Stripped of her crown, Prejean sued the Miss California USA pageant but reportedly settled after the sex tape surfaced. She called the sex tape the biggest mistake of her life.

Now a RadarOnline.com investigation has uncovered that there are SEVEN more “biggest mistakes” of her life — all of them solo performances, just like the one sex tape that the religious beauty queen has admitted to. And there are 30 photos of Carrie, most topless, some showing everything, and most taken by Carrie using her reflection in a mirror.

On one tape Carrie is wearing just a flowing white blouse as she touches her own body in an alluring manner. Carrie can be heard moaning on a few of the tapes.

Gold-star question from Paul Constant: "Are we allowed to refer to her as a porn star yet?"

Yes. Yes, we are.

Also: Carrie Prejean's book tour has been cancelled.

Tukwila Police recently shot a man at an apartment complex near Southcenter. From seattlepi.com:

Seattle Police responded to Tukwila after receiving a tip that the man was connected to the fatal shooting Halloween Night of Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton, according to a police source familiar with the investigation. SWAT members were among those responding.

According to Stranger books intern Corey Kahler, who was listening to police radio, the suspect was shot after drawing a weapon, after multiple squad cars and SWAT arrived. The suspect is alive and has been taken from the scene.

His condition has not been officially released, seattlepi.com reports.

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Calls have been placed with SPD media relations. While the initial police response was intense, there are no indications that this incident has any ties to the shooting of officer Brenton.

UPDATE: SPD spokesman Officer Mark Jamieson believes this incident is unrelated to the investigation of the murder of Officer Timothy Brenton. Referring to the Friday arrest of Christopher Monfort, Jamieson says police are fairly confident that they have the person reposnible in custody.

FORT HOOD (November 5, 2009)-Army officials have confirmed a violent incident has happened Thursday afternoon on post.

The reports indicate there may be at least twelve and maybe even as many as fifteen victims involved in this incident.

Details have not been released but it is known that ambulances and police are converging on a location in the center of the sprawling military post.

And this report refers to a "mass casualty event." Schools in the area have been placed on lockdown.

UPDATE: Seven have been confirmed dead, twelve injured in a mass shooting.

UPDATE 2: MSNBC says a second shooter may still be alive and "holed up" on the base. There could be a third shooter, as well. There have been at least two murder-suicides on the base in past years. One was as recently as 2008.

UPDATE 3: Waco television station KCEN reports that at least 20 people have been injured and that there were three shooters. One is in custody, one is cornered, and one is still on the loose.

UPDATE 4: KCEN is now reporting that there are two gunmen, and both have been captured. At least 4 SWAT officers have been injured in a gun battle with the second shooter.

UPDATE 5: Now they're saying there are three shooters and one is still on the loose. There could be as many as 30 wounded.

Streaming here.

ballot
1549, from Italian pallotte, dim. of palla "ball," for small balls used as counters in secret voting (see balloon). Earliest references are to Venice.

booth
c.1145, from O. Dan boþ "temporary dwelling," from E. Norse boa "dwell," from P.Gmc. *botho (cf. Ger. Bude, M.Du. boode), from base *bhu- "to dwell" (cf. Lith. butas "house," O.Ir both "hut"), from PIE base *bheue- "to be, exist, grow" (see be). Cf. also (see bound (adj.2)).

envelope
1705, from Fr. enveloppe, a back-formation of envelopper "to envelop" (see envelop).

envelop
late 14c., "be involved in," from O.Fr. envoluper, from en- "in" + voloper "wrap up," of uncertain origin, perhaps Celtic.

This November, as voters head to the ballot booth that is their envelopes, they should know their world has gone from clear derivations (Italian, Proto Indo European) to murky ("perhaps Celtic") and from expansive (balloons, growth) to intimate ("wrap up").

PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Thousands may have died in an earthquake that struck the city of Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island, a minister said on Thursday, with officials saying many victims remained buried under toppled buildings.

The 7.6 magnitude quake hit Padang on Wednesday afternoon, knocking over hundreds of buildings, but with communications patchy it was hard to determine the extent of the destruction and loss of life...

A tsunami caused by a powerful earthquake in the South Pacific has killed at least 20 people and injured 50 in Samoa, local media report...

Oh. My. God. I gotta go lay down. More clips from Skatetown USA (1979)—Scott Baio! Ruth Buzzi! Billy Barty! Flip Wilson! Marsha Brady! Horshack! The Unknown Comic!—after the jump.

Police were called to the scene of a shooting in the 800 block of 32nd Avenue South about 8:30 p.m. and found the victim with a gunshot wound. He was treated at the scene and no other details were available on his condition. The suspect fled to a house, which was surrounded by police.

UPDATE: Central District News is all over it:

[T]he victim had been shot in the head by another man armed with an AK-47... There's a huge police response, including heavily armed SWAT teams. Traffic and pedestrian access has been shut down for several blocks around the crime scene and the site of the standoff.

The suspect is described as an 18 year old white male, 6' tall, muscular build, blonde hair, wearing a black tank top and shorts. He's possibly associated with two other older black males, whose whereabouts are currently unknown...

