Wake up, sleepyheads! As a journalist, I have a duty to remind you that daylight savings time started last night, so go find the one device you still own that doesn’t update itself and crank that baby forward. Savor it: this is a pleasure that Arizonans never get to know. Let’s do the news.
Tragedy in the Gorge: 24-year-old hiker Katherine Huether, a PSU student and New Seasons employee, is found dead at the base of Table Mountain’s huge cliffs.
Eureka!: Today’s O outlines the mining battle over a section of southern Oregon’s Chetco River.
Muertos: Three U.S. diplomatic employees are killed in the border city of Juarez, Mexico.
Alarmism: A Georgian television station creates a fake newscast saying that Russia has just invaded. Classy! Also, Steve, I have some pitches I’d like to talk about.
Fightin’ Words: David Axelrod says Israel’s surprise plan for 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem are “destructive” to peace negotiations and an “insult” to the U.S. We now return to business as usual.
Score: Obama proposes changes to the much-maligned No Child Left Behind law, including an end to the practice that labels under-performing schools as “failing.”
Sushi: discussion about the threatened (yet delicious) bluefin tuna dominates a trade conference in Qatar.
Mad Thai: Protesters take to the streets in Bangkok to call for the Prime Minister’s resignation.
Blimey: the Brits get their pants in a twist over global-warming nursery rhymes. An excerpt: “Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. There was none as extreme weather due to climate change had caused a drought.”
Enjoy your Sunday!
Jack and Jill went up the hill, they both had $1.25. Jill came down with $2.50, they didn’t go up for water.