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Photo story: Drag racing today is a AAA-sanctioned activity for high school students — on a track, without alcohol, and with plenty of supervision. But high-priced fuel takes a toll.

L.D. Kirshenbaum is a Seattle-based journalist with just enough expertise to know that automobile tires are not made from solid rubber.

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More fun than Deliverance!

Posted Fri, Jul 18, 5:00 AM

by Knute Berger

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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RFK Jr.'s plot to destroy the planet

CROSSCUT

A Portland festival for pianoheads

Posted Wed, Jul 23, 2:00 PM

by James Bash

This annual gathering of students and teachers is unique in America, and another example of Portland's distinctive musical culture.

Crosscut

Writer Rick Bass recounts his shift to being a wilderness advocate in Montana

New West

How art reflects nature: an interview with David Guterson

CROSSCUT

Business / Technology »

Starbucks and WaMu: 'There's no more growth to paper over mistakes'

Posted Wed, Jul 23, 5:40 PM

Writes columnist Bill Virgin: "In their growth phase, companies like Starbucks and WaMu spend considerable time scouting out new locations and negotiating leases. Once a company cuts back on physical growth, however, the focus shifts to 'executing better with what you've got,'" says an analyst.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sausage Links, transit migraine edition

CROSSCUT

Newark fights to save a beacon amid blight: the downtown Starbucks

New York Times

Politics / Government »

All six governments favor a new bridge, with light rail, across the Columbia River

Posted Wed, Jul 23, 5:12 PM

The Interstate 5 replacement bridge project is now in the hands of a bi-state committee, which will refine the proposal.

Portland Business Journal

County Council members say they can't get good budget data from the executive

Seattle Weekly

Seattle is named the second-worst city for 'nanny' sentiment

Reason

Travel »

A Portland festival for pianoheads

Posted Wed, Jul 23, 2:00 PM

by James Bash

This annual gathering of students and teachers is unique in America, and another example of Portland's distinctive musical culture.

Crosscut

Endangered in Oregon: the state fair

Oregonian (Portland)

Next up for landmark status: Hanford

Associated Press

Food »

'Lazy locavores' have someone else grow food in their backyards

Posted Tue, Jul 22, 6:07 AM

The grow-local trend appeals to those who don't have time for gardening, and entrepreneurs are filling the need.

New York Times

In the garden: U-pick blueberries

CROSSCUT

Bite of Seattle

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Flip Side »

Esprit de core competency

Posted Mon, Jul 21, 1:00 AM

by Steve Clifford

If the government can exclude food and energy from the "core" inflation rate, there are plenty of other cores to be exploited.

Crosscut

Editorial cartoonists join the endangered list at newspapers

Los Angeles Times

David Horsey replies with McCain cartoon spoofing New Yorker cover

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Recreation / Outdoors »

Writer Rick Bass recounts his shift to being a wilderness advocate in Montana

Posted Wed, Jul 23, 12:42 PM

He's not the most popular guy to have moved into the Yaak Valley, and his activism has pushed aside his fiction writing. A new book explains his journey.

New West

The Taylor Shellfish encroachment case raises issues over state land boundaries

Kitsap Sun (Bremerton)

Canada's first old-growth logging attempt in nearly 20 years

Vancouver Sun

Sports »

Security costs for Vancouver's Olympics seem seriously understated

Posted Wed, Jul 23, 4:48 PM

The Vancouver organizing committee budgeted $175 million for security, but recent other Olympic cities say they should expect costs to be $1 billion or more.

Olympics Insider

Now there's peanut-free seating for allergic Mariners fans

Big Blog

It's official: The Mariners are returning to KIRO-AM in 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Lifestyle / Leisure »

What she's wearing: a 'shrug' sweater

Posted Wed, Jul 23, 8:13 AM

by Meredeth McMahon

Lightweight knits are one of my favorite staples for Northwest wardrobes. Ideally, they are washable, don't need to be ironed, and can be layered for year-round wear. This particular day was overcast and warm but breezy, so I needed just a little extra coverage for an outdoor birthday party and then dinner at a friend's house.

Crosscut

Endangered in Oregon: the state fair

Oregonian (Portland)

Starbucks' withdrawal symptoms? Slate wants to help you

Slate

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Newark fights to save a beacon amid blight: the downtown Starbucks

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