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Sunday, January 24, 2010

News The Morning News: I-5, Evangelicals, Ken Salazar, Airplanes, and Nickelodeon

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:45 AM

Posted by news intern Jon Brock

Crossing I-5: An unknown man was struck and killed by a vehicle last night while attempting to cross I-5 near the Spokane Street exit.

Texting while driving: 18-year-old sentenced to 60 months in prison for vehicular homicide. Maybe everyone should watch this, again. And this.

Running scared? Obama is tapping key strategists to oversee major midterm election races across the country.

Secretary of the Interior: One year in, and people either love or hate Ken Salazar.

Haiti Update: The government's preliminary assessment is that more than 150,000 have been buried.

The Christmas day airplane bombing attempt: Bid Laden says he's responsible.

Who the fuck shoots a 2-year-old?!?! Tacoma road rage suspect turns himself in.

Fighting for a Virginia congressional seat: The democratic incumbent may win due to conservatives fighting over who is the "purest" of candidates to run.

Evangelicals and politics: While the majority of the evangelical movement is as socially conservative as ever, it is not as strident... ."

So, it's our fault? Plane crash-lands in Iran. "Experts say poor maintenance and management as well as international sanctions on Iran... have taken a toll on Iran's civil aviation sector."

Do those TSA full-body scans also show if you're carrying crazy? A male passenger, on a flight from Washingon, D.C. to Las Vegas, became unruly and tried to open a cabin door.

OMG. Nickelodeon's "Hey Dude" was so racist and sexist!

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You mean I can't demand the red man to do a rain dance for me? WTF?!?!?

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on January 24, 2010 at 8:49 AM

I'm not sure why anyone would want to take credit for a dude who managed only to blow up his underwear.

Posted by DOUG.

on January 24, 2010 at 9:30 AM

In what's believed to be Washington's first vehicular-homicide conviction due to text-messaging, Antonio Cellestine was sentenced Friday to 60 months in prison in a plea agreement.

Phone records indicate Cellestine, 18, was texting his girlfriend at the time his car hit and killed Gordon Patterson, 50, a high-school teacher, on Sept. 15.

Good. Unfortunately, of course, no amount of punishment is going to bring Patterson back to life but maybe, just maybe, a sentence like this will help deter at least a few idiots from texting while driving.

Posted by Roma on January 24, 2010 at 10:21 AM

About a third of all drivers are in an accident at some point. In every automobile accident today lawyers can subpoena your phone and text records and prove you were talking, texting or even just had it "on" while driving.....

a jury is going to be pissed and find you were at fault, and you can't hide this evidence...it's over there at the phone company.

every moment you are driving while talking or texting, you are betting your house .... maybe you have an accident and it's he said she said as to fault? Tough luck for you if cell phoning while driving, the jury will nail you, and your tiny limit of $300,000 in insurance ain't gonna be enough.

So be warned, that extra minute of phone calling could cost you more than ten cents, it could cost you a few hundred thousand and wreck your own life. To which the contingent fee lawyes say KA-CHING, we LOVE CELL PHONE USERS AS DEFENDANTS!

Posted by avattorney on January 24, 2010 at 10:56 AM

Updates on the condition of the female bus driver who was beaten up by three teenagers in Tukwila last night?

Posted by Judith on January 24, 2010 at 10:59 AM

What is the history of "Inappropriate!" Wasn't it a bit on Late Night?

Posted by Reader in New Mexico on January 24, 2010 at 11:00 AM