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The gas no longer works

Gasworks Park, Seattle.

Old glory

On a launch at the Center for Wooden Boats.

The Sonics practice facility

Near Seattle Center.

Summer on Lake Union

Looking north.

The Nina and Virginia V

On Lake Union in Seattle.

A flying Vespa

Delegated to artwork before gas prices went through the roof.

Follow me, and hold your neck like this!

Flocking together at Woodland Park Zoo.

Gallery window shadows

At the Georgetown Art Attack.

Names of fallen soldiers

From a Saturday event in Seattle.

The Clock Tower of Tacoma

It's the old City Hall.

The promise of May

In Seattle.

Mismatched eras

Noteworthy skyscrapers, as seen from Occidental Square.

Mount Cheam

The northernmost peak of the Cascade Range.

Trees, tanks, and towers

A view from Gas Works Park in Seattle.

Fishermen's Memorial

Watching over Seattle's fleet.

Genuine craft

Where beers are king.

Scooterville

In Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood.

Forest meets rubble

In Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood.

Yakima River

At Prosser, Wash.

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Nickels peeks under the Cascade Curtain and gets pissed off

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Joel Connelly, blogging from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, had a nugget from Seattle's strongman mayor, Greg Nickels.

The mayor's block party weekend

A suburban sucker's bet

Arts Beat » Masks.

The making of an effective arts board

It's no easy task in a non-profit world of growing financial pressure. Two essentials: A board must partner with staff, and everyone needs to keep focus on furthering the community mission.

Amazon mobilizes fans to sell its Kindle

The Olympics, Seattle-style

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'Promise': Barack Obama comes out swinging

In accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for president, the Illinois senator launched an attack on GOP candidate Sen. John McCain and the Bush administration before some 80,000 in Denver.

Hastings, Reichert, and Rossi will skip the GOP convention

Tim Egan: Who is this guy Obama?

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Lifestyle / Leisure »

No longer in the garden: pesky starlings

The lessons of one mistake can be endless. When I try to walk through a pubic park just about anywhere in the Northwest, I wonder about that Englishman who thought importing starlings to the United States would give us a more Shakespearian atmosphere.

Soaking up B.C.'s Sunshine Coast

Portland gym generates energy from exercise bikes

Recreation / Outdoors »

Mountain meadow

In Washington's Cascades, near Granite Falls.

Showdown vote in Alaska over fisheries and mining

It's a beautiful deception

Flip Side » Space Needle.

The funny thing about Seattle ...

Our humor writer shares the top ten jokes he's collected in a not very funny city.

'Drill their brains out!'

The real superpower threat: Luxembourg

Travel »

A Stumptown weekend

Portland is one cool town. As a lifelong Washingtonian, I've always considered Seattle my city, whether growing up in the rural community of Arlington or living on Whidbey Island for the past 33 years. But after spending a weekend in Portland, defection is not out of the question. I'm not surprised that a growing number of our South Whidbey "kids" have decided to make Portland their new home town.

An all-737 fleet now: Alaska Airlines retires its last MD-80

Mountain meadow

Sports »

Sports blogger: Willingham is what college football claims to care about but doesn't

Damon Agnos examines why Husky football coach Ty Willingham is bad for boosters but good for student athletes, bad at winning but good for college football.

The Olympics, Seattle-style

Ty Willingham doesn't want to meet the press

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A Stumptown weekend

Portland is one cool town. As a lifelong Washingtonian, I've always considered Seattle my city, whether growing up in the rural community of Arlington or living on Whidbey Island for the past 33 years. But after spending a weekend in Portland, defection is not out of the question. I'm not surprised that a growing number of our South Whidbey "kids" have decided to make Portland their new home town.

A soda company's porn-star-studded past: what the P-I didn't mention

New restrictions to bottom-trawling off Alaska, Northwest coasts

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