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  • July 2008

    • Southbound Sonics Settle With Seattle

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Jul 3, 08 8:06 AM CDT

      Southbound Sonics Settle With Seattle

      The Seattle Supersonics have reached a last-minute deal with their hometown that will let the team move to Oklahoma City for the start of the next NBA season, reports the Seattle Times . The agreement, made just hours before a judge was to rule on a lawsuit over the team's arena lease, will give the city $45 million now and $30 million more if it has no new NBA team within five years. More »

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      NBA  • Seattle SuperSonics  • Seattle  • Oklahoma City  • Howard Schultz  • Clay Bennett

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • San Francisco, Seattle Top US Fittest Cities List

      newser  |  USA Today  |  May 30, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      San Francisco, Seattle Top US Fittest Cities List

      San Francisco has narrowly edged out Seattle for the distinction of being America's fittest big city, says a new study released by the American College of Sports Medicine. Judging 16 large metropolitan areas on factors ranging from exercise frequency and fruit intake to the availability of parks and public transportation, the study put Los Angeles near the bottom, reports USA Today. More »

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      Los Angeles  • San Francisco  • Detroit  • public health  • Boston  • exercise  • Seattle  • fitness  • healthy eating  • commuting  • parks

    • More Sonics Emails Reveal Owner Duplicity

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  May 25, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      More Sonics Emails Reveal Owner Duplicity

      Some of Aubrey McClendon's emails to his fellow SuperSonics owners have been revealed in a transcript of his April deposition, and they don't appear to help his case. The inquiry into whether the Oklahoma City-based investment group made good-faith efforts to keep the team in Seattle turned up two relatively damaging messages, reports the Seattle Times. More »

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      NBA  • lawsuit  • Seattle SuperSonics  • Seattle  • Oklahoma City  • Clay Bennett

    • Best Place to Live? Charlotte

      newser  |  MarketWatch  |  May 15, 08 2:06 PM CDT

      Best Place to Live? Charlotte

      Charlotte is the best place to live in America, thanks to an affordable array of housing options and a healthy economy, says Relocate.com’s annual list. MarketWatch runs down the rest of the list: San Antonio, Texas Chattanooga, Tenn. Greenville, SC Tulsa, Okla. More »

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      real estate  • Seattle  • Tulsa  • places to live  • US cities  • Charlotte

    • Dockworkers Strike Against Iraq War

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 1, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      Dockworkers Strike Against Iraq War

      In an action their union says is a protest against the war in Iraq, dockworkers from Washington to Southern California have taken May Day off, crippling West Coast port traffic, the Los Angeles Times reports. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose contract is up in 2 months, was ordered by an arbitrator to show up today. More »

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      Iraq war  • Los Angeles  • San Diego  • Seattle  • labor unions  • labor strike  • political protest  • labor relations  • port  • Long Beach

  • April 2008

    • Top Model Argument Leads to Stabbing

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Apr 25, 08 3:15 PM CDT

      Top Model Argument Leads to Stabbing

      A Seattle woman allegedly attacked an acquaintance who refused to stop talking loudly over an airing of America's Next Top Model , the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The ensuing scuffle got bloody when the upset attacker pulled a paring knife from an apple and stabbed the 42-year-old victim in the chest and neck, police say. The suspect remains at large. More »

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      crime  • Seattle  • stabbing  • noise  • America's Next Top Model

    • Schultz Sues to Keep Sonics in Seattle

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Apr 23, 08 12:59 PM CDT

      Schultz Sues to Keep Sonics in Seattle

      Howard Schultz filed a suit yesterday seeking to reverse the sale of the SuperSonics to Oklahoma-based investor Clay Bennett. The Starbucks CEO and former Sonics owner cites email evidence that Bennett's ultimate goal was always to bring a basketball team to his hometown. The lawsuit asks the court to void the sale and help transfer the team to "an honest buyer," reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. More »

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      lawsuit  • fraud  • Seattle SuperSonics  • Seattle  • Oklahoma City  • Howard Schultz  • Clay Bennett

    • Sonics Spat Heats Up

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Apr 18, 08 10:45 AM CDT

      Sonics Spat Heats Up

      SuperSonics owner Clay Bennett is now taking a swing at Seattle, accusing Mayor Greg Nickles of a "Machiavellian plan" to turn the basketball team back over to local ownership. The Oklahoma billionaire claims the city has misled the public and mischaracterized reasons for the lawsuit it filed to keep the Sonics at Key Arena, reports the Seattle Times . More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • Seattle SuperSonics  • Seattle  • Oklahoma City  • Clay Bennett

    • In Seattle, Dalai Lama Presses for Tibet

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Apr 14, 08 6:20 AM CDT

      In Seattle, Dalai Lama Presses for Tibet

      After four days of lectures in Seattle on love and compassion, the Dalai Lama turned to the tempestuous topic of the fate of Tibet within China. The Dalai Lama called on Beijing to open the region to foreign journalists, continued to press for his "middle way" of Tibetan autonomy, and reiterated his threat to resign as Tibet's political leader if his people continued to use violence. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • Seattle  • Tibetan independence

    • Dalai Lama Begins US Visit

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Apr 10, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      Dalai Lama Begins US Visit

