Slog News & Arts

Line Out

Music & Nightlife

« Happy (Secular) St. Patrick’s ... | Damage Control »

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Morning News

posted by on March 18 at 8:30 AM

posted by news intern Chris Kissel

Peace out: The Dalai Lama threatens to resign over violence in Tibet.

Catholics in Saudi Arabia: Vatican talking to Saudi government about erecting first-ever Catholic church in the country.

Naked in Ghana: Government to deport Liberian refugees who protested by taking off their clothes.

Obama speech: Candidate addresses race in Philadelphia.

Alright for now: Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers report small earnings despite wavering economy.

Minghella mourned
: Man behind The English Patient and Cold Mountain was “a writer who happened to direct.”

52 dead: Violence in Iraq distracts the world from paying attention to Dick Cheney.

520 plans: Seattle won’t build light rail over the 520 bridge any time soon.

Supreme courtship: Highest law court in the land rules in favor of letting Washingtonians choose from the top two vote-earners in the general election.

Campus construction: UW plans to construct housing in order to alleviate overcrowding as part $850 million proposal.

ELF hiding out
: Radical environmental group staying in the shadows.

RSS icon Comments

1

We don't all hate dogs: King Co animal shelters still suck.

Posted by elenchos | March 18, 2008 8:37 AM
2

just wait for it, after today, you'll have to wait until the next fed action to see a rise in hte markets

Posted by Bellevue Ave | March 18, 2008 8:46 AM
3

Why the silence from this administration on what is happening in Tibet? Could it be they have so compromised our ability to be a voice for the world's oppressed that they are forced to keep quiet?

Posted by Vince | March 18, 2008 9:27 AM
4

@3 China does have us by the balls thanks to our increasing debt to them.

Posted by Mike of Renton | March 18, 2008 9:51 AM
5

and we have a hedge against china because so much of their economy is based on exports to ours.

perhaps it's because tibet is a small swath of land with limited economic value.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | March 18, 2008 9:55 AM
6

I saw an Elf playing LARP in a park yesterday ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | March 18, 2008 10:54 AM

Comments Closed

In order to combat spam, we are no longer accepting comments on this post (or any post more than 14 days old).