Anarchists in glass houses: The Olympia home of a self-described anarchist was vandalized, with its windows broken and a message in spray-paint that read “Get Out of Oly.” The renter was convicted for throwing a rock through a bank window in 2008.
The anarchist told police he did not want to press charges but said he hoped the vandal would step forward so the two could talk shop.
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Is this how Jane Goodall got her start? Primate researchers in Kenya say that among baboons the alpha males of a group suffer just as much stress as their underlings. The researchers drew these conclusions from the levels of hormones found in the baboons’ poop.
The study is silent on the level of stress experienced by the researchers themselves, particularly among the low-status scientists who have to go out each morning and pick up baboon poop.
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Harry Potter and the That’s All Folks: The Harry Potter film saga concludes today with the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2,” which Herald film critic Robert Horton says provides a somber but satisfying conclusion to story of a young wizard facing his evil nemesis.
The Buzz had planned to reveal the movie’s shocking ending here, but a 12-year-old Potter fan ambushed him and turned him into a newt.
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