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January 15, 2009: Headlines

A 1999 letter of agreement could prove awkward for Seattle Times Co.

Posted Thu, Jan 15, noon

The agreement, still in force, spells out what would happen if The P-I were to become just a digital paper, and it could put a squeeze on the Times.

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Memo to P-I employees: Think lean

Posted Thu, Jan 15, 6 a.m.

Publisher Roger Oglesby asks the staff to send in suggestions for how to create a profitable online business model for The P-I.

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Politically, we are three worlds

Posted Thu, Jan 15, 6 a.m.

A close look at the recent local election finds a strongly Democratic urban core, a moderate and independent suburban ring, and a Republican exurbia. Obama took some non-Democratic territory, but with weak coattails, and Rob McKenna captured some Democratic defectors.

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Beware the fad of hybrid poplar trees

Posted Thu, Jan 15, 6 a.m.

Poplars such as the Pacific albus have limited use, and they create environmental problems of their own: requiring tremendous amounts of water and raising questions about genetic engineering.

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