Conflicting reports from Libya: State run media claim major victories against rebels, and say gunfire in Tripoli is the sound of celebrations not fighting. Government spokesman says:
I assure you, I assure you, I assure you, there is no fighting going on in Tripoli. Everything is safe. Tripoli is 100% under control. What you are hearing is celebratory fireworks. People are in the streets, dancing in the square.
Some witnesses disagree.
Silly, perhaps, but a far preferable foreign policy strategy than building bombs: @america promotes brand USA in Indonesia.
Speaking of bombs: Sad news from Afghanistan, Washington soldier dies from roadside bomb blast.
Big Parade comes to an end. Frank W. Buckles, last U.S. WWI veteran, dies at 110.
Diversity one statue at a time: Harriet Tubman enthusiasts eye Maryland patriot John Hanson’s marble pedestal in U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. If bill passes Tubman’s would be first African American statue out of 100.
Pleading inequality: New York gay man gets out of jury duty.
Time to rethink those comfy plush seats: Study finds hazardous fecal and skin born bacteria, including MRSA, on BART train seats.
We’ll be breathing easy by 2025. Plans made to shutter Washington’s biggest polluter, Centralia’s Trans-Alta coal plant.
It looked like Mount St. Helens: Says witness to North Seattle motel explosion, allegedly caused by disturbed mental health patient.
Everybody loves a neighborhood park, but nobody wants to pay for them. Former Dept. of Parks and Rec. calls Seattle park system “totally unsustainable.”
For your Sunday morning viewing pleasure: Timmy Spence’s 1981 music video "Brand New Dance" featuring San Francisco’s Sluts a Go-Go:
