Terror Appeals Judge Waits for Cases

Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:58 AM EDT

Frank J. Williams is well prepared for his role as chief judge of a special appeals court designed to decide legal issues stemming from the detention of terror suspects.

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terror, judge, us-news

AirTran's New Non-Stop, Seattle to Baltimore

Seeded on Sun Mar 4, 2007 2:27 AM EST (The Baltimore Sun)

AirTran Airways said yesterday that it plans in May to begin flying five times a week to Seattle from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. It will mark the airport's only nonstop flights to the Northwestern city.

travel, airtran, ata, seattle, seattleites, airlines, baltimore

Biodiesel Available at Seattle Safeway

Seeded on Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:55 AM EST (The Seattle Times)

...Safeway's entrance into the market marks the first time such a prominent chain has taken the plunge into alternative fuels, another indication that the demand is growing.

seattle-times, technology, biodiesel, fuel, transportation, energy, safeway, fossil-fuels, green-energy

Seattle Hostel Closing to Make Way for Condos

Seeded on Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:17 PM EST (The Seattle Times)

For years, the 84 Union Building off Western Avenue was "Seattle's Ellis Island," where many immigrants made their first stop in Seattle.

us-news, hostel, seattle, seattleites, backpacking, budget-travel, condos, condominiums

Air France to start non-stop service from Seattle to Paris

Seeded on Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:10 PM EST (The Seattle Times)

Air France will start daily non-stop service from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Paris this summer with a new flight into Charles de Gaulle Airport starting June 11.

seattle, seattleites, paris, europe, travel, airlines, transportation

Sonics choose Renton as preferred site for new arena

Seeded on Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:08 PM EST (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

The 21-acre Renton site is across from a residential and entertainment development known as "The Landing" near the south end of Lake Washington.

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UW Men's Track Ranked 4th in Nation

Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 2:43 AM EST (GoHuskies.com)

For those who enjoy track and field--or feel a little pride for the purple and gold--last weekend was a milestone for the University of Washington men's track and field team.

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UW donations hit nearly $1 million a day

Seeded on Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:33 AM EST (The Seattle Times)

The University of Washington is expected to announce they raised $2 billion over an 8-year fundraising campaign.

seattle-times, education, bill-gates, william-gates-sr, university-of-washington, uw, fundraising, paul-allen

Tacoma's World Famous Java Jive Closed Temporarily

Seeded on Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:48 AM EST (thenewstribune.com)

Bob's Java Jive, Tacoma's nearly 80-year-old coffee pot-styled building that houses a karaoke bar, was closed indefinitely Wednesday after city inspectors found serious electrical, building and fire violations.

odd-news, tacoma, seattle, seattleites, coffee, history, java-jive

Safeway milk free of bovine hormone

Seeded on Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:35 PM EST (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Got milk? Safeway does, but it doesn't have a controversial artificial growth hormone anymore. The grocer chain said milk suppliers for the grocer's Northwest processing plants have stopped using recombinant bovine growth hormone, or rBGH.

business, safeway, northwest, seattle, seattleites, foodies, food, nutrition, bovine-growth-hormone

Starbucks Dropping Some Bovine Growth Hormone Milk

Seeded on Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:46 PM EST (Business Week)

As of this month, 37 percent of milk, half-and-half, whipped cream and other liquid dairy products that Starbucks purchases are free of bovine growth hormone, also known as rBGH, spokesman Brandon Borrman said.

business, starbucks, coffee, seattle, seattleites, food, bovine-growth-hormone

A New Wave of Philanthropy in Seattle

Seeded on Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:36 PM EST (The Seattle Times)

Call it the "Seattle mystique," or the "compassion corridor," but philanthropy is creating a kind of economic hub in the region.

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Where Money's No Object, Space Is No Problem

Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:23 AM EST (The New York Times)

The new Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park opens on a prime piece of downtown waterfront property.

nytimes, arts, art, seattle-wash, seattle-art-museum, seattleites, sculpture, seattle, artsvine

Dynastic Dysfunction & Loathing: Curse of the Golden Flower

Seeded on Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:38 PM EST (The New York Times)

From the article: [In "Curse of the Golden Flower,"] Chinese director Zhang Yimou achieves a kind of operatic delirium, opening the floodgates of image and melodrama until the line between tragedy and black comedy is all but erased.

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New American Airlines Non-Stop Austin to Seattle Route

Seeded on Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:33 PM EST (PR Newswire)

This Spring, flying to SXSW, networking with tech giants Microsoft or Dell, and collaboration between the hot music scenes in both Austin and Seattle will be easier.

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IPOhome 2006 Annual Review

Seeded on Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:20 PM EST (IPOhome.com)

See who got money, and who made money, in 2006. Great data, statistics, analysis and predictions of IPO's in America, including: The biggest IPOs of 2006, Industry Breakdown (Health Care tops all), The five biggest IPO losers, Top Five Chinese IPO's, and Top Tech IPOs.

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Seattle Times: 2006 Business & Technology Review

Seeded on Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:10 PM EST (The Seattle Times)

Top 2006 ten news stories from the Seattle Times, for the Seattle tech and business sectors. Some of the highlights include:

technology, clearwire, seattle, seattleites, tech, amazon, amazon-com, s3, elastic-compute-cloud, nokia

You Grew Up in Seattle?! Behold the Rare Lifelong Seattleite

Seeded on Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:01 PM EST (-)

From the article: You meet someone new at work or at a party. After exchanging names and professions, the next question you're asked is, "Where are you from?" "Here," you reply.

us-news, seattle, seattleites, humor, tech, opinion, commentary

Seattle is the Most Literate US City, Second Year in a Row

Seeded on Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:27 PM EST (USA Today)

From the article:

arts, seattle, seattleites, literacy, reading, literature, united-states

NBA Admits Problems with New Basketballs

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 8:14 PM EST (The New York Times)

via Kottke.org

sports, nba, basketball, david-stern

Rashad of Cosby Show to Debut Play in Seattle

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 7:45 PM EST (The Seattle Times)

Phylicia Rashad, best known as Claire Huxtable from the TV comedy series "The Cosby Show," will direct a signficant dramatic work, August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean," at the Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2007.

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Driver Checking Blackberry Causes Pileup

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 5:59 PM EST (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Some jokingly call it the "Crackberry." An incident this week in Seattle shows that, like other intoxicating agents, PDA use while operating a motor vehicle can impair your driving.

technology, blackberry, pda, seattle, seattleites, accident, transportation, commute, odd-news

Prep Football Coach Payouts Prompt New Ruling

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 5:43 PM EST (Tacoma News Tribune)

Controversy recently arose when it was discovered the coach of football powerhouse Bellevue High School was being paid a salary of $55,000 by the school's booster club...unknown to school board officials.

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Tacoma Glass Museum Hires New Director

Seeded on Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:57 AM EDT (The Seattle Times)

Brilliant --but beset with a broken outdoor exhibit, questions about salaries and overly broad exhibits--the downtown, waterfront Museum of Glass in Tacoma has hired a new director.

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