Today Seattle's Amanda Knox--on trial for the murder of her British roommate--had to once again celebrate a birthday, this time her 22nd, in an Italian jail cell. As her trial continues in Italian courts, she had once hoped she wouldn't be spending another birthday in jail. more ›

• We got us some more swine flu. One case turned deadly in Washington. While the CDC reported that more cases were confirmed, bringing us to a grand total of 83. Oh joy, King County now has a total of 56 confirmed cases.
• A slew of freak accidents: Small helicopter crash near Tacoma, bumps and bruises for the two aboard; Farm tractor starts up unexpectedly killing a Deer Park man as it drove over his chest; A Navy SEAL died in training near Keyport, Wash.
• In the forever-long Amanda Knox case, a footprint expert (those exist?) confirmed that the bloody footprint on a bathroom rug belonged to her ex-boyfriend.

Just two weeks before Amanda Knox is set to go to trial on murder charges, a new witness has come forward, putting the former UW student's alibi in doubt. The new witness claims to have seen Knox in the household supplies section of a store near her home three hours earlier than Knox had said she was there. If the witness is credible (and you have to wonder, seeing as the person waited a year to come forward), it could place Amanda Knox at the home she shared with the slain Meredith Kercher three hours earlier than she reported, or at the very least catch Knox in another lie. more ›

University of Washington student and murder suspect Amanda Knox is awaiting trial in an Italian jail cell. Her parents and friends—and Amanda herself—still proclaim her innocence, but things aren't looking up for the 21-year-old. more ›

Just days after she spent her 21st birthday in an Italian jail cell, UW student Amanda Knox has been indicted in the killing of Meredith Kercher. Prosecutors in Perugia, the town in which the murder took place, requested today the indictment of Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, and Rudy Hermann Guede on charges of murder and sexual violence. No word yet on when the trial will be scheduled. Knox still denies any wrong-doing or involvement in Kercher's death. more ›