Energy News Digest for October 19, 2012

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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The energy news digest will be on the road October 22-25. Be ready for some “Hot Shot” editions as your substitute.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

A Rogue Climate Experiment Outrages Scientists – Iron Dumping Scientist in the Pacific (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/science/earth/iron-dumping-experiment-in-pacific-alarms-marine-experts.html?_r=0

Apple Starts Work on Massive Prineville Data Center (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/10/apple_starts_work_on_massive_p.html

Snohomish PUD Harvests Power with New Hydropower Project (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20111019/NEWS01/710199810/1042/LIVING02

Apple Starts Work on Massive Prineville Data Center (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/10/apple_starts_work_on_massive_p.html

Forecast Predicts Drier Than Normal Winter for Pacific Northwest (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/forecast-predicts-drier-normal-winter-northwest

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• To Keep or to Export? The Pacific Northwest’s Natural Gas Debate
• Why Natural Gas Isn't Likely to Solve Our Energy Woes
• Grant County PUD Presents 2013 Budget
• Regulators Rule Again Against Proposed Idaho Dam on Bear River
• Fitch Affirms Klickitat PUD's Bonds at 'A-' - Outlook Negative
• Otter Signs Order to Keep Idaho Energy Office Open
• History of Depression, Bonneville Power Administration Topic of Lecture
• New York Reviews Higher Energy Costs after Deregulation
• Dedham Couple Wins $150,000 Lawsuit against Bangor Hydro – Dispute over Lot Cleared of Trees
• More to Meters Than Meets the Eye
• Making Hydroelectric Turbines
• Oregon - Poor Runs Put Youngs River Off-Limits for Salmon, Steelhead
• Clean Water Act at 40: Is It Failing to Meet New Pollution Challenges?
• Water Permit Denied for Mine near Oregon’s Rogue River
• Columbia Riverkeeper Tests Toxics in Fish Destined for Fishermen's Tables
• Snohomish PUD Harvests Power with New Hydropower Project
• Tests Seek to Harness Power of Oregon Volcano
• Gallery: Oregon Tech Students 'Solarize' Tanzania
• Renewable Portfolio Standard - Is Michigan’s Constitution the Right Place for Energy Policy?
• A Rogue Climate Experiment Outrages Scientists – Iron Dumping Scientist in the Pacific
• Americans Increasingly Believe in Global Warming, Yale Report Says
• A Web Tool for All You Need to Know About Small Wind Energy
• Apple Starts Work on Massive Prineville Data Center
• Google Isn't the First Company to Accidentally Release Earnings Ahead of Time
• Two-Thirds Use Social Networking for Political, Civic Activities
• 81 Percent General Election Turnout Expected in Washington State
• Seattle Times Reporters Protest Newspaper’s Partisan Campaign Ads
• Should Politicians Be Buying Facebook Ads?
• Forecast Predicts Drier Than Normal Winter for Pacific Northwest
• Construction Companies Sued by Taylor Bridge Fire Victims
• Op/Ed - Why the Wildfires Still Rage
• Hackers of Burlington's Bank Account Traced Overseas
• Kootenai County Sheriff’s Home Burglarized by Copper Thieves
• Washington State Farmers Bust Records for Values of Six Crops
• Meteor Shower at Peak This Weekend: Will Weather Cooperate?

WORD OF THE DAY

Hew • \HYOO\ • Verb - 1: to cut or fell with blows (as of an ax) 2: to give shape to with or as if with an ax 3: to conform or to adhere

The logger’s mighty thews;

Rocking the limbs of the towering fir as the ax hews into the woody heart;

“Am I cutting down the right tree? Did I hew  to my  foreman’s orders,” the axe-man pondered as the fibers began to split and the trunk started it’s thunderous descent.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

To Keep or to Export? The Pacific Northwest’s Natural Gas Debate (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/energy/article/to-keep-or-to-export-the-northwests-natural-gas-de/

