In Case You Missed It: Seattle City Council member Sally Bagshaw offers five solutions to the 'war on cars' madness and Rob McKenna lacks a plan for dealing with the state's new $1.4 billion budget shortfall.

'A Humanitarian Disaster': Being created by Gadhafi loyalists in Bani Walid, according to the National Transitional Council. From CNN:

Col. Ahmed Bani told reporters that Gadhafi forces are robbing food stores, leaving civilian residents to starve. He also charged that Gadhafi loyalists are shooting everyone trying to join the revolution, including men, women and children. "They are carrying out mass killings," Bani said.

Meanwhile in Yemen: Street battles escalate, killing 9 people.

Denied Clemency: Troy Davis.

Major Plot Twist: "New video, audio and evidence photos in the case of a Seattle police officer accused of stomping on a man outside a Ballard bar suggest the officer may be a victim of a racially motivated hate crime, according to his attorney."

Today in Obama: Hanging at the UN, talking about Palestinian statehood.

Scary: Shots fired by unseen gunman fly into Burien medical building.

Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Gets Hurt Poor Kids Get Exploited: The CNN Freedom Project on "the human cost of chocolate."

Google Wants to Get in Your Virtual Pants: With the Google Wallet.

Bear Fight!: Greg Nickels vs. Mike McGinn.

Guess Who's Dead?: Bob Hope's wife.

Finally, today brings the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' the policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military. This is a great step forward that required a lot of bravery and long, hard work from a lot of people, and I hope all of them enjoy their day of triumph and centuries in the history books. As for the rest of us, how best to salute the day? Campily? Earnestly? Homoerotically? Via Muppet? I honestly don't know.