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Microsoft Trying to Steal iPad's Spotlight With Mysterious Product Launch?

Well this was predictable. With the tech world's attention focused squarely on the launch of the iPad, it makes sense that two of Apple's biggest competitors would start furiously waving their ha...

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Serbia Issues Interpol Warrant For Accused War Criminal Peter Egner

Serbia's war crimes court has made it official, last week issuing an international warrant through Interpol for the arrest of accused Nazi war criminal Peter Egner, 88, of Bellevue. According to ...

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Reader: Pearl Jam's Tree-Planting Is a Start, But Far Behind What They Should Do

Reader Nick responds to Members of Pearl Jam Will Likely Be Dead by the Time They 'Mitigate' the Carbon Impact of Their 2009 Tour

"Climate change is a serious issue and one that demands serious ...

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Samantha Kuberski, Six Years Old, Youngest Suicide Victim in Oregon State History

Six-year-old Samantha Kuberski was a happy kid who did well at school. Which is why tragedy was compounded by shock back in January, when medical examiners in Yamhill County, south of Portland, d...

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Clint Didier, Patty Murray Opponent, Would Like to Brawl His Way to Washington

With only a handful of underfunded Republican challengers between her and a fourth term, Senator Patty Murray's path to re-election looks relatively clear. But the GOP's loss is the viewing publi...

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iPad? Amazon Knows Not of This iPad You Speak Of

Apple sold somewhere in the neighborhood of half a million iPads yesterday. So how did Amazon respond to the introduction of a product that may kill its beloved, first-generation e-reader? This s...

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In Defense of Seattle's Kid-Friendliness

I don't have kids. So maybe that automatically excludes me from making the argument that Seattle is a kid-friendly city. Or maybe it's 5 p.m. on a Friday afternoon, the world as we know it is abo...

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