Tag: WASHINGTON

A young woman charged with vehicular homicide in Oak Harbor, W.A. has filed a motion for change of venue, "on grounds that pretrial publicity is prejudicial" to her case. At issue isn't the coverage from local media, but the comments left about her and her co-defendant on articles at the Whidbey News Times. The majority of the comments (which you can see here and here) are overtly critical ...

Want to own your own town? Well, you're too late to buy this Washington state hamlet, but there will always be more. The tiny township of Wauconda went for sale on eBay last month, and finally found some new masters. If you're wondering just what it takes to buy your own town, Wauconda ended fetching a price tag equivalent to Diddy's recent birthday present to his son, Justin Dior Combs. This ...

Atlanta, Georgia has lost the title of America's most wired city. According to Forbes, the most connected city in the United States is now Seattle, Washington. Forbes' annual list of most wired cities has been around since 2007, and Atlanta held the coveted top spot for the first two years. Seattle took first place as a result of the city's increased broadband use and its plethora of Wi-Fi hot ...

In a somewhat surprising bit of greenish news, Washington D.C. is about to become the first American city with a high-tech bike-sharing program. For 40 bucks a year, SmartBike will let you grab a bike from any of 10 bike stations spread around the city's downtown, which you can then ride for up to three hours (if you want it for longer, you'll need to re-up it at one of the stations). But, ...

In some ways it seems like the more our government changes the more it stays the same; petty squabbles over pork barrel spending are still a common occurrence, and there's that ever-present clear line between our two party system. Things are changing, though, including the adoption of modern tech and social networking by some politicians. Robert Scoble, a blogger at Scobilizer.com, takes a look ...

Privacy advocates, prepare thy letter writing hands. A student at Timberline High School, outside Seattle, Washington, has recently been arrested for calling in repeated bomb threats. That, you should have no problem with. The scary part is the manner in which he was caught and convicted. Josh Glazebook, 15, taunted authorities via e-mail and even created a MySpace profile called ...