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Reclaiming empty spaces on Broadway for art
There is a cool idea being discussed tomorrow night that you art-type people ought to check out. Organizer Michael Dobbie wants to create something useful in the spaces currently emptied in preparation for the coming Sound Transit destruction/construction:the idea is to put one of these shop…
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We were wrong -- There is a reason to go to the city council budget meeting
The city council is making a Thursday night tour stop in our area. We are all for getting involved in your community by attending boring meetings and sitting through neighborhood cranks complaining about this and that. But even we can't think of a reason you should attend Thursday night's budget…
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Permalink to Goodbye Brazil; Hello Japan
Goodbye Brazil; Hello Japan After a few days back in Seattle, I’m ready to leave again. The next stop on my world tour is Japan. I’ll be traveling with my friend Charlie and meeting another friend, Aaron, and my uncle. Aaron and my uncle live about an hour outside of Tokyo. They…
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Worlds unite: It's not your average love story
She's an Iraqi. He's an American who was a soldier in Iraq. This weekend, they will marry. It's quite some love story.
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McIver charged with ethics violation
The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission has accused City Councilman Richard McIver of violating city ethics rules by helping a friend win a city contract.
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Man hit by train was on cell phone
AUBURN -- A man talking on a cell phone while walking Wednesday on railroad tracks was hit by a train and killed. He was the second person in the area to be killed by a train while talking on a cell phone in the past two weeks.
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Reaching out in Myanmar's hour of need
The cyclone in Myanmar has brought apocalyptic death and destruction to the Asian country. Dozens of people in Seattle are doing what they can. It's all about thinking globally by acting locally. Every effort helps.
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SPU shows children the joys of college
How do you get an 11-year-old interested in believing that she or he ought to go to college one day? Send them to college. Seattle Pacific University did just that.
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Plan to end war may not help Reichert's rival
In her rematch with Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert on the Eastside, Democratic challenger Darcy Burner is again playing the Iraq card. But it's unclear how much good that will do her this time around.
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Superintendent's new plan to set high marks
Within the next few years, Seattle Public Schools will take steps to dramatically boost students' academic performance, raise high school graduation rates and make sure all schools are equally good.
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Sea lions found dead at dam weren't shot, officials now say
Federal officials did an about-face Wednesday in an investigation of the deaths of six sea lions in traps at Bonneville Dam, saying their initial assumption that the animals had been shot to death was wrong.
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Emergency home loans approved by City Council panel
Several dozen Seattle homeowners facing foreclosure could receive emergency loans under a new program approved by a City Council committee Wednesday.
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S. Lake Union group torn over zoning
A South Lake Union neighborhood group decided Tuesday night to postpone board elections and further discussion of possible zoning changes until next month.
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Duwamish tribe sues to reverse 'extinct' status
The Duwamish -- the tribe of Chief Seattle -- is suing the federal government to reverse its determination that they are extinct as a people.
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Drink tap water, not bottled, city urges
City officials and grass-roots activists urged people Wednesday to turn to Seattle's drinking water and safe, reusable containers.
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Broker offers to buy 2 surplus Washington ferries
An unidentified vessel broker offered to buy two surplus Washington State Ferries passenger boats that once carried commuters between Seattle and Bremerton.
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Saving marriages can save tax dollars, advocates argue
One way to prevent children from living in poverty might be to help marriages and prevent divorces, some pro-marriage advocates say.
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Inmate found dead in Renton
The inmate had been arrested on Friday for traffic warrants, and was found dead of an apparent suicide on Tuesday.
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Belltown beating victim in intensive care
Seattle police were trying to identify a man who punched and seriously injured a University of Washington medical resident last weekend in Belltown.
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Police investigate shooting in Rainier Valley
Seattle police were investigating a shooting early Wednesday in south Seattle.
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Man shot in Skyway drive-by
A man was hit in the jaw in an apparent drive-by shooting in Skyway Wednesday afternoon.
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Auburn man charged with murder in bar shooting
An Auburn man faces a first-degree murder charge after the man he's accused of shooting during a Burien bar fight died of his injuries.
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Obama shows he can go the distance on long, dirty trail
Barack Obama: After months on the track, a long-distance runner nears the finish line
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Seattle names 4 sites for new jail
Seattle city leaders have identified four potential sites for a city jail if one is built here.
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Gregoire pick for pesticide panel questioned
Gov. Chris Gregoire is appointing a scientist with ties to Dow Chemical to a state panel that tracks pesticide exposures. She declined to reappoint a scientist who pushed for state-funded studies on pesticides drifting from farm fields.
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To save scenic hillside, tiny Index gets a crash course in fundraising
It's tough to save a mountain one raffle ticket at a time. But with a $500,000 pledge, a grassroots fundraising effort to save a ridge above Index from being clearcut is gaining ground.
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Israel's party turns political
As hundreds of Jews prepare to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the creation of Israel, a small band of pro-Palestinian protesters has been hard at work to mark the occasion with coffins and tears of blood.
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Irvine Robbins, 1917-2008: He created a flavor a day for ice cream lovers
Irvine Robbins, the man who grew up in Seattle and helped build the 31-flavor craze at ice cream store Baskin-Robbins, has died at age 90
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Transit options: More streetcars or electric trolleys?
Streetcars? Why not electric trolley buses? That question popped up Tuesday as Seattle City Council members were briefed on four possible streetcar routes to extend the system now only in South Lake Union.
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Police seek man in Belltown beating
Seattle police are asking the public to help find a man who punched and seriously injured a University of Washington resident physician during a fight last weekend in Belltown.
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3rd killing linked to domestic violence
Police are investigating what may be a murder-suicide in West Seattle as possibly the third domestic-violence homicide locally in two weeks.
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Oyster dredge sinking leaks fuel
ABERDEEN-- The state Department of Ecology says a 50-foot oyster dredge that sank in Grays Harbor leaked an undetermined amount of marine fuel into the bay.
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Spokane Street Viaduct gets a green light
A Seattle City Council committee agreed Tuesday that the Spokane Street Viaduct-widening project should go ahead next year, but members want more assurances of financing for Mercer Street improvements.
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Defense psychiatrist says Jewish Federation suspect was psychotic
Naveed Haq showed signs of being in a manic state when he opened fire at the Jewish Federation, from his belief he could single-handedly bring Middle Eastern peace to the voices he heard during the rampage, a psychiatrist testified Tuesday.
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Seed planted for adopting special-needs child
Steve and Lori Anne Stocker are considering adopting a Chinese special-needs child.
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Flamingos flock back to Woodland Park Zoo
After a 15-year absence, pink flamingos will be flocking back to Woodland Park Zoo on later this month as part of a permanent exhibit presented by The Boeing Co.
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Army reservist from Fort Lewis killed in Alberta training exercise
The Army Reserve said a reserve soldier from a Fort Lewis unit has died in a training exercise in Alberta.
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Baby drowns in Des Moines apartment bathtub
A 9-month-old baby drowned in a Des Moines apartment bathtub Tuesday morning after her mother left the bathroom to fix a baby bottle.
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