Republicans want to start taking a piece from nontribal casinos to patch the budget, thousands of dollars worth of tools were stolen, and a local baby is tweeting to 12 people. more ›

What's delighting us this week? Boozy beverages for stormy nights, the Goodwill Outlet, and so many other things. Read up to see what our writers are digging. more ›

You start your appraisal from the ground up. White Skechers (the Shape-Up model), crew socks, flesh-colored pantyhose, the iconic orange hotpants--indeed there's a lot to look at before you get to the logo Hooters tee (or vee, as it were). The back of the shirt reads "Delightfully tacky yet unrefined." Some two dozen uniformed Hooter Girls on duty this noon for the ribbon cutting of a new Hooters in South Park, where Rascal's Casino once raked it in. more ›

• Belltown People wonders exactly how much the artsy Free Sheep Foundation was involved with Capitol Hill's recent Gamblergate sting operation. What's the vig, capisce?
• Meanwhile, over at MyBallard, the news is that kids are skipping out of Salmon Bay School with the swine flu hot on their heels. We wish could get another animal in this item.

Did we say a gambling bust? We left out the coke and meth part. And the undercover cop posing as a "trust fund baby." It's all very Capone, a semi-shady poker room in the building behind the Wild Rose that neighbors looked the other way about--"It has not been a very hush-hush thing," a neighbor told the Seattle Times. "Everybody in the apartment building knew this was going on. It didn't bother them." more ›

It looks like that vice raid in Capitol Hill last night was for gambling after all. According to CHS: "This morning's vice squad bust shut down a secret card room and saloon that has been operating at 11th and E. Pike for 'several years,' a former employee of the illegal casino says." more ›

Early this morning, an ongoing investigation in Capitol Hill resulted in a Seattle Police Department vice unit raid--with a SWAT vehicle, several police cars and, announced via loudspeaker at 12 a.m., a warrant in hand--of a unit in the building at the corner of 11th Avenue and East Pike Street. Police have been suspiciously hush-hush about the crimes and the reason they arrested two women and 13 men. However, leave it to the locals to fill in the gaps: One was overheard saying they were just playing poker. Do we have a gambling ring in our midst? Whenever they bring out the vice unit, you know it's going to get good. Oooh, the suspense! more ›

Not that we need to feed his ego or anything, but John Roderick (of The Long Winters) is a funny dude. more ›

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