Why Natural Gas Isn't Likely to Solve Our Energy Woes (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2012/1017/Why-natural-gas-isn-t-likely-to-solve-our-energy-woes

Grant County PUD Presents 2013 Budget (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/politics/article_8652fa82-1952-11e2-9602-001a4bcf887a.html

Regulators Rule Again Against Proposed Idaho Dam on Bear River (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/10/18/2289955/regulators-rule-again-against.html

Fitch Affirms Klickitat PUD's Bonds at 'A-' - Outlook Negative (BusinessWire)\

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121018006306/en/Fitch-Affirms-Klickitat-PUDs-WA-Electric-Sys

Otter Signs Order to Keep Idaho Energy Office Open (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/19/2315595/otter-signs-order-to-keep-energy.html

History of Depression, Bonneville Power Administration Topic of Lecture (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/oct/18/history-depression-bpa-topic-lecture/

New York Reviews Higher Energy Costs after Deregulation (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/NY-reviews-higher-energy-costs-after-deregulation-3962400.php

Dedham Couple Wins $150,000 Lawsuit against Bangor Hydro – Dispute over Lot Cleared of Trees (Predict Wallstreet)

http://predictwallstreet.com/news/Story.aspx?StoryID=38ec88942451140f

More to Meters Than Meets the Eye (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/stevencollier/132196/more-meters-meets-eye

Making Hydroelectric Turbines (Mother Earth News)

http://www.motherearthnews.com/renewable-energy/hydroelectric-turbines-zmaz94amzraw.aspx

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregon - Poor Runs Put Youngs River Off-Limits for Salmon, Steelhead (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20121018/OUTDOORS/310180024/Poor-runs-put-Youngs-River-off-limits-salmon-steelhead

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clean Water Act at 40: Is It Failing to Meet New Pollution Challenges? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2012/1018/Clean-Water-Act-at-40-Is-it-failing-to-meet-new-pollution-challenges

Water Permit Denied for Mine near Oregon’s Rogue River (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/oct/19/water-permit-denied-for-mine-near-rogue/

Columbia Riverkeeper Tests Toxics in Fish Destined for Fishermen's Tables (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/10/columbia_riverkeeper_tests_tox.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Snohomish PUD Harvests Power with New Hydropower Project (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20111019/NEWS01/710199810/1042/LIVING02

Tests Seek to Harness Power of Oregon Volcano (Associated Press)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Tests-seek-to-harness-power-of-Oregon-volcano-174848891.html

Gallery: Oregon Tech Students 'Solarize' Tanzania (Portland Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2012/10/18/gallery-oregon-tech-students.html

Renewable Portfolio Standard - Is Michigan’s Constitution the Right Place for Energy Policy? (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2012/10/19/is-michigans-constitution-the-right-place-for-energy-policy/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

A Rogue Climate Experiment Outrages Scientists – Iron Dumping Scientist in the Pacific (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/science/earth/iron-dumping-experiment-in-pacific-alarms-marine-experts.html?_r=0

Americans Increasingly Believe in Global Warming, Yale Report Says (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-change-poll-20121018,0,5956821.story

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

A Web Tool for All You Need to Know About Small Wind Energy (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2012/10/19/a-web-tool-for-all-you-need-to-know-about-small-wind-energy/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Apple Starts Work on Massive Prineville Data Center (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/10/apple_starts_work_on_massive_p.html

Google Isn't the First Company to Accidentally Release Earnings Ahead of Time (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_21804431

Two-Thirds Use Social Networking for Political, Civic Activities (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/techchron/2012/10/19/two-thirds-use-social-networking-for-political-civic-activities/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

81 Percent General Election Turnout Expected in Washington State (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019467342_apwaelectionturnout2ndldwritethru.html

Seattle Times Reporters Protest Newspaper’s Partisan Campaign Ads (Associated Press)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/oct/18/seattle-times-reporters-protest-campaign-ads/

