Yes, minister

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, July 26, 2011

With the deadline a week away, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner went on television Monday evening to promote their rival plans for raising the government’s debt limit.

With a potential economic cataclysm now just a week away, the impasse in the Beltway threatens to gain a new sticking point: Who will get the cushiest government jobs when the U.S. becomes a province of China.

Team of Destiny: Hoping to avoid adding to their 15-game losing streak at New York on Monday, the Seattle Mariners got a bit of divine intervention. Trouble was, it resulted not in timely hitting or heads-up base running, but a rain delay

The almighty’s efforts went for naught, alas; the rain stopped, and Mariners’ losing streak now stands at 16.

I’m not dead yet: A man who had been declared dead startled morgue attendants by waking up after 21 hours in a refrigerator unit.

It’s hard to imagine how someone who was very much alive was thought to be dead. Then again, perhaps he was wearing a Mariners jersey.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff