Neighborhood News and Local Blog Round-Up
- There are some crankypants smokers who have been forced to quit because of the federal tax hike. Watch out as some become even crankier because their non-smoking daily commute has doubled in time, thanks to the I-90 bridge closures.
- All schools that closed due to swine flu will re-open tomorrow. Ha.
- The government says they won't be able to save the newspaper industry, but Amazon says they can help save the newspaper industry with their new e-reader.
- Gates Foundation drops dollars to fund research on tomatoes that can deliver antiviral drugs when eaten, plus other weird and random projects.
- The annual James Beard Award's (think Oscars of the food world) were announced this evening, confirming what we already knew about some of our favorite food folks. Awards go to: Best Chef of the Northwest Maria Hines of Tilth and Best Newspaper Feature Writing With Recipes by Rebekah Denn of the defunct P-I's Food Section.
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