Palestine: Change in government.

Money in the UK: Government buys up to 77 percent of Lloyds Banking Group.

In prison news: Bagram remains open in Afghanistan.

In Vatican news: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re supports the excommunication of 9-year-old girl and her doctors in Brazil.

In art news: Artist unemployment rate is way up.

Term limits: President Karzai says he could rule beyond the end of his term.

Just relax: RNC Chairman Michael Steele attempts to soothe the GOP.

Taxmen: IRS will no longer use private debt collectors.

Ground breaking: Big hoopla for beginning of University Link construction for Sound Transit.

Soup kitchen: Temporary closure in Ballard.

Just like stealing cookies from a Girl Scout: Cookies found in the car trunk of suspect in a Bremerton fraud case.

Seattle's new chief librarian: Budget cuts for the Seattle City Library system.

Standoff in West Seattle: Armed man occupies Rite Aid and then possibly a nearby apartment. He is now at large.

Daylight Saving Time: It's that time of year, again.

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