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Greg Nickels' rebel yell
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A city of scolds
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As long as we're beating up on the mayor today ...
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Evolution of a think tank
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Washington's million-dollar university president
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Mods versus snobs
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Psst! Wanna see the Viaduct disappear?
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It's not over until Hillary Clinton's cash runs out
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The city's own series of tubes
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Parents on the bench
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Greg Nickels' rebel yell

Mayor Greg Nickels at CityClub. Seattle's mayor waves the flag of secession. In so doing, he may have waved goodbye to a future in state politics.

Why the media have a crush on Obama

Another mayoral spokesperson departs for the same nonprofit

Martin McOmber, senior communications and policy advisor for Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, will leave city employment on Wednesday, April 30, to join Casey Family Programs as communications director. McOmber will feel right at home at Casey, because the managing director of communications there, Marianne Bichsel, was herself spokesperson for the mayor before joining the foundation in Seattle last fall.

Alex Fryer, communications advisor at the Office of Sustainability and Environment, will fill in until the mayor names a new comm director — though the official City Hall announcement today sure makes it sound like the job is Fryer's to lose.

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The Northwest's real fairy tales

When it comes to Northwest legends, we usually think big: There's Bigfoot, D.B. Cooper's Big Heist, Paul Bunyan and his Big Blue Ox — even the Big White Worm of the Palouse. This tradition goes back. When Jonathan Swift documented Gulliver's travels in the early 1700s, he placed the land of the giants, Brobdingnag, in the Pacific Northwest — somewhere between what we know today as British Columbia and Alaska. But we have our mini-myths, as well. Yes, Northwest giants are fun to think about (remember Olaf?), but take a minute to think about our munchkins.

A city of scolds

Smells like ... Chanel No. 5?

Arts Beat » Mark Powell.

Meet the dynamos who make Portland's art music snap and crackle

Four who are scene-shifting classical musicians talk about why they came to Portland, and why "a big small town" can be a more promising place than bigger Seattle for an art-music revolution.

The Greenbank Farm on Whidbey Island is opening an art gallery

Irwin's installation 'Nine Spaces, Nine Trees' is better at UW, but still lacking

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A survey showed there was little voter support for Ballmer's KeyArena plan

Steve Ballmer's investment group conducted the survey, which showed that voters across the state opposed their save-the-Sonics plan by a 2-1 margin.

Texas may claim that Amazon owes millions in sales taxes

Fishing fleet adapts to loss of salmon off Oregon coast

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A survey showed there was little voter support for Ballmer's KeyArena plan

Steve Ballmer's investment group conducted the survey, which showed that voters across the state opposed their save-the-Sonics plan by a 2-1 margin.

10 what-ifs for Hillary's campaign

Joel Connelly interviews Arianna Huffington, who will visit Seattle

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Montana judge allows gray wolf protection lawsuit to move forward

Administration wanted to delay the suit, but judge feared more loss of wolves. 39of 1,500 gray wolves in the Rockies have been killed since losing federal protection in March.

The Northwest's real fairy tales

Irwin's installation 'Nine Spaces, Nine Trees' is better at UW, but still lacking

Flip Side » Golf ball and club.

An alternative reality show

In The Real Husbands of Seattle, power and success come at high costs, but you might have to read between the lines ...

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

Which presidential candidate has a recipe for disaster?

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Northwest Airlines plans to compete on the Seattle-to-Beijing route

By the time daily non-stops are begun next March, it will probably be called Delta Air Lines. In any event, the service will compete with that provided by Hainan Airlines starting next month.

The 787 program is 15 months behind, but some deliveries could be 30 months late

The revenge of the resource economy in the Mountain West

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