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Posted Tue, Feb 7, 2 a.m.
By Anthony B. Robinson
On gay marriage and other social issues, they are all in. And that's good. But what about paying for education, social services, investing in our future? Leave that to ... Bill Gates Sr.
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Posted Sun, Feb 5, 2 a.m.
By Stephen H. Dunphy
How will the economy do this year? How will the economy impact presidential race? Is Seattle really in an economic growth zone? Here are some answers to your questions about 2012 for the our pocketbooks, the nation, and Seattle.
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Posted Sun, Feb 5, 2 a.m.
By Mark Pisano
In a more connected world, even the most-favored regions need to improve their transportation systems and their ability to move goods and people, and to educate skilled workers.
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Posted Sat, Feb 4, 2 a.m.
By Skip Ferderber
The development of a Slingbox app for Amazon's best selling device adds to its usefulness as an all-media device. The Samsung Note emerges into a tech marketplace primed for tablets.
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Posted Thu, Feb 2, 2 a.m.
By Zachariah Bryan
The annual counts are anything but exciting espionage. But getting an accurate number is harder than you might think, and perhaps ultimately more rewarding.
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Posted Mon, Jan 30, midnight
By Matt Fikse
On the eve of a crisis meeting in Brussels, new data underlines the darker possibility behind the endless political wrangling: a lost generation of young people.
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Posted Sun, Jan 29, 2 a.m.
By Pete Knutson
A fisherman with a leaky hydraulic line discovers what a serious business an oil sheen on Puget Sound can be — especially if you're one of the unlucky few to get tagged for it, and you get on the wrong side of the pollution detectives. New: The Department of Ecology has now reached a decision.
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Posted Sat, Jan 28, 2 a.m.
By Skip Ferderber
Interesting developments in smartphones, shopping apps, "cutting the cord" and reading, yes, real books.
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Posted Fri, Jan 27, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
The Kalakala still floats, for now, plus Seattle's plywood "space shuttle," demolition fight in Spokane, and other preservation news.
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Posted Fri, Jan 27, 2 a.m.
By Floyd McKay
As Northwest concerns build about global and local environmental issues in the Northwest, a small Oregon port gives its approval to exporting coal to burn in Chinese power plants.
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Posted Sat, Jan 21, 2 a.m.
By Skip Ferderber
The iPad may not be everyone's work machine, but it still dreams bigger than any other tablet on the market.
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Posted Fri, Jan 20, 2 a.m.
By John Stang
The cutting mantra is slowing Washington state's recovering, according to the state economist.
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Posted Fri, Jan 20, 2 a.m.
By Matt Fikse
The media hype every twitch in South Carolina. But the EU? Well, the EU countries together account for more of the state's exports than next-door neighbor Canada and almost as much as China.
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Posted Thu, Jan 19, 2 a.m.
By Peter Miller
A bookseller casts his eye about for clues to our times, based on the year's taste in calendars and books and decades and Steve Jobs.
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Posted Wed, Jan 18, 2 a.m.
By Eric Scigliano
Amazon makes an ambitious move into publishing, print as well as digital. It's snagging both obscure and bestselling authors. This means more alternatives for readers and scribblers -- for now, anyway.
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Posted Tue, Jan 17, 2 a.m.
By Bill Stafford
Training for jobs has shifted to community colleges. But shouldn't we offer opportunities to relate career interests to classes in high school, even if it contradicts the mantra of college for all?
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Posted Sun, Jan 15, 10:15 a.m.
By Martha Baskin
The green community is facing its most-challenging legislative session, where it will be on alert against attempts to roll back environmental protections and initiatives. But there are also hopes for progress on several fronts.
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Posted Fri, Jan 13, 2 a.m.
By Peter Ladner
Radical U.S. environmentalists are out to get Canada! And seize the energy, oil, and wood businesses for the U.S.! Or, so a hypocritical government says.
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Posted Thu, Jan 12, 3:45 p.m.
By Skip Ferderber
So many innovations at the Las Vegas electronics show, but a lust in my heart for only a few.
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Posted Thu, Jan 12, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
Nuggets of wisdom from Seattle's mossback Yoda
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Posted Wed, Feb 8, 12:36 p.m.
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Zachariah Bryan
The birth control debate moves back in time. How Norm Dicks funneled federal money to his son. Caffeine powder gives us a glimpse of the future.
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Posted Tue, Feb 7, 2 a.m.
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Matt Rosenberg
A recent Department of Revenue report found that Washington state will grant nearly $30 billion in tax breaks by the end of the current budget period. Yet lawmakers struggle to plug a $1.5 billion budget hole.
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Posted Fri, Jan 20, 11 a.m.
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Pete Jackson
While once-jilted Washington has shown no sympathy for Wichita's abandonment by Boeing, couldn't we end up on the receiving end of more of the same treatment some day? Microsoft takes its stand as the gay marriage bill moves closer to enough winning over enough senators. And Cold Warrior demagogue Joe McCarthy may be smiling on the state's House Republicans.
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Posted Fri, Jan 13, 4:45 p.m.
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Matt Fikse
The Church Council of Greater Seattle and the Faith Action Network cut longstanding ties with the Bank of America. Better to bank with local institutions and help local communities, they say.
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Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.
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Ronald Holden
The restaurants, which have just seen an ownership change, trace their roots to Jake's in Portland. Whatever the new Texas-born owner does, according to our Portland-native writer, he shouldn't mess with Jake's.
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Posted Mon, Dec 19, 2 a.m.
2011
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Eric Scigliano
The home improvement chain flails around after falling for a Muslim-bashing boycott. Meanwhile, look who's shopping in its Rainier Valley store.
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Posted Mon, Dec 5, 9:54 p.m.
2011
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Matt Fikse
The crowds of holiday shoppers are big and the attitude is that the crisis will be worked out. But do people really want Germany calling the economic shots?
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Posted Mon, Nov 28, 2 a.m.
2011
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Eric Scigliano
Instead of building its long-awaited refueling tanker in Kansas, Boeing threatens to pull out.
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Posted Mon, Nov 21, 2 a.m.
2011
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Judy Lightfoot
The absurdity of people living on the cold streets of the richest nation in the world shows up sharply against a backdrop of bright public art.
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Posted Wed, Nov 16, 4 p.m.
2011
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Matt Fikse
A new study shows opportunities for the state to improve its chances of landing the next generation Boeing 737 MAX but Texas shapes up as a tough competitor.
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