In Brief - May 20, 2008
Around the Northwest
- Get a first look at the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
- Check out the local farming scene in King County.
- Oregon is expecting its highest voter turnout in 20 years.
- Former Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma) star Jon Lester pitched his first no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox last night.
- A federal appeals court has ruled that paper money discriminates against the blind.
- Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a bill that would have required voters to show ID at the polls starting in 2010.
- Miami-Dade County approves benefits for domestic partners.
- North Korea is close to making a declaration of its nuclear programs, in exchange for economic and diplomatic considerations.
- Members of the English parliament are debating whether to reduce the amount of time a woman has to seek an abortion, from 24 weeks to as little as 12 weeks.
- Mexican police have arrested a donkey for biting and kicking people. (Yes, you're reading that correctly.)
- 1862 - President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.
- 1863 - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
- 1927 - Aviator Charles Lindbergh takes off on the first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.
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