Should Politicians Be Buying Facebook Ads? (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2012/10/19/facebook-ads-politics/

GENERAL NEWS

Forecast Predicts Drier Than Normal Winter for Pacific Northwest (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/forecast-predicts-drier-normal-winter-northwest

Construction Companies Sued by Taylor Bridge Fire Victims (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Taylor-Bridge-Fire-victims-file-lawsuit-174867381.html

Op/Ed - Why the Wildfires Still Rage (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/opinion/the-wildfires-still-burn.html

Hackers of Burlington's Bank Account Traced Overseas (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Burlington-still-figuring-out-how-hackers-stole-nearly-500000-174865251.html

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Home Burglarized by Copper Thieves (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/oct/19/kootenai-county-sheriffs-home-burglarized-by/

Washington State Farmers Bust Records for Values of Six Crops (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2012/10/19/farmers-bust-records-for-values-of-six-crops

Meteor Shower at Peak This Weekend: Will Weather Cooperate? (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Meteor-shower-at-peak-this-weekend-174824131.html

DIVERSIONS

God’s Cue Ball - Moon's Origin Confirmed in Early Earth Collision

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2012/10/18/moon-origin-zinc/1641999/

Lost Boy Kept Warm by Puppies

http://www.waff.com/story/19841874/lost-boy-kept-warm-by-puppies?hpt=us_bn8

Washington State High School Kicker Makes 67-Yard Field Goal

http://www.usatodayhss.com/news/article/austin-rehkow-makes-record-67-yard-field-goal-in-high-school-game

SONG OF THE DAY

Heart - Kick It Out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WxPzS3224

Energy News Digest for October 18, 2012

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Wind Production Exceeds Hydro in Pacific Northwest for the First Time Tuesday (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/16/rockybarker/wind_production_exceeds_hydro_pacific_northwest_first_time_tuesd

Bonneville Power Administration Wind Curtailments Trailing 2011 Levels - Oversupply Management Protocol Still Pending (RenewablesBiz)

http://www.renewablesbiz.com/article/12/10/bpa-wind-curtailments-trailing-2011-levels

JPMorgan Energy-Trading Unit Admits Errors in FERC Filing (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-18/jpmorgan-energy-trading-unit-admits-errors-in-ferc-filing.html

Fairness of Portland General Electric Bids to Acquire More Electricity Questioned (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/10/fairness_of_pge_bids_to_acquir.html

First Snow of the Season Dusts Pacific Northwest Mountains (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/First-snow-of-the-season-dusts-Northwest-mountains-174595651.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• JPMorgan Energy-Trading Unit Admits Errors in FERC Filing
• Fairness of Portland General Electric Bids to Acquire More Electricity Questioned
• Port Angeles Utility Rates, Including Electricity, Going Up
• Port Angeles Electricity Director to Resign November 5 - Headed to Ellensburg
• 'Smart Meters' At Issue in Franklin PUD Race
• Owner Worries Puget Sound Energy Upgrades Might Harm Her Horses
• Grant PUD Archaeology Days Draws More Than 600
• Engineering The Future - Experts Promote Careers as Engineers of All Types to Vancouver iTech Prep Students
• U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
• $8 Natural Gas: We're Right on Schedule
• House Republicans Call for Study of Federal Energy Subsidies
• Oregon’s Measure 81 Prompts Gill-Netting Changes before It Comes to a Vote
• Op/Ed - Conservation, Cooperation Are Keys to Salmon Recovery
• Idaho Town Struggles with Clean Water Act Requirements
• Oregon - Judge Stops Bend from Construction on $70 Million Water Project
• Simple Ways to Save Money on Your Water Bill
• Wind Production Exceeds Hydro in Pacific Northwest for the First Time Tuesday
• Bonneville Power Administration Wind Curtailments Trailing 2011 Levels - Oversupply Management Protocol Still Pending
• Wind-Energy Surge a Boon for Port of Longview
• Solar Home Projects Booming in Western Washington
• Church, Property Owner Make Solar Energy Cost-Effective
• California - Oroville Co-Generation Plant Closing
• News Release - Efficiency Connections Northwest Generates New Ideas on Energy Efficiency
• Energy Efficiency May Run out of Gas
• To Conserve Energy - Conserve Water
• Columbia River Red Algae Could Counter Global Warming Effects
• If Green Roofs & Rain Gardens Are So Great, Why Aren’t There More?
• Newly Discovered Super-Advanced Biocarbon Device: Anchovy Poop!
• Wyoming Studies Ways to Increase Broadband Access
• Sprint Moves to Buy Additional Stake in Clearwire, Gaining Majority
• RagingWire Wins OK to Build Virginia Data Center
• Washington State Auditor Sonntag to Work at Mission after Retiring
• Seattle Times to Advertise for McKenna on Its Own Dime
• First Snow of the Season Dusts Pacific Northwest Mountains
• 20,000 Feet of Copper Wire Stolen from Olympia Streetlights
• Wire Thefts in Tumwater

