Everett City Council member Dead: Three-term councilman and experienced whitewater rafter Drew Nielson was killed Saturday in a rafting accident on the Green River.
Don’t GET Ripped Off: Financial experts are saying that the sharply-rising cost of Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition program may no longer be worth it.
Harshing the Buzz: Some convenience stores in Lake City, Sodo, and Beacon Hill have stopped selling fortified beer and wine in the mornings to try to deter “morning street drunks.”
Really, Drug Gangs?: Forty-nine decapitated bodies were found strewn about a Mexican highway near the U.S. border on Sunday morning, Mexican officials said.
Sending Merkel a Message: Anti-austerity Social Democrats have won the parliamentary elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state.
Another One Bites the Dust: Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson steps down and is replaced by Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo’s sixth CEO in five years.
The First JPMorgan Ousting: JPMorgan Chase Chief Investment Officer Ina Drew, who oversaw the London division responsible for the recently-discovered $2 billion trading loss, resigns.
Leaky Underwear: Congress members are calling for an investigation into which U.S. representative leaked the details of the infiltration to foil the underwear bomb plot to the AP before it was completed.
And now for the most fascinating domino experiment you’ve ever seen: