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  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    'The Dog Whisperer' Murder: If Michiel Oakes Loses Legal Appeal, Will He Reveal Accomplice?

    Even if he loses his murder-conviction appeal, Michiel Oakes could still end up with a shorter sentence. With a prison release date of 2035 for killing dog trainer Mark Stover, Oakes is hoping for a new trial based on a juror's tweets and other challenges. But if he's turned down, would he seek a s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 18, 2012

    Craig Ferguson

    Even if he loses his murder-conviction appeal, Michiel Oakes could still end up with a shorter sentence. With a prison release date of 2035 for killing dog trainer Mark Stover, Oakes is hoping for a new trial based on a juror's tweets and other challenges. But if he's turned down, would he seek a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Dating Sites Sued for Using Dead Soldier's Photo In Ads

    The ads had slogans like "Soldiers Want You!" and "Military Man Looking for Love." The picture next to them was of a smiling U.S. soldier on deployment. But it turns out that the ads showed Army 2nd Lt. Peter H. Burks, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq over four years ago.

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Rachel Beckwith's Amazing Clean-Water Drive: Only Question is Will Donations Top $1 Million?

    Rachel, 9​Rachel Beckwith, you might recall, hoped to raise $300 by her ninth birthday, June 12, 2011, for a safe drinking-water campaign. She fell a little short, but was able to gather $220 in donations before she was fatally injured in a July 20 crash on I-90. Stories about her death incl ... More >>

  • Film

    July 20, 2011

    A Little Help: Jenna Fischer Is Trapped on Long Island

    Rachel, 9​Rachel Beckwith, you might recall, hoped to raise $300 by her ninth birthday, June 12, 2011, for a safe drinking-water campaign. She fell a little short, but was able to gather $220 in donations before she was fatally injured in a July 20 crash on I-90. Stories about her death incl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Doug Hutchinson, 51-Year-Old Lost Actor, Marries 16-Year-Old Miss Teen Washington Participant Courtney Alexis Stodden

    ​You'd be forgiven if the actor Doug Hutchinson's roles in shows like The X-Files ("Tooms"), The Green Mile ("Officer Percy Wetmore"), and Lost ("Horace") require a Google search to help you recall. He's not exactly an A-list actor. He is, however, 51 years old. His new wife, Washington stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Paul Allen Destined for 'Heated Discussion' with 'Rip Off' Artist Bill Gates: Working With Him Was 'Like Being in Hell' Allen Says in New Book

    Hell, circa 1969​His new memoir is not about revenge, Paul Allen says of Idea Man, due out next week. "I just felt it was like an important part of technology history and I should tell it like it happened," says the multi-billionaire. "It," as the world now knows, refers to when Allen, shortly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Justin Bieber Stampede, BP Oil Spill, Watermelon Backfire Claim Top Spots in FAIL Blog's Top FAILS of 2010 (VIDEOS)

    ​Seattle-based internet humor website FAIL Blog just dropped its "Top FAILS of 2010" last night, and, as might be expected, the videos will instantly both lower your intelligence and raise your self esteem--the mark of good internet comedy. Let's take a peek at the winners (or losers, dependin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    A.M. Music News: Oscars, Babs Snoop, and What You Still Can't Sing on Television

    -- MP3: Here's "Anna," a free one from Taken By Trees. The band plays The Triple Door with El Perro Del Mar on Feb. 26. -- Rolling Stone: Academy nominates Randy Newman and T-Bone Burnett for Best Original Song Oscar, snubs Paul McCartney, Jack White, and Karen O. -- LiveDaily: Paramore's plays ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Video: 60 Minutes on Boeing's Border Failure

    Watch CBS News Videos Online In 2006, Boeing won a multibillion-dollar contract to completely revamp the way America protects its borders. One year later, some were already claiming the defense giant's attempts to construct a "virtual fence" across the Mexican border a "high-tech fiasco." 14-minut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    That Other Dying MSM: TV News

    ​In his LA Times media column this morning, James Rainey laments the demise of another LA television news outlet, KCOP, whose operations have been co-opted by Fox affiliate KTTV. He quotes the latter's general manager, Kevin Hale (an Evergreen State College grad and former GM of KSTW Channel 1 ... More >>

  • Arts

    July 22, 2009

    Television: Why Is Cronkite Giving Me the Stinkeye?

    Close encounters with a journalism icon.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Thanksgiving with Cronkite: SW's Theater Critic Remembers

    Writer Kevin Phinney, who reviews theater for Seattle Weekly, lived for years in Austin, where he wrote the book Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture--and also made the acquaintance of Walter Cronkite. Here's Kevin's reminiscence of the great newsman: I met Walter Cronkite wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Sounders, MLS Climb the Ladder: Taylor Graham to Appear on The Price Is Right

    No doubt, the Sounders' inaugural MLS season has been a success--tickets are in high demand (the team's even increased the supply) and there's no shortage of blue-and-green Sounders scarves, flags, and jerseys flapping about Seattle streets. But MLS is still a long haul from the big time; many of it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Cupcake Revamps, Hot Sauce for All, and Other Food News

    Food news stories from around the blogotweetiwebalaxy: Matthew and Iris Amster-Burton on CBS (Roots & Grubs): Seattle Times columnist/Gourmet.com blogger Amster-Burton goes on TV with his daughter to promote Hungry Monkey, his great new book. Is this the beginning of the next Rick & Lanie's Excelle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Pearl Jam lends 16 Hit Songs to CBS' "Cold Case"

    Talk about random. But according to a press release that just came to me an hour ago, the headline above is true. In an unprecedented move, Pearl Jam has given permission to CBS to use 16 yet to be determined hits from their catalog for the two part finale of Cold Case. It's the first time Pearl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    CBS, Tom Coburn, Dow Constantine Wag Fingers at Our Stimulus Spending

    South Park BridgeThere's been no shortage of consternation over how we've spent our stimulus dollars. Seattle is all sorts of unhappy about none of the state-funneled money going to Seattle. And now, reports CBS News, Oklahoma Senator/all-around idiot Tom Coburn--the guy who once said, "That agenda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    The Tournament Is Here!!

