Crooks of all sizes are on the loose--and only some are getting caught. more ›

As FBI pursues "most promising lead in years," will there finally be a break in the infamous D.B. Cooper case? more ›

Yes! Just what the state needs: more scandal. The FBI has launched an investigation into "questionable donations" from the PMA Group accepted by Washington Dems Norm Dicks and Patty Murray. It's no secret that (dirty) money greases the wheels of everything in space and time, including politics, but it's demoralizing to hear about this on the heels of all the other wtf-gates we're reading about these days. This is the Obama era! Everything is supposed to be ducky! more ›

Violent crime rates are up in Bellevue and down in Tacoma, according to the most recent FBI reports. The number of occurrences of violent crime reported in that new, shiny city across the lake increased from 65 in 2007 to a whopping 91 in 2008--a 40 percent boost in one year, for whatever reason. (Fights at The Parlor?) Down in Tacoma, the reported occurrences of violent crime went from 1,085 to 905 in that same time span (a 17 percent drop). In related news, the migration path of several flocks of flying pigs will lead them right over downtown Seattle this afternoon around 4 p.m., so be sure to step outside and take a gander at what is sure to be an educational sight. Seattle's info, of course, wasn't turned in on time to be included in the FBI's report. (Win!) more ›

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook by preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks' opponent. more ›

At least one of the FBI's cleverly named local most-wanteds has been found, tried, and sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in ten bank robberies around the region. According to the Seattle Times, the 63-year-old Waddling Bandit also has to repay $88,000 to the banks he robbed. more ›

The most senior (and it's said most powerful) Republican in the U.S. Senate, Ted Stevens was indicted by a federal grand jury for not mentioning the $250,000 in labor and materials he received from a construction company. Veco Corp. actually lifted Stevens' house in the air while a new first floor was built, and no money changed hands. They also threw in a Viking grill. If you have had any remodeling done lately, you know that's a pretty sweet deal. Normally, you pay contractors through the nose, and to get them to finish before your kids start calling the hotel "home," you throw in the grill. more ›

The local office of the FBI seems to be fresh out of creative names for its criminals. Behold the most recent stories regarding criminals the FBI are looking for locally--the Waddling Bandit and the Candy Man Bandit. The Waddling Bandit apparently has a distinctive gait while Mr. Candy Man robs banks while sucking on lollipops. The names don't exactly inspire a citizen corps to jump into action. Who wants to help catch the Waddling Bandit? Makes you wonder--was the FBI's naming department the victim of recent government cutbacks?
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About those photos we released to the world, implying you were terrorists...really sorry about that. Clearly, you're just innocent European businessmen who appear to be of Middle Eastern descent. more ›

Either that or they have hired the stoners they are busting to come up with operation names. more ›

Back to searching rural Washington and Oregon! The FBI has confirmed that the parachute found in a Clark County, Wash., field is not infamous hijacker D.B. Cooper's. Parachute experts, as well as Earl Cossey, the man who packed the parachute given to Cooper the night of the hijacking, determined the recently discovered was not Cooper's. FBI spokesperson Robbie Burroughs crushed our mystery-loving hopes by saying, "From the best we could learn from the people we spoke to, it just didn't look like it was the right kind of parachute in any way." more ›

A decades-old mystery may be closer to being solved, thanks to a parachute that was found in Clark County. The parachute is currently being analyzed at an FBI lab in Seattle, in hopes it might be connected to D.B. Cooper. The case of Cooper, who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines plane in 1971 with $200,000 ransom, only to abandon the plane via parachute over Washington state, has long fascinated Washington residents and the FBI, alike. more ›

A Seattle-area man whose identity had been stumping the FBI has been identified with the help of his parents. The 52-year-old man had been arrested two weeks ago by federal authorities on charges of identity theft and fraud. The government had not been able to identify the man, who had been known to use over 30 aliases, because he had burned the tips of his fingers to alter his prints. more ›

Seriously, we're surprised the local news stations have not created special icons to attach to all of their recent environmentally-motivated arson stories. Usually, if an event has gone on this long or had this much prominent news coverage in Seattle, local newscasters have given it some sort of pet-name by now. more ›

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David Copperfield may think he can make the word "no" disappear, but it's going to be for a grand jury to decide. more ›

