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Skeeter Manos: Worst Person In the World?

By Ellis E. Conklin

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Gay Marriage

Westboro Church: Gay Marriage Caused Powell's Carnage

By Ellis E. Conklin

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War

Seattle Marine William Stacey, 1,189th to Die in Afghanistan

By Rick Anderson

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Marijuana

Pot Group Opposes Medical Pot Bill

By Keegan Hamilton

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Gay Marriage

Gay-Marriage Biil Clears the House; Soon to be Law

By Ellis E. Conklin

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Crime

Cop Charged With Stealing From Slain Officer's Fund

By Ellis E. Conklin

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Crime

911 Tapes: Seven Minutes of Desperate Pleas for Help

By Ellis E. Conklin

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Media

The Secret Dossier on Danielle Ivory, Reporter

By Rick Anderson

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Immigration

Janet Napolitano Beseeched by "Northern Border Coalition"

By Nina Shapiro

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Sports

A Generation of Shaqs

By Keegan Hamilton

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City of Seattle

Mayor McGinn Looks to Hit a Long Jumper to Bring Back the NBA and Perhaps Save Himself

By Ellis E. Conklin Mon., Feb. 6 2012 at 2:38 PM

Categories: City of Seattle, Sports

Author and basketball nut Sherman Alexie pondered recently what it would it mean for the city's psyche to bring back an NBA franchise. "The thing is, if we get a team," he wrote on Sonicsgate, the official site of the 2009 documentary on how Seattle lost its team, "it's going to be somebody else's team. It's not going to be a new franchise. I keep up, so I know who's in trouble. We could get New Orleans, Milwaukee, Indiana, Memphis, Sacramento." Alexie continued:

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Blair Buttersworth, Chris Hirsch, Mayor Mike McGinn, NBA franchise, new arena, Seattle Sonics

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Chinese Government Kindly Reminds Seattle Officials About the 'Evil Cult' Coming to Town

By Keegan Hamilton Mon., Feb. 6 2012 at 6:00 AM

Categories: Arts & Culture, City of Seattle

Over the next two nights in a crowded Seattle hall, a collection of colorfully-costumed characters will perform leaps, tumbles, spins, twirls, and various other theatrics set to the sounds of obscure musical instruments like the pipa and the guzheng. And, if the Chinese government is to be believed, this promotes an "anti-human, anti-science, anti-society" cult.

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Chinese consulate, Falun Dafa, Falun Gong, Nick Licata, Seattle City Council, Shen Yun

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Petition to Spurn Plastic Bag Ban Goes Belly-Up

By Ellis E. Conklin Wed., Jan. 18 2012 at 11:00 AM

Categories: City of Seattle

Craig Keller, a longtime Republican activist, had high hopes of beating back the City Council's unanimous decision in December to put the kibosh on thin plastic checkout bags at all retail and grocery stores.The effort has apparently crumpled. Keller was able only collect between 2,000 and 3,000 signatures -- far short of meeting yesterday's 16,000 deadline.

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Craig Keller, plastic bag ban, REp. Joe Fitzgibbon, Seattle City Council

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Olympia 2012

Seattle Is Not Happy With Gov. Chris Gregoire's Tax Collection Plan

By Ellis E. Conklin Mon., Jan. 16 2012 at 11:30 AM

Categories: City of Seattle, Olympia 2012

The prospect of making Olympia command central for all business tax collections in the state is not going down well in Seattle, or any other large city in Washington for that matter. The big cities say they'll end up on the short end of the financial straw because state auditors won't be as aggressive in hunting down cheaters.

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Association of Washington Business, Don Brunell, Gov. Chis Gregoire, Seattle finance director Glen Lee, tax collection

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Yolking It Up Over 'Transgendered Hens'

By Ellis E. Conklin Fri., Jan. 13 2012 at 6:00 AM

Categories: City of Seattle

Embedded deep inside the city Department of Planning and Development's annual report is a "new enforcement issue" which caught the recent attention of Publicola. Seems the issue concerns "transgender hens."

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Bryan Stevens, city Department of Planning and Development, Roosters, transgendered chickens

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Crime & Punishment

Darryl Smith, Deputy Mayor, Calls Belltown a Model for Fighting Crime; Locals Laugh

By Nina Shapiro Wed., Jan. 4 2012 at 7:00 AM

Categories: City of Seattle, Crime & Punishment

Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith says the city has a model for cleaning up crime along downtown's Third Avenue. That model, he told The Seattle Times a few days ago, is Belltown. Belltown? Really?

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Belltown, Belltown Business Association, Branzino, Buckley's in Belltown, Darryl Smith, Peter Lamb, Third Avnue Corridor, Tim Buckly, Tim Gaydos

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Move Afoot to Stop the Plastic-Bag Ban

By Ellis E. Conklin Thu., Dec. 29 2011 at 2:20 PM

Categories: City of Seattle

A Republican activist named Craig Keller is asking Seattle voters to tell "the Chicken Littles on the city council" to take their plastic-bag ban and shove it. The West Seattle man, who gathered signatures to repeal a plastic-bag fee two years ago, is at it again -- this time with a petition drive to put the issue on next year's primary ballot.

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Chicken Little, Craig Keller, plastic-bag ban, Seattle City Council

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Not Much Dough in Mayor McGinn's Re-Election Kitty

By Ellis E. Conklin Wed., Dec. 28 2011 at 9:35 AM

Categories: City of Seattle, Election 2012

When a meager 23 percent of the city's electorate approve of the job Mayor Mike McGinn is doing, it is understandable that money for a possible bid for reelection might be hard to come by. As of November 30, Seattle's bike-loving, tunnel-hating chief executive has raised a total of $31,709. His cash on hand presently sits at $2,258, according to campaign financial reports filed with the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission.

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Greg Nickels, Joe Mallahan, Mayor Mike McGinn, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission

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Environment

Smith Cove Could be a Park Someday

By Ellis E. Conklin Wed., Dec. 28 2011 at 5:00 AM

Categories: City of Seattle, Environment

There was a time when Smith Cove was something more than a place on Elliott Bay to store rotting fish nets and watch cruise ships mooring at Terminal 91. In fact, a rather famous skirmish took place at the cove during the Maritime Strike of 1934, when 2,000 striking longshoremen went toe-to-toe for five days with tear gas-toting police and various strikebreakers. It was called "The Battle of Smith Cove."

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Larry Phillips, Maritime Strike of 1934, Port of Seattle, Sally Bagshaw, Smith Cove, Terminal 91

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J.P. Patches, Seattle TV Icon, Finally Gets a City Dump Named After Him

By Curtis Cartier Thu., Dec. 15 2011 at 10:00 AM

Categories: City of Seattle

Having a city name its dump after you might sound like a cruel legacy to bestow. But for J.P. Patches, Seattle's most famous TV clown, the tribute is fitting.

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