and forcing them to binge drink. Full Story

State & Local

Panel to hear border fence law waiver dispute

A congressional panel on Monday will hear about a plan to limit the federal Homeland Security Department's ability to speed up the process of building a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Full Story

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World & Nation

Factory burns; 55 dead

Police detained the owner and manager of a Casablanca mattress factory that went up in flames, killing at least 55 people, a police official said Sunday amid accusations of poor safety standards and locked doors that trapped workers. Rescue workers found one more body Sunday and a sniffer dog was seen uncovering body parts a day after the blaze at the factory, located in a poor industrial neighborhood on the rim of Morocco's sprawling economic capital. Full Story

Austrian mother of 6 identified 24 years after her disappearance

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Opinion

Recognizing true values

The price of something, economists tell us, is whatever someone will pay for it. Put your old couch up on Craigslist, and the market sets the price for it. Five bucks or 50, it's all determined by supply and demand. So what happens when supply is artificially constrained, as happened recently when major retailers Wal-Mart and Costco decided to limit purchases of imported rice to four bags per customer? On the surface, this decision seems fairly meaningless for most people. Full Story

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Sports

UT sweeps distance relays

The Longhorns followed their 2008 mantra on Saturday and once again made history, joining elite company by winning all three distance relays - the distance medley relay, the 4-by-mile and the 4-by-800 meter relay - a feat only accomplished by four other teams in the 117 year history of the Penn Relays. Full Story

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Life & Arts

An eye-catching catwalk

UT proved itself as one of America's up-and-coming fashion houses in a fashion show that brought Longhorn pride to a new level. On Friday, the 25 graduating advanced apparel design seniors showcased their original designs in a celebration-themed fashion show put on by the University Fashion Group. Full Story