You can have my horn when you pry it from my cold dead hand: The state Supreme Court struck down as overly broad a Snohomish County noise ordinance that put a limit on honking a horn. A Lynnwood attorney called the court “courageous” for protecting horn-honking as freedom of speech.
The decision also was heralded by Harpo Marx and Clarabell the Clown, who both said they had felt silenced by the ordinance.
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Mom always liked you best: Snohomish County officials have granted organizers of Occupy Everett a permit to camp out in the courthouse plaza. Meanwhile, tea party activists in four other U.S. cities are complaining that Occupy protesters are getting preferential treatment from authorities in those cities that tea party protests haven’t received.
It’s just not fair. It’s like that time that Occupy totally got busted for having that party when Mom and Dad were gone for the weekend, and tea party was told they couldn’t have a sleep-over.
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Prince of paleness: A review of genealogy records show that Britain’s Prince Charles is related to Vlad the Impaler, the 15th-century Romanian warlord who inspired Bram Stoker’s 1897 vampire novel “Dracula.”
This explains Charles’ pasty complexion and the Royal Family’s clandestine visits to Forks.
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