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a music video of the Seattle fireworks on july 4th, 2008, over Elliot Bay, set to Beethoven's 9th Symphony
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Pyrotechnic Montage
a music video of the Seattle fireworks on july 4th, 2008, over Elliot Bay, set to Beethoven's 9th Symphony
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Building a better townhouse
Bowing to complaints about ugly townhouses invading neighborhoods, Mayor Greg Nickels has proposed mandatory design review and other changes to multifamily areas.
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School superintendent reflects on first year
Maria Goodloe-Johnson took the helm of Seattle schools a year ago Wednesday. In interview excerpts, she reflects on her first year.
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Grocery bag fee proposal gets warm reception
A Seattle City Council proposal to ban foam containers and charge for disposable grocery bags got a warmly uproarious -- and, at times, absurd -- reception Tuesday evening during its first public hearing.
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New dance fad is stepping out
There are thousands of high school students looking for a new way to get their dancing in, and Facebook, airplane hangers and ambitious underage entrepreneurs are playing a part in filling that void.
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Chopp's House holds up homeowners' rights
What recourse is there for a new homeowner whose basement floods because the builder has failed to waterproof a foundation wall? The builder blames the weather. Or what happens when floors haven't been leveled, or a builder fails to properly seal toilets?
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Radiation treatment with a new twist
Pam Girsh is still alive despite being diagnosed with three types of cancer -- all unrelated to the others -- in the past five years.
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Sound Transit giving is questioned
A Seattle think-tank frequently critical of Sound Transit has raised questions about contributions made by the agency to groups that supported expansion of the agency.
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Port takes step to sell Pier 48 to the state
The Port of Seattle Commission gave the first of two required votes Tuesday to sell Pier 48 for $11 million to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
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Court asked to require pharmacists to dispense Plan B
Lawyers asked a federal court Tuesday to reinstate rules that require Washington pharmacists to dispense "morning-after" birth control pills.
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City responds quickly to Greenwood graffiti
While neighbors praised the Seattle Parks Department Tuesday for ridding oft-targeted Greenwood Park of unwelcome graffiti, the city sought other ways to protect the area from vandalism.
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Health care push gets a $25 million kickoff
More than 90 left-leaning organizations, including several local groups, have joined together to jettison a $25 million advertising campaign aimed at providing health care to every U.S. citizen.
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State will run top-two primary
Washington's top elections official has rejected new calls by political parties to suspend next month's "top two" primary, saying a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision puts the state's primary plans on solid legal ground.
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Gates shifting Everett-based carrier to Afghanistan's war zone
FORT LEWIS -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln has been moved from Iraq war duty to responsibility for Afghanistan as a response to declining violence in one war and increasing danger in the other.
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Body found outside King County Courthouse
A security officer discovered a body outside the courthouse. Authorities believe the body may have been there for several days.
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Man shot and killed in Boulevard Park
King County sheriff's detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a man found dead in an SUV late Monday in Boulevard Park.
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Sheriff investigating surfing collision that cost boy his arm
PACIFIC CITY, Ore. -- Those who witnessed a 14-year-old surfer lose his arm in a collision with an incoming dory boat off Cape Kiwanda say the accident resulted from a series of unfortunate circumstances in a spot with increasingly heavy ocean traffic.
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Oregon initiative to sell marijuana in stores
Could marijuana ever be sold in retail stores in Oregon? If supporters of cannabis legalization have their way, that could be a reality as soon as November of 2010.
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Butterfly, butterfly at Pacific Science Center
Butterfly, butterfly at Pacific Science Center Filed Under (Misc) by Benny on 09-07-2008 I took a little break and went to Pacific Science Center at downtown Seattle Center area with my family. I spent a few minutes inside the tropical zone area to take few butterfly shots. It’s really…
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Another Kickball Night
We weren’t nearly as victorious as two weeks ago. We lost 6-1. But I got a single! Which turned into a double. I got tagged by 3rd base. Outside of the kickball field, there’s this huge map of the US–it’s not the only one I’ve run across in Seattle. Every time I do see one, I’ve…
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Green Fireworks and Reflection over Elliott Bay, July 4, 2008
Click the thumbnail to view the complete photo or buy a copy for your wall. 4th of July fireworks explode and shimmer over Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA. July 2008. Other prints are available for purchase at the On Focus Photo Store. Share This
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San Jose - Seattle road trip 2008
6 friends, a minivan and the road for a week, my vacation is fast approaching. After 3 weeks of grueling work, I am taking time off to discover the north-western coast and its national parks and sights. We’ll also be spending a day in Portland, and 2 in Seattle. I hope to have a ton of pictures…
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Knocked out in the Emerald City
Thanks to work, I wasn’t able to watch the Wizards lose 6-5 in PKs to Seattle. That, and living in another country that doesn’t get USL feeds. I think. So no semi-finals, which is a mixed bag. Would a win have been positive and uplifting? Yes. But a loss removes the distraction from the…
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FCA meeting tonight: Presentation on jail-sites fight
Highland Park Action Committee leaders continue their tour of West Seattle community groups, tonight visiting the Fauntleroy Community Association’s monthly meeting. HPAC chair Dorsol Plants and vice chair Rory Denovan told the FCA about a letter that’s being drafted asking the Port of…
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Nice walks
I had a couple of nice walks today. First, since it was only five or six bus stops away, I decided to walk from my favorite hang-out coffee shop to Kinko’s to get my business cards printed. The weather was perfect at 7 p.m. — it seemed to be around 70 degrees, there was a nice blue sky,…
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Ratatat's Been Rapping for About Seventeen Years, Okay?
Ratatat is a dance band. A melodic, guitar-driven, videogame soundtrack dance band, but a dance band all the same. It took a while, but last night at a sweaty sold-out Neumo’s, the New York electro-rockers had asses shaking and all the kids jumping around. On the eve of their third…
Liveslogging the Disposable Bag Hearing
I'll be live-Slogging the public-comment meeting on the proposed 20-cent fee for disposable plastic and paper bags (and proposed ban on Styrofoam food containers). Read along with me as enraged citizens yell at the council about their God-given right to free plastic bags, and environmentalists…
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