Charlotte is the 15th most populous city in America, yet the The Associated Press won’t let it stand alone in datelines. Charlotte has more people than San Francisco or Seattle.

As many as 17,500 people celebrated Sound Transit’s inauguration of the 2 Line Saturday, as eight stations opened between Bellevue and Redmond.

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Amazon's first-quarter profit more than triples from a year ago. st.news/3WphjOO

For more on what needs to happen to ensure America's coming new semiconductor fabs are staffed by a thousands of decently paid tech-collar workers see the Brookings Metro paper Martha Ross and I released recently

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Dave Hakstol wasn’t fired because some players may have griped in exit interviews. This was in the making for weeks, spurred by Kraken franchise needing to generate quicker momentum in quest for relevancy on the Seattle sports scene. seattletimes.com/sports/kraken/… #SEAKraken #NHL

Document: Office of Naval Intelligence’s Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, Coast Guard Ship Identification Guide - USNI News
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Microsoft to power data centres with big Brookfield renewables deal on.ft.com/3UEV468 via @financialtimes

Mike Collins, Astronaut #Apollo11 about fake moon landing:
“I don’t know two Americans who could have a fantastic secret without one of them blurting it out to the press. Can you imagine thousands of people being able to keep this secret?”
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Mentor of Jimmy Carter:

Another disaster in Miami-based 777 Partners' effort to break into aviation

Welcome to NATO:

#OTD 1961, the Soviet sub K-19 was commissioned. After 8 men died during construction, K-19 became viewed as unlucky when the bottle failed to break at the commissioning ceremony. K-19 would experience several serious mishaps including a nuclear accident, fires and a collision.

VIDEO: Two teens arrested after armed carjacking and pursuit, gun recovered:
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Too bad they didn’t keep it and modernize it:

#OnThisDay in 1991, the Crocodile Café opened for business in Seattle. historylink.org/File/8443

#OTD in 1963, USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) entered Sydney to participate in events marking the 21st anniversary of the Battle of Coral Sea for which she was named. Over 100,000 Australians took advantage of the opportunity to tour the Midway-class carrier while she was in port.

Great photo recently posted by NASA of the Lunar Orbit and Landing Approach (LOLA) models, used to prep for landing on the lunar surface – I remember these VERY well! These LOLA models may have been dedicated to a scientific purpose…but they have certainly become art!

#OnThisDay in 1965, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake rattled Western Washington. historylink.org/File/1986

A very different Boeing:

More advanced: