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A slide show on Seattle's theater scene The leadership has changed a lot and Seattle still merits attention from The New York Times.
Posted Fri, Nov 20, 10 a.m.
David Brooks: Tim Geithner proves his critics wrong The Treasury Secretary's pragmatism and prudence are paying off and he exemplifies a style of flexible response to shifting contexts in the Obama administration.
Posted Fri, Nov 20, 9:33 a.m.
Ben Stein: Four sobering lessons from the recession Forecasters can't foresee. The amount of lying by financial institutions was breathtaking. And so on.
Posted Fri, Nov 20, 9:30 a.m.
Washington State budget hole deepens; projected deficit hits $2.6 billion The prospect of raising taxes is now almost conventional wisdom.
Posted Fri, Nov 20, 8:10 a.m.
Tim Egan: Two women titans of tech are reshaping California politics Can Meg Whitman, running for governor, and Carly Fiorina, challenging Sen. Barbara Boxer, revitalize the GOP?
Posted Fri, Nov 20, 8 a.m.
Feds deny appeal to NOAA decision to move fleet to Oregon Seattle had protested that the Newport site was on a flood plain, but the GAO turned down the appeal for being filed too late.
Posted Fri, Nov 20, 7 a.m.
Gregoire opposes delays in math and science WASL deadlines State schools superintendent Randy Dorn had proposed pushing deadlines out to 2015-17.
Posted Fri, Nov 20, 6 a.m.
Near Fort Lewis, coaxing a frog population back to life The Oregon spotted frog is reviving, thanks to a project with roots in a nearby prison.
Posted Thu, Nov 19, 4 p.m.
Latest orchestra to join the endangered list: Indianapolis It just reported a $2.8 million deficit. Others on the critical list are Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Cincinnati.
Posted Thu, Nov 19, 3 p.m.
O cruel! Philip Roth is shortlisted for the bad sex writing award There's some stiff competition this year for the dubious distinction of writing badly and exploitively about sex.
Posted Thu, Nov 19, 2 p.m.
What might Mayor Broadband do to increase online access? A new report shows the major gaps, particularly on Beacon Hill. McGinn pledged to expand free access throughout the city, and here's how he might do so.
Posted Thu, Nov 19, 11 a.m.
Gail Collins: The breast brouhaha Another example of medical backtracking, and of Republicans pouncing on another opportunity to scare us about medical insurance reform.
Posted Thu, Nov 19, 10:15 a.m.
Sky is not falling: County finds way to avoid Metro bus service cuts Money has been found to avoid serious cuts, at least for the next year.
Posted Thu, Nov 19, 10 a.m.
Forward into the past: Seattle schools are neighborhood-based once again That takes us back 30 years to the state of affairs before all the efforts at desegregation. Some of the leaders of that crusade reflect on the pendulum.
Posted Thu, Nov 19, 8:59 a.m.
Erica Barnett: The other new Mike at City Hall Mike O'Brien, new to the city council, is close in all kinds of ways to the new mayor. Here's how they mesh and how their grass-roots environmentalism developed together.
Posted Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.
Maureen Dowd looks for her inner Sarah Palin The columnist tries to measure up to Palin's definition of American, and doesn't come off well.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 10 p.m.
More bad news for Brightwater sewage pipeline The deep-bore tunnel digger is stuck. The $1.8 billion project is now double the original budget and at least two years late.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 8:31 p.m.
Al Gore in Seattle compares global warming deniers to 'birthers' The deniers "are impervious to the facts," he tells columnist Joel Connelly.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 8:24 p.m.
Impatient legislative panel picks the less expensive option for Montlake intersection of 520 That would be a new drawbridge, rather than a tunnel. Speaker Frank Chopp, on the panel, is opposed, warning that litigation costs could be high with Montlake residents largely opposed.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 12:54 p.m.
Green porn! Isabella Rossellini speaks in Seattle tonight The brilliant actress and beauty is at Seattle Arts & Lectures to discuss her latest project, "Green Porno," a series of film shorts illustrating the mating habits of insects and marine life.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 12:30 p.m.
SIFF Italian film fest opens with a winner "Fortapasc," about a reporter who is killed after investigating the mob in Naples, turns out to be one of the great journalism movies. The festival runs through this week.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, noon
In Utah, using children's technology to document a modern art masterpiece Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" is land art that lives in the Great Salt Lake. Tracking its changes over the years baffled the experts, until someone thought about toy balloons.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 11 a.m.
