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The case for more rail transit
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Sound Transit showdown
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Last stand for the Alaskan Way Viaduct
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At the top floors, the high and mighty are in denial
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Little boxes, crammed together
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Our cultural amnesia
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More fun than Deliverance!
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Campaign strategy session
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The governor releases her IRS return; Dino Rossi still won't
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Bus envy
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More fun than Deliverance!

Spend your summer vacation in Eastern Washington, an exotic locale where lakes are slippery, the Scablands surprising, and wheat farmers are smashing stuff for fun.

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Arts Beat »

The executive director of PONCHO is fired

The Seattle arts organization's board relieved Gordon Hamilton of his duties at a meeting on Friday, July 18. Says the board's president: "The strategic direction of PONCHO is changing."

Tobias Wolff reflects on his upbringing by a brutal stepfather

Melinda Bargreen now reviewing concerts for KING-FM

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Business / Technology »

Are WaMu shareholders about to get another haircut?

Earnings report is due next Tuesday, and it may require sale of more equity, at a discount, to cover expected losses.

Seattle's dailies and a union get down to it

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Politics / Government »

An overview of statewide races in Washington

Thirty-eight people are running for nine statewide elected positions in Washington. The field will be winnowed to 18 candidates by the Aug. 19 top-two primary.

Crapping on Seattle

School integration, after the Seattle decision

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Lifestyle / Leisure »

Sausage Links, pot, farms, and medicine edition

Count on the alt-weeklies to provide blow-by-blow coverage of the recent medical marijuana bust illegal search and seizure. Dominic Holden at The Stranger has the story about the incident — along with copies of the police report and the arresting officer's search warrant. According to the reports, Seattle Police officers tore down a wall while searching for an illegal pot-growing operation that didn't exist, while seizing bags of marijuana and medical records. The folks at Seattlest would like to remind the SPD that medical marijuana has been legal in Washington for nearly 10 years. ...

The black critic who dares to dis hiphop

A new cure for affordable housing: small cottages

Flip Side »

Editorial cartoonists join the endangered list at newspapers

Ranks are thinning as papers cut costs and shift to syndicated cartoons. Seattle P-I's David Horsey also laments Bush fatigue: "there was not anything particularly funny or clever left to say about this guy being incompetent or disastrous."

David Horsey replies with McCain cartoon spoofing New Yorker cover

Jerry Springer's sea of troubles

Sports »

New name for the Sonics: Oklahoma City Thunder, says a TV station

So says a source, confirmed by this fact: "The registrar for all of the NBA's Internet domain names reserved okcthunderbasketball.com and okcthunderbasketball.net on July 10."

A long-odds referendum could reverse the city's settlement with the Sonics

Jim Moore: Maybe it's time to trade Ichiro

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