How one idiot in Florida destabilized Afghanistan: Protests against the Florida pastor's Koran-burning protest—which was canceled after he got a call from the Secretary of Defense—rage on in Afghanistan, with one person dead.

How one gas line in California destroyed a neighborhood: Six dead—so far—in San Bruno.

Seattle business groups tell Mayor McGinn how to save the city money: Furloughs, layoffs, parking tickets—just please don't tax us.

16 1/2 years later: Cal Brown is executed for the rape and murder of Holly Washa.

Animate objects: Furniture that reconfigures itself.

Boeing adds local jobs: "Boeing will expand its manufacturing research center in Seattle into a 900-employee operation meant to help it avoid the early production glitches that have plagued the first 787 Dreamliners."

Spider Man revived: Michael Cohl—"a high-school dropout who became a powerful rock-music promoter for U2 and the Rolling Stones, all but inventing the modern concert tour"—steps in to save the ultra-ambitious Julie Taymor musical.

One man's binge became a national obsession: Kenneth Turan reviews Joaquin Phoenix's documentary/parody/whatever.