Shit Gets Real: Obama says he cannot guarantee Social Security checks will go out on August 3 as debt ceiling battle continues.

BSkyB Deal DOA: "Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate ended its bid to purchase British Sky Broadcasting, following days of intense pressure from the British public and politicians over the growing British phone hacking scandal."

Bobbitt 2.0: California woman chops off husband's penis, throws it in garbage disposal.

Speaking of Improper Disposal: Newborn infant found in Olympia hospital trash can.

Great Good News: Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center gets $20 million grant to develop HIV cure.

Gross Bad News: Man claims he was drugged, forced to pay for sex at Capitol Hill sex club.

Slower Than a Speeding Bullet: Washington State Patrol chase ended with trooper shooting the fleeing driver in a potato field near Burlington.

Fair Enough: "A black law-enforcement advocacy group is criticizing prosecutors for filing an assault charge against an African-American Seattle police officer involved in an off-duty brawl while not charging two white Seattle officers who stomped on a prone Latino suspect in another incident."

Finally, on this day in 1985, hordes of citizens on two continents gathered for Live Aid, the humongous benefit concert to fight Ethiopian famine, organized by the Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof and Ultravox's Midge Ure (British post-punk represent!) Everyone in the world performed, including this spunky up-and-comer.

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