Quoted: Rest of U.S. housing market improves in July; not Seattle

first clijsters, now henin

Quoted: Justine Henin is seeking the elusive Wimbledon title in her return to the WTA Tour. It's the only Grand Slam the former top-ranked player hasn't won. And it loomed large in her decision to end a one-year retirement from the sport. "It is a dream of mine," Henin said Tuesday. "I want to work to get it. - Tennis news

Quoted: News, profiles and commentary on Seattle technology startups, Microsoft, Amazon.com, gadgets, PCs, software, venture capital and Internet services.

Quoted: Ichiro Suzuki has become the first player in major league history with at least 200 hits in nine straight seasons. The Seattle Mariners' right fielder set the mark with an infield single in the second inning of the nightcap of doubleheader against the Texas Rangers. In his second at-bat of the game, Suzuki beat out a slow roller to shortstop Elvis Andrus to break a tie with Willie Keeler, who... - Major League Baseball news

Quoted: Enterprise then compounded the safety hazard by reselling some of the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Impalas and the 2008 and 2009 Cobalts to unsuspecting used-car buyers. Ads for some of the cars on the Enterprise Web site mistakenly claimed they had side curtain air bags.

Quoted: Dark-skinned people in higher latitudes need to be exposed to about 6 to 10 times as much sunlight as white-skinned people for the vitamin D in their blood to reach acceptable levels. This equates to about 2 to 3 hours of sunlight about 3 times a week for Africans living in, say, the UK.

Quoted: Mr. Kennedy, a disciplined liberal lawmaker with a sometimes-stormy personal life, knew triumph and tragedy during his decades near the center of American political history.

Nice bdmention.

Quoted: If every publisher replaced their “save to delicious” button with a “save to faves.com” button, you’d see a MAJOR shift of users in a few months time.

Quoted: Don't blame computers for my chicken scratch. A shift in educational priorities has left an entire generation of Americans with embarrassingly bad penmanship. How much does it matter?