No, we're not using that headline to get your attention. This is really a post about free beer and wine in grocery stores. The state's Liquor Control Board is going to allow a pilot beer-and-wine-sampling program in Washington grocery stores come October 1. According to the Seattle Times and Progressive Grocer (we actually read that one), the Legislature asked for the program during its 2008 session and expects a report from the LCB in time......

The latest disturbing news out of Mt. Pilchuck about the skeletal remains discovered there recently is pretty hideous and bleak, regardless of whether or not there's any connection to the tragic murder of hikers Mary Cooper and Susanna Stodden a few months back. All the bad news associated with the popular trail is in sharp contrast with all the good times Seattlest has enjoyed up there this year, particularly this one bizarre adventure we......