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    State Politics, Local Politics, Media, and Current Affairs
    State Politics, Local Politics, Media, and Current Affairs
    October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    State Politics Safeco Insurance CEO Mike McGavick is quitting his job next month to explore a 2006 Republican bid for…

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    This Week’s Cover
    This Week’s Cover
    October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Seattle Weekly print-edition cover November 12 – 18, 2003 Cover illustration by Johanna Goodman  

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    The education coach
    The education coach
    By Rick Anderson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    UW/Neuheisel pact shows how to win without playing.

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    Is parking money scandalous at the Pike Place Market?
    The money trail
    By George Howland Jr. • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The sudden appearance of $800,000 raises suspicions at the Pike Place Market.

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    Wings of Commerce
    Wings of Commerce
    By Joanne Garrett • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Angel-themed items are everywhere.

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    Boeing’s discount jets
    Boeing’s discount jets
    By Rick Anderson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Customers can pick up flawed ‘factory seconds’ at bargain prices. Have you flown a ‘blem’ lately?

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    News Clips— Pork: the other white meat
    News Clips— Pork: the other white meat
    By Rick Anderson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    If bringing home the pork is the measure, U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Slade Gorton gave good politics last year….

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    Notorious namesakes
    Notorious namesakes
    By Brian Miller • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    King County isn’t the only local place name with an unsavory past.

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    Patently mine
    Patently mine
    By Mark D. Fefer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The US Patent office has opened the door to all kinds of new patent claims. Microsoft and Amazon are in the first test cases.

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    Helen Thomas: "I wrote dull copy."
    A Legacy of Truth
    By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Interviewing Helen Thomas is sort of like preparing dinner for a world-renowned chef. It’s a tad intimidating. It’s hard to…

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    How bad is Al?
    How bad is Al?
    By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    For most progressives, this presidential election is not a choice between Al Gore and George W. Bush. It is a…

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    The Sims
    The Sims
    By Knute Berger • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    There’s the Ron you like, and the Ron you don’t.

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    Is Seattle a Mean Drunk?
    Is Seattle a Mean Drunk?
    By Knute Berger • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Our incoherent approach to alcohol.

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    Prentice says the online gambling ban hurts tribal casinos, but other gambling experts disagree.
    Happy to Play Nanny
    By Philip Dawdy • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Sen. Margarita Prentice is behind the controversial state crackdown on online gambling. But what kind of hand is she really playing?

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    Ask the smart pig
    Ask the smart pig
    By Eric Scigliano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Don’t count the cross-Cascade fuel pipeline out just yet. Officials of the Olympic Pipe Line Company, which runs the north-south…

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    KATHY LEE’S NOT THE DARK SIDE?Having never been on a cruise, all
    KATHY LEE’S NOT THE DARK SIDE?Having never been...
    October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    KATHY LEE’S NOT THE DARK SIDE?Having never been on a cruise, all I can envision is Kathy Lee belting out…

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    Protesters at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building.
    Never Enough Peace
    By George Howland Jr. • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The politics of keeping a movement alive after the war.

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    Bones of Contention
    Bones of Contention
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    How the discovery of a 9,000-year-old skeleton on the Columbia River may sink the land-bridge theory of North American settlement and has pitted science against Native American rights.

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    Stealth nonprofit
    Stealth nonprofit
    By Mark Worth • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    For those fighting gentrification downtown, enemies sometimes come disguised as friends.

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    Chemical cops
    Chemical cops
    By Terry J. Allen • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Critics charge too little is known about the health effects of the tear gas and pepper spray used by Seattle police during the WTO demonstrations.

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