Undefeated! The Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 7-1 last night, to open the new Major League Baseball season with a 2-0 start. Enjoy it while it lasts.
We're number 14! At $10.50 for a beer and a hotdog, Safeco Field is the 14th most expensive Major League Baseball stadium in the nation.
Air gun control? An autopsy has confirmed that a Snohomish County man was killed by a pellet fired from a powerful air rifle during an altercation near Lynnwood.
But then, what do you expect from an airline named after a popular Girl Scout cookie? Samoa Air will start pricing international flights based on the weight of the passenger and their luggage.
Mexico running out of Mexicans? Fears of a new wave of immigration should immigration reform pass are apparently unfounded, due to a profound shortage of Mexicans. Those who would cross the border have already crossed. Also: Plunging birthrates.
That's why savvy New Yorkers prefer to jaywalk. The most likely place for a New York pedestrian to be hit by a car is in a crosswalk, a new study reveals. Also taxicabs prey on cyclists, and fat people sustain fewer injuries when hit.
I've got my money on Zoroastrianism. A bill backed by 11 Republican legislators seeks to allow North Carolina to establish an official state religion.
Washington State's personal Fukushima. A radioactive waste treatment plant under construction at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has serious design flaws that could lead to chemical explosions, mechanical breakdown, and inadvertent nuclear reactions. Oops. On the other hand, the leaking tanks where the waste is kept now aren't safe either, a federal panel concludes. What to do?
We wouldn't want those nasty trees to get in the way of our lovely coal trains. Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad has clear-cut trees along their right of way near the Salmon Bay Natural Area, you know, just because.
Because I'm too cheap and lazy. There are a lot of other local headlines in the Seattle Times, but I didn't bother clicking through, because why bother?
