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| The Department of Justice has asked the FBI to open a civil rights investigation into ousted and reinstated King County Sheriff’s Deputy John Vanderwalker for his actions in pepper-spraying and kicking WTO protesters in 1999. John Ashcroft, a hero! Imagine! | A recent first-time study found that Washington state has the nation’s oldest, most polluting fleet of school buses in the nation. And that’s not counting the chain-smoking 75-year-old behind the wheel. |
| Local TV stations pitched a fit because their cameramen could not get the best possible view for this week’s Mardi Gras festivities. After all those 11 p.m. newscasts with live stand-ups in front of a business that closed six hours earlier, what’s the big deal? | Another survey released last week reported that 78 percent of Americans say they “love” their cars. In the same survey, 46 percent could not recall the name of their spouse. |
| Last week, the venerable Heinz Co. announced a new product line of chocolate french fries. The “Funky Fries” will be marketed primarily to young boys who love anything really, really gross. | The Seattle Police Officers Guild is now undertaking a no-confidence vote against Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, enraged that he has disciplined an officer for, among other things, using racial epithets. Can we have a no-confidence vote in the guild? |
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