austinfitmagazine.com/skyline If you are an Austinite, you are familiar with its infamous Frost Bank Tower. Located in the downtown area it stands tall against the other buildings surrounding it, but not for long. The Downtown area is now undergoing the workings of more than a dozen buildings that will engulf the shadows of this flashy skyline. This means that in a few short years our city's silhouette will be dramatically changed forever! Check out this Web site to follow the city's expansion and growth.
WHCA.net The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner was held on April 26, and while late-night talk show host Craig Ferguson did a fine job as this year's keynote speaker, no one will ever top the performance given by Stephen Colbert (host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report") when he gave the keynote speech at the 2006 Dinner. You can watch Colbert's now-legendary speech, or all of CSPAN's coverage of all of the Correspondents' dinners dating back to 1993. If you're a political news junkie, or just a fan of scathing satire, it gets no better than this.
smile-therapy.com/ This site is filled with positive stories from news sources and ordinary people. There are suggestions on how to make your day better and even recipes that could pick you up when you're down. It cost a little to access the idea library section, but there's enough on the site's free section to keep you smiling.
www.knowhow2go.org/ Graduation is just around the corner, and if you're the one about to walk the stage, you know how stressful planning for college can be. Luckily, this site is the one-stop shop for high schoolers heading into the world of higher education. There are links for all grade levels that will walk you through all the basics, answering all the tough questions, exploring your interests and you can even read college success stories.
georgestrait.com/ While everyone celebrates Willie Nelson's 75th birthday this week, another country music superstar has accomplished an even bigger milestone. With his new album, George Strait recently became the artist with more #1 hits in a single chart format than any other recording artist ever. On this site, you can listen to music, buy stuff from the general store and even find out what George is like when he's singing and touring all over the country.
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