The Daily Squirrel

John Leoni, shown here with a client from Banchero Family Services, was killed while cycling on a Dexter Way North off-ramp of Aurora Avenue North. Police said the driver in the collision was arrested… (source: bignewsnetwork.com) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

John Leoni, shown here with a client from Banchero Family Services, was killed while cycling on a Dexter Way North off-ramp of Aurora Avenue North. Police said the driver in the collision was arrested… (source: bignewsnetwork.com) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Among nearly 600 young researchers selected from 67 countries to spend an intimate week in Germany with 23 Nobel Prize-winning scientists are two products of one chemist at the University of Washington. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

An inmate was found dead early Friday in the King County Jail, apparently after hanging himself in his cell, according to county officials. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A fire at a Seattle building disrupted a server farm that provides service to multiple Web sites – including one that facilitates electronic transactions for tens of thousands of businesses and Microsoft’s new search site. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi, right, draws the foul on Seattle Storm’s Tanisha Wright during the fourth quarter of a WNBA basketball game on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scut… (source: bignewsnetwork.com) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Although her stated reasons are hard to pin down, insiders say the Alaska governor’s decision is unlikely to lead to a presidential run in 2012 (source: TIME) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A much anticipated tell-all autobiography just added a juicy new chapter (source: TIME) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea test-fired two Scud-type missiles on Saturday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said citing a government official, further stoking regional tensions after the North’s nuclear tests and threats to boost its nuclear arsenal in r… (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’s interim rulers spurned a demand from the Organization of American States on Friday to restore leftist President Manuel Zelaya to power, deepening Central America’s worst political crisis in decades. (source: Reuters) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican Party’s vice presidential candidate in 2008, said on Friday she will resign this month, an unexpected move that could signal a run for higher office. (source: Reuters) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

The operator of a Yemeni aircraft that crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros islands this week has cancelled flights from Paris. (source: iol.co.za) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will not run for re-election as governor. (source: iol.co.za) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Around 30 people were believed to be trapped in a tower block in London after a fire spread through eight floors. (source: iol.co.za) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

North Korea fired a pair of mid-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported Saturday. (source: CNN) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – An interim government set up after an army coup in Honduras is not willing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power, the head of the Organization of the American States said on Friday after talks with Honduran officials. (source: Reuters) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

In the fight of pachyderms vs. people — the pachyderms now have the upper trunk. (source: Newsvine) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Seattle Sounders forward Nate Jaqua has been accused in a civil lawsuit of sexual assault on a University of Oregon student in 2007. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Idaho lawmakers and local officials are moving ahead with efforts to get the Pentagon to house the military’s next-generation tactical fighter jet at Mountain Home Air Force Base, a competition that pits the installation near the Snake River against others… (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A second daily Amtrak train will operate between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, through the 2010 Winter Olympics. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

The sister of a Coyote Ridge prison inmate says he lost his left eye and remains in a coma after a beating at the prison in Connell. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

SEATTLE — The Northwest Flower & Garden Show, a late-winter tradition in Seattle for 21 years, has a new owner. Show owner Duane Kelly says he has sold the exhibition to O’Loughlin Trade Shows … (source: bignewsnetwork.com) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

healthcare reform to battle skyrocketing obesity rates which put strain on our ailing healthcare system and will continue to further stretch the broken system unless the problem is addressed now. (source: bignewsnetwork.com) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican Party’s vice presidential candidate in 2008, said on Friday she will resign this month, an unexpected move that could signal a run for higher office. (source: Reuters) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican Party’s vice presidential candidate in 2008, said on Friday she will resign this month, an unexpected move that could signal a run for higher office. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Organization of American States tried to convince Honduras on Friday to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya, but it hit a wall as the country’s Supreme Court warned the leftist would be arrested if he came home. (source: Reuters) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Organization of American States tried to convince Honduras on Friday to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya, but it hit a wall as the country’s Supreme Court warned the leftist would be arrested if he came home. (source: Reuters) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

TEHRAN (Reuters) – A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries summoned Iranian envoys to protest against the detentions. (source: Reuters) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

TEHRAN (Reuters) – A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries summoned Iranian envoys to protest against the detentions. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama’s charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week. (source: Reuters) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama’s charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week. (source: Reuters) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan’s South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area. (source: Reuters) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan’s South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area. (source: Reuters) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday. (source: Reuters) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – A cruise ship company says it will bypass Ketchikan next year in favor of tours out of Juneau and Anchorage. The decision by Seattle-based Cruise West halts more than 25 ye… (source: Big News Network) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Mexican authorities say two professional wrestlers found dead in a low-rent hotel in the capital may have been drugged to death by female robbers. (source: Newsvine) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

The Canadian government announced today that Amtrak has been cleared for a second daily service between Seattle and Vancouver. The trains will begin next month and continue through the Olympic and Paralympic Winter games next year, according to a news rele… (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

The Canadian government announced today that Amtrak has been cleared for a second daily service between Seattle and Vancouver. The trains will begin next month and continue through the Olympic and Paralympic Winter games next year, according to a news rele… (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

SEATTLE — Leave it to the most experienced international veteran on the U.S. Gold Cup roster to give this tournament perspective. U.S right back Steve Cherundolo has been hurt since November. H… (source: bignewsnetwork.com) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

MUSIC star Cheb Mami has been sentenced to five years in jail for trying to make a former lover undergo a forced abortion, despite pleading for forgiveness at his trial near Paris. (source: Cnet) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

After success with China, US targets Russia in strategy to reach separate agreements with world’s biggest pollutersBarack Obama will move to seal a deal with Russia for joint action on climate change during his summit in Moscow next week, the Guardian has … (source: Guardian) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

