Jonathan KaminskyOrcas Island, as anyone who has visited can tell you, is lovely. The Emerald Island, as it is rightly known, is a study in… Continue reading
Memo to Starbucks: When you offer your loyal customers a free book (or e-book, whatever), don't wait until page 330 to reveal that the final… Continue reading
In 1989, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, pledged $5.2 million for the murder of author Salman Rushdie, also calling for the death… Continue reading
Ausha Wooten.The party was Ausha Wooten's idea. There had simply been too many senseless killings in her community, she says, and somebody needed to do… Continue reading
Ausha Wooten.The party was Ausha Wooten's idea. There had simply been too many senseless killings in her community, she says, and somebody needed to act.… Continue reading
Image SourceJeff Reed, scholar.Jeff Reed wasn't a member of the Seattle Seahawks for long. Indeed, history will show that he never appeared in a regular-season… Continue reading
We don't mean to be mean, Oklahoma. We just don't want you thinking that because you stole our basketball team that you are now magically… Continue reading
In one of the weirder incidents on our state's roadways this year, a scantily clad 23-year old woman was found this morning by a trucker… Continue reading
Rough day, BP! First Vladimir Putin's minions cut you out of the huge Russian arctic oil-excavation business, and raid your Moscow headquarters for good measure.… Continue reading
Part of the deal when you hail a cab is that your ride home is not supposed to end in rape. Somali-born cabbie Mahamud Jamaala… Continue reading
How leaving cops to sort out who's dangerous can change lives in an instant.
It's hard to argue with "free." At least that's what Seattle-based Nordstrom is banking on as it undercuts the competition by offering free shipping on… Continue reading
Welcome back to another exciting installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 16,000-odd worldwide locations… Continue reading
You know how your PC comes with solitaire and hearts already baked into its little robot brain? Pretty soon, it will come standard with blackjack… Continue reading
Since you lot like quizzes, here's a quickie for you: What do you do when you're driving on the freeway, you really want to get… Continue reading
Welcome back to another exciting installment of This Week in Starbucks Crime, in which we catalog the bad acts occurring at Starbucks' 16,000-odd worldwide locations… Continue reading
Image sourceQuick quiz: What do you do when you find a human skull--or is that a plastic skull?-- in the garbage at the solid waste… Continue reading