Source: The Seattle Times: Local News The list of possible school closures in Seattle rose Wednesday from seven to nine. original story | email this story | comment......
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“The Name Game� at Football Rumor Mill focuses on active coaching searches around the country. The latest edition centers on the Washington Huskies… A Washington coaching search cloaked in secrecy grew only more intriguing Wednesday. Sources confirmed that USC offensive coordinator and assistant head coach Steve Sarkisian had interviewed for the job, while there were also varying reports......
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NAIROBI, Kenya — The luxury American cruise ship steaming across the Gulf of Aden with hundreds of well-heeled tourists just might have been too much for Somali pirates to resist. But the six bandits, riding in two skiffs and firing rifle shots at the gleaming ship, were outrun in minutes when the captain of M/S Nautica gunned the engine and sped away, a spokesman for the company said Tue......
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An editorial in this morning’s Seattle Times calls for a “round of boisterous boos” for an “ube r-politica l artist” who, on behalf of Washington’s 7th Congressional District, fashioned a Christmas ornament for the White House. It’s a big ball with a little message that says, “Impeach Bush.” How embarrassing. Everyone involved has a ......
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According to a new study, Washington is the 10th healthiest state in the nation, up from number twelve, but… Washington has some problems: Low rates of immunizations of young children and of high school graduates. There is also a high disparity in health outcomes associated with where someone lives. And I’m guessing the best way to deal with these disparities isn’t to cut ......
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Melinda at Stand to Reason points out several differences between “ath eist” ; holiday displays (particularly that in Olympia, Washington ) and religious ones: [T]he atheist display doesn’t simply express a tenant of their belief, it is actually mocking the religious displays along side it. A nativity and a mennorrah side by side each express something about the religion......
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Automakers Whining in D.C. Right Now : New York Times liveblogs the welfare queens’ pleading . European Banks Cut Rates : Even in Sweden, they’re fucked . Our treasury might slash mortgage rates, too . Pink Slips Keep Fallin’ On My Head : Layoffs everywhere, all the time . Is There Any Love? : Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency . Mission Accomplished : Condol......
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Surprise. Same-sex marriage ban driven by religion not race. Supporting the ban was 85 percent of evangelical Christians, 66 percent of Protestants and 60 percent of Roman Catholics. I think the fact that only 60% of Roman Catholics supported the ban might be interpreted as a positive. The poll also showed voters who did not attend college supported the ban by a high 69%. More importan......
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* "A conservation group is going to court to force the federal government to consider adding the Pacific walrus to the list of threatened species." Even though this story takes place in Alaska, there is no mention of Sarah Palin, who apparently failed to see this as an opportunity to get National attention. [ Associated Press ] * A California man is suing Apple in court for false adv......
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Canada’s prime minister has asked that Parliament be suspended until next month in an effort to delay a vote that could bring down his new government. A senior official in the office of Stephen Harper said the prime minister made the request, but did … Full Article > > SOURCE FOCUS: More Articles From nwsource.com China’s CNPC gets $3.29 bln UAE pipeline projec......
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This article was referred by skrips of the 44s: Island of Support in the Teen Scene . It’s a story about a group in Seattle called the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) that teaches healthy dating and relationship skills to young women at the high school level.  Through the service, women learn how to stop abuse, how to respect themselves, and how to empower themselv......
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Former U.S. Attorney Mike McKay issued a 57-page report of his findings. Port Commissioner Bill Bryant oversaw McKay’s investigation. A Port of Seattle employee leaked sensitive documents to a major contractor who later made an “ast onishing&# 8221; 30 … Original Post By Google News Click Here For The Entire Article......
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The U.S., Russia and other countries refusing to sign the treaty say cluster bombs have legitimate military uses, such as repelling advancing troop columns. Cluster bomblets are packed by the hundreds into artillery shells, bombs or missiles, which scatter them over vast areas. Some fail to explode immediately. The unexploded bomblets can then lie dormant for years until they are disturbed, ofte......
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“The Name Game� at Football Rumor Mill focuses on active coaching searches around the country. The latest edition centers on the Washington Huskies… Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach could be returning to Seattle for a second interview for the Washington job, a UW source said Wednesday. Leach, considered one of the favorites to replace Tyrone Willingham, was first in town Monday. If the t......
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The Seattle Times: Nation & World – President-elect Obama will likely confront a biological or nuclear attack at home or abroad if the United States and its allies do not act decisively to prevent it, according to a report released this week by a panel created by Congress.......
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The Seattle Times: Books – “Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer” by Fred Kaplan shows that President Lincoln revered language as “the force that makes and moves people and nations.” President-elect Obama was recently spotted with Kaplan’s book tucked under his arm.......
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The Seattle Times – A historical line can be drawn from South Carolina’s Low Country cabins to Michelle Obama, charting an American family’s improbable journey through slavery, segregation, the civil-rights movement and a historic presidential election.......
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...lled three teenagers in a drunken-driving accident, Reggie Rogers, a former NFL first-round draft pick and athlete at the University of Washington, was charged this week with driving … http://sea ttletimes. nwsource.c om/html/lo ca…. .....
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Wire accounts are noting: The U.S. Supreme Court today lifted the federal stay of the execution of Darold Ray Stenson in Washington state, but a state court stay remained in effect. The U.S. Supreme Court today lifted the federal stay of the execution of Darold Ray Stenson in Washington state, but a state court stay remained in effect. In a brief written statement, Justice John Paul St......
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Andrea Useem | Religion Writer Have you ever heard of polyamory? ReligionWriter hadn’t until this summer, when a friend became involved with a man who insisted up front that he was simply not monogamous, and that any relationship they had would be based on the principle of multiple love relationships, openly pursued. Indeed, this man seemed very committed to the idea of non-monogamy — wh......
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So saith a jury of her peers.......
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Boys Basketball Preview | Federal Way at the top - Seattle Times Federal Way coach Jerome Collins says this team could be his best in his 25 seasons. From upper left, counter clockwise: Michael Hale, Jeff Forbes, Andre Barrington, Cole Dickerson, and Isiah Umipig. JIM BATES / THE SEATTLE TIMES Isiah Umipig (1 … Syracuse men’s basketball hosts Cornell - Syracuse Post-Standard ......
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In this decade, we find no difference between the equipment of terrorism and the products of global consumerism : The heavily armed attackers who set out for Mumbai by sea last week navigated with Global Positioning System equipment, according to Indian investigators and police. They carried BlackBerrys, CDs holding high-resolution satellite images like those used for Google Earth maps, and m......
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It’s December, the regular season is over and that magical time of year is just beginning for sketchily-sourced message boarders everywhere. You know what that means -- it’s time to break out the first edition of the Doc’s official 2008 Coach Swap Board: Washington. Everyone and his brother is a candidate for the Huskies -- the Seattle Times even teased Jeff Tedford as &quo......
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