Winners and losers of the week: Romney up, but GOP down
Posted Mon, Feb 6, 2 a.m.
Romney rolls, cue Obama's "comeback," women roar, and Seattle's porn problem.
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Posted Mon, Feb 6, 2 a.m.
Romney rolls, cue Obama's "comeback," women roar, and Seattle's porn problem.
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Posted Fri, Feb 3, 10 p.m.
The exhibit takes a different perspective, viewing the heavily contaminated nuclear reservation through the eyes of artists and poets.
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Posted Wed, Jan 11, 2 a.m.
Scaled-back defense goals and spending could quickly prove troublesome if some incident shakes the nation.
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Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.
Who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect, and generally trash our historic treasures in 2011? The envelopes, please...
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Posted Fri, Dec 30, 2 a.m.
In Washington wood smoke is now a leading cause of air pollution, leaving residents of Tacoma and other highly-polluted areas, literally, gasping for air.
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Posted Tue, Dec 27, 2 a.m.
When you consider the recent GOP debates, IT seems like a dream. Two serious Republican candidates squared off over a vital issue of liberty and security. The whole world was listening, and Oregon determined the outcome of the national party race.
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Posted Sun, Dec 18, 6 a.m.
Through very small expenditures, federal agencies can promote cooperation within a region on everything from climate change to economic growth.
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Posted Fri, Dec 16, 2 a.m.
In Washington wood smoke is now a leading cause of air pollution, leaving residents of Tacoma and other highly-polluted areas, literally, gasping for air.
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Posted Wed, Dec 7, 2 a.m.
Long before Robert Boardman's death along a trail in the Olympic National Park, officials knew there was one bad actor. Sure, the park is a wild place, but what was gained by holding fire all those years?
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Posted Tue, Dec 6, 2 a.m.
A World War II fighter, George McGovern, who suffered a fall last week, went on to run for president as a peace candidate. He's stayed active in large part because he worries about the young people who are still being sent off to war.
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Posted Mon, Dec 5, 2 a.m.
If expenses continually go up, it becomes hard to see how the legal mandates to clean up the most dangerous wastes can ever be met, at least on time.
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Posted Sun, Dec 4, 7:42 a.m.
A son's haunting film biography of William Colby, his elusive spymaster father, comes to Seattle. It stirs many memories.
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Posted Fri, Nov 18, 2 a.m.
Watching firefighters-in-training take down a house in the Puyallup floodway: A controversial FEMA flood control program scorns levees in favor of demolition.
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Posted Sat, Nov 12, 11 p.m.
Forgery, illegal break-ins, manufacturing evidence, and trying to scare an American out of accepting the Nobel Peace Prize: That's the FBI director whose abuses have never received adequate exposure.
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Posted Fri, Nov 11, 2 a.m.
Half a year after Gen. Peter Chiarelli told a packed audience at the UW that Seattle must take specific steps to help veterans cope with the lingering trauma of military service, how are we doing?
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Posted Mon, Nov 7, 3:47 p.m.
Regulators crack down on hundreds of pollution-pumping Northwest firms, but even when companies cooperate it can take years to bring emissions under control. Here, from a consortium of local and national investigative reporters, is a first-ever look at who pollutes and how much they pay for the privilege.
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Posted Wed, Oct 26, 2 a.m.
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues a series of Northwest employers for letting foremen harass and assault immigrant workers. Civil rights attorneys say abused farm and janitorial workers are just starting to come forward.
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Posted Wed, Oct 26, 2 a.m.
The eccentric West through the eyes of Seattle's British expat author is a landscape of strange customs, forlorn towns, and back roads. His mantra: "To be alone is to be safe."
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Sometimes the best thing for nature is a construction project. And this one hopes to meet the goals of both environmentalists and farmers.
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Posted Sat, Oct 22, 2:30 p.m.
Tribal leaders around the country are worried about deep cuts if the congressional Super Committee fails to head off automatic cuts. The concern extends to health programs.
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Instead of building its long-awaited refueling tanker in Kansas, Boeing threatens to pull out.
MOREPosted Fri, Oct 14, 2 a.m. 2011
After initialing bowing to Pentagon plans to ship deadly weapons from Okinawa to Umatilla, Oregon's Tom McCall fought back. He soon became an outspoken Republican leader who pushed new land-use laws and criticized his own party's administration in D.C.
MOREPosted Wed, Oct 5, 11 a.m. 2011
In the news: Everett's last working mill finds a fairy godmother; an unknown Congressional candidate flexes his popular muscle; Howard Schultz faces criticism for not walking the walk; the AP is still questioning Amanda Knox's antics; and Seattle's Catholic pet-owners turn out for iguana blessings.
MOREPosted Thu, Oct 6, 2 a.m. 2011
A new Aldo Leopold documentary is set to premiere in Seattle's U-District, but can it bring the importance of land use and connectivity home to a new generation of conservationists?
MOREPosted Fri, Sep 30, 10:25 a.m. 2011
The political education of former U.S. Attorney John McKay; a tax break for Safeco Field; Patty Murray's partisan email to supporters; Amazon magoozling in California; and Seattle's burgeoning population of bikers.
MOREPosted Wed, Sep 28, 10:10 a.m. 2011
Aviation officials suggest a novel recourse for citizens afflicted by Sea-Tac jet noise.
MOREPosted Tue, Aug 30, 3:20 p.m. 2011
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance hosted Sen. Cantwell and affordable housing advocates at a forum in the impressively renovated Salishan neighborhood. Cantwell said her bill supports a "win-win-win" federal strategy.
MOREPosted Sun, Aug 28, 11:20 a.m. 2011
An urbanist who loves walking finds that pedaling and paddling have their own benefits.
MOREPosted Wed, Aug 3, 6 p.m. 2011
A dedication for a wall memorializing the World War II internment will take place at 10 a.m. on Aug. 6.
MOREPosted Wed, Jun 22, noon 2011
You can learn a lot of things about the economy and the helpfulness of Uncle Sam by driving the interstates from here to St. Paul.
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