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Two Franklin High grads--Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks and Aaron Brooks of the Houston Rockets--have emerged as two of the most critical players in the NBA playoffs.

When former governor Gary Locke accepted Obama's Commerce Secretary appointment, he had to leave a cushy job at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and move to DC. Now, he's expected to divest all of his Microsoft stock as he continues to adapt to the heavy demands of his new national role. Boeing and Microsoft both contributed the maximum amount allowed to his re-election campaign, and now watchdog groups have their eye on Locke to make sure he's not unduly fond of Washington businesses. Here's hoping his heart never hardens entirely towards Washington; we want him back someday!

Here. The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (that's a weird combination, isn't it?) is talking to Gary Locke right now as part of his confirmation process to become Commerce Secretary. If you have nothing else to do, this seems like a fun way to kill an hour with your morning coffee.

There's something touching about this photo, and it's not just the lovey-dovey fries-and-milkshake. There's that copper-colored wrapper around the Dick's burger, the twinkle of autumn light on the leaves outside, the loving, respectful way the two figures look at each other, mid-bite. In case you haven't heard, the dude is Gary Locke, former governor, and gal is his wife, Mona, and it looks like he'll be joining the Obama administration as Secretary of Commerce. No freaking French dinners on the DC party circuit for the Lockes, merci beaucoup, we're in the hands of a guy who knows the value of a 19-cent burger. Okay, it's more than that now, but that's what it cost 55 years ago, when Dick Spady started the biz in Wallingford. Bodes well, in our opinion, for the future of international trade and the virtures of moderate consumption.

Third choice may be the charm for Gary Locke, the latest pick for Commerce Secretary. If Locke leaves, someone will have to pick up the slack on China, energy, and governmental relations. Ponder this as you walk around Greenlake, which is safe after a bomb scare this morning, PhinneyWood reports. Should you decide to be part of the solution, West Seattle blog has info on upcoming Vidaduct meetings, and MyBallard reports on plans for a car camp for homeless folks.

This Seattlest will be heading to a private party tonight, where we will celebrate among our favorite people the fact that Super Tuesday is FINALLY here. But, if you're looking for somewhere more out-on-the-town to get your drink on and watch the returns trickle in, and pancakes aren't your bag, here's the guide for you. Most of these events start at 5pm, and they're all free. Go America!

The 2007 Washington Legislative session begins today, and Governor Gregoire wants to spend big. Her argument, we have a $1.9 billion surplus, and we should spend that money on education, health care, and other gross poor people things.

You've heard of Gawker Stalker, right? When someone spots a celeb walking around Manhattan they notify the Gawker website of the identity and location of said star and a bunch of weirdos can track them on a map. Celebrities hate it and stalkers and people who think it's funny to piss of celebrities love it.

There is kind of a lull in local politics right now. Cantwell is showing all those Ballard hippies that she has the guts to take on Enron, McGavick is raising oil money, and Mayor Nickels is getting yelled at by dog owners.

China occupies a strange position in our collective Northwest consciousness. Somehow it's managed to avoid being identified as a potential antagonist in Red Dawn II, and the human rights abuses that we were so concerned about back during that Tianamen Square fiasco seem to have all been a misunderstanding or something. We're smarter than that now. The memo identifying China as the World's Largest Untapped Market has been distributed to just about everyone who has ever sold anything and we've seen the error of our ways. (We've also seen a few Western-style PR campaigns.) Any day now a billion middle-class Chinese will be clamouring for coffee, airplanes and software and Seattle has been working overtime to be in a position to provide them.

There was a time when local television was interesting and original. Seattleites growing up in the 1970s, for example, spent childhood afternoons watching J.P. Patches: a clown who lived in the city dump with a drag queen.