    The gorgeous CBS college basketball theme song just kicked in, and in a few minutes, the Big Dance will have begun. Visions of onions are already dancing in Bill Raftery's head. Just a reminder: at roughly 1:45 PM, we'll be hosting our first ever live blog/chat to cover the UW/Miss St. game. The Da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Late Notice: Nate Robinson on Letterman Tonight

    Two-time NBA slam dunk champ and all-around hyperactive local-boy-made-good Nate Robinson will be on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight (11:35, CBS). So you rabid Dawg fans might want to stay up late or set your DVR.

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2008

    The Judy Garland Christmas Special

    Two-time NBA slam dunk champ and all-around hyperactive local-boy-made-good Nate Robinson will be on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight (11:35, CBS). So you rabid Dawg fans might want to stay up late or set your DVR.

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2008

    Seattle International Stand-Up Comedy Competition

    Two-time NBA slam dunk champ and all-around hyperactive local-boy-made-good Nate Robinson will be on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight (11:35, CBS). So you rabid Dawg fans might want to stay up late or set your DVR.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    Server Reboot Wednesday: TV Guide Edition

    Two-time NBA slam dunk champ and all-around hyperactive local-boy-made-good Nate Robinson will be on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight (11:35, CBS). So you rabid Dawg fans might want to stay up late or set your DVR.

  • Film

    October 1, 2008

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People: Simon Pegg Is No Cary Grant

    Two-time NBA slam dunk champ and all-around hyperactive local-boy-made-good Nate Robinson will be on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight (11:35, CBS). So you rabid Dawg fans might want to stay up late or set your DVR.

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2008

    Live Music Tonight: Blind Melon (Seriously)

    Two-time NBA slam dunk champ and all-around hyperactive local-boy-made-good Nate Robinson will be on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight (11:35, CBS). So you rabid Dawg fans might want to stay up late or set your DVR.

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    I Heard This: Paul Shaffer Does Audioslave's 'Cochise'

    Two-time NBA slam dunk champ and all-around hyperactive local-boy-made-good Nate Robinson will be on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight (11:35, CBS). So you rabid Dawg fans might want to stay up late or set your DVR.

  • Arts

    November 22, 2006

    Laugh Riot

    On the road with the club warriors and alt-comics of Seattle’s stand-up Olympics.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2006

    Drunken Dialing

    On the road with the club warriors and alt-comics of Seattle’s stand-up Olympics.

  • Arts

    April 5, 2006

    Seeing "Double"

    Paul Allen's new art exhibit at EMP invites controversy. Plus: News about choreographer Mark Morris, and cartoonist Michael Dougan.

  • News

    November 16, 2005

    Ross Perot in '08

    The unlikely return of a candidate—or at least his voters.

  • Film

    October 12, 2005

    See It Now, All Over Again

    Don't believe the liberal media, George Clooney powerfully reminds us—unless you're prepared to live with the grim alternative.

  • News

    April 13, 2005

    The Homeland, the Law, and the Arts.

    Don't believe the liberal media, George Clooney powerfully reminds us—unless you're prepared to live with the grim alternative.

  • Diversions

    February 23, 2005

    Boob Tube

    Don't believe the liberal media, George Clooney powerfully reminds us—unless you're prepared to live with the grim alternative.

  • News

    September 29, 2004

    Censorship Begins at Home

    In the current climate, ignorance is seen as strength.

  • Food

    February 25, 2004

    Hot Dish

    In the current climate, ignorance is seen as strength.

  • Diversions

    February 11, 2004

    War Heads

    In the current climate, ignorance is seen as strength.

  • News

    November 12, 2003

    Red Dawn

    There's growing proof that America lost the Cold War.

  • Diversions

    November 12, 2003

    Saving Face

    Steve Wiecking

  • Arts

    September 3, 2003

    On the Same Page

    Is our local books culture just a liberal echo chamber?

  • Diversions

    August 27, 2003

    Comfortably Numb

    Is our local books culture just a liberal echo chamber?

  • Diversions

    July 2, 2003

    Bum Rap

    The Supreme Court says I can legally have anal sex in Texas now, and I'm just elated.

  • Arts

    June 11, 2003

    June 1118

    The Supreme Court says I can legally have anal sex in Texas now, and I'm just elated.

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    War Correspondence

    How local news outlets are covering the conflict.

  • Diversions

    October 2, 2002

    Tuned In

    How local news outlets are covering the conflict.

  • News

    October 31, 2001

    Homeland insecurity

    How local news outlets are covering the conflict.

  • News

    September 19, 2001

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

    How local news outlets are covering the conflict.

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    SQUISHING CHANNELS

    Cramming 10 pounds of TV into a two-pound bag.

  • Film

    November 3, 1999

    The Insider

    Truth is the first casualty of the tobacco wars.

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Lists of the '90s

    Instant Nostalgia issue

  • News

    October 14, 1998

    Letters

    Medved vents

  • News

    April 29, 1998

    Shift-Control-PR

    Medved vents

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