She could have played guard: State Congressmen Rick Larsen and Jay Inslee played a few games of pick-up basketball with fellow lawmakers against President Barack Obama and members of his administration on Thursday at the White House.
No senators nor women played in Thursday’s games, which must have been a disappointment for Sen. Patty Murray. True, she doesn’t stand much taller than 5 feet, but she’s had her tennis shoes laced up and ready all these years.
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That or “MacArthur Park”: Five women were arrested on assault charges in Stamford, Conn., after police alleged they attacked another woman because of her karaoke singing at Bobby Valentine’s Sports Gallery Cafe.
The judge rejected a motion to dismiss the charges on self-defense grounds after he learned the woman was not singing the Terry Jacks version of “Seasons in the Sun.”
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Don’t leave the keys in the ignition: Lamborghini is sending one of its specially made high-tech police cars, which have a top speed of 202 mph, to Amsterdam for a emergency services exposition.
Colton Harris-Moore, if you’re reading this, don’t even think about it.
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