A couple of weeks ago, Consumerist relayed the story of Eric Drew. While Drew battled leukemia, a lab tech figured he didn't have enough problems and stole his identity, bringing the fury of creditors scorned down on the head of a man at death's door. Eventually, Drew sued the major credit bureaus and won. It was an interesting story, but Discover Magazine posted an even more compelling version, complete with horrifying medical details and......

-- Revenge + Craigslist = aunt's house stripped bare. Also, second-degree burglary, malicious mischief and criminal impersonation charges. -- NYC asks: What's a WaMu? -- Lycopene, schmycopene, says Fred Hutch. -- Sometimes parenting brings out your best. And sometimes... -- Neko Case will be on the tee-vee tonight, with M. Ward. -- Mike Sando's early look at the Hawks roster suggests Kelly Herndon could soon be out of a job. -- Starbucks' favorite Beatle?......

UW, Fred Hutch and Los Alamos National Laboratory have been collaborating to study the potential spread of avian flu if it were ever to mutate into a human-to-human virus. They used supercomputers to, uh, supercompute how quickly the virus would travel and its possible course as well as what mitigating factors might be successful. The study lists school closures, vaccination and antiviral drugs as possible roadblocks to the virus. “Based on the present work......

Seattle area life-science-research non-profit organizations (read UW, Fred Hutch, Children's Hosp, SBRI, etc.) are seeing green. Gov. Christine Gregoire's $350 million Life Sciences Discovery Fund initiative could create a serious influx of nerdy science geeks for the next 12 years. The 20,000 new jobs are good for the economy but can only spell disaster for local lab mice and bunnies. Should I mention the money comes from the tobacco company trial settlement? On a serious......