      The Dalai Lama arrived in Seattle today to begin a five-day series of speeches and workshops on peace and compassion, the Seattle Times reports. He told a group of Tibetan supporters at the airport that he was saddened by yesterday's protests in San Francisco surrounding the Olympic torch, and reiterated his support for August's Beijing Games. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • Dalai Lama  • Seattle  • Tibetan independence

    • Parachute Didn't Belong to DB Cooper, FBI Says

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 1, 08 9:37 PM CDT

      Parachute Didn't Belong to DB Cooper, FBI Says

      The FBI says a parachute found along a dirt road in Washington state didn’t belong to legendary hijacker DB Cooper, AP reports. After talking to parachute experts and examining the site, agents concluded that the chute wasn’t used in the nation’s only unsolved hijacking. Cooper made away with $200,000 when he jumped off the plane in 1971, but investigators doubt he survived the leap. More »

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      FBI  • Seattle  • Washington  • cold cases  • plane hijacking

  • March 2008

    • America's 10 Cleanest Cities

      newser  |  Forbes  |  Mar 26, 08 1:26 PM CDT

      America's 10 Cleanest Cities

      Clean air and water makes for happy city dwellers, and clean streets help attract tourists—and businesses. Forbes went coast-to-coast to pick the 10 cleanest big cities in America. The Sunshine State led the way, with four entries: Miami, Fla. Seattle, Wash. Jacksonville, Fla. Orlando, Fla. Portland, Ore. More »

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      list  • San Francisco  • Seattle  • Minneapolis  • Miami  • Oklahoma City  • cities  • Tampa  • Jacksonville  • San Jose

    • DB Cooper's Parachute?

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Mar 25, 08 10:46 PM CDT

      DB Cooper's Parachute?

      A parachute possibly used by legendary hijacker DB Cooper has been found by children playing in a field in Washington state, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The FBI is analyzing the chute to determine whether Cooper used it to jump out of a plane with $200,000 in 1971—the nation's only unsolved hijacking. More »

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      FBI  • Seattle  • Washington  • cold cases  • plane hijacking

    • 4 Dead After Boat Starts Sinking Off Alaska

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Mar 23, 08 7:44 PM CDT

      4 Dead After Boat Starts Sinking Off Alaska

      Four crew members of a Seattle-based fishing boat died today after the vessel sank amidst high seas off the Alaska coast, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Officials rescued 42 members, but a search continues for one missing staffer, according to the AP. The boat began sinking shortly before 3 a.m., when it lost control of its rudder 120 miles from Alaska’s Dutch Harbor. More »

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      Alaska  • Seattle  • Washington state  • diesel  • fishing boat  • crew members

    • 'Domestic Terrorism' Hits Wash.

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Mar 3, 08 1:55 PM CST

      'Domestic Terrorism' Hits Wash.

      Fire destroyed three multimillion-dollar show homes near Seattle today, and explosives found inside led officials to give the cause as "domestic terrorism," the Post-Intelligencer reports. No one was injured in the fires, which seriously damaged two other houses. A radical environmentalist group apparently left a spray-painted sign criticizing the builders at the scene. More »

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      Seattle  • arson  • green construction

    • Fare War Breaks Out at LAX

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 3, 08 11:25 AM CST

      Fare War Breaks Out at LAX

      Even as fuel prices soar, Los Angeles airline passengers are enjoying an old-fashioned fare war sparked by newcomer Virgin America, the LA Times reports. Sir Richard Branson's brainchild has drawn United, Alaska, Southwest, and even longtime LAX holdout JetBlue into a feud that's seen one-way fares as low as $44. "We've become a hotbed of competition," says an airport exec. More »

  • February 2008

    • 'Net Runs Messengers Off Road

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Feb 26, 08 3:10 PM CST

      'Net Runs Messengers Off Road

      Bike messengers, nearly ubiquitous in many cities in the '90s, are declining in numbers as internet transmission of documents cuts into their business. Seattle has fewer than half the number of active messengers it did 10 years ago, and New York has lost more than 1,000 couriers in the same period. The Seattle-Post Intelligencer looks at a job category speeding toward extinction. More »

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      Internet  • New York City  • Seattle  • excercise

    • Microsoft Pioneer Leaves $65M to Gay Rights Groups

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Feb 25, 08 6:07 AM CST

      Microsoft Pioneer Leaves $65M to Gay Rights Groups

      One of the first five Microsoft employees has left $65 million of his estate to gay rights groups, the Seattle Times reports. Ric Weiland, who helped high school friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen launch Microsoft, committed suicide in 2006 at age 53. His donation is believed to be the largest estate gift ever given to the country’s gay and lesbian community. More »

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      Microsoft  • gay rights  • Bill Gates  • AIDS  • Seattle  • philanthropy  • Paul Allen  • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

    • Move Over, Silicon Valley

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 8, 08 4:40 PM CST

      Move Over, Silicon Valley

      Baby Bills, Jeffs, and Sergeys—start-ups founded by veterans of Microsoft, Amazon, and Google and nicknamed for their founders—are sprouting up around Seattle as the city becomes the next hot technology incubator, the New York Times reports. With the University of Washington playing the role Stanford does in Silicon Valley, and Amazon and Microsoft drawing tech talent, young companies are cross-fertilizing. More »

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      technology  • Silicon Valley  • Seattle  • venture capital  • startup

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