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Resurrecting Seattle's book festival

Posted Sat, Nov 7, 8 a.m.

It's been a tough year for books and words, but one bright spot was the effort to bring back a Seattle book festival. Some saw the event as a great first effort, others as a fiasco.

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McGinn widens lead slightly in latest count

Friday afternoon results show Mallahan trails in the Seattle mayor's race by 1,209 votes. It's McGinn's largest lead so far.

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6:03 p.m.

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Posted Fri, Nov 6, 5 p.m.

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Posted Thu, Nov 5, 6 a.m.

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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 12:39 p.m.

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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 12:22 p.m.

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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 10 a.m.

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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 6:56 a.m.

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Election 09: All-mail ballots drain elections of their majesty

Posted Wed, Nov 4, 6 a.m.

Vote-by-mail may be more convenient, but it comes at the expense of the symbolism and grand drama of election nights.

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Like a natural disaster, without the upside

Posted Wed, Nov 4, 6 a.m.

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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 6 a.m.

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Posted Tue, Nov 3, 5:27 p.m.

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Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.

The issues are maddeningly complex and politically explosive. Here's a close look at the bedeviled Klamath River basin, where a seeming agreement is dividing the greens.

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Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.

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Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.

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A once-in-a-generation chance for regionalism

Posted Mon, Nov 2, 6 a.m.

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Posted Mon, Nov 2, 6 a.m.

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Posted Mon, Nov 2, 6 a.m.

Ten encouraging developments, plus four little worries. It only seemed like an inconsequential election season, but the omens were quite good for life after Nickels.

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Humor: The noble public service of Goldman Sachs

Posted Sun, Nov 1, noon

Far from humbled by recent financial stumbles, Ron Rapacious offers a new line of derivatives: betting on future legal settlements.

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The Sounders play brave and bloody

Posted Sat, Oct 31, 10:50 a.m.

Still, the home match with Houston ends up 0-0. The key in the deciding playoff game Nov. 8 will be if Houston gives way to its sneaking fear that Seattle may actually be the better team.

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The latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.

McGinn victory looms in Seattle mayor's race as vote margin widens McGinn's lead over Mallahan is now 2,384, above the level requiring a recount. The next vote total will be Monday.

For the opera world, a good news story New York City Opera's recent history has been, well, operatic, with no home, no money, and no leader. The company is back in its renovated theater at Lincoln Center and a reviewer gives a thumbs up.

Jonathan Raban: Learning how to read the mysterious Northwest An appreciation of the literary critic William Empson leads the writer to slow down and closely read his new home ground, Seattle, no easy city with which to feel at home.

What if most economists are wrong about the recovery? The consensus forecast, aided by the latest bleak jobless report, suggests lackluster growth for the next couple years. Take heart. There's a rosier scenario.

Pre-Olympics visit to Vancouver, looking for its gritty soul and best eats You won't find it in the celebrated downtown, which is bland and shopping-center-like, says this writer. Look for life in the surrounding neighborhoods. Head for Commercial Drive, for instance.

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