According to KING-5 and our friends on Twitter, police have blocked off Third Avenue downtown. A man with an unknown device in his hand and electrical tape around his arms and legs made threats against general property and then laid down on the sidewalk. SPD Bomb Squad has been called in and he is now cooperating with police. more ›

Sometimes we stop to think--for instance while waiting to hear more about the non-credible bomb threat that's halted the Bremerton ferry run this afternoon--about Bainbridge Island. Which is always the way. Bremerton forever gets the short end of the stick. more ›

• Capitol Hill Seattle covered the breaking news of a police stand-off that closed Cal Anderson Park yesterday.
• Ballard institution Zesto's passed their health inspection this go-round after last year's epic fail.
• George W. is in elite company for sucking. He's surpassed Nixon's unenviable record of the worst performing market since Herbert Hoover.

When will people learn that a joke about having a bomb is never taken as a joke? We believe this statement has always been true, but is especially so in our heightened state of paranoia about security. Just to reiterate this truth, two Seattle gentlemen temporarily halted ferry service on Sunday, after making a joke about placing a bomb in the trunk of their car. more ›

Two eastside teens have been arrested for the false bomb threat that shut down Mercer Island High School on Tuesday. The teens, a 15 year old female student from Mercer Island High School and a 16 year old boy from Renton. The arrests were made around noon on Wednesday. The teens were booked into a juvenile detention center, upon suspicion of phoning in the bomb threats. more ›

MySpace's bag of evils to date includes all manner of sexual assualts, rapes, molestations, and the like. If the news promo is likely to make you send the kids to bed early, MySpace has probably perpetrated it at some point and, ironically, is probably perpetrating it against your very own offspring, via the computers you installed in their rooms at the very moment you're watching the report. Cut the cable! Board up the windows! Stash a loaded 9 in the Tupperware drawer near the back door! MySpace is stalking the streets! more ›