In Brief - May 15, 2008

Around the Northwest

• Lawyers for Sonics owner Clay Bennett have taken the scumbag approach to the lawsuit with the City of Seattle.
• Exclusive business summit comes to Microsoft.
• Contrary to the Discovery Channel, the deadliest catch is off the coast of Oregon, Washington and Northern California.
  

Around the Nation

• As prices go higher, here are some resources to save on the cost of gas.
• The City of Los Angeles is preparing to launch an aggressive water conservation plan.
• President Bush invoked the Nazis, while in Israel, launching into a tirade on Barack Obama's foreign policy.
• The wingnut morality police have taken issue with Starbucks' logo.
  

Around the World

• A trial for CIA operatives and Italian intelligence officials regarding the kidnap and torture of an Egyptian cleric has begun in Italy.
• A marble bust of Julius Caesar, dating to between 49 and 46 B.C., has been found by French archaeologists in the Rhône river.
• NATO agreement to establish a cyber defense center.
  

This Day in History

• 1618 - Johannes Kepler confirms his third law of planetary motion.
• 1905 - Las Vegas, Nevada is founded.
• 1988 - The Soviet Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.