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Win a prize for the little lady: Seattle Center’s Fun Forest amusement park, where generations of Western Washington kids lost their lunches on the Gravitron and Zipper, has dismantled most of its rides and booths. One proposal to replace it has been a museum featuring the glass art of Dale Chihuly.

One problem with a glass museum: Most visitors, who are used to Skee-Ball and other skill games, may think they can toss coins at Chihuly’s art and keep anything the coins don’t bounce off of.

  • Slick: Sarah Palin, R-Drill Baby Drill, says that President Obama’s ties to the oil industry may be impeding the cleanup of the BP crude oil spill, pointing to the $900,000 his campaign received from oil companies.

    But the McCain-Palin campaign received $2.4 million from the oil industry. Isn’t that like the oil-drenched pelican calling the crude-covered sea turtle “black”?

  • Secret’s safe with me, Jack: Tonight it’s Jack Bauer’s turn to have the clock run out on “24.” Although a big-screen movie is in the works for Bauer and his friends at CTU.

    I could tell you what happens in the movie, but then my cousin would hunt me down and torture me.

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