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Puzzling justice

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Puzzling justice

Does Kimberlee McDonald's case reveal prosecutors bent on revenge or a con artist working the system?

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Religious war?

Scholars debate the role of religion in bin Laden's campaign against the West.

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The doctor is out

Squeezed by low managed-care reimbursements and burdensome anti-fraud rules, local docs and hospitals drop their Medicare patients.

Where's the 'rithmetic?

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Where’s the ‘rithmetic?

If Rainier Beach High School has far fewer resources than Ballard, why didn't it spend $369,000 of its…

Ladies of soul: Wellington chefs Cynthia Hobbs (left) and Bea Holbert.

Eat Drink Toke

Sloooow Soul

The Wellington's food is worth the wait.

Put to the Test

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Put to the Test

The WASL is too difficult for most students. What happens when its a graduation requirement?

Former Microsoft temporary worker Marcus Courtney, in the WashTech war room.

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The Outsourcing Source

For the latest rhetoric against sending tech jobs overseas, Seattle-based WashTech is a national journalist's first phone call.

New School principal Gary Tubbs knows he has something to prove.

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What Can Money Buy?

As millionaire Stuart Sloan adopts a second school, test scores are beginning to come in for his first—and…

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S.O.S. at KCTS

'Opaque' finances lead a production consultant to call for the CEO's resignation.

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Birth Control

When did the movement to empower pregnant women to make informed choices turn into a guilt-laden cult?

Benson: hanging in there.

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Gay Evangelicals

Are they an oxymoron? Not entirely. Just ask Deacon Peter Benson.

Holly's Hall: Monica Hall had to camp out to secure a home at NewHolly.

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Rich House, Poor House

NewHolly, Southeast Seattle's experimental public-housing development, proves attractive to middle-class and low-income families alike.

Leave it be! Neighbors fight to save forests.

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Snoqualmie’s qualms

Residents battle a new development next to Snoqualmie Falls.

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BETTER TV IN BACKWATERSThanks to Ms. Shapiro for her work on the

BETTER TV IN BACKWATERSThanks to Ms. Shapiro for her work on the nation’s most pathetic public-TV station [“Negative…

Something for the Kiddies

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Something for the Kiddies

Keep it simple, and make your favorite tykes smile

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Advanced Displacement

Closing public schools and limiting choice would save little, squeeze successful programs, and alienate those who can flee.

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The Immigrant Vote

Proposed initiatives would crack down on illegals at the polls and on welfare rolls.

CSI Snoqualmie: The Wilderness Awareness School's tracking club tries to decipher paw prints in the sand.

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Wilderness Snoops

Trained trackers can teach you the art of solving nature's mysteries—and human ones, too.

Susan and Nathan Conners of Normandy Park working on science and social studies at home—because they get short shrift at school. In the world of WASL, the three R's rule the classroom.

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The Stress Test

Choose all that apply: (a) The WASL was intended to improve schools and pupil performance. (b) It's become…

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In Stanford We Trust

The charismatic chief brings vision and energy to Seattle's schools. But has he done what he claims? And…