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Teachers Union Bristles at New Coalition's Effort to Muscle In on Contract Negotiations

Contract negotiations began this week between Seattle Public Schools and the teachers union, and the atmosphere is already getting testy--but not between the parties you might expect. Seattle Edu...

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Paul Wright's Prison Magazine Consolidates, Moves East

Another Seattle law-related publication is folding its tent, but, unlike Washington Law & Politics at least, Prison Legal News will continue to publish elsewhere. In a cost-saving move, the curren...

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A Special Tax Day "Howdy" From Your Friendly Local Tea Party

Lonely? Single? Tired of the damn guhverment taking all yer dang money? Then head on down to Westlake Park! Who knows, you may just meet the woman of your nightmares dreams.
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Troy Meade's Murder Trial Hinges on One Moment, Two Different Opinions

Troy Meade is the first Snohomish County police officer ever to be charged for a shooting in the line of duty. And it's likely his freedom will be determined by how much a jury believes his versi...

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Reader: A Cab Is Cheaper Than a DUI

Reader Moe responds to Restaurateur Mike McConnell Gives His Version of DUI: He Refused Shakedown

"Driving after drinking can make you do stupid things. Even if you've only had a couple of beer...

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Did Trading For a Quarterback Who's Never Thrown a Pass Keep the Seahawks From Getting Brandon Marshall?

Trading for a 27-year-old career backup quarterback whose never taken a regulation snap is a risk. But last month's swap for Charlie Whitehurst just might have kept the Seahawks from taking an ev...

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Did Trading For a Quarterback Whose Never Thrown a Pass Keep the Seahawks From Getting Brandon Marshall?

Trading for a 27-year-old career backup quarterback whose never taken a regulation snap is a risk. But last month's swap for Charlie Whitehurst just might have kept the Seahawks from taking an ev...

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Kennewick Woman Who Cut Fetus Out of Expectant Mother Deemed Sane

Phiengchai Synhavong may not be crazy. But the crime she's accused of committing certainly is.

In June of 2008, the 23-year-old Laotian woman from Kennewick enticed an acquaintance into the back...

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Sonicsgate Gets Nominated for a Webby Award

- The documentary Sonicsgate is one of many Seattle-area nominees for this year's Webby Awards -- the Oscar/Emmy/everything of the internet.

- Panhandling ordinance pusher (and Malcolm Gladwell...

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New Ad Campaign for Hotmail Is Everything We Expect From Microsoft--Awkward, Baffling, Hard to Escape

As Caleb observed yesterday, even on those occasions when Microsoft has a really great product to offer, somehow the presentation is always a little...off. They're just trying too hard. Or overth...

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