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chcktylr

  1. @mims180 So much for reading, eh? B-)
  2. List of SEA homicide victims reveals seemingly arbitrary news judgment. bit.ly/N9l5TC Sometimes a big story, sometimes no story.
  3. Oprah's revamped, multimedia book club launches with @CherylStrayed's "Wild." bit.ly/JEEBll
  4. Most cost-effective option for Poynter Institute, I think: Move to a converted warehouse near a Midwest airport hub. bit.ly/KqYPnS
  5. Great pics of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8, which entered service on Friday. bit.ly/Ljigve
  6. Seattle tolerates "people who fall between the cracks, the lost souls walking down the street screaming at the wind." bit.ly/Ljfq9M
  7. There are "crimes and tragedies with no answers aside from a more serious approach to violent mental illness." bit.ly/Ljfq9M
  8. "There is some tear in the dirtbag space-time continuum that the police are aware of, and need to get control of." bit.ly/Ljfq9M
  9. @ImeldaDulcichPR Thank you!
  10. This is National Donut Day.
  11. This doesn't sound good. @AP has moved a 16th lede writethru of this story: "Economists consider what might repair job market."
  12. Here's the scoop on WA's Involuntary Treatment Act: 2/3 of those evaluated for mental illness are sent home. bit.ly/M7wDF4
  13. At a discouraging time, an inspiring person steps up. "Good Samaritan tells dying woman, 'You are not alone.'" bit.ly/L3rOw6
  14. Father "regrets he didn't act to have his son committed for mental-health care." bit.ly/JXA92q
  15. Shooter's family "desperately wanted the man to get help with his mental illnesses, but there was no way to force him." bit.ly/K0ed4O
  16. "The gun is the method. The cause is ... relationships, mental health failures—nothing you can pass a law against." bit.ly/L5S2jc