In Case You Missed It: Police Chief Diaz shared details about the new, enlightened SPD and a transgender kid was attacked by a baseball bat-wielding woman in Ballard.

The Gaddhafi Family: Fleeing to Algeria.

The Pornography Industry: Production halted after another positive test for HIV.

$30 Billion: What the US government has wasted in contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last decade, according to a bi-partisan spending commission.

Have You Heard the Good News?: Warren Jeffs has wanked himself into a coma.

Have You Heard the Bad News?: A US army captain gunned down his ex-wife, mother-in-law, and two other people in a shooting spree during Hurricane Irene before he turned the gun on himself.

Convicted on All Counts: The last defendant charged in the Edgewood 'Craiglist killing.'

FEMA: Almost out of disaster funds. ("So what?" says Ron Paul.)

Her Kampf: Michele Bachmann memoir due this fall!

Finally, happy birthday to Emily Bear, the pianist and composer born on this day in...2001?!?