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"Dick's, Wallingford" courtesy of our very own Seattlest Flickr pool member James Callan

Resident Capitol Hill psychic Destiny recently opened her ground-level storefront on Broadway. Not even two months later, CHS reports, a devastating fire started by an overheated electrical cord engulfed her shop, leaving $9,000 in damages.
Who tagged Dick's? Seattle 911 reports last night someone defaced the iconic roof sign of Dick's Drive-In on Northeast 45th Street. Police are on the lookout for those (with a size 7 shoe) responsible.
This morning police officers had the fun task of pulling a car out of Lake Washington at Beer Sheva Park in Rainier Beach. The car appears to have been unoccupied.
My Ballard was at the Tractor Tavern last night, discovering the lights, cameras, and rock star-esque action of The Maldives, the subject of MTV's new reality show. In $5 Dollar Cover, real musicians act out real stories.
And the reality TV news keeps coming: this time the P-I's Big Blog shares the news that Kirkland's Melissa D'Arabian won The Next Food Network Star. The mom of four, considered the season's dark horse, will premiere her new cooking show August 9th on the Food Network.

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By Kim P. in News on August 4, 2009 4:30 PM

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Seattle Antagonist

Wow, Destiny must not be much of a psychic if she didn't see this one coming. I mean you would think any psychic worth her weight in suckers money would be able to see something like a fire and 9 thousand dollars damage looming in her future.