Seattle Mayoral Endorsements Coming Fast and Furious: McGinn and Harrell split the 37th District Democrats, Murray gets <a href=”http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/21/gregoire-and-royer-endorse-murray
“>Chris Gregoire and former mayor Charlie Royer, plus the 43rd District Dems.
IRS Official Refuses to Testify in Congress: Lois Lerner, who heads up the exempt organizations division of the IRS, says through a defense lawyer that she’ll plead the Fifth and therefore asks to be excused from appearing at the House hearing, as her appearance before the committee would “have no purpose other than to embarrass or burden her.”
No More Bodies or Survivors Likely, Say Oklahoma Officials: The death count holds at 24 in Monday’s “storm of storms,” a tornado that had the power of multiple atomic bombs.
Have You Heard of FEMA’s “Waffle House Index”? It’s a quick, informal measure of disaster impacts devised by FEMA head Craig Fugate, and it goes like this:
The index has three levels. If the local Waffle House is up and running, serving a full menu, a disaster is classed as green. If it is running with an emergency generator and serving only a limited menu, it is a yellow. If it is closed, badly damaged or totally destroyed, as during hurricane Katrina, it is a red.
Orlando Man with Ties to Boston Suspect Shot Dead by FBI: A 27-year-old acquaintance of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev allegedly became violent during his interview with an FBI agent, and the agent shot and killed him.
Portland, Oregon, Embarrasses Itself: Votes no on adding fluoride to drinking water.
Who’s Climbing Up Seattle’s Tallest Landmarks in the Dead of Night? Nobody knows, but the pictures are amazing.
If You Heard About a Woman Shot Downtown Yesterday… It turns out the wound she thought was a gunshot was from a kitchen knife she’d been carrying in her purse that somehow managed to slice open her leg.
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