tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77 2009-11-07T04:11:28Z News, politics, media. Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.259766 2009-11-06 20:11:43 2009-11-06 20:11:28

UPDATE: McGinn has established a commanding lead. At least, relative to how close things have been so far. More details after the jump. The small lead enjoyed by mayoral candidate Mike McGinn go...

Caleb Hannan UPDATE: McGinn has established a commanding lead. At least, relative to how close things have been so far. More details after the jump. The small lead enjoyed by mayoral candidate Mike McGinn go...

Continue reading "Mike McGinn's Lead Grows, Recount Almost Certain" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.260201 2009-11-06 20:01:04 2009-11-06 20:00:49

Minutes after the Key Arena Memorial Service for slain Officer Tim Brenton had ended, a 41-year-old man suspected in his murder was shot in the head by Seattle police in Tukwila. The suspect is c...

Caleb Hannan Minutes after the Key Arena Memorial Service for slain Officer Tim Brenton had ended, a 41-year-old man suspected in his murder was shot in the head by Seattle police in Tukwila. The suspect is c...

Continue reading "Suspect in Tim Brenton's Murder Shot by Police" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.260183 2009-11-06 18:30:48 2009-11-06 18:44:20

Last month, a King County Superior Court judge gave Jon Pomeroy the maximum penalty for his role in the purposeful starvation of his daughter. Just hours ago, Rebecca Long, Pomeroy's estranged wi...

Vernal Coleman Last month, a King County Superior Court judge gave Jon Pomeroy the maximum penalty for his role in the purposeful starvation of his daughter. Just hours ago, Rebecca Long, Pomeroy's estranged wi...

Continue reading "Judgement Day: Rebecca Long Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.260174 2009-11-06 17:01:04 2009-11-06 15:55:18

Readers Kris and Robyn respond to Should Terry Lee Alexander, the "Obituary Burglar," be Given a Second Chance? Looks like they'll have to agree to disagree. Kris: "Sad thing is Terry hasn't tur...

Caleb Hannan Readers Kris and Robyn respond to Should Terry Lee Alexander, the "Obituary Burglar," be Given a Second Chance? Looks like they'll have to agree to disagree. Kris: "Sad thing is Terry hasn't tur...

Continue reading "Comment of the Day: Terry Lee Alexander Inspires Conflicting Feelings" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.260173 2009-11-06 15:53:53 2009-11-06 15:52:32

Lovers, rejoice. Local resident April Cook has just launched Seattle Green Toys, a store that specializes in selling non-toxic sex toys. It features all-natural products like wooden dildos, vegan ...

Erika Hobart Lovers, rejoice. Local resident April Cook has just launched Seattle Green Toys, a store that specializes in selling non-toxic sex toys. It features all-natural products like wooden dildos, vegan ...

Continue reading "How Green is YOUR Sex Life?" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.260158 2009-11-06 15:24:02 2009-11-06 16:33:00

Back in 2007, Seattle sculptor Jack Daws cast 10 pennies in 18-karat gold then dipped them in copper. Nine of them he kept. One he did not. As Jennifer 8. Lee of the New York Times reports, in M...

Caleb Hannan Back in 2007, Seattle sculptor Jack Daws cast 10 pennies in 18-karat gold then dipped them in copper. Nine of them he kept. One he did not. As Jennifer 8. Lee of the New York Times reports, in M...

Continue reading "Jack Daws' Golden Penny Finds Home in Brooklyn" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.260150 2009-11-06 15:19:03 2009-11-06 15:15:44

Susan Hutchison's "thank you" letter to supporters this morning is anything but defeatist. She acknowledges that this one didn't work out (Dow Constantine is up 58 percent to 42 percent of the v...

Laura Onstot Susan Hutchison's "thank you" letter to supporters this morning is anything but defeatist. She acknowledges that this one didn't work out (Dow Constantine is up 58 percent to 42 percent of the v...

Continue reading "What Will Susan Hutchison Run For Next?" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.260138 2009-11-06 15:01:03 2009-11-06 14:39:45

From the encouragable bastards running the Colton Harris-Moore Fan Club comes this Craigslist post in search of (what else?) the baby-faced burglar: Colton Harris Moore - $5000 (Camano Island) W...

