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2nd suspicious envelope sent to Seattle newspaper

For the second day in a row, a hazardous materials team has gone to The Seattle Times after a suspicious envelope was found.

Too narrow trench could cost Port of Seattle $1M

A tiny mistake — about half the thickness of a dime — could end up costing about $1 million at the Port of Seattle. The Seattle Times reports Wednesday that a contractor at the port's Terminal 30 near Safeco Field dug a trench for an electrical cable that was 0.02 of an inch too narrow.

APME announces awards for outstanding journalism

An investigation into the spread of a deadly drug-resistant staph germ at hospitals in Washington state earned The Seattle Times a Public Service Award on Monday from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.

Joe Montana's son headed to Washington

Just like his dad, Nick Montana will wear a golden helmet in college. Unlike his famous father, he'll be doing it on the shores of Lake Washington and not under the watchful eye of Touchdown Jesus.

Last P-I printed, Seattle becomes a journalism lab

Patrick Sheldon has been a loyal reader of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer since 1965, when his dad started buying it because he preferred its sports coverage to that of rival Seattle Times.

500 workers at Seattle Times to take week unpaid

About 500 managers and non-union workers at The Seattle Times are being asked to take a week off without pay as financial troubles mount.

Seattle Drops Subpoenas for Newspaper

The city attorney's office has withdrawn subpoenas issued to three Seattle Times reporters that had asked them to identify confidential sources cited in stories about police misconduct.

City Subpoenas 3 Seattle Times Reporters

The city has issued subpoenas to three Seattle Times reporters, demanding they identify confidential sources cited in stories about police misconduct so that the city can defend itself against a defamation lawsuit brought by a fired police officer.

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Fireplace ban mulled in Southern California
Source: The Seattle Times

Throwing a few logs on the fire on a nippy evening, or boosting a home's market appeal by advertising its wood-burning fireplace, could...

Between the Seams | Recalling Bo Jackson's days in baseball
Source: The Seattle Times

Twenty years after his rookie season, his baseball exploits remain mythical to those lucky enough to have seen him.

And the winner is ...
Source: The Seattle Times

Well, I'll get to that in a moment. But first some interesting findings from the P.O.P. general election guessing game. (I originally called it an "election contest" but that caused palpitations among some Seattle lawyers still recovering from 2004's contested...

"The Lost Daughter" is hardly a parenting guide
Source: The Seattle Times

"The Lost Daughter," is about as sentimental in its view of parenting as a Mother's Day card inscribed in battery acid. But if they are not for the psychologically squeamish, Ferrante's riveting accounts of women confronting their darkest fears.

Pro-Reform Rally In Seattle Ignored By Media
Source: The Huffington Post

3,000 people attended a rally for health care reform in Seattle, WA. So why was there no media coverage?

Solar power in Seattle? It may not boost a home's price but can cut energy bills
Source: The Seattle Times

The Northwest's well-earned reputation for cloud cover does make solar energy a tough path to "getting off the grid" — disconnecting from the local public utility and producing all of a household's energy needs by alternative means — but more homeowners in the Seattle area ar …

First Amendment injury
Source: The Seattle Times

How many readers believe the noisy protesters disrupting public discussions of health-care reform are on the payroll of the opponents? Community forums and town-hall meetings are under siege by premeditated displays of disaffection with Democratic members of Congress. One can...

Fewer teens having sex, report finds
Source: The Seattle Times

The latest government snapshot of children\'s well-being also reports more teens are using condoms, and the teen birth rate is at a new low.

"I am both Muslim and Christian"
Source: The Seattle Times

The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding is practicing two religions she says are compatible at the most basic level, but many religious scholars insist the two are mutually exclusive.

Unheralded decathlon champ Bryan Clay is back at it for 2012
Source: The Seattle Times

Here's something everyone should know about winning the gold medal in the decathlon -- and that fancy "World's Greatest Athlete" tag that comes along with it: "It doesn't get me out of anything," says Bryan Clay, relaxing on the porch of his in-law's Phinney Ridge home this week.

Three strikes and I'm out against UW softball ace
Source: The Seattle Times

Three things I'll never be able to do: Dance like a young Michael Jackson. Too stiff. Win Mr. Universe. Too, uh, traditionally handsome. And hit a pitch from Danielle Lawrie. Too mortal.

Woman arrested, charged after depositing meth in ATM
Source: The Seattle Times

A woman told police she mistakenly deposited a bag of methamphetamine into her account at an ATM in Bremerton. She says in charging papers...

Mariners-A's game thread, May 1
Source: The Seattle Times

M'S WIN, M'S WIN --- One of the more amazing finishes you are likely to see as Jose Lopez fouled off nine straight pitches from Russ Springer with two outs before hitting a liner to right field for the winning...

Body of missing Tacoma girl found
Source: The Seattle Times

A suspect in the case of a missing 12-year-old Tacoma girl directed police to her body today, ending a week-long search after her July 4...

Cameron Dollar to Seattle U.
Source: The Seattle Times

A story on this should be up shortly but three sources have told the Times tonight that UW assistant Cameron...

Kathy Casey on the move -- in more ways than one
Source: The Seattle Times

Life's been busier than usual for Seattle's whirling dervish of Dish Kathy Casey, who has announced plans to relocate Kathy Casey Food Studios and Liquid Kitchen, moving her culinary headquarters in the heart of Ballard to a far smaller space on the nearby waterfront.

An Awkward Obituary: The End for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Source: Newsweek

The P-I had beaten the competition to the punch. The Seattle newspaper, known formally as the Post-Intelligencer, broke the story in 1988 that Sen. Brock Adams had been accused of sexually assaulting a congressional aide and family friend. The chase was on.

State House budget easier on K-12, harder on higher education
Source: The Seattle Times

UPDATED AT 1:30 P.M. House Democrats released a budget this morning that makes deeper cuts in higher education than the state Senate's proposal, but goes easier on public schools.

Napolitano orders review of Bellingham immigration raid
Source: The Seattle Times

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has ordered a review of a raid at a Bellingham manufacturing plant that ended with the arrests of 28 illegal immigrants.

Seattle police shoot pit bull in North Delridge
Source: The Seattle Times

At 11:11 this morning, officers from the Seattle Police Department's Southwest Precinct responded to a report of people trespassing in a vacant building in the 3800 block of 19th Avenue Southwest. Once inside, the officers made contact with a man and woman.

The Northwest 100: Bigger isn't necessarily better
Source: The Seattle Times

As the 17th edition of The Seattle Times' Northwest 100 demonstrates, small and midsize companies are just as capable of superior performance as the corporate giants.

Why state's two-year colleges should offer four-year degrees
Source: The Seattle Times

Should two-year community colleges in our state offer four-year degrees? The question has provoked spirited discussion in the education...

North Korea hungry for big rabbits
Source: The Seattle Times

Few people raise bigger rabbits than Karl Szmolinsky, who has produced long-eared whoppers since 1964. His favorite breed, German...

Ballmer says he still wants to hook up with Yahoo
Source: The Seattle Times

From Bloomberg's report on Steve Ballmer's presentation in New York today: "I do think there is a fairly compelling set of economics that underpin the idea of a search partnership, and, unless I'm fooling myself, over time, I think there...

In Washington, office pools on the NCAA basketball tourney are illegal
Source: The Seattle Times

The state says those office betting pools on the NCAA basketball tournament are illegal. Gambling Commission spokeswoman Amy Hunter says the only legal pools are the grids used in football.

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