LUSTY LADY (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
I'm in Seattle, spending a few days in a cabin in the woods (outside Seattle) with my boyfriend and his family. I'm not even really supposed to be on the Internet, and am doing my best to stay away from it, but wanted to give a quick update. I will post more when I'm back about my book trailer and the many folks who covered it this week - thanks especially to Eric Krangel at Silicon Alley...
The Puget Sound Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Seattle Art Museum has announced members of the search committee who are charged with finding a replacement for outgoing executive director Mimi Gates.
Jewlicious (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
On the ballots in Seattle is a tricky little bill called Initiative 97 by a group called “Seattle Divest from War and Occupation.” The initiative calls for Seattle to divest and would impose guidelines on how the city invests employee retirement funds, mandating that funds cannot be invested in companies “profiting” directly from our occupation [...]
SayUncle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
World trade rules are incredibly complex and right now, government officials are meeting in Geneva to try to hammer out an agreement to save the World Trade Organization . Remember how the negotiations failed spectacularly nine years ago in Seattle ? The same proposals - many of them anti-environmental, a...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Seattle-area foreclosure activity remains far below the U.S. average as foreclosures nationwide climb.
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
A young man faced a Seattle jury for the first time since being charged for the murder-for-hire slaying of his stepfather three years ago, officials said.John Ogden was 16-years-old in 2005, when a gunman who had stowed away in the trunk of stepfather Ron Whitehead's car killed Whitehead, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Thursday.The newspaper said Ogden is accused of coordinating...
Cheapflights.com Flight News (Free subscription) | yesterday
We’re about to see if a new-entrant carrier billing itself as “America’s first green airline” can make a go of it shuttling passengers between Portland International (PDX) and Seattle’s close-in Boeing Field (BFI). The carrier is SeaPort Air (Web site:...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The Camerahead Project is a Seattle protest group upset about the growing prevalence of CCTV cameras there -- they're staging a bit of theater tomorrow in Cal Anderson Park, walking around with giant cameras on their heads to get people thinking about what it means to have their public spaces under constant surveillance. Local artist Paul Strong, Jr. says he’s holding the demonstration, called...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Seattle's first H&M store opens Friday at the newly remodeled Westfield Southcenter mall in Tukwila -- the first of three stores in the Seattle area.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
H&M is predicting hundreds of people will line up this morning to get their first look at its new Southcenter store, the Swedish retailer's initial foray into the Seattle market.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Seattle theater preview:"Angels in America" is presented by two Seattle theaters (Absurd Reality Theatre and Repertory Actors Theatre) in the coming weeks of late July and early August, along with theater productions of the sci-fi fantasy "interlace [falling star]"; "14/48: the world's quickest theater festival"; and "Callejon (The Alley)," featuring Afro-Peruvian ensemble Teatro del...
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
# 2174 Public Health Seattle-King County has been on the forefront of pandemic education and preparedness for years. I've highlighted some of their efforts in the past, including this excellent video: Business Not As Usual: Preparing for a Pandemic Flu Watch a streaming video by Public Health - Seattle & King County and download resources. Free DVD copies available. Today they have launched...
West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tough economic times mean more people to serve at the West Seattle Food Bank - and now there’s word the WSFB needs some behind-the-scenes help itself: Board president Pete Spalding says, “We have lost a couple of board members recently and are now trying to fill a couple of slots on the West Seattle Food [...]
blatherWatch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seattle talk radio listeners will get fair coverage of the national conventions this year. KVI and KIRO will send the usual crowd of talkers to set up their tables along Radio Row. The Democrats will meet in Denver, August 25-28....
