But do they have an approved transponder? China President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive this morning at Paine Field for a three-day visit to Washington state.
The timing of Xi’s motorcade to Seattle is unknown; presumably it will depend on security considerations and the ability of Xi’s limo driver to figure out the state’s new carpool lane striping scheme.
He’d only just begun: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, hailed by pundits as a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination when he launched his campaign three months ago, dropped out of the race Monday.
Clearly, Walker will be remembered as the Jimmy Graham of 2016 presidential candidates.
Not feeling the Fahrvergnügen: Volkswagen’s market value plunged by about $15 billion Monday following revelations that the German carmaker installed computer code that rigged U.S. emissions tests for about 500,000 diesel cars.
The scandal has shrouded VW CEO Martin Winterkorn in a black cloud of shame, which is also the exhaust from a 2014 Passat.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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