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The P-I's D. Parvaz will head to Harvard

Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorialist, pop culture writer, and columnist D. Parvaz has been named a Nieman Fellow and will head off to Harvard University for a year of studying, it was announced Friday, May 16. The Niemans are prestigious fellowships offered by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.

Educated abroad, they are France's new foreign legion

Seattle's French Underground. Seattle's French Underground: Today's graduates are more likely to have studied abroad, and they're more open to leaving France for career opportunities — glamorous and humble. Many of them are settling in metro Puget Sound. Part 3

The Great White hope

It may be the season for finding big white enigmas. In March, scientists spotted a long-rumored white killer whale in Alaska. Closer to home, researchers who have been pawing the sod in search of the Great White earthworm of the Palouse have come up with some surprising new clues about the elusive and possibly endangered creature. Two recent discoveries, one near Moscow, Idaho, and one near Leavenworth, Wash., suggest that the worms are not only out there, they may live farther afield than previously thought.

Washington's million-dollar university president

Mark Emmert, University of Washington president. As Mark Emmert joins two local corporate boards, boosting his yearly income well into seven figures, it's worth asking if he's really earned it. He's a prominent public face for the institution, but he's no scholar and doesn't actually run the university.

Evolution of a think tank

Bruce Chapman. A journalist comes of age with Bruce Chapman, watching him launch Seattle's Discovery Institute and the intelligent design movement.

From butts to beakers: Washington's tobacco settlement money gets to work

When Washington lined up with 45 other states to receive its share of the $206 billion Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement in 1998, it received an extra $500 million. This "tobacco settlement bonus" is now being doled out to a few fortunate scientists in the state.

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The P-I's D. Parvaz will head to Harvard

Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorialist, pop culture writer, and columnist D. Parvaz has been named a Nieman Fellow and will head off to Harvard University for a year of studying, it was announced Friday, May 16. The Niemans are prestigious fellowships offered by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.

Your chance to join the Mod Squad

Puget Sound on Prozac

Arts Beat »

What's killing small theaters? Paying the rent

As urban real estate soars in value, small theaters are finding one third of their budgets going to pay escalating rents and they must spend lots of time looking for affordable venues.

A dissent on Rauschenberg, darling of the avant garde

Jen Graves on Robert Rauschenberg's influence

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Calif. winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi died today at age 94

Mondavi is credited with bringing California, and consequently the U.S., recognition for its wines on par with European wines.

Bill Gates' (property) taxman cometh

REI plans to go solar at 11 stores, though none in Washington

Politics / Government » Eugene McCarthy.

Memories of an intense Oregon primary, 1968

A young cameraman watched the McCarthy-Kennedy contest close up, wrestling with his own issues in a time when "I was scared of my own country."

Gay marriage ruling a political vindication for San Francisco's mayor

A proposal to make all King County elected offices nonpartisan qualifies for the ballot

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Calif. winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi died today at age 94

Mondavi is credited with bringing California, and consequently the U.S., recognition for its wines on par with European wines.

Starbucks' Pike Place Roast is just OK, says Consumer Reports

The long leash of the law

Sports »

After the Winter Olympics, B.C. Place will get a retractable roof

The 25-year-old facility has has a fabric roof, vulnerable to collapse. With a retractable roof, the stadium could have natural grass and be home to the Whitecaps soccer team.

From the NBA championship to homelessness in 30 years

The M's need a smarter management team

Flip Side » Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton, will you please go now!

Flip Side: With apologies to Dr. Seuss and Maureen Dowd.

An alternative reality show

John Moe: Sorry, Seattle, I'm moving away

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Calif. winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi died today at age 94

Mondavi is credited with bringing California, and consequently the U.S., recognition for its wines on par with European wines.

To the envy of Washingtonians, B.C.'s got new ferries

The Space Needle's first cleaning since 1962?!

Recreation / Outdoors »

Bush plan may allow power plants near national parks

Latest move is part of a series of efforts to weaken air pollution regulations near national parks and wilderness areas.

The Space Needle's first cleaning since 1962?!

With polar bears endangered, tourists flock to northern Canada

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