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Microsoft has announced plans to buy back $40 billion worth of its
Microsoft has announced plans to buy back $40 billion worth of its own stock. Presently trading around $25…
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On the one hand, Nathan Myhrvold was smart enough to retire from
On the one hand, Nathan Myhrvold was smart enough to retire from MSFT before the stink of VIsta…
Film
PICK The Universe of Keith Haring: Honoring the Art-World Star of 80s New York
Equally a portrait of the artist and of a decade, this celebratory documentary makes the short, accelerated life…
Arts & Culture
How to Spot a Canuck: Kerry Colburn
The frenemy is among us. But how can we identify this well-mannered, self-effacing menace from the great white…
Film
Battle in Seattle: At Last, Our WTO Protests Hit the Silver Screen
No movie made in Seattle has had so much positive local brand awareness as Battle in Seattle, even…
Film
Cthulhu: Seattle Monorail Enthusiast Turns to the Dark(er) Side
Written and produced by local ex-politico Grant Cogswell, who once championed the monorail, Cthulhu is a no less…
News
The New York Times reports that Google is starting to root around
The New York Times reports that Google is starting to root around in the basements of newspapers, where…
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The Crow: One Mans Pest Is Anothers Scientific Fetish
Finally, proof that the crows downtown are more aggressive than their friends in the burbs.
Film
Ripple Effect: Forest Whitaker Wants You to Bang His Wife
One day you ask your neighbor to borrow a cup of sugar. The next, you win an Oscar…
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As we reported last summer, the small north end municipality of Lake
As we reported last summer, the small north end municipality of Lake Forest Park doesn’t take kindly to…
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What kind of bizarre scientific experiment is being conducted in West Edge?
What kind of bizarre scientific experiment is being conducted in West Edge? Out on Spring Street this afternoon,…
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We love to run this photo, any time we can find an
We love to run this photo, any time we can find an excuse to run this photo. But…
Film
To the Limit: German climbers philosophize in Yosemite National Park
Seattle is full of climbers like me who perhaps once dreamed of ascending the fabled Nose route on…
News
Now riding solo at MSFT, Steve Ballmer will do anything to save
Now riding solo at MSFT, Steve Ballmer will do anything to save the fluster-cluck that is Vista. Unhappy…
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Who knows whether it’s true or not? Still, it’s fun to link
Who knows whether it’s true or not? Still, it’s fun to link to the possibly scurrilous Gizmodo report…
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While Amazon and other online retailers are doing just fine, the second
While Amazon and other online retailers are doing just fine, the second quarter wasn’t so kind to Nordstrom,…
Film
Happily Ever After: Domestic discontent in Japan
I’m pretty sure that’s a fake mole glued on the nose of actress Miki Nakatani—a badge, as it…
News
As Scientology Expands, So Do Its Naysayers
Masked protesters are taking to Seattle streets as the church eyes new facilities downtown and in lower Queen…