In the wake of the Yemenia Airways crash that killed 152 on Tuesday, the E.U. considers putting the airline on its safety standards blacklist. But will that keep air travelers safe in the skies? (source: TIME) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

In its final report released yesterday, Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the surprising recommendation that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected woman president, should not serve in government for 30 years (source: TIME) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A U.N. investigation into the assassination offers political neutrality, but many remain skeptical (source: TIME) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

MOSCOW — Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

TEHRAN (Reuters) – A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries summoned Iranian envoys to protest against the detentions. (source: Reuters) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Greater emphasis on security has changed the border-crossing experience (source: The Globe and Mail) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Sarah Palin announced Friday she is stepping down as governor of Alaska at the end of the month, fuelling speculation she could make a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. (source: CBC) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

A Canadian soldier was killed Friday in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb that narrowly missed a vehicle carrying the commander of coalition troops in Kandahar. (source: CBC) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

Lead French investigator Alain Bouillard made the accusation during the first public report on the June 1 crash in the Atlantic … (source: USATODAY) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

MUNICH — John Demjanjuk moved one step closer to another trial after German prosecutors said Friday that doctors had deemed the 89-year-old fit to go to court on charges of being accessory to murder at the Sobibor Nazi death camp. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

Iraq’s military pilots once enjoyed elite status in the country’s armed forces. But the Iraqi airforce hasn’t really flown for 18 years. At an American airbase outside the city of Kirkuk, a young generation of pilots is learning to fly again. (source: NPR) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

President Obama heads to Russia on Monday for meetings with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The Obama administration says it is anxious to ”press the reset button” on U.S.-Russian relations. (source: NPR) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Rangina Hamidi, CEO of Kandahar Treasures, which sells handmade embroidery, talks about the surge in Helmand province. She says that to defeat the Taliban, American troops must help Afghanistan build infrastructure and maintain security. (source: NPR) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Marines battle Taliban in massive Afghan offensive; suffer first casualties. (source: ABC News) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Organization of American States tried to convince Honduras on Friday to restore toppled President Manuel Zelaya or suffer a diplomatic sanction from the Western Hemisphere. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Kim Jong Ale anyone? In an apparent first, North Korea has aired a beer commercial on state television. The nearly three-minute ad says the beer is good for health. (source: The Globe and Mail) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 3 — The followers of one of Pakistan’s most feared Taliban commanders, Baitullah Mehsud, came under a fresh round of U.S. drone attacks Friday in bombings that killed at least six people, according to Pakistani government officia… (source: Washington Post) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Defense witness says someone could have broken in from outside. (source: ABC News) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A celebration of the life of the King of Pop is scheduled for Los Angeles next week, with tickets available free, for those lucky enough to win a lottery (source: TIME) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

A new king will be crowned Saturday at Coney Island. Let me go on record as predicting Patrick ”Deep Dish” Bertoletti will win the coveted Nathan’s mustard yellow belt. Most of… (source: About) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

The Northwest Flower & Garden Show, a late-winter tradition in Seattle for 21 years, has a new owner. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

PHOENIX (AP) ? Phoenix police say leading Phoenix Mercury scorer Diana Taurasi was cited for drunken driving just a few hours after the club’s win over the Seattle Storm. (source: bignewsnetwork.com) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

BBC News Online charts the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula over North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions. (source: BBC) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

The Northwest Flower & Garden Show, a late-winter tradition in Seattle for 21 years, has a new owner. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Proponents of a proposed statewide initiative that calls for stricter immigration rules failed again to collect enough signatures to make the November ballot. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

The Seattle Mariners have activated right-handed reliever Shawn Kelley from the 15-day disabled list and optioned infielder Mike Carp to Triple-A Tacoma. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Federal law enforcement agents in Seattle say they have busted a drug trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine from Jalisco, Mexico, in Washington. (source: bignewsnetwork.com) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A Pasco man who was beaten by a cellmate has lost his left eye and was still in a coma after about seven hours of surgery at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. (source: bignewsnetwork.com) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

SEATTLE (AP) – Federal agents have seized some impressive weapons during a crackdown on a Mexican drug ring operating in Washington state. In an operation called Arctic Chill that involved 35 search w… (source: bignewsnetwork.com) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes next week’s visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes next week’s visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan. (source: Reuters) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes next week’s visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan. (source: Reuters) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes next week’s visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes next week’s visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes next week’s visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes next week’s visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler’s investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday. (source: Reuters) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler’s investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday. (source: Reuters) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler’s investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday. (source: Reuters) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler’s investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday. (source: Reuters) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler’s investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday. (source: Reuters) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler’s investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday. (source: Reuters) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler’s investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday. (source: Reuters) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. (source: Reuters) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. (source: Reuters) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. (source: Reuters) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. (source: Reuters) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

A Pasco man who was beaten by a cellmate has lost his left eye and was still in a coma after about seven hours of surgery at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

As the unemployment rate climbs, some job seekers are looking for help at church. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi was cited for drunken driving a few hours after she helped lead her team to victory over the Seattle Storm. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

The pilot in a 2007 crash near White Pass that killed him and nine Snohomish-based skydivers was likely impaired by a lack of oxygen when the plane stalled out, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A fire at Fisher Plaza in Seattle forced the evacuation of the building which houses KOMO-TV and KOMO Radio and has disrupted service at several Web sites including one that which provides credit-card services for merchants. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

Health officials said Thursday that a Snohomish County man is the fourth Washington resident with a confirmed case of swine flu to die. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A fire at Fisher Plaza disrupted television and radio stations that broadcast from the building near the Seattle Center and affected a server farm that provides service to multiple Web sites. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker’s plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-meter-long zeppelin. (source: Reuters) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? (source: Reuters) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com