​Sen. Patty Murray began the day fully expecting to deliver an eviscerating attack on the Susan G. Komen Foundation for its decision Tuesday to cutoff funds for breast-cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood affiliates. When Komen caved this morning and announced a complete course reversal, Murray, too, needed a course reversal of her own.

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​You know what happens when you type the word "porn" into the computer search engine at the public library in Wenatchee? Absolutely nothing. Not a thing comes up. It is as if pornography didn't even exist -- which is just the way Dan Howard likes it. "We believe having pornography in public places hurts our ability to accomplish our mission," says Howard, director of public services for the North Central Regional Library District. And that mission, he adds, is to promote reading and lifelong learning.

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​The gay marriage opposition led by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) believe that the best course of action in derailing same-sex weddings is to mobilize like-minded detractors, fund expensive ad campaigns, and fight like hell to get the issue on the ballot -- here in Washington and across the country.

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Nancy Brinker: Komen's Founder and CEO

​Unable to withstand the escalating backlash over its decision to cut funds for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood affiliates, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has surrendered. "We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives," Komen founder and CEO Nancy Brinker said in a statement released this morning.

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Scene of the crime at International Blvd. and S. 116th

​A 19-year-old woman died last night from a "blast of gunfire" that exploded through the passenger window as she and a male companion were driving down International Boulevard in a white Cadillac Escalade. Police found her in a pool of blood with a gunshot wound to the head when they pulled the driver over on northbound I-5 at Dearborn Street at around 9 p.m. It is unclear why he was pulled over, though it appears he was speeding at the time, perhaps frantic to find the nearest hospital.

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​Charles Apple's blog on the American Copy Editors Society website keeps track of, among other things, newspaper typos and assorted screwups, such as the one to the right from the Seattle Times - "I'm sure somebody in Seattle is unharry about this one!" he says. But the Times is in good company on Apple's offender list, joining the New York Times, Washington Post, and Time magazine, among many.

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​Okay, now we get it. Susan Enfield's puzzling decision to drop out of contention for the permanent position of Seattle Schools superintendent--without having another job offer-- suddenly makes sense. It looks like she's on the inside track for another superintendency right across the lake.

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​Every Fourth of July, several thousand hippies flock to a different National Forest for the annual Rainbow Family Gathering, and every year several hundred are arrested or cited by local and federal authorities for a variety of (mostly) minor infractions. The 2011 Gathering in southwest Washington wasn't much different, save for the mysterious disappearance and death of 54-year-old Marie Hanson.

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​News of the historic vote by the Washington state Senate to support gay-marriage legislation -- which essentially means the bill will become law as early as next week -- brought out of the woodwork the usual detractors making the usual bigoted statements about the prospect of a gay couple coming together to exchange marital vows. Commenter Jakepalmerjake offered up this piece of asininity:

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Frances Bean Cobain

​Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain's daughter's dog by swallowing a pile of Love's pills. So claims France Bean Cobain, who also says Love's cat met its maker after getting entangled in the singer/actresses' Etsy fabrics and other possessions. The 19-year-old child of Nirvana's frontman shared with TheFix.com a number of other lurid details about Cobain's one-time wife.

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Cliff always used bathrooms

​This may seem a bit far afield, but heck, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today, so we're all in the need of cheering up. Which brings us to the poopy mailman who dropped off a very unexpected package at a Portland, Ore., home back in April 2011. Well, the defecating mail carrier was back on the job today. Same route, too, we s... you not.

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Had enough? Obviously our two monthly magazines haven't. Same sort of stories, same Space Needle -- same month (February 2012).

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​In an historic vote last night in Olympia, the Washington state Senate passed a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. The stage is set for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. The measure now heads to the House, which is expected to approve it by a comfortable margin. Gov. Chris Gregoire came out in support of gay marriage last month after a long "personal journey" and says she will sign the bill into law. Opponents have promised to challenge it at the ballot with a referendum.

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​UPDATE: The Washington State Senate has passed the gay-marriage law by a 28-21 margin. The bill will now go to the House where passage is expected to come as soon as next week -- upon which Gov. Chris Gregoire will sign the measure into law.

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​Barnes & Noble is waging a desperate battle to remain relevant and viable in a world where cheaper online rivals and discount bookstores are threatening its very survival. The country's largest traditional bookseller now says it will no longer sell in its 700 consumer stores any books published by Amazon.com. The company says the Seattle-based retail behemoth has "undermined the industry" by trying to sign exclusive agreements with publishers, agents and authors.

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Ives

​Sixty-year-old retired Indian horseman Mike Harry seemed much the dreamer last year when he told us for our cover story on the Omak Stampede's World Famous Suicide Race that he plans to return to the saddle for the bone-breaking downhill event this year. Then again, a cover story on one of his fellow Colville tribal riders published in SW's sister paper Miami NewTimes this week, must give old Mike some encouragement.

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​When 54-year-old Marie Hanson vanished at the Rainbow Gathering last summer, police initially suspected that she hit the fabled "Rainbow Trail," meaning she cut ties with her family and began drifting from one hippie festival to another. Although it turned out not to be the case with Hanson, the Rainbow Trail is a real phenomenon has accounted for multiple missing persons cases over the years.

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Jefferson Bethke

​Our post on the local artist and Mars Church member who wrote a poem on "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus," has sparked a small flurry of reaction. Jefferson Bethke has a worldwide audience who have clicked in 18 million times to watch and argue over his thesis that religion is "man-centered," while "Jesus is God-Centered." His central argument is that a good amount of hypocrisy exists within organized religions. As he asks: "Why does it build huge churches but fail to feed the poor..?" Commenter ES agrees and .....

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​There are reports out today that a new professional football team may be coming to Seattle. That's right, sports fans. According to a "confidential document" published by Deadspin, the Spring Professional Football League, being organized by former XFL and NFL Europe executives, will debut in 2013 with eight teams -- Seattle being one of them -- playing a 14- to 16-week season. Other cities under consideration are New York, Washington, Memphis, Orlando, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Phoenix, Houston, and Los Angeles.

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David Cameron, alleged gym voyeur

​A woman referred to as A.J. in court papers had just stepped out of the shower at the L.A. Fitness center in Tukwila, wearing a towel around her torso and bending over to apply lotion to her legs. Standing behind her was a man, later identified as David Cameron, with the camera part of his cell phone pointed at her.

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