#Duh: Teens are officially over Facebook. Facebook use among teenagers plummeted from 72 percent last fall to 45 percent this spring.
The kids have abandoned the social network adopted by their parents and have migrated to Twitter, as evidenced by the trending topics: #MahmINeedMyPrivacy, #FacebookIsWayLame and #OnlyOldPeopleInTheir30sFacebook.
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Can’t be too careful: Health authorities have lifted their nearly week-long boil-water advisory for Mercer Island because of E coli. contamination.
Out of an abundance of caution, however, many of the wealthy enclave’s fathers were continuing to boil their ice cubes for their bourbon.
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Wolf at the door: Unhappy with the resurgence of gray wolf packs in Eastern Washington, ranchers peppered state wildlife officials with angry comments and demanded that wolves be relocated to Western Washington, specifically to Olympia.
The wildlife officials were sympathetic, but noted that the wolves weren’t likely to remain in Olympia where they would have to compete for prey with the capital’s native packs of lawyers.
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