Slowly rebuilding: The Tucson grocery store where last week’s shooting took place reopens today. In other good news, Gabby Giffords continues to improve.

Coup update: In the wake of riots and Tunisian President Ben Ali’s departure, power has already changed hands twice – Tunisia’s prime minister ceded control to the Tunisian parliament today.

This seems like a good idea: BP and Russia are teaming up in an Arctic oil deal to explore and exploit oil deposits in Russia’s Arctic shelf. This should work out well.

The government is keeping a tab on you: The federal government is billing the states for $1.3 billion in interest, complete with individual payment plans for big spenders like Michigan.

The more you know: The latest scheme to fix Seattle transit and state poverty — raising or lowering parking prices based on neighborhood density — takes a credibility hit from Seattle City Council member Tom Rasmussen. Research. It’s a thing.

Protecting the homeless from hate crimes: A proposed state senate bill would increase penalties for crimes against the homeless.

Steep sentence in South Seattle attack: A King County judge has sentenced Solomon Thompson to 20 years in prison for attacking 2 South Seattle women in July.

Happy birthday, Martin Luther King!

Come on, a ram totally beats some lame fish: And finally, the nationwide existential crisis spurred on by the reconfiguration of the Zodiac continues. Who are we? Some astrologers have some ideas.

And this guy has a dance routine.

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  2. Good to hear that Safeway reopened in Tuscon. Now Arizonans in the area can get their super cheap super processed “food product” once again!!

  3. Has Slog or the Stranger taken notice that Luke Burbank and Vanessa Romo of TBTL are now involved with a police brutality case?

    Apparently a couple of cops tackled and beat the crap out of a homeless guy for jaywalking, Burbank then played Vanessa’s recollection of the incident on his radio show.

  4. Four dollar parking rates are not that bad. If it is, find a lot. But for folks who need to quickly park and go into Starbucks for a $4 non-fat, four shot, grande white mocha, extra hot with no whip – it’s really no big deal. It won’t take the full hour anyway.

  5. At least they didn’t extend parking hours to midnight. That sends people to lots, who would have to have extended house, and doesn’t help anybody except parking garage companies.

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    Solomon Thompson got off light. Attacking an elderly woman 4 days after getting out of jail for violating his probation which means he also did something before that. Dude should be considered a violent trainwreck and kept away for longer. Also, hopefully there’s a psychiatrist in prison to help him, but I doubt it.

  13. a 20 year sentence for thomas is NOT a steep sentence. it’s an appropriate one. our sentencing laws are far too lenient when the perpetrator is a man and the victim is a woman.

  14. The government is keeping a tab on you: The federal government is billing the states for $1.3 billion in interest…

    Washington has the healthiest unemployment insurance trust fund of any state. I think we’ve got something like 12-14 months worth of benefits in the fund right now. Most states didn’t have substantial trust funds so they had to borrow from the Feds to pay benefits…and now they’ve got to pay interest on that.

    Businesses in Washington, naturally, don’t like the relatively high unemployment insurance taxes we have here, and the relatively high wage base, but those things have kept our trust fund very healthy.

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