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What to watch? What to cover?

Fri Aug 8, 1:04 PM

Let's see... Russia and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia (and U.S. ally) are at war. The Beijing Olympics have started. And former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards admits to having an affair but denies fathering an... More >>

Toilet Watch, Day 4

Fri Aug 8, 12:44 PM

Watch out Seattle, you've got competition! A spankin' new, 2009 model, self-cleaning toilet from Roswell, Ga. has joined the game. Bidding started at a buck today, (though the owner has set an undisclosed minimum.) Meanwhile, the bids for... More >>

No News Here. Just Jim McDermott Looking Funny

Fri Aug 8, 10:16 AM

(Photo by John Harrington, John Harrington Photography.) Here's our Congressional rep meeting recently with a pair of local insurance agents from New York Life, along with the company CEO (the short guy). For such a peace-loving chap, why does... More >>

Court Rules on Statute of Limitations with Wikiprudence

Fri Aug 8, 9:16 AM

Over a decade ago, Susan Rivas went into Overlake Hospital in Bellevue for a renal angioplasty, a less invasive procedure for fixing blocks in the main artery to the kidneys. There were complications and the next day, July 20, 1996, Rivas was... More >>

Features

  • Dial M for Mistaken
    The supposedly salacious slaying of a Ft. Lewis Army couple isn't all it's been cracked up to be.
    Wednesday, August 06
    When accused murderer Ivette Davila arrives for a hearing scheduled for next week at Fort Lewis, the family and friends of her alleged victims... More >>
  • Can't Quit Clinton
    An ardent group of local Hillary supporters still think their candidate has a shot.
    Wednesday, August 06
    Almost everything has changed for Laura Chelton in the months sinceHillary Clinton conceded the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination to... More >>
  • Gregoire’s History of Rejections
    The Olympia bar incident is merely another milestone in the life of an attorney general turned governor.
    Wednesday, August 06
    Governor Chris Gregoire's appearance at the Olympia bar Hannah's two weekends ago wasn't a first-time thing. In fact, says owner Todd Ruzicka,... More >>
  • The Suits: Happless
    Redmond's persona non grata.
    Wednesday, August 06
    Larry Happ says the City of Redmond banned him from city police headquarters in July 2007 after he told a tour guide: "Be careful. You don't want... More >>
  • Tom Douglas Can’t Stay in the Kitchen
    A chef moves into the thriving real-estate business.
    Wednesday, August 06
    In a new Bellevue subdivision one morning last week, Tom Douglas lingered in the kitchen of a $900,000 home for sale. The tousled-haired... More >>
  • That's Craptastic
    Seattle's $6 million outhouses.
    Wednesday, August 06
    The city's failed effort to sell its public privies on eBay has prompted one man to try to prove there's still demand for them among the... More >>
  • Deep Pockets Still Love Stevens
    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.
    Wednesday, August 06
    Despite his indictment and earlier suspicions he was on the take, Alaska's Ted Stevens, often called Washington's third U.S. Senator, still has a... More >>
  • Letters & Comments
    We heard from all you canine defenders. Boy, did we.
    Wednesday, August 06
    Re: "Blinded by the Bite" by Mike Seely (July 30)WOW! I didn't know ignorant was spelled T-a-f-t. It's not a specific breed that attacked her, it... More >>

National

News from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

Royal Flushed

Becoming a pro poker player isn't as sweet as it sounds
At a poker table, perhaps nothing is more disturbing than a well-tanned man. This is a man of... More >>

Dallas

The Ozz-Man Cometh

After years of touring the nation, Ozzfest 2008 finds a home in Dallas' suburbs
In early April, Bruce Corbitt awoke from a late sleep to find a voicemail awaiting him. It... More >>

Denver

For Colorado Rapids fans, it's hard to be hooligans

(Read more tales of soccer fanaticism -- including a breakdown of some of the game's greatest... More >>

Houston

No Honest Players Among Human Smugglers

Illegal immigrants are subject to pain and death at the hands of their "rescuers" if they don't pay up in full
Bound and gagged, Elmer Nuñez-­Rodriguez watched helplessly as a stocky, dark-haired... More >>

Kansas City

Rock Never Dies: The Pedaljets prove that sometimes it just needs a 20-year time-out

"Giants of May," by the Pedaljets, from The Pedaljets (OxBlood Records): It's July 5, and... More >>

Miami

Pro Poker Hurts

It's not all glitz and glory at the table.
At a poker table, perhaps nothing is more disturbing than a well-tanned man. This is a man of... More >>

Phoenix

Postmodern John McCain: the presidential candidate some Arizonans know — and loathe

I once stood in John McCain's kitchen and watched Cindy cook eggs for their kids. It was still... More >>

San Francisco

The Chief Is In (for Now)

With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.
About three dozen people are gathered at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center for a meeting... More >>

St. Louis

Up Show-Me Creek: Blisters, hellish heat, a boatload of vomit and lots of painkillers. It's all part of the Missouri River 340 race.

Under a nearly full moon, Scott Mansker cruised delicately along the Missouri River in his... More >>

Columns

Krist Novoselic: Contention & Conscious

Rating Top Two, and the Candidates for Secretary of State

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