Quoted: For me, Microsoft is so last century. They are not the problem. I think we’re going to continually to see a problem, potentially, with Google, who I think so far has acquired a monopoly in Internet online advertising lawfully.

Obama's antitrust pick - Christine Varney

Quoted: SEATTLE – Police have shut down Fifth Avenue at Union Street in downtown Seattle after a bank robber said he left a bomb behind.

Quoted: A Canadian college student majoring in chemistry built himself a home lab - and discovered that trying to do science in your own home quickly leads to accusations of drug-making and terrorism. Lewis Casey, an 18-year-old in Saskatchewan, had built a small chemistry lab in his family's garage near the university where he studies.

Quoted: SEATTLE - Two tour buses packed with passengers slid down a slippery hill in Seattle, and one is now hanging precariously over a 30-foot wall beside Interstate 5.

I wonder what Starbucks it was.

Quoted: SEATTLE -- A Kenmore man was arrested and accused of attempting to sell an 18-karat gold bookmark that reportedly belonged to Adolf Hitler, said Lorie Dankers of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Christian Popescu, 37, a Romanian national, was arrested Tuesday outside a Bellevue Starbucks after he set up a clandestine meeting to negotiate the sale of the stolen bookmark, Dankers said.

Quoted: More than a thousand gay-rights activists gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Mormon temple in Westwood to protest the role Mormons played in passing Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California.
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During the campaign, a website established by Proposition 8 opponents used campaign finance data and other public records to track Mormon political contributions to the Yes-on-8 campaign. Opponents estimated that members of the church had given more than $20 million, but the amount is difficult to confirm since the state does not track the religious affiliation of donors.

I love how crude is half what it was in July and I still pay near $4 at the pump.

Quoted: Oil prices closed at a new 14-month low beneath $70 a barrel Thursday, bringing its price to less than half its July record high after the government reported massive increases in U.S. crude and gasoline supplies.

Quoted: As Russian tanks roll into Georgian territory, Georgian web sites are also under attack. The Georgian embassy in the United Kingdom has accused Russia of launching denial of service attacks against Georgian web sites, according to published reports. Since Russian troops attacked the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia on Friday, Georgian sites

Quoted: The city of Seattle will be paid $45 million in exchange for letting the Seattle SuperSonics move to Oklahoma City this year as part of last-minute settlement announced this afternoon.