Another Murder in Seattle (Shoreline): A 17-year-old girl was shot and died. KING 5 reports, "Police believe the unknown suspects opened fire in an apartment complex parking lot on the 300 block of Richmond Beach Road around 12:30 a.m." An 18-year-old man still in critical at Harborview.

War Crimes Trial of Bosnian Military Leader: Has begun at the Hague. In the courtroom, Al Jazeera English reports, "Mladic made eye contact with one of the Muslim women in the audience, running a hand across his throat, in a gesture that led Presiding judge Alphons Orie to hold a brief recess and order an end to 'inappropriate interactions.'"

Run on the Banks in Greece: Greek president tells the BBC it is "great fear that could develop into a panic."

Oil Leak in Whidbey Island's Penn Cove: Rickety old boat leaks oil for a mile and a half, catches fire, and sinks.

The New First Partner of France: A journalist, not married to Hollande, just partnered. "“I haven’t been raised to serve a husband,” she said. “I built my entire life on the idea of independence.” And when her own magazine ran her picture on its cover, she congratulated it for its sexism on Twitter. Introducing ValĂ©rie Trierweiler, the opposite of a trophy wife.

Some States Are Using Money Meant for Housing to Close Budget Gaps: The money is from a banks settlement, and meant to help homeowners. (I clicked through to the study; Washington is not an offender.)

45 Layoffs Last Week: Of Seattle school teachers and employees. (Oh yeah, it was Teacher Appreciation Week, too.)

Crackdown: On anti-Putin protests in Russia.

9-Year-Old Boy Holds Up His Own Sign at Westboro Baptist Hate Fest: "God Hates Nobody."

Jerry Sandusky: He's asking the judge to, you know, just let him go.

Kony Watch: Ugandan army and US Special Forces may or may not be close to finding Joseph Kony.

Cuts to Federal Child Care Aid: Derailing women's careers. But not in this great country! Or...

Silverton, Colorado, Population 638, Is Saving its Newspaper!: Today reports, "How's the paper doing now? 'We made $236 last year in profit,' Esper said. I laughed. 'Hey,' he cried, 'don't sneeze at that. It's more money than a lot of big papers make!'"

You Have More Sperm Than You Think: That scary the-sperms-are-falling! the-sperms-are-falling! study from 20 years ago was not so simple.

It's not only sperms that are falling! "My thought is that when God drops a puppy from the sky, you keep it." Okay, but did anybody actually see the hawk drop the puppy from the sky? IMPORTANT NEWS, people.

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