Caleb Hannan From the encouragable bastards running the Colton Harris-Moore Fan Club comes this Craigslist post in search of (what else?) the baby-faced burglar: Colton Harris Moore - $5000 (Camano Island) W...

Continue reading "Colton Harris-Moore Wanted...on Craigslist" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.260107 2009-11-06 13:59:08 2009-11-06 13:58:53

Gino Augustus Turrella, a 47-year-old ex-Boeing machinist from Des Moines, was convicted on Friday for sending threatening e-mails to his former employer. According to prosecutors, Turrella's b...

Caleb Hannan Gino Augustus Turrella, a 47-year-old ex-Boeing machinist from Des Moines, was convicted on Friday for sending threatening e-mails to his former employer. According to prosecutors, Turrella's b...

Continue reading "Ex-Boeing Employee Gino Augustus Turrella Convicted for Threatening E-Mails" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.260091 2009-11-06 13:27:34 2009-11-06 13:27:20

Today's blogs don't mind getting stuck in traffic so long as it's for a good cause. - Central District News has the most complete slideshow of today's Tim Brenton memorial procession. - Goldy ...

Caleb Hannan Today's blogs don't mind getting stuck in traffic so long as it's for a good cause. - Central District News has the most complete slideshow of today's Tim Brenton memorial procession. - Goldy ...

Continue reading "Seattle Blogs: Tim Brenton Memorial Slideshow" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.259734 2009-11-06 12:34:16 2009-11-06 12:34:02

UPDATE: Prosecutors dropped the possession charge against Lincecum. Details after the jump. According to the Washington State patrol, former University of Washington pitching star and current Sa...

Caleb Hannan UPDATE: Prosecutors dropped the possession charge against Lincecum. Details after the jump. According to the Washington State patrol, former University of Washington pitching star and current Sa...

Continue reading "Tim Lincecum Busted for Pot Possession" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.260018 2009-11-06 11:33:53 2009-11-06 11:33:39

If you happened to be on Twitter last night around 11 PM, you probably saw the words "epic," "Jon Stewart" and "Glenn Beck" strung together no less than a dozen times. The Daily Show host used t...

Caleb Hannan If you happened to be on Twitter last night around 11 PM, you probably saw the words "epic," "Jon Stewart" and "Glenn Beck" strung together no less than a dozen times. The Daily Show host used t...

Continue reading "Jon Stewart's Glenn Beck Takedown" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.259973 2009-11-06 10:26:12 2009-11-06 10:34:20

Forty-one-year-old Everett cop Troy Meade has plead not guilty in the shooting death of Niles Meservey. Meade shot Meservey seven times in the back while the Stanwood man was sitting in his Corve...

Caleb Hannan Forty-one-year-old Everett cop Troy Meade has plead not guilty in the shooting death of Niles Meservey. Meade shot Meservey seven times in the back while the Stanwood man was sitting in his Corve...

Continue reading "Everett Officer Troy Meade Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.259972 2009-11-06 10:22:18 2009-11-06 10:37:20

Fat people like to complain that they're the last minority group of whom you're still allowed to be openly contemptuous in enlightened society. Not true! Soccer, and its fans, remain a perennia...

Mark Fefer Fat people like to complain that they're the last minority group of whom you're still allowed to be openly contemptuous in enlightened society. Not true! Soccer, and its fans, remain a perennia...

Continue reading "Being 'The Guy Who Hates Soccer': Still a Meal Ticket in Local Media" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.seattleweekly.com,2009:/dailyweekly//77.259962 2009-11-06 10:11:57 2009-11-06 10:50:11

It seems those miracles of forensics and technology we see on police TV shows don't necessarily happen in real life. Seattle Police are apparently unable to obtain the license number of the suspec...

Rick Anderson It seems those miracles of forensics and technology we see on police TV shows don't necessarily happen in real life. Seattle Police are apparently unable to obtain the license number of the suspec...

Continue reading "Tim Brenton Murder: A Suspect Vehicle, No License" > ]]> 0