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Tonight in Denver, Barack Obama will make history by becoming the first man in over three and a half years to accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for President. Here is everything you need to know about tonight.

According to the recently released "F as in Fat" report, almost 25% of Washington residents are obese. However, according to another recently released study, we are also the 12th healthiest state in the nation overall. Despite 24.5% of the state's population being considered obese, Washington is only the 32nd most obese state in the country. Surprising no one, Mississippi is the most overweight state in the country (can you say fried everything?) and Colorado is the trimmest. The dueling reports make us want to go for a jog, with a stop at Ezell's on the route home.

An associate professor of military science at Seattle University has been arrested in Colorado as part of a child sex sting. Andrew Douglas Frank was arrested in Canon City, Colo., where he had flown to meet a teenage girl he'd been communicating with online. The underage girl he'd been sharing risque communiques with was no Lolita, she was in fact, an undercover officer.

Last night the Colorado Rockies won the National League pennant and removed themselves from the dreaded list of franchises that have never made it to the World Series.

So, you think you have been to a beer festival before? Maybe you went to Fremont Oktoberfest , or maybe you even went to the Seattle International Beer Fest this summer. If you really want to go to a beer festival, get yourself to Denver in 10 days.

ROSEBURG, Ore. – 80’s glam-rock band Poison is in hot water over allegedly showing a woman’s bare breasts in a video projected behind the band during their performance at the Douglas County Fair. Fair organizers are demanding an apology.

Both the Mariners and the Sounders are in second place in their respective divisions, and both played the teams ahead of them last night.

What would most modern-day companies do if they found out that a competitor had a product with the same name as their own? Most companies would sue the hell out of each other.

Are you a hophead? If you are, get your butt up to Cooper's Alehouse on Lake City Way on the north side of the city. Their 5th Annual IPA Festival is currently in full swing. They have some very tasty beers on tap and more on the way.

Well, sorry we couldn't let you know earlier. But, Seattlest had the pleasure of attending another incredible beer dinner this weekend. This one took place at The Collins Pub in downtown seattle and featured the impressive beers of New Belgium Brewing from Colorado; presented by the big brew man himself, head brewer Peter Bouckaert and company.

If you love stouts, like we do, you are going to want to hop in your car/get on the bus/ride your bike up to Uber Tavern in Greenlake for a taste of the 2003 Silver City Imperial Stout.

Over at new Crosscut.com, Knute Berger reports that the Seattle School District will send four local high schoolers to the White Privilege Conference in Colorado Springs.

--The Seattle Mystery Bookshop gets sucked into a publisher's con game. [Seattle Mystery Bookshop]

--Another M's fan idly threatens a boycott here.

Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll is blowing up. His recent blog post on Ted Haggard, the meth smoking, gay prostitute hiring Colorado pastor displayed all of Mark's trademark bravado and bluster and unfortunately it probably made him as many new friends as new enemies and his apology for that post in no way apologizes for anything. And why should he? It's a very orchestrated campaign that presupposes, fosters and needs opposition.

Interleauge play begins again this weekend. In baseball stadiums all over the West geographical rivals will stare each other down: Oakland vs. San Francisco, Houston vs. Texas, Los Angeles of Los Angeles vs. Los Angeles of Anaheim, and Seattle vs. San Diego.

This past Saturday marked the opening of Tiger Mountain to biking for the spring, an event that typically draws an unusually large crowd to the east side of this favorite local spot. We skip it every year. Seattlest prefers our local mountain biking a bit less crowded, though the social aspect is enjoyable. Reports came in that the parking lot was a zoo, but mostly due to people showing up, assessing the dumping rain, and turning around to leave.

VALTRON 3000 is co-captain of Throttle Rockets, one of the four teams in Rat City Rollergirls.

What a bunch of lard asses the rest of the county is, right? Did you travel for the holidays and have to sit next to that fat guy for four hours on the airplane, the whole time thinking "the fattest man on the face of the Earth has to be sitting in 21B", but then when you finally landed and got inside the airport there were blubbery people like him (or bigger!) everywhere? And did you fall to the ground and scream, "nooooooo" when you saw the Chantiko all over their lips or the chunks of greasy sausage and cigarette butts caught in their neck rolls? And when they came to assist you did they say, "Look at him - I think he needs a couple pizzas or something. The poor thing hasn't eaten. Quick, someone bring a couch and a television!" They couldn't even bend over to help you up because they were so fat and their arteries were so hard and packed with solids!

Watch the news tonight (local and national) for references to Seattle's top political blog Horsesass.org and his involvement with the forces of darkness (in this case former FEMA head Brown's lawyers). The Westneat column in the Seattle Times is on the story as well and much of the going's on have been cross-posted to The Daily Kos.