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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

News Morning News: Pulitzer Edition

Posted by on Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:19 AM

Hey, Eli: Is that a Pulitzer Prize in your pocket, or are you just happy to see us?
From the Seattle Times (which also won yesterday):

Sanders said when he checked the Pulitzer website and found out he had won, he went into Frizzelle's office and had him click on the announcement.

"We jumped up and down, and then we told everybody," Sanders said.

To celebrate, the paper's general manager, Laurie Saito, went to a nearby liquor store for three bottles of Ballatore Gran Spumante that sell for $7.99 each.


Congratulate him in comments here. Read his award-winning feature if you haven't. And make sure to read Jennifer Hopper's follow-up piece, because it is amazing.

In other news (that did not result in drinking champagne at work)...

This Trial's Going to Be Hard to Watch: Anders Breivik says he "carried out the most spectacular and sophisticated attack on Europe since World War II," then "said he would do it all again and asked to be acquitted."

The US Has Too Much Gas: Apparently "the normal supply-and-demand laws of economics aren't working as they used to in the [natural gas] industry." (Read that story for the definition of "Redneck OPEC.")

The IMF Is Feeling Optimistic: They've revised their world economic growth forecast slightly upward, while warning that another eurozone crisis is totally possible.

SPD to Propose Dashcam Video Legislation: A judge just ruled that the department can legally withhold those videos, but as part of their "transparency initiative" SPD's looking to legalize their release instead.

King County Metro Considers Further Service Cuts: People don't seem too happy about it. (Surprise!) "Metro is considering cutting 17 routes altogether, and another eight could see service reductions."

The Space Shuttle Discovery: Retiring after 148 million miles and 365 days in orbit.

Well, That Was Predictable: "The fugitive who made headlines for updating his Facebook while on the run has been caught" in Port Angeles.

Oh em gee! Watch this clouded leopard cub be adorable!

 

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care bear 1
Only three bottles of champagne?
Posted by care bear on April 17, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Allyn 2
So that's why the site went down, ya'll were drunk.

And about all that gas - try oatmeal.
Posted by Allyn on April 17, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Fnarf 3
Please. Ballatore Gran Spumante is not champagne. It's not even from the same planet as champagne.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on April 17, 2012 at 9:35 AM
Vince 4
Congratulations Eli. Even if this is some kind of joke.
Posted by Vince on April 17, 2012 at 9:35 AM
5
Why did the "server down" screen list Eli as a woman yesterday?
Posted by suddenlyorcas on April 17, 2012 at 9:45 AM
scary tyler moore 6
will some get dear leader keck to open his murse and spring for some veuve cliquot or perrier-jouet? a pulitzer prize demands nothing less.
Posted by scary tyler moore http://pushymcshove.blogspot.com/ on April 17, 2012 at 10:01 AM
7
Is this the Stranger's first Pulitzer?
Posted by Get Real on April 17, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Cato the Younger Younger 8
Someone please tell me the Stranger has bashed on the Pulitzer as being a "sold out" award at some point in the past!!
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on April 17, 2012 at 10:06 AM
gloomy gus 9
So great to hear a little backstory of what happened when Eli learned he won his first Pulitzer. I assumed he was overcome with such modesty he ran to unplug the servers.
Posted by gloomy gus on April 17, 2012 at 10:09 AM
10
@3 I think it's Monarch Vodka and canned grape juice concentrate mixed in an industrial-sized Soda Stream.
Posted by Subdued Excitement on April 17, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 11
Stroker Ace remake?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en…

Don't tell me it's not the time!
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com on April 17, 2012 at 10:25 AM
GlamB0t 12
Oh, Gloomy Gus. You are a gem.
Posted by GlamB0t on April 17, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Phoebe in Wallingford 13
@10: Monarch Vodka - ***** shudder ****
Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford on April 17, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Fnarf 14
@7, yes it is. A Pulitzer is a pretty rare thing for an alt weekly to win.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on April 17, 2012 at 10:35 AM
15
A buch of douchetards have "won" that Pulitzer over the past 20 years or so, and Eli still sound like a space cadet!
Posted by sgt_doom on April 17, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Reverse Polarity 16
Gus, you are on a tear this morning.

Oh, and cheep $7.99 hootch is the perfect Stranger celebration. Clearly even the tech-savy at-risk youth were too drunk to fix the servers until hours later.
Posted by Reverse Polarity on April 17, 2012 at 10:41 AM
The Max 17
Leopard Vid: Adorable! Strangest thing about _Neofelis nebulosa_, even when it grows up to be a fearsome golden retriever-sized hellcat capable of dragging your fat ass high up into the tree canopy in thirty seconds, it's still adorable. Even when it starts to eat your face while you're still alive! Squee.
Posted by The Max on April 17, 2012 at 11:15 AM
TVDinner 18
Oh, come on. They couldn't break into their secret stockpile of Four Loko for this?

I'm disappointed.
Posted by TVDinner http:// on April 17, 2012 at 11:22 AM
19
Metro should have less stops most buses have too many. And I say this as a regular bus rider.
Posted by Seattle14 on April 17, 2012 at 12:01 PM

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