Stories for Jan. 15, 2009

Vancouver's Olympics are turning to woe

Thu, Jan 15, 3 p.m.

That's okay. You can't get tickets anyway.

A 1999 letter of agreement could prove awkward for Seattle Times Co.

Thu, Jan 15, noon

The agreement, still in force, spells out what would happen if The P-I were to become just a digital paper, and it could put a squeeze on the Times.

Beware the fad of hybrid poplar trees

Thu, Jan 15, 6 a.m.

By Todd Myers

Poplars such as the Pacific albus have limited use, and they create environmental problems of their own: requiring tremendous amounts of water and raising questions about genetic engineering.

Politically, we are three worlds

Thu, Jan 15, 6 a.m.

By Dick Morrill

A close look at the recent local election finds a strongly Democratic urban core, a moderate and independent suburban ring, and a Republican exurbia. Obama took some non-Democratic territory, but with weak coattails, and Rob McKenna captured some Democratic defectors.