For first time in memory, Port of Tacoma ends year in the red The nearly $18 million loss stems from write offs in an investment fiasco - a huge shipping terminal that wasn't completed.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 9:30 a.m.
EADS, maker of Airbus, has lots of woes A military transport, the A400M, is four years behind schedule and way over budget. Orders are falling off or being delayed to the A380 SuperJumbo.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 8 a.m.
Danny Westneat: Those red-light traffic cameras make me see red With $124 tickets, they're supposed to make drivers more cautious at intersections. Instead, I drive elsewhere, treating them like an ex-spouse - best to avoid.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 7 a.m.
Top medical schools, including UW, quizzed on ghostwritten research articles Iowa Sen. Grassley is concerned about articles, often written by outside writers sometimes paid by drug companies, that are signed by medical school professors.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 6 a.m.
The case for trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York And the case against the Right's attack on the decision.
Posted Wed, Nov 18, 6 a.m.
Hints for B.C. residents vacationing in exotic Washington State The Vancouver Sun lists some must-see attractions for Canadian tourists: Always popular Lynnwood, aka "Gateway to Puget Sound"; historic Mukilteo lighthouse, and the "Everett Everglades."
Posted Tue, Nov 17, 8:47 p.m.
Kirby Wilbur gives his side of the story It wasn't money, the dismissed talk show host on KVI says, since he offered to take a pay cut. Nor was it ratings.
Posted Tue, Nov 17, 7 p.m.
Nathan Myhrvold is bringing advanced technology into his kitchen The ex-Microsoft wizard of Word is a serious cook and he's importing advanced science into his "molecular gastronomy."
Posted Tue, Nov 17, noon
Election aftermath: Whidbey voters turn against GOP Election junkies are parsing returns, looking for new trends. Here's one: South Whidbey Island is swinging Democratic, a fact that sealed the fate of Tim Eyman's initiative and passed R-71 in Island County.
Posted Tue, Nov 17, 7:11 a.m.
More wind and relentless rain for Northwest today Up to 8" of rain have fallen in the southern Olympic Peninsula with wind gusts in the mid-70s on the coast. More of the same is on the way.
Posted Tue, Nov 17, 6:45 a.m.
David Brooks: China's got what the U.S. once had That would be vigor, self-confidence, optimism, a sense of destiny. Meanwhile, these same traits that have defined the American experience since the earliest days seem to be slipping away.
Posted Tue, Nov 17, 6 a.m.
Seattle's link light rail has its first derailment The episode snarled rush hour commuting. The train was empty at the time. Sound Transit called it "train interference."
Posted Mon, Nov 16, 10:17 p.m.
Paul Allen diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma The Seahawks and Trail Blazers owner and co-founder of Microsoft had another form of lymphoma in the 1980s. The news on the latest cancer recurrence was released to the employees of Vulcan, Allen's investment company.
Posted Mon, Nov 16, 9:19 p.m.
Robert Samuelson: Obama's medical malpractice If controlling runaway medical costs is key to getting the federal budget under control, why are the President and Congress pushing a health reform bill that would do the opposite?
Posted Mon, Nov 16, 7 p.m.
CPAs are furnishing major B.C. Olympic competition so far Consultants and accountants are at odds over the amount of economic activity that will flow from the upcoming winter games.
Posted Mon, Nov 16, 6 p.m.
Fonts. They don't make everyone's eyes glaze over How typeface looks is worth millions of dollars in product design and even more in inner satisfaction to people who really care how things look.
Posted Mon, Nov 16, 5 p.m.
Rare sight: Baby orca in Puget Sound The pod was spotted south of Whidbey Island. Mother and baby presumably doing fine.
Posted Mon, Nov 16, 4 p.m.
Alaska governor says polar bears are threat to oil exploration Drilling is limited as long as the bears are officially endangered.
Posted Mon, Nov 16, 3 p.m.
Arsonist wine collector set blaze that destroyed six million bottles of wine The 2005 fire was deliberately set in a Vallejo, Calif. warehouse. The perp is ready to plead guilty.
Posted Mon, Nov 16, 2 p.m.
Meet book publishing's worst nightmare It's sci-fi author Cory Doctorow, who knows as much as anyone about copyright law and is doing his best to undermine traditional book selling.
Posted Mon, Nov 16, 1 p.m.
Palin's book publicity campaign a winner Calculated leaks to friendly press, schedule published on Facebook, Twitter feed, touring rock band, Oprah appearance. Did we forget anything?
Posted Mon, Nov 16, noon
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