http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home en-us Copyright 2008 The Seattle Times Company Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:41:02 PST Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:41:02 PST XML::RSS 1 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008420973_edit22arts.html?syndication=rss Seattle art organizations' audience-development and outreach efforts are receiving timely and substantial support from the Wallace Foundation. Editorials & Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008420973_edit22arts.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:52:21 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420970_opin23pitts.html?syndication=rss Despite recent attempts to burnish the image of President George W. Bush, here's the truth: He has overseen a government of legendary intellectual incoherence, where ideology is valued above competence, accountability is valued not at all and one is daily dared to believe the evidence of one's lying eyes. Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420970_opin23pitts.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:48:27 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008421692_kennewicksisters21.html?syndication=rss Two Kennewick sisters whose horses and cattle were seized this summer after they'd wandered onto neighbors' property in Benton County have been ordered to pay $38,409 in restitution to Benton County, and their livestock will be put up for auction on Saturday. Local News http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008421692_kennewicksisters21.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:48:16 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420961_opin23peirce.html?syndication=rss Barack Obama's weekly addresses (being carried on YouTube), combined and strengthened by "social networking" through his motivated Internet-linked network, might be the right combination for the times — presidential leadership combined with community organizing, mobilizing us to act on the most pressing 21st-century challenges. Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420961_opin23peirce.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:47:58 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420964_opin23chapman.html?syndication=rss Given the options for stimulating the present recessionary economy, infrastructure needs should be given top billing. If state and local political leaders can act with dispatch, there are legitimate ways to increase employment using public funds. Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420964_opin23chapman.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:47:15 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420967_opin23brooks.html?syndication=rss The personnel decisions made by Barack Obama and his transition team have been superb. He's off to a start that nearly justifies the hype. Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420967_opin23brooks.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:46:40 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420972_opin23broder.html?syndication=rss Developments at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue last week pointed up the urgency of the nation's health-care problem and the prospects for seeing significant action early in Barack Obama's presidency. Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420972_opin23broder.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:40:42 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008421433_opin22muni.html?syndication=rss The Municipal League of King County urges the Port of Seattle commission to reduce its $8.1 million increase in the proposed 2009 real estate tax. This translates to a increase on property owners whose values are going up and is unwarranted during the current economic downturn. Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008421433_opin22muni.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:40:25 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420977_opin22krugman.html?syndication=rss How much can go wrong with the nation's economy in the two months before Barack Obama takes the oath of office and replaces George W. Bush as the nation's president? A lot. Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420977_opin22krugman.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:40:02 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420975_opin22harrop.html?syndication=rss Democrats were right not to expel Lieberman and for a simple reason: Because he says he wants to be among them. No one has to love him. And, as Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh has noted, Democrats can always revoke his chairmanship later if he acts up. Opinion http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008420975_opin22harrop.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:39:30 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/retailreport/2008421632_retailreportdige21columbia.html?syndication=rss New owner of Columbia Winery signs long-term lease to stay in Woodinville. Retail Report http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/retailreport/2008421632_retailreportdige21columbia.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:16:02 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008421357_zmus21dispatchstg.html?syndication=rss Seattle Theatre Group is having a half-price sale tickets sale for shows at the Paramount and Moore Theatres. The sale goes from 10 a.m. Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, Nov. 27 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28. Music & nightlife http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008421357_zmus21dispatchstg.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:47:02 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008421138_webjohndoe21.html?syndication=rss A Seattle man who had wrapped himself in dozens of false identities for years was sentenced to 30 months in prison today, a lenient term considering the nature of his offense. A federal judge said Scott Andrew Shain's mental health was the only reason he didn't get more time. Local News http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008421138_webjohndoe21.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:45:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008420798_webkingbudget22m.html?syndication=rss Metropolitan King County Council budget leaders presented a 2009 budget today that would protect 19 endangered sheriff's deputy positions and the special courts that send drug addicts and people with mental illness to treatment instead of jail. Local News http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008420798_webkingbudget22m.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:24:15 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008421100_zmus21dispatchkanye.html?syndication=rss Preview Kanye West's highly anticipated fourth album, "808s & HEARTBREAK" before its official release on Nov. 24; it's available now at www.myspace.com/kanyewest. Music & nightlife http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008421100_zmus21dispatchkanye.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:38:14 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008418291_emmert21m.html?syndication=rss Washington State University President Elson Floyd will voluntarily take a $100,000 pay cut starting Jan. 1, and University of Washington President Mark Emmert has decided to forgo a pay raise this year, in response to news that the state's higher-education funding may be cut by 20 percent. Local News http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008418291_emmert21m.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:45:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008418293_idtheft21m.html?syndication=rss Authorities have broken up a gang of gym thieves they say was responsible for using stolen credit cards to buy computers and other electronic equipment, which was then sold for millions of dollars on eBay, according to federal charges. Local News http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008418293_idtheft21m.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:30:40 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sidelinechatter/2008417877_chat21.html?syndication=rss If Saturday's woeful Washington-Washington State game produces a touchdown dance, it ought to be the Kan-Kan. As in Kansas vs. Kansas State, 1987-88. "The... Sideline Chatter http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sidelinechatter/2008417877_chat21.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:46:59 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008418370_boeing21.html?syndication=rss Boeing management warned workers Thursday that employment will fall in 2009 and that layoffs are possible, an ominous sign that even the previously booming aerospace sector is staggering from the worldwide economic downturn. Boeing news http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008418370_boeing21.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:28:13 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008417938_accelerator21.html?syndication=rss Seattle biotech startup GPC-Rx gets backing from the Accelerator to pursue drug design. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008417938_accelerator21.html?syndication=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:06:52 PDT