From the papers in Europe, and particularly in England, you'd think that UW student Amanda Knox had already been tried and convicted of sexually assaulting and killing her roommate Meredith Kercher in Perguia, Italy. The source said: "The flat where Meredith was killed was full of evidence, there was blood, fingerprints and other bodily substances. "It was obvious very quickly that those responsible were from a close circuit of friends and we were able to......

The mouthbreathers who oppose public transportation are striking early against the roads/transit package that will appear on November's ballot. Unfortunately they are striking with a weapon they have little facility with: The English Language. Obviously, when the heaviest reading you do is of street signs, your spelling gets a little rusty. "Popultion"? And "fewer than 1% of the popultion will ever set foot on it." What's "it"? Ever set foot on the roads? Well you......

This has been a busy week, at least in terms of announcements as to who's involved in things taking place sometime in the future. Seattlest breaks it down: Rock Lottery: This KEXP benefit/rock talent free-for-all involves a whole buncha local musicians divided into randomly-determined groups of five, who are then given twelve hours to write new material together before performing it that night (last year at Con Works, this year at Neumo's April 29th).......

It's time for Seattlest to ask a couple of absurd questions about Neil Gaiman. For instance, if Mr. Gaiman were to swoop from the sky and attack you- like a bird of prey- what sort of predatory bird would he be? The answer: A very polite one. At least that's how we remember him- as polite, not as a bird of prey. He was extraordinarily kind the last time we saw him, which was in......