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The Apostles. Sam Brown is second from left.

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Elegy of a Snitch

Sam Brown was a gospel singer, drug dealer, and police informant. That last job apparently got him killed.

A clean start?

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A clean start?

Michael Preston says his troubled past is not an issue as he contemplates a run for higher office.

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Now, a Mere $7 Billion

Does Kevin Phelps have real answers, or has he merely succumbed to monorail boosters' Kool-Aid?

McCain: keeping the heat on Boeing and the Air Force.

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‘Embarrassing Don’

New Air Force e-mails released by Sen. John McCain throw light on the Boeing tanker scandal.

Water hazards

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Water hazards

Paul Allen's golf course may get a temporary thirst quencher.

Settlement restores Bill Gates' youth.

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News Clips— Redmond rules

IF THE LOOMING Microsoft antitrust settlement were an Xbox game, Trustbusters with rocket guns would relentlessly whittle pointy-helmeted…

The new power buyers

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The new power buyers

Microsoft greases the skids in a big way and becomes the state's top corporate donor to politicians.

The searcher: Tom Jensen keeps looking for clues.

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Still unsolved?

Detective Tom Jensen is "just getting started" in Green River killer case.

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Solid as an ’88 Sable

Boeing's Apache helicopters are lying low in Kosovo.

Is Tim O'Brian's beloved Georgetown endangered by Philip Services' chemical-waste plant?

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Fire danger

A toxic-waste plant in Georgetown mishandled a fire.

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What Now?

Seattle's police chief considers the aftermath of McLaughlin's murder.

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Civil rights

Cop sues city

News Clips— It's déjà vu all over again

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News Clips— It’s déjà vu all over again

IF YOU’RE KEEPING score at home, porn king Roger Forbes appears to have trumped City Attorney Mark Sidran…

Produce broker Bill Bloxom in SoDo, with the rail yard and the Seattle schools headquarters behind him.

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Monorail Roadkill

It isn't easy being in the path of the Green Lineunless, of course, you've got business or governmental…

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People, Politics, and Media

Bachmeier receives a $30,000 state pension while imprisoned for murder.

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A decade of mayhem

Killer-cop Mathias Bachmeier's crime tab keeps on rising.

Former Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher and new CEO James Bell (inset).

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From CEO to Cipher

Boeing's chief ethicist—the CEO—is fired for having an affair with a D.C.-based vice president.

Paper tiger

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Paper tiger

Daily newspapers ain't what they used to be.

J.D. Alexander

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A Real Newspaper Guy

J.D. Alexander, editor and publisher of the P-I, is an old-school, up-from-the-newsroom newsie who runs his fiefdom with…

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Supreme Retort

On the lam, cranky journalist Paul Trummel scores a First Amendment victory.