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The strange case of Washington's newest newspaper publisher

Posted Tue, Jan 31, 2 a.m.

What do foreclosure notices and publishing community newspapers have to do with each other? Quite a bit, particularly for a publisher of three Washington papers.

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The plan to preserve Seattle's beloved book sanctuaries

Posted Fri, Jan 27, 2 a.m.

Marcellus Turner, Seattle's new City Librarian, talks about why Seattleites love their libraries and how he plans to keep things that way. Even in the midst of budget cuts.

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'Snow wimps'? Who is the 'LA Times' calling a wimp?

Posted Fri, Jan 20, 12:30 a.m.

A newspaper that serves a population freaked out by rain shouldn't be surprised if Seattle's steep hills and unusual climatic conditions -- including wet, icing-prone snowfalls -- combine to make for genuine difficulties.

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Weekend Tech Scan: PlayOn and PlayLater offer TV and films, no TV set needed

Posted Sat, Dec 31, 2 a.m.

With PlayOn and PlayLater installed on your computer, you can watch and record scads of TV shows and movies, then watch them on your smartphone or tablet anywhere.  And yes, it's legal.

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Dewey beats Stassen: Republicans hold a real debate

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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Crosscut needs your help in its year-end drive

Posted Wed, Dec 21, 12:05 p.m.

With the tax year ending, please consider a tax-deductible donation to the cause of quality local journalism. We have a daily prize, to nudge you into helping this fine civic cause.

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Weekend tech scan: Google TV's flagship system may be dead, but it's still a great deal

Posted Sat, Dec 17, 2 a.m.

Google finally gets its Google TV software right - making the prematurely terminated Logitech Revue one of technology's liveliest corpses.

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Seattle process: Neighbors diverge on a diversion facility

Posted Wed, Dec 14, 2 a.m.

An emergency treatment facility for people in psychiatric or drug crises on the streets was to save taxpayers the high cost of hospitals and jails. Some skeptical residents reached a Good Neighbor Agreement with DESC. Others filed an opposing lawsuit.

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Will Occupy find its voice?

Posted Thu, Dec 1, 2 a.m.

A Crosscut reporter who covered the Berkeley drama of Dec. 2, 1964, that made Mario Savio a leader of a similar movement wonders about the prospects for today's activist movement.

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Midweek Tech Scan: Broadband for Seattle?

Posted Wed, Nov 16, 12:55 p.m.

Mayor McGinn and the UW promote more broadband coverage; Microsoft holds its annual stockholders confab; and thePlatform explains what the heck it does.

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Struggling newsstand a last bastion of real Pike Place character

Posted Wed, Nov 16, 2 a.m.

Owner Lee Lauckhart has kept First and Pike News afloat through the folding of major newspapers across the country. But news isn't all he sells. The stand has served as a gathering place for the market's biggest characters, giving birth to a community of zany locals with Lauckhart at its core.

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In public radio ethics, it's who you are that counts

Posted Tue, Nov 15, 2 a.m.

NPR and its affiliates fire freelancers and dump a music show because of Occupy Wall Street connections. But it treated star host Scott Simon very differently when he took a controversial stand out here.

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Kent Kammerer, neighborhood activist and writer, dies at 78

Posted Mon, Nov 14, 3 p.m.

A retired teacher, Kammerer brought curiosity, skepticism, and human warmth to all of his subjects.

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Ruling on trooper's death: more suspense in unprecedented case

Posted Fri, Oct 21, 6 p.m.

The mother of Trooper Ronda Reynolds faces another delay in the long effort to get her daughter's death treated as a murder.

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UW, Seahawks get a little disrespect

Posted Thu, Oct 20, 4 p.m.

The local football teams may be on a bit of a roll. But you couldn't tell it from the betting lines this week.

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Post-conference blues at the King 5 hackathon?

Posted Wed, Oct 19, 12:31 p.m.

King 5's hackathon last weekend was the first event organized by a major broadcasting company to code innovative new programs to deliver and gather news. But will the winners of this weekend's ideas conference just fizzle out like other hackathon projects?

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The GOP debate in Vegas: a lemon

Posted Tue, Oct 18, 8:27 p.m.

The basic situation for the candidates remained static after this poorly managed debate on CNN. But it was revealing of some personality traits.

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The Amanda Knox obsession: all about us

Posted Tue, Oct 18, noon

The public and media obsession speaks to a problem in our narcissistic culture. We could wrestle with our issues about violence in a healthier way through serious art.

