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Whose welfare?

Downtown poor take another social services hit.

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Heavy lifting

When he came back on the telephone, the banker said, “A million dollars would weigh around 20 pounds…

Getting Ready for Rails

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Getting Ready for Rails

Sound Transit is on time and under budget—if you don't count the first five years.

Frank Colacurcio Sr.: enjoying a slice of life.

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Best Nightlife Figure

People, Politics, and Media

$100,000 question

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$100,000 question

School district money comes and goes, but where?

The Home Affront

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The Home Affront

They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on,…

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Veterans Day Address to the Nation

A suggested speech for the president.

After a national search, it turns out the superintendent was just down the hall: Raj Manhas.

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The School Board Flunks Google 101

In rounding up superintendent candidates, it seems no one did their homework. And what about the $63,500 head-hunting…

Julie Anne Kempf.

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Ballot Pox

King County elections chief Julie Anne Kempf was fired in 2002. Now she could face charges that include…

SPD officer Greg Neubert.

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Hate-Crime Allegation

Suing a slain suspect's mother, a white Seattle cop plays the race card.

High-flying crime

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High-flying crime

Boeing's latest fine sends its corporate rap sheet soaring to $100 million in the last three years.

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A blow to the sheriff’s campaign

Let’s see now, Rick Bart must have said to himself: As Snohomish County Sheriff, I’ve got a decent…

Competing points of view at Second Avenue and Madison Street in Seattle.

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Puget Sound’s Conflict

Our dovish region depends on military spending.

Seatttle Monorail Project Executive Director Joel Horn.

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The People Strain

A much-anticipated monorail authority announcement was merely a progress report. Negotiations are to last another 60 to 90…

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Home Front Casualties

Murders and suicides by military personnel might be part of the Iraq war toll.

The champagne judge

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The champagne judge

A new contender for Washington's worst judge.

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Jew here?

The supposedly racy e-mail that led to the 1996 firing of then­King County ombudsman David Krull was entitled…

More bunker bickering

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More bunker bickering

An SPD commander fires back at the state patrol chief over WTO complaints.

Eight decades of tax breaks and fawning politicians weren't enough for Phil Condit.

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Thanks for leaving

Dallas gets Condit, Stonecipher, and an office staff to be named later.

Air Force Undersecretary Teets: serious violations.

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Ethics Ain’t Rocket Science

And so Boeing sends its workers to school for a day.