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  • An innocent slip of the tongue by NBA honcho

    vindictive-spite frosting - from the National Basketball Association. It had to be even tougher for Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer, who has so much money he stopped counting in 1998 - but still can’t seem to close the deal on the toy he wants most. We feel you, dog. Waking up Thursday and realizing you still didn’t have an NBA franchise must’ve been like well, the rest of ...

  • Seattle diners show little love for Chinese restaurants

    FYI Guy Recent big buzz in Seattle foodie circles: renowned restaurant Din Tai Fung will open a new location at University Village later this year, according to The Seattle Times. The Taiwanese chain, famous for its Shanghai-style soup dumplings, already has a branch in Bellevue that is always packed. The new location will probably have long waits, too, but at least Seattleites won’t have ...

  • 2012 SPJ NW Excellence in Journalism winners

    Winners of the 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest were announced Saturday night. The annual contest is held by Region 10 of SPJ to honor journalism in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and ...

  • Seattle wins 4-2 to end Dallas unbeaten streak

    SEATTLE - Seattle's Eddie Johnson scored twice as the Sounders ended Dallas' nine-game MLS unbeaten streak with a 4-2 victory on Saturday.Johnson's second goal of the game came in the 62nd minute, just one minute after Dallas completed a comeback from a 2-0 deficit when Michel drilled a corner from the right into the upper left roof of the Seattle net to equalize.The Sounders ...

  • Bonney Lake Tyee Seattle Christian in semifinals | Boys Soccer

    Bonney Lake (3A) and Tyee (2A) reached the final four for the first time in school history, while four-time champ Seattle Christian (1A) also ...


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Movie Review

Alexander

Alexander

The advertising campaign for Alexander has assured us that Fortune favors the bold, and director Oliver Stone is clearly hoping that the Roman poet Virgils proclamation is as applicable to him as it is to the subject of his film. If ever there were a bold filmmaker, it is Stone, whos ... ...

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  • Bill-job conflict Its not unusual in Olympia

    Rep. Steve Kirby says he kept busy during the Legislature’s brief hiatus this month by training for his new job at a Tacoma-area credit union. It’s a field that intersects with his work at the Capitol. As the chairman of the House Business and Financial Services Committee, Kirby has the power to decide the fate of finance-industry bills - including those that affect his new employer, ...

  • McCarver a natural candidate for experimentation

    McCarver Elementary School was an obvious choice for the Tacoma Housing Authority’s experiment. Built in 1925 and located in the heart of the Hilltop, the school serves Tacoma’s poorest population. Its approximately 400 students draw heavily on the shelters and transitional housing scattered across the hill. This year, which is typical, 96 percent of McCarver’s students qualify ...

  • Reputation earns housing authority some latitude

    Housing authorities in most cities don’t have the flexibility to try experiments such as the McCarver Program. They’re bound by strict U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development protocols that determine who gets assistance and ...

  • Years of detective work reunites teens accused of 88 gang shooting

    The key was patience, with a dash of cunning. John Ringer, a longtime Tacoma police detective and gang expert, knew what went down the day 17-year-old Bernard Houston was killed. He knew six rival gang members in two cars boxed Houston in at a Hilltop intersection and gunned him down. He knew where they were seated in the vehicles, what they said before shots rang out and that the drive-by was ...

  • Thurston needs 3 candidates

    The Thurston County auditor has announced a three-day special filing period seeking candidates for three offices that did not draw candidates for the upcoming election. The deadline for initial filing ended May 17 with no declarations of candidacy for the three ...

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