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, but given Grove's and Rosset's history, it's bound to cover plenty of interesting stuff.

We were sure it was just a typo, a major one, in a headline by the Associated Press: "Starbucks profit down 97% in the 4th Quarter." Surely there's just an extra 7 in that number...? But no. Starbucks stock was only earning a penny a share after last quarter, largely due to the cost of closing under-performing stores. Starbucks swears if you took out the cost of closing stores, which we thought was supposed to save the company money, not cost it more, the stocks would actually have earned ten cents a share. Still, none of the numbers sound good to us.

• Capitol Hill Seattle has the sad news that north Broadway deliciousness El Tajin has closed their doors for good, rather than for renovation. We happened to think El Tajin had some of the best Mexican food in Seattle and we're tres triste we didn't get to have one more molé before they closed their doors.
• Happily, not every good family restaurant in Seattle is shutting down. The West Seattle Blog has an interview with the Otis of the OK Corral, the latest and greatest BBQ joint west of Harbor Avenue.
• Georgetown got a grocery store! Hip hip, hooray!

• Zombie hordes take to the street in West Seattle!
• So that's why we were woken up by a low-hovering helicopter early Sunday morning. In the CD, someone stole a limo filled with apparently unsuspecting passengers and a police helicopter was called in to pursue.
• Be on the look out for a stolen True Value truck--the Greenwood store's truck was stolen six days ago and still has not been found. That's strange, since the phone number and logo is plastered all over the truck.

, vacancies are up to 10% and expected to reach 15% by next year.

So much for that 15-year record, Bill. Less than a month ago, we were telling you that Bill Gates had once again topped Forbes' list of wealthiest Americans. As it turns out, a lot changes in a month--especially if you're a multi-billionaire heavily invested in stocks when there is this little thing called a global economic crisis occurring.

Though the political news of the day is most certainly McCain's ploy to "suspend" his campaign and delay the first presidential debate as well as the VP debate in order to concentrate on the economic crisis, there's other news out today about the plight of Republican candidates this year. According to the New York Times, Washington State Democrats are suing to force Republican candidate for governor Dino Rossi to list his party affiliation on the ballot as "Republican" and not "GOP" which apparently polls higher.