A murder, some crows, the end of a Qwest, and, of course, skaters gonna skate (legally). It's your Monday afternoon news roundup. more ›

In response to >Matt's hard-hitting reporting on crow attacks in our very backyard, one concerned Seattlest reader shared his own experiences, and his theory as to a possible explanation. Hint: it involves solar flares, and we're all going to die. more ›

• The cocoa butter bandit didn't slip away from the Everett police--officers have arrested a 24-year-old Lake Stevens man who is suspected to be responsible for the recent string of tanning salon robberies.
• The Southlake reports that Denny Triangle's Days Inn and Eighth Avenue Inn have been leased to Cornish College, who is in the process of turning the once skanky hotels into residence halls for 280 first-year art students. (Pointing) Ha, ha freshmen.
• The chaotic Seafair boating traffic on Lake Washington, is finally over. In total, authorities handed out 110 BUIs (Boating Under the Influence). Seattle 911 reports that's a 23 percent increase. Don't say we didn't warn you. Tsk, tsk.

More than one reviewer has found a Thoreauvian echo in Lyanda Lynn Haupt's Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness--besides crows' antic intelligence (studies indicate crows may have as much smarts as apes), Haupt has had living deliberately on her mind for some time. more ›

Turns out the King County Health Department might want to see those dead crows, because of West Nile Virus concerns. So report those dead birds, citizens! There's an online dead bird reporting form right there for your use. more ›

Walking down 15th the other afternoon, we were a little Hitchcocked out by the sight of a crowd of crows (or ravens, the comments section is of two minds about which) assembled on a neighbor's house and lawn. Naturally, we immediately suspected said neighbors of being witches. (Not that there's anything wrong with that. Live and let magick, we say.) A woman got out of her car while we were taking the picture and,... more ›