Monday the 10th, at 7pm, the Paramount Theatre presents Charlie Chaplin's 51st, 52nd, and 53rd films, all from 1916: The Floorwalker, The Fireman, and The Vagabond. They're all half-hour or so shorts from early on in his Mutual Films era, and feature Chaplin's genius for environmental comedy, with mishaps with escalators and fire poles. more ›

The P-I is still defending its decision not to run the random photo of Arab-lookin guys the FBI passed them last week, as if not participating in a man-hunt for two guys who happened to ask a question about the workings of the ferry in front of the wrong citizen detective is something that needs any more ink. more ›

Seattle Police, or the Washington State Ferry system, or the FBI, or whatever shadowy anti-terrorist unit is in charge of this particular investigation hasn't contacted Seattlest at this time. They haven't asked us into the evidence room in the basement of some nondescript building and opened the box containing the suspicious device they found in a Seattle/Bainbridge ferry bathroom and asked us to identify it. We can identify it, however, and you probably can too if you ever smoked pot in a college dorm. more ›

The people who bring you Sidewalk Cinema take over pizza-and-beer-serving Central Cinema tonight with a '50s B-movie double-feature in glorious 16mm: Port of Hell and Sky Liner. In Port of Hell, a ship with an atom bomb on board (fucking Commies!) shows up in the L.A. harbor just when harbormaster Gibson Pardee is getting all sorts of blowback for his stringent safety concerns. It's a race against time, and the film only runs 80 minutes! Even shorter, clocking in at 61 minutes, is Sky Liner, even though the action takes place during a transcontinental flight. A government courier is murdered, an FBI agent collars the culprit, but then the assassin is himself killed and the G-man has 'til wheels down to find out whodunnit. more ›

reports on his blog that state Sen. Joe Zarelli recently hosted right-wing Israeli politicians and others at a two-day conference down in Vancouver, to fan the flames of Islamophobia. more ›

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! more ›

The strangest terrorist in the history of sports, television broadcasting, cheerleading, and terrorism is evidently operating out of Seattle. He or she alleges this conspiracy: that sports television producers are biased against sluttily-dressed cheerleaders. more ›

It seems that it's always about day two of the fest that we really fall in love with this place---the overheard intense discussions of films, the industry gossip, the random interactions with individuals you will never see again, and all that swag just ripe for the taking---really, these are a few of our favorite things. more ›

Happy New Year! We were only a few minutes into it when the first Seattle gun violence of 2007 happened at Skyway Park Bowl and Casino (which is actually in Renton, but whatever). A pregnant woman, a woman and a man were all shot just minutes after midnight at the bowling alley and taken to Harborview. The P-I doesn't list a motive. more ›

According to a recent discussion on the Hobo Bicycle Elite Message Board, there was an incident with some assholes who assaulted bicycle enthusiasts during last night's Critical Mass festivity. Allegedly the instigators later played the ingenious "PSYCHE! We're actually cops but we waited till after kicking your ass to tell you that" save. That's a good save to pull if you can get away with it, unlike, say, DMX, who wasn't all that convincing as an FBI agent that one time. Maybe it was the barking rap thing that gave him away. more ›

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. more ›

On your way home from work today don't grab that massive Sunday Seattle Times from the yard and toss it straight into the recycling bin. Usually, yes, if you don't get to it on Sunday it isn't worth reading, but at least pull the section with the "Is ecosabotage terrorism?" article out and bring it into the house this time. It's worth reading. Once upon a three months ago the Seattle Times was the local king of referring to all manner of arsonists and politically-motivated sabateurs as "ecoterrorists." Maybe they've had a change of heart. more ›

Oh no, oh no, the ferries are a top target for the terrorists! The No. 1 target, in fact. Well, the No. 1 target for maritime terrorism, which is kind of like saying Cupcake Royale is the No. 1 target for cupcake terrorism. Just as we don't buy that Bad Men would threaten our cupcake supply, we are similarly unconvinced that any maritime target is likely to be the subject of an attack. When we put on our terrorist hats* and think like a terrorist, it just doesn't make any sense to sink a boat. What are they gonna do, commandeer a ferry and crash it into the Space Needle? more ›

Although we live relatively close to the the Ave and even head over there from time to time for cheap eats or discount athletic shoes we had no idea the place was living under the thumb of an East African gang. The owner of Schultzy's was on the TV last night and apparently he was also in the dark to the fact that he was behind on his protection money payments and claimed ignorance of any organized crime in the area. Of course the gang is actually involved in more modern-day activities such as drug distribution. more ›