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SAM will be first stop for major Picasso exhibit The show, with 150 works by Picasso, will open in October. They are on tour from the Picasso Museum in Paris, which will be closed for renovation.
Posted Tue, Feb 9, 7:55 a.m.
School levies, libraries on today's ballot It's all mail-in ballots (except Pierce County), and they have to be postmarked today.
Posted Tue, Feb 9, 6 a.m.
The largest 747 to date lifts off The slightly longer model of the legendary 747, which first flew 41 years ago, is airborne.
Posted Mon, Feb 8, 4 p.m.
Momentum building to privatize Washington's liquor sales Legislators are looking for some non-core functions to shed, and ways to bring more tax income to the state.
Posted Mon, Feb 8, 12:04 p.m.
It's the stupid people, stupid! Jacob Weisberg figures what's wrong with the American political system is the voters.
Posted Mon, Feb 8, noon
Canada may be creating a housing bubble The country avoided the real estate collapse of America, but its rapidly rising housing prices in major cities are creating alarm.
Posted Mon, Feb 8, 10 a.m.
It's 60% of the state budget but sacred to cost-cutters Nearly two-thirds of Washington's budget is spent on wages for state workers and teachers. Even Olympia's outspoken anti-spenders understand why it's tough to find significant savings here.
Posted Mon, Feb 8, 8:47 a.m.
Microsoft's Bing is costing a lot of money as it builds market share The losses aren't helping the bottom line of the company's online services division, which is now losing more than $400 million per quarter.
Posted Mon, Feb 8, 6 a.m.
Forget the cost, says former B.C. Premier. Winter Olympics are worth it Mike Harcourt, provincial premier when Vancouver held the global fair, Expo 86, says people focus on the billions being spent but not the long-term benefits of infrastructure improvements.
Posted Mon, Feb 8, 5:18 a.m.
Vancouver novelist Douglas Coupland on the B.C. Olympics As you might expect, he responds with lots of irony, evidencing a faux-longing to have gotten into luge.
Posted Sun, Feb 7, 6 p.m.
America needs the morale boost coming from a victory by the Saints It would be a Super pick-me-up at a time when the country is in the dumps.
Posted Sun, Feb 7, 1 p.m.
Historic snowstorm leaves D.C. in a mighty mess But the photo gallery is lovely to look at.
Posted Sun, Feb 7, noon
Super Bowl matchup: Indy vs. New Orleans for pop culture crown You'd think Big Easy is way ahead of Naptown. You'd be wrong.
Posted Sun, Feb 7, 11 a.m.
Palin responds to chants of 'Run, Sarah, Run' She tells Fox News, “It would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can potentially do to help our country....I won’t close the door that perhaps could be open for me in the future.”
Posted Sun, Feb 7, 10:47 a.m.
A puzzler for Darwinians: Why is music, with no adaptive purpose, so universal? Every culture has it. It's been around for 40,000 years. But what good is it? Darwin thought it might have made men better at mating. Not likely.
Posted Sun, Feb 7, 9:30 a.m.
Alex Ross: X generation shows little sign of liking classical music Usually, as people age they develop an interest in classical music. Orchestras have been clinging to this hope. Now comes the bad news.
Posted Sun, Feb 7, 9 a.m.
Super Bowl: Obsessive-compulsive doesn't begin to explain Payton Manning Football genius or pain in the ass? Some of each, according to those who know him well.
Posted Sun, Feb 7, 8:32 a.m.
Frank Rich: Admiral Mullen's courageous advocacy of gays in the military His heartfelt testimony silenced the conservative attack machines for one simple reason; most of the country now agrees with him.
Posted Sun, Feb 7, 6 a.m.
Dick Cavett on memorable screw-ups in late night programming Somehow, network brass put on dunce caps when it comes to scheduling these shows, as the Jay/Conan/Dave fiasco points up again.
Posted Sat, Feb 6, 9 p.m.
An insurance executive details where Obamacare took a wrong turn Angela Braly of WellPoint argues that the reform effort turned into a simplistic attack on insurance companies, not a comprehensive program to rein in costs.
Posted Sat, Feb 6, 4 p.m.
The story behind the Chris Bushnell resignation story A spat is developing between The Seattle Times, which may have sat on the story, and Publicola.net, which broke it, and where the tips may have come from about the controversial mayoral aide.
Posted Sat, Feb 6, 3:26 p.m.
Peggy Noonan: Not sure what's needed but Question Time isn't it "Our political professionals cheapen everything they touch because they are burying themselves in daily urgencies in order to dodge and avoid the big picture."
Posted Sat, Feb 6, 3 p.m.
The Seattle Times says it's escaped bankruptcy It's been a week of good news for the newspaper. First, it won agreement from the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild to freeze pension contributions. Now, the company has refinanced its debt with bankers.
Posted Sat, Feb 6, 1:26 p.m.
Why climate scientists are on trial, and ought to be Walter Russell Mead argues that skepticism about science, while often wildly wrong, is on the whole healthy.
Posted Sat, Feb 6, noon
Will Austin's music scene survive the closure of the legendary Cactus Cafe? And why is the University of Texas closing the joint? Thoughts on the "live music capital of the world."
Posted Sat, Feb 6, 11 a.m.
Seattle Symphony names interim president Development director Mark McCampbell replaces Tom Philion as the SSO searches for a permanent new chief executive. He's the fourth to hold the spot in the past 5 years.
Posted Sat, Feb 6, 8:33 a.m.
Amazon moves to improve the Kindle Now that iPad has shown its stuff, expect Amazon to counter boldly. The company made two significant moves this week.
Posted Sat, Feb 6, 7 a.m.
The growing media-political machine behind Sarah Palin Fox News is installing a TV studio in her living room in Wasilla. Media-savvy advisers provide daily briefings, by phone and email. GOP power brokers dating back to Richard Nixon give counsel.
Posted Sat, Feb 6, 5:19 a.m.
An epic snowstorm rolls into the mid-Atlantic states It might match the 1922 storm that dumped 28 inches of snow on Washington D.C.
Posted Sat, Feb 6, 4:01 a.m.
New figures confirm we still have a jobless recovery As White House economic adviser Larry Summers says, we have "a statistical recovery and a human recession." It doesn't look to be changing anytime soon.
Posted Fri, Feb 5, 9:56 p.m.
David Brooks: Big-time college sports are absurd but necessary It's a ritual that's meaningless but totally absorbing, and one of the few remaining outlets for healthy communal participation.
Posted Fri, Feb 5, 9:18 p.m.
Poll of political insiders predicts Democrats will lose 24-33 House seats in fall election Only a small percentage predict GOP will regain control of the House.
Posted Fri, Feb 5, 5 p.m.
Noam Chomsky: Now corporations can buy elections directly The Supreme Court ruling overturns a century of precedents restricting corporate contributions.
Posted Fri, Feb 5, 4:46 p.m.
Mark Morford: A plea from Peet's for gun-free coffee bars Since your average six-shooter wearing, non-cop, latte sipper may find our policy difficult to understand, allow us to explain it in words of very few syllables.
Posted Fri, Feb 5, 3:20 p.m.
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