April 01, 2007: Headlines

Who's a 'Seattle Democrat?'

Posted Sun, Apr 1, 9 p.m.

By Knute Berger

John Edwards is a Seattle Democract. So is James Webb. But what about Hillary and Obama?

An ex-exec claims the Seattle Times secretly undermined the now-fading Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Posted Sun, Apr 1, 9 p.m.

By Bill Richards

When the closed-door showdown between Seattle's dailies begins, P-I owner Hearst has a legal bombshell: a sworn deposition by a former Times circulation vice president who says the paper violated the joint operating agreement with the P-I and used a "ruse" to trick its way into the morning market.

The Met opera, live at a mall movie theater near you

Posted Sun, Apr 1, 5 p.m.

By Tom Luce

The Met's experiment in highly produced telecasts to local film screens proves surprisingly successful, especially at the bargain prices. Our reviewer reports on the first five shows, as seen in suburban Seattle and London.

A visionary waterfront solution: Think very big wheel

Posted Sun, Apr 1, 5 p.m.

By Steve Clifford

There's been only one election regarding replacement of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct. Plenty of time remains to get creative.

It's crunch time for the Democrats' one-party rule

Posted Sun, Apr 1, 3 p.m.

By Austin Jenkins

Speaker Frank Chopp has gone invisible to the public, but we are about to see how well he can keep his large majority together.

'Can we go to school together?'

Posted Sun, Apr 1, 1 p.m.

By Knute Berger

A discussion about the Seattle School District's obsession with racism suggests that even talking about the problem won't help, because the conversation is rigged.