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Seattle city councilman Nick Licata continues to regret a 2006 remark that the Sonics provide “close to zero” cultural value. In an April 30 deposition that was released Friday, Licata vouched for the cultural value provided by the team.

More on our trip to mars: NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has hit a couple of snarls in its first three days on the red planet, leading to delays in its mission. Although the command to unfurl the Phoenix Lander’s arm was sent by NASA scientists to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Tuesday morning, the orbiter had apparently turned its radio off and did not re-transmit the signal to the Phoenix. But no matter, a second orbiter is available. The covering that didn’t retract fully? Apparently it wasn’t actually a problem, said a NASA scientist. The command to move the arm may come later today.

In national news, former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s memoir has come out. In it, he writes that the Bush administration used propaganda rather than truth to rally support for the Iraq war. Current press secretary Dana Perino dismissed the book, calling McClellan “disgruntled” in a statement.

It seems that folks are discussing the costumed Folklife attendee who ended up in Josh Trujillo’s photo of the shooting last Saturday. People seem to think that this bystander is silly-looking. But this was at Folklife. If you’ve never been, take a look at this gallery. He’s not as out-of-place as you might think. (via)

And finally, here’s the latest on the Folklife shooting suspect.

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