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Although they’re touchy about Seattle’s soggy reputation, they do seem unusually jubilant — even evangelical — about drier days.
“You’re going to have some sun while you’re here!” said the woman at the Avis counter as I got my rental car.
“Can you believe this sunny day?” said the woman at the 7-Eleven counter three days later.
“Hope you enjoyed that sun!” said the woman at the Starbucks counter, a day after that. The sun had once again gone missing.
From the Yearbook to the White House: The 2012 Republicans in High School
Is it just us, does Rick Santorum look like the inspiration for McLovin from “Superbad?”
YES
Asking the question I always wonder - “What song are you listening to?” in NYC
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That’s power: “A metal chair is stuck into the outer wall of an Academy Sports + Outdoors store off South Range Line Road in Joplin after Sunday’s EF5 tornado.”
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Senate “yea” votes on raising the debt ceiling, 2002-2010. With this chart Third Way argues that politics, not principle, drive the debate about the debt limit.
Cat and Owl play together.
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Mississippi Flooding
The Mississippi River crested in Memphis at nearly 48 feet yesterday — not quite surpassing its all-time record set in 1937, but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup. The upper Mississippi basin has been experiencing near-record flooding for weeks now. Across Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and Arkansas, heavy rains have left the ground saturated and rivers swollen. At the same time as recovery begins in Memphis, residents of Louisiana are working to prepare themselves for the massive amounts of water heading their way — experts estimate that as many as three million acres may become submerged in the next few days.
See more photos at In Focus
[Scott Olson/Getty Images]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll1lsiyupG1qcokc4o1_400.jpg)
The Mississippi River crested in Memphis at nearly 48 feet yesterday — not quite surpassing its all-time record set in 1937, but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup. The upper Mississippi basin has been experiencing near-record flooding for weeks now. Across Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and Arkansas, heavy rains have left the ground saturated and rivers swollen. At the same time as recovery begins in Memphis, residents of Louisiana are working to prepare themselves for the massive amounts of water heading their way — experts estimate that as many as three million acres may become submerged in the next few days.
See more photos at In Focus
[Scott Olson/Getty Images]