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Thanks, readers, for putting us over the Membership goal

Posted Mon, Oct 17, 9:45 p.m.

Final drawing results for prizes, toting up the good news, and a little further explanation of what it is Crosscut is trying to do.

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At Crosscut, a new emphasis on our communities coping with hard times

Posted Tue, Oct 11, 2 a.m.

Crosscut launches a new initiative, in the context of struggling local media companies, including two the author once worked for.

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Midday Scan: Ed Murray into the lion's den on taxes; new shot at light rail to Federal Way

Posted Tue, Feb 7, 10:45 a.m.

The improbable edition: Ed Murray won on gay marriage, but does he have any idea what he will be up against on a capital gains tax? Oregon lawmakers try to make it a crime to gather a flash mob. And a Republican has an idea on how to extend light rail to Federal Way.

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Midday Scan: Internationalizing at UW; saving useless tax breaks

Posted Mon, Feb 6, 10:45 a.m.

To deal with the draconian cuts by legislators, the University of Washington is admitting more high-tuition students from China. And those same legislators are so scared of raising business taxes that they can't even eliminate tax breaks that no one uses.

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Midday Scan: Outside groups lining up on marriage; Olympia may expand secrecy

Posted Fri, Feb 3, 11:02 a.m.

A national group mobilizes to help get a referendum against gay marriage on the ballot. Another group talks up a Starbucks boycott on the issue. And legislators want to cut further into the Public Records Act. Members of Congress tussle over light rail on bridge across Columbia to Portland.

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Midday Scan: Commitment time for gay lovers? Bellevue raiding Seattle schools? Higher ed for Olympia's dullards

Posted Thu, Feb 2, 10:45 a.m.

No more excuses about marriage for some folks. Bellevue wants what Seattle has lost. Green jobs: not going according to the plan.

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Midday Scan: Oregon election; marriage vote; understanding Amazon?

Posted Wed, Feb 1, 11 a.m.

Residents in Oregon's 1st Congressional District made their choice known in a special election. Olympia is about to see a special moment in gay rights' history.

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Foreclosure notices stay with print papers

Posted Tue, Jan 31, 7:40 p.m.

State newspaper publishers effectively rallied against a bill in the state Legislature that would have favored a new publisher with roots in the foreclosure industry.

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Midday Scan: UW losing faculty; Cantwell's cash; Republicans for pot

Posted Tue, Jan 31, 11 a.m.

What happens when the Legislature and governor keep cutting higher ed? Surprise (or not): Other states notice and start looking to raid the faculty. 

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Midday Scan: UW prez blasts U.S. prez; legislators like election day registration; homeless booted

Posted Mon, Jan 30, 11 a.m.

Michael Young and other university presidents are angry about Obama's criticism of rising tuition bills. County election offices are worried about a brainstorm in Olympia. WSDOT moves in to move homeless from under viaduct.

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A local comic brew debuts online. Just don't call it 'Seattleandia'.

Posted Tue, Jan 31, 2 a.m.

'Local Brew' delivers real laughs and captures real Seattle moments. Best of all, it revives the shambolic, do-it-yourself spirit that made Seattle fun.

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Midday Scan: No secrets for McKenna, Inslee on marriage vote; guilt by association in Oregon

Posted Fri, Jan 27, 11:06 a.m.

How you going to vote? McKenna and Inslee are on record. In Oregon, a photo is being used in dubious fashion to try to discredit a candidate. Phil Knight talks up Joe Paterno's memory.

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Ross Douthat: Press favoritism clear in Planned Parenthood vs. Komen "Conservative complaints about media bias are sometimes overdrawn. But on the abortion issue, the press’s prejudices are often absolute, its biases blatant and its blinders impenetrable."

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Is the state's open records law at risk? The Herald reports, "The Legislature, spurred by tales of people using records requests to harass government officials, is considering changing state law to let bureaucrats and their lawyers step up resistance to releasing paperwork."

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Tom Brokaw slams his role in a Romney ad Politico reports, "NBC News and Tom Brokaw are loudly objecting to the Mitt Romney campaign's use of footage from the 1990s in an ad blasting Newt Gingrich over his House ethics charges."

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The Internet is a boon to the flat-earth societies It greatly facilitates the spread of conspiracy theories and crackpot beliefs.

Facebook cares about privacy: its own privacy You don't think Facebook goes to extraordinary lengths to protect privacy? It tried to get journalists invited to its Seattle offices to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

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