Holding pattern

Published 10:24 pm Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Who? Us? Everett’s Paine Field could see the start of regular commercial flights by Horizon Air as soon as next year, but before that happens, the Federal Aviation Administration says it wants an environmental review.

Mukilteo city officials have denied plans to sneak into the airport after dark and erect an old-growth tree with a spotted owl nest.

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57 channels and nothin’ on: Comcast cable TV customers are learning that the switch to digital TV won’t be as simple for them as they might have first thought. The cable company is having customers hook up new boxes so they won’t lose some channels.

You’ll want to get those new boxes set up and programmed as quickly as possible so you don’t miss a minute of the coming season of summer reruns and replacement series.

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There she stays: Miss California USA can keep her crown after semi-nude photos of her as a teenager surfaced. The decision was announced by the pageant’s owner, Donald Trump, who said the photos were “risque” but acceptable.

The bad news? Trump’s ascension to Judge of Decency is one of the signs of the apocalypse.

The good news? You won’t have to watch reruns of Howie Mandel in “Howie Do It.”