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The sun sets on another Seattle bowling alley

Posted Wed, Apr 23, 8:00 PM by Stephanie Kallos

Sunset Bowl in the Ballard neighborhood has closed after 51 years in business. While some talk of a new bowling alley to be part of the development replacing it, others mourn the loss of a community institution that can't be easily replaced.

Stephanie Kallos is a Seattle novelist and author of Broken for You (Grove/Atlantic, 2004), and the forthcoming Sing Them Home (Atlantic Monthly Press). Her Web site is http://www.stephaniekallos.com.
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Mossback » Fishing at The Dalles, circa 1910.

(Historical) context is everything

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 3:00 AM
by Knute Berger

Making arrowheads, tossing spears, wandering old homesteads, and studying petroglyphs: All are part of a Washington state program designed to ensure that material progress doesn't completely obliterate the past. Part 1

Who will help Seattle's biggest grumps?

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Arts Beat »

Trying to diagram Palin's sentences

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 11:06 AM

For instance, how would this doozy look? "I know that John McCain will do that and I, as his vice president, families we are blessed with that vote of the American people and are elected to serve and are sworn in on January 20, that will be our top priority is to defend the American people."

The gender gap in popular music

David Laskin: Seeing L.A. through the eyes of Weimar artists

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Business / Technology »

Olympic Village developer: 'It's not a bailout'

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 3:17 PM

"The developer of Vancouver's $1-billion Olympic village says he has not asked the city for a bailout to help pay for its construction and that taxpayers will not have to pay a cent to ensure it is finished on time, as city politicians expressed concern about whether taxpayers would have to foot the bill for cost overruns."

Fed chairman's gloom about economy causes another Dow plunge

RealNetworks ceases distribution of DVD-copying software

Politics / Government »

Sausage Links, townhall debate edition

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 3:00 PM
by Clark Fredricksen

Tonight is the second presidential debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, and it represents what could be a knock-out punch for the Democrats. That is, if you're still convinced the election isn't over. (Hint: It is.) If the current polls are any indication, McCain's only chance of winning this election are if Obama walks onto stage tonight wearing an Arab headdress and an Irani lapel pin, and after giving a shout-out to Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers, tells the television audience that Sarah Palin is a trollop.

Fed chairman's gloom about economy causes another Dow plunge

A record number of voters registered in Washington

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Travel »

The travel industry hits air turbulence

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 8:16 AM

Bad economic news translates into sharply lowered demand for air travel, hotel rooms, and expensive business travel.

Carless and carefree: Victoria to Courtenay by train on Vancouver Island

Sausage Links, HOV lane endorsement edition

Recreation / Outdoors » Fishing at The Dalles, circa 1910.

(Historical) context is everything

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 3:00 AM
by Knute Berger

Making arrowheads, tossing spears, wandering old homesteads, and studying petroglyphs: All are part of a Washington state program designed to ensure that material progress doesn't completely obliterate the past. Part 1

Paddle or sail

'Real estate economy' of the Rockies suddenly looks rocky

Lifestyle / Leisure »

Kapow! Coffee given the boot

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 2:17 PM

The coffee shop that popularized itself with its legendary "Ride the S.L.U.T." T-shirts was told by its landlord to vacate.

The gender gap in popular music

The travel industry hits air turbulence

Flip Side »

San Francisco voters buried in a blizzard of ballot measures

Posted Sat, Oct 4, 1:25 PM

It's numbing as you look through propositions from A to V. And don't miss Proposition R, on whether to change the name of the Oceanside Water Treatment Plant to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

The geniuses who aren't on Wall Street

When brain surgery isn't brain surgery

Food »

Kapow! Coffee given the boot

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 2:17 PM

The coffee shop that popularized itself with its legendary "Ride the S.L.U.T." T-shirts was told by its landlord to vacate.

Travel: Oregon's Valley of the Wine

Ivar's turns 70

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