Seattle Garbage Strike: The Teamsters said Friday afternoon they have chosen not to accept Waste Management's "best, last, final offer."
Erykah Ba-donât! Erykah Badu stripped naked and strolled to the location where John F. Kennedy was assassinated for a clip in her new music video.
A Really Big Mistake: A contingent of Afghan reinforcements bringing aid to a German military base was mistakenly fired on by German troops, killing six Afgan soldiers.
Unpaid Interns: With job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry that more employers are illegally using such internships for free labor and that internships violate minimum wage laws.
Oops: An 82-year-old woman who accidentally crashed her car through the front window of a Michigan salon, injuring two, stuck around afterward for an appointment to get her hair done. She's a regular customer and says she was "so embarrassed."
Bloody Friday: 25 members of an extended family in Bagdad were fatally shot or had their throats slit yesterday in a horrific sectarian slaughter.
Goodbye, Charlie: John Forsythe, the handsome, smooth-voiced actor who made his fortune in "Dynasty" and as the voice of the leader of "Charlie's Angels," has died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 92.
A Lack of Candidness: The government is lifting a 70-year-old ban on letting pilots fly while on antidepressants, citing improvements in the drugs and an unforeseen side effect of the restriction: Depressed pilots kept flying but just kept their conditions secret. "Our concern is that they haven't necessarily been candid," the Federal Aviation Administrator stated.
Creepy: Erin Andrews, the ESPN reporter who was secretly videotaped nude through a hotel room peephole in 2008, has been receiving death threats of an increasingly violent and sexual nature.
History Makers: Widely considered Seattleâs first rap group, Emerald Street Boys will temporarily re-form and play a set at the Crocodile tonight for a fundraiser for a documentary about Seattle hip hop history. The last time Sugar Bear, Captain Crunch, and Sweet J rocked the stage together was over 20 years ago at Judkins Park.
And Then There Were Two Blonde Terrorists: Another US woman charged in "Jihad Jane" case.
This is Why Guns Are Dangerous: Police say a man accidentally shot his neighbor in the head after pulling the trigger of his rifle in his upstairs apartment in the 4000 block of Northeast 50th Street in Seattle.
Good Job, Iowa: Iowa will celebrate the first anniversary of Varnum v. Brien, the groundbreaking legal case which legalized same-sex marriage in the Hawkeye State.