UPDATE 2: According to two teenagers (acquaintances of the victim) at the scene at Harborview, the victim's family came out and told everyone that the victim was dead. This is unconfirmed information. Employees of Harborview emergency room deny the presence of any shooting victim this evening. No deaths have been reported to the King County Morgue as of a few minutes ago. The East Precinct of the Seattle Police Department has no information, according to someone reached just now on the after-hours line.

UPDATE 3: According to Central District News: The "victim, a man in his early 20s, died at the scene." According to the father of a friend of the victim, the victim is not in his 20s but an 18-year-old.

UPDATE 4: Seattle Times confirms the death, as does the PI.

UPDATE 5: Again, Central District News:

12:12AM - Dispatch says: The suspect is still outstanding, but it's unknown if he's actually in the house or not. He is considered armed and dangerous.

This is wonderful news for the Hugo House. Congratulations, too, to Amazon.com for their bold new foray into philanthropy. I discuss the man who has guided Amazon's change of heart here.

The full press release is after the jump.

USE CAUTION WHEN BUYING MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORABILIA
Value of Items Could Only Be Sentimental

DuPont, WA — June 30, 2009 — Immediately following the announcement of Michael Jackson’s sudden death, enterprising individuals began selling memorabilia online to take advantage of the increased demand. Better Business Bureau warns that...the currently inflated prices for many items will drop over time.... by the morning following his death almost 20,000 Michael Jackson-related items and memorabilia were for sale on the auction Web site. Items included autographs, gloves, posters, newspapers and even a Cheeto which supposedly predicted the death of the pop star.

...Because the value of collectibles is largely dependent on how rare an item is, mass-produced commemorative items are not likely to appreciate in value.

With regard to celebrity-death-predicting Cheetos, can't we just leave it at caveat emptor? Doesn't the Better Business Bureau have better things to do?

"At best, this legislation was a partial fix, and now we're going to be coming back next year with a 'no more Mr. Nice Guy' attitude about transit service," says Ron Johnson, executive director of the Transportation Choices Coalition. "We need to make transit as high of a priority as roads in the state legislature."

Gregoire did not say why she was vetoing the funding option in her public statement this morning, nor has the partial veto showed up yet on the governor's bill action page.

King County council chair Dow Constantine said this morning that he was "very disappointed" with the governor's decision. "It's going to exacerbate the significant problems we have with transit funding and make more difficult the choices we have to make." Although a Metro audit found an additional $105 million in the agency's fleet replacement fund to pay for service in the coming year, that's only a onetime windfall; in the longer term, Constantine says, Metro will need a more stable funding source, such as the motor vehicle excise tax, to maintain service. I'm still playing phone tag with council member Larry Phillips, who pushed for the audit (and who, like Constantine, is running for King County Executive). Carolyn Duncan, a spokeswoman for the executive's office, says the loss of the license tab fee will mean cuts either in "quantity or quality"—that is, either reduced spending on "things like shelters, cleaning buses, or security or a reduction in bus hours."

Harborview has its first Swine Flu patient. The patient presented at the Emergency Room earlier today and was admitted to the hospital about an hour ago.

There hasn't been a general announcement to staff about the H1N1 patient, but UW Medicine employees have been sent an alert with the usual directives: wash hands frequently, stay home if sick, and have two weeks of food on hand in case there's a quarantine.

I'm a Harborview employee, and while I'm sure this information will be released to the public in a few hours, I'd appreciate it if you just referred to me as "K."

This isn't confirmed. The P.I. points out:

"Like other states, Washington does not yet have the capacity to identify the swine flu being investigated. But labs here have been able to narrow down the subtype of flu samples collected, which have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmation"

More as it comes in.

The World Health Organization has just raised the flu threat level from phase 4 to phase 5, indicating a pandemic is "imminent."

"Phase 5 is characterized by human-to-human spread of the virus into at least two countries in one WHO region. While most countries will not be affected at this stage, the declaration of Phase 5 is a strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to finalize the organization, communication, and implementation of the planned mitigation measures is short.

Erica Barnett is ready.

UPDATE: The King County Health Department is briefing the City Council on swine flu right now.

We'll have updates in a few. In the meantime, check out the piece Erica and I wrote this week about the gaps in the state's pandemic preparedness plan.

The corner of 42nd and University is blocked off right now after a shooting. A police spokesperson told a group of reporters about 10 minutes ago—The Stranger's Anthony Hecht happened to be out there—that the victim in the shooting is a white male who was with some friends about an hour ago and got shot in the side of the face. The suspect is possibly a black male in face makeup. There's some uncertainty about this, but according to information circulating at the scene, there was apparently an altercation between the shooting victim's group of friends and another group in Juggalo-style face paint.

The victim was taken to Harborview. The fire department says it's serious but not life-threatening. The current thinking is that this was a street-kid thing, rather than a gang thing.

We will keep following this.

That's it. I'm totally fucking voting for Savage.

(Thanks to Will in Seattle for the tip.)

With the changes, Obama aims to lessen Cubans' dependence on the Castro regime, hoping that will lead them to demand progress on political freedoms, the official said. About 1.5 million Americans have relatives in Cuba.

This is going to be huge. And divisive.