The recession has claimed another victim, the Betsey Johnson boutique on Fifth Avenue.
- King County Exec Dow Constantine was caught with an email revealing he’d had an affair with a co-worker. At a press conference, “No Drama Dow” (who has an unmarried live-in partner) quietly admitted the indiscretion.
- The city and county could announce they’re signing off on the Sodo arena plan as early as today.
- KOMO’s Ken Schram insists that the poor (and everybody else) should still get to buy things with cash.
- A community activist group says light rail has accelerated the gentrification of the Rainier Valley, making the mixed-race neighborhood a lot paler.
- Video footage helps a May Day protester escape prosecution.
- The wages of not supporting the iPhone: T-Mobile USA‘s laying off another 900 workers.
- First it was nuns. Now the right-wing Catholic bishops are harassing the Girl Scouts. (Make your own joke about how everybody knows they prefer boys.)
- ‘Future of News’ Dept.: A spokescritter for Rupert Murdoch’s iPad news app The Daily (no relation to the infinitely more distinguished UW Daily) insists the online newspaper is on the road to profitability.
- Even with health insurance, medical care is getting prohibitively expensive.
- America’s real first gay president? Buchanan.
- Michael Lind at Salon asks, “Why do conservatives hate freedom?”…
- …while “MinistryOfTruth” at Daily Kos makes brutal accusations toward your sterotypical teabag conservative:
I don’t think you do love America. At least, not as much as you hate everyone in America who isn’t exactly like you.
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