News: November 2009 Archives

It's Veteran's Day, and in true American fashion, businesses are appreciating our servicemen by giving them free stuff. If you're a veteran, you're eligible for the following:

The local homeless advocacy organization SHARE is forcing its residents to participate in camp out protests in front of elected officials’ homes, reports PubliCola.

Sunday afternoon felt a bit like that October day in 1995 when the Cleveland Indians snuffed out the Mariners “Refuse to Lose” fairy tale run. Remember little Joey Cora weeping in the dugout after the game, being consoled by then-Mariner Alex Rodriguez? After the final whistle, we felt a lot like that, except we were in a half-empty bar (not a dugout), being consoled by a half-empty beer (not a prick).

And here we were gearing up for a recount.

Washington State leads the country in troubled banks: a whopping 26.3% of banks in the state are either troubled or have outright failed.

The plan includes an "adverse weather map," and improved transit alerts via email. A text message option would be a lot more useful for riders, though, at least until they start installing laptops at every bus stop.

Torontoist learned what happens a big city paper announces plans to outsource 100 union editing jobs—an editor takes revenge by editing the crap out of the internal memo that made the announcement.

Thousands gathered Friday for the memorial of police Officer Timothy Brenton, who was killed in the line of duty on Halloween night.

We’ve moved from Election Day to Election Week. Will Election Month be far behind?

Our favorite fake news blowhard took aim at Referendum 71 this week. In a cutting segment, Stephen Colbert turned the issue on its head: