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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…

One of Haring's vibrant '80s creations.

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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…

Harrelson (center) shows the good beneath the badge.

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…

Don't sleep with her! She's evil!

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…

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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…

Shown here in the wild, Seattle-area crows are flocking to the city.

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The Crow: One Man’s Pest Is Another’s Scientific Fetish

Finally, proof that the crows downtown are more aggressive than their friends in the ’burbs.

Whitaker doesn’t need healing, but he can heal you!

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…

Hamilton meets the Third World.

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Whatever happened to Outsourced?

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Microsoft Brings Seinfeld Back to Prime Time

Hey, for $10 million we’d hump Vista, too.

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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…

Thomas Hüber takes the lead.

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…

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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,…

Nakatani in more glamorous mode.

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…

As Scientology Expands, So Do Its Naysayers

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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…