Stories for Jan. 24, 2012

State of the Union: Beyond mad as hell and wanting straight talk

Tue, Jan 24, 1:30 p.m.

It's been a season of Reality TV taken to a new level by the squabbling GOP field. Can the president better articulate our need for leadership?

Midday Scan: Gay marriage! Religious sensitivities clash and a kill-joy referendum looms

Tue, Jan 24, 11 a.m.

By Pete Jackson

Washington gains a major windfall in the fight for gay marriage. Meanwhile, Washington's between-a-man-and-a-woman purists are already plotting its demise and at least one Westerner is too busy allegedly fomenting Russian revolution to weigh in.

Bellevue's rendezvous with an urban destiny

Tue, Jan 24, 2 a.m.

By David Brewster

Updated: The 'Tateuchi Truce' over the Sound Transit wars on the Eastside made clear what a catalyst for an urbanized Eastside this long-aborning cultural center has become.

Four keys for Romney to win the marathon

Tue, Jan 24, 2 a.m.

By John Carlson

Gingrich won in South Carolina by landing blows against CNN's John King, not Mitt Romney. But a renewed GOP race does Romney a favor, because he has to respond to the kind of attacks Democrats would use later.