WORD OF THE DAY

Envisage • \in-VIZ-idge\ • Verb - 1: to view or regard in a certain way 2: to have a mental picture of especially in advance of realization

“Close your eyes,” intoned the hypnotist in his deep, sepulchral voice. “Imagine you are in your happy place, only you; happy and relaxed,” the voice rumbled. Bertie was probably not in the place the soothing hypnotist hoped to envisage. Bert’s happy place was the mosh pit before the stage of a young version of the “Boomtown Rats” rasping out a live version of “I Don’t Like Mondays.”

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

JPMorgan Energy-Trading Unit Admits Errors in FERC Filing (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-18/jpmorgan-energy-trading-unit-admits-errors-in-ferc-filing.html

Fairness of Portland General Electric Bids to Acquire More Electricity Questioned (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/10/fairness_of_pge_bids_to_acquir.html

Port Angeles Utility Rates, Including Electricity, Going Up (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/8216

Port Angeles Electricity Director to Resign November 5 - Headed to Ellensburg (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20121018/news/310189999/port-angeles-electricity-director-to-resign-nov-5

'Smart Meters' At Issue in Franklin PUD Race (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/10/18/2139442/smart-meters-at-issue-in-franklin.html

Owner Worries Puget Sound Energy Upgrades Might Harm Her Horses (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Horse-owner-worries-PSE-upgrades-might-harm-her-horses-174679241.html

Grant PUD Archaeology Days Draws More Than 600 (North Central Washington TV)

http://www.ncwtv.com/archaeology-days-draws-more-than-600-5212/

Engineering The Future - Experts Promote Careers as Engineers of All Types to Vancouver iTech Prep Students (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/oct/16/engineering-future-experts-promote-careers-as-engi/

U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated Press)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/10/18/2139904/us-natural-gas-supplies-grew-last.html

$8 Natural Gas: We're Right on Schedule (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfinger/2012/10/14/8-natural-gas-were-right-on-schedule/

House Republicans Call for Study of Federal Energy Subsidies (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=194027&issueID=26870

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregon’s Measure 81 Prompts Gill-Netting Changes before It Comes to a Vote (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/10/measure_81_prompts_gillnetting.html

Op/Ed - Conservation, Cooperation Are Keys to Salmon Recovery (Daily Astorian, OR)

http://www.dailyastorian.com/opinion/columns/column-conservation-cooperation-are-keys-to-salmon-recovery/article_285f88d2-1880-11e2-8d34-001a4bcf887a.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Idaho Town Struggles with Clean Water Act Requirements (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/idaho-town-struggles-clean-water-act-requirements

Oregon - Judge Stops Bend from Construction on $70 Million Water Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/judge-stops-bend-from-construction-on-70m-water-project/

Simple Ways to Save Money on Your Water Bill (U-S News & World Report)

