Local U of W faculty member is declared a genius (and gets the grant to prove it), the Secretary of Interior thinks Hanford would be a fine place for families, and 2,000 pounds of boy scout gets lifted. more ›

• After 15 years Seattle rock band Harvey Danger is getting ready to play its final farewell show at the Crocodile August 29. Relive the heyday, tickets are selling out fast.
• More food options for the hungry belly. Depending on your location you can either enjoy a decadent treat from Trophy Cupcakes at their new University Village location, or the newest juice bar at Chutney's in Wallingford. Mmmm, nothing like carrot and wheatgrass juice.

• Friday's zombie crawl scared the living daylights out of Capitol Hill residents. Calls came into the SPD, who later detained the zombies until they realized it was just a costume.
• A colorful health-care rally of 3,500 strong moved into downtown Seattle on Saturday. The staged rally titled, "Health Care for All in 2009" alerted lawmakers that they wanted a single-payer national health-insurance system.
• Leave it to the Boy Scouts to come to the rescue. Kirkland-based Troop 570 was on a camping trip to Blake Island this weekend, when a woman with Alzheimer's went missing. Assembled into search parties, the troop of 29 boys found the woman unharmed two hours later.

When we sat down to do our endorsements we reached a disturbing conclusion. We cannot, in good conscience, vote for anyone. more ›