Around the Sound: The Week in News

"Streetcar and wagon traffic on First Avenue, circa 1890s" by Seattle Municipal Archives, from our Flickr pool

• A former Seattle Seahawks dancer filed a paternity suit against Beyonce Knowles' dad, Matthew.

• The Seattle City Council gave the green light for a new streetcar line.

• Two letters with white powder inside turned up in The Seattle Times mailroom this week.

• You can’t make this stuff up: a Seattle radio host believes a local teen burglar "with a James Bond complex” stole his single-engine Cessna last year. The suspect’s mother’s response: “"I hope to hell he stole those airplanes - I would be so proud.”