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/2012/10/16/6-simple-ways-to-save-money-on-your-water-bill

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wind Production Exceeds Hydro in Pacific Northwest for the First Time Tuesday (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/16/rockybarker/wind_production_exceeds_hydro_pacific_northwest_first_time_tuesd

Bonneville Power Administration Wind Curtailments Trailing 2011 Levels - Oversupply Management Protocol Still Pending (RenewablesBiz)

http://www.renewablesbiz.com/article/12/10/bpa-wind-curtailments-trailing-2011-levels

Wind-Energy Surge a Boon for Port of Longview (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/wind-energy-surge-a-boon-for-port-of-longview/article_a957f222-18c5-11e2-a28e-001a4bcf887a.html

Solar Home Projects Booming in Western Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Solar-neighborhoods-heating-up-in-Western-Washington-174669511.html

Church, Property Owner Make Solar Energy Cost-Effective (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/oct/18/fitted-for-the-sun/

California - Oroville Co-Generation Plant Closing (Oroville Mercury-Record, CA)

http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_21796681/oroville-co-generation-plant-closing

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

News Release - Efficiency Connections Northwest Generates New Ideas on Energy Efficiency (NW Energy Efficiency Alliance)

http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/10/17/4344190/efficiency-connections-northwest.html

Energy Efficiency May Run out of Gas (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2012/10/18/energy-efficiency-may-run-out-of-gas/

To Conserve Energy - Conserve Water (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012/10/17/study-the-best-way-to-conserve-energy-is-to-conserve-water/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Columbia River Red Algae Could Counter Global Warming Effects (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/10/columbia_river_red_tide_could.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

If Green Roofs & Rain Gardens Are So Great, Why Aren’t There More? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/if-bioswales-and-rain-gardens-are-so-great-why-are/

Newly Discovered Super-Advanced Biocarbon Device: Anchovy Poop! (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/article/newly-discovered-super-advanced-biocarbon-device-anchovy-poop/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Wyoming Studies Ways to Increase Broadband Access (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Cheyenne)

http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2012/10/18/news/20local_10-18-12.txt

Sprint Moves to Buy Additional Stake in Clearwire, Gaining Majority (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/sprint-moves-to-buy-additional-stake-in-clearwire-gaining-majority/2012/10/18/97e09cf8-191d-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_technology

RagingWire Wins OK to Build Virginia Data Center (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/18/4920442/ragingwire-wins-ok-to-build-data.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Auditor Sonntag to Work at Mission after Retiring (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/10/17/2288524/auditor-sonntag-to-work-at-mission.html

Seattle Times to Advertise for McKenna on Its Own Dime

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/10/17/seattle-times-to-advertise-for-mckenna-on-its-own-dime/

GENERAL NEWS

First Snow of the Season Dusts Pacific Northwest Mountains (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/First-snow-of-the-season-dusts-Northwest-mountains-174595651.html

20,000 Feet of Copper Wire Stolen from Olympia Streetlights (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/10/17/2288336/20000-feet-of-copper-wire-stolen.html

Wire Thefts in Tumwater (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/41545-wire-thefts-in-tumwater

DIVERSIONS

Watch Stunning Time-Lapse of Shuttle Endeavour’s Los Angeles Journey

http://mashable.com/2012/10/17/shuttle-endeavour-time-lapse-la/

Science Says: There’s No Such Thing as a Five-Second Rule

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/10/17/science-says-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-five-second-rule/

NY Brothers Wait Years to Claim $5 Million Lottery Prize

http://news.yahoo.com/ny-brothers-wait-years-claim-5m-lottery-prize-151304089.html

Florida Man Sues Venezuela over Simon Bolivar's Hair, Letters

http://news.yahoo.com/florida-man-sues-venezuela-over-simon-bolivars-hair-132111395.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Revolution - The Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrkwgTBrW78

Stone Temple Pilots – Revolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq9r61ZHJds