After two years of court battle, United Airlines finally settled a case brought by Seattle-based pilot Lisa Stout over possible sexual harassment--she kept finding offensive pornography hidden in the cockpit of her plane. Stout says the images led to some kind of medical condition for which she had to take prescription drugs (anxiety?), and that United didn't do enough to find out who kept planting the images in her work area, nor did they respond adequately to her complaints. The settlement details are sealed, along with much of the details on the case itself, but we're sure your imagination can take you far on this one. Insert "Only Way To Fly" joke here. more ›

FREE BALLARD DAY: It's been over a century, but maybe today's the day that Ballard will finally secede from the city. Stranger things have happened. Anyway, in celebration of Free Ballard Day, the fine folks at Archie McPhee will be giving a free gift to anyone who enters their store saying the secret word: "lutefisk." They'd also like you to know that you'll get a free gift if you spend more than $25. So go get your free remote-controlled yodeling pickle. (We can't guarantee that your free gift will be a remote-controlled yodeling pickle. It's just our favorite thing at Archie McPhee, and we couldn't resist giving it a shout out.) more ›