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Seattle stories: 74 news summaries

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 Seattle Slaps
 20¢ Fee on All
 Grocery Bags 

Paper or plastic, shoppers must pay up

Jul 29, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seattle has staked out its spot atop the greener-than-thou pecking order by approving a 20-cent-per-bag fee that applies to both paper and plastic, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The move is expected to cut disposable-bag use in half. "The best way to reduce waste is not to create it, and... More »

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plastic bags • waste • Seattle

Southbound Sonics Settle With Seattle

City will be paid up to $75M to let team move to Oklahoma City

Jul 3, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 College Uses Facebook to Police Student Parties

Seattle U cites warns students who break the rules

Jun 1, 08 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Seattle school is tracking student parties through Facebook and threatening students who break the rules, the Seattle Times reports. Seattle University recently scrapped a party where men were to wear flipped-up collars, and women Victoria's Secret or Abercrombie and Fitch. "You will be held responsible" for hosting a... More »

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sororities • fraternity • free speech • Catholic education • Seattle • parties • college student • Seattle University

San Francisco, Seattle Top US Fittest Cities List

Los Angeles trails in measures of healthy living, environment

May 30, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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San Francisco • Boston • Detroit • Los Angeles • public health • Seattle • exercise • healthy eating • fitness • commuting • parks • American College of Sports Medicine

More Sonics Emails Reveal Owner Duplicity

Co-owners wrote of their 'hope of moving
to Oklahoma City'

May 25, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Best Place to Live? Charlotte 

Carolina on the mind of poll for 2nd consecutive year

May 15, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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:
  1. San Antonio, Texas
  2. Chattanooga, Tenn.
  3. Greenville, SC
  4. Tulsa, Okla.
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real estate • Seattle • Tulsa • places to live • US cities • Charlotte

 Dockworkers Strike 
 Against Iraq War 

West Coast ports idle for May Day in run-up to union contract talks

May 1, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Top Model Argument Leads to Stabbing

Woman who wouldn't stop talking during show now in hospital

Apr 25, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Schultz Sues
to Keep Sonics
in Seattle

Starbucks CEO offers email proof of new owner's duplicity

Apr 23, 08 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Sonics Spat Heats Up 

Owner now accusing Seattle of 'Machiavellian plan'

Apr 18, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

In Seattle, Dalai Lama Presses for Tibet

Says China must open region, pushes for 'middle way'

Apr 14, 08 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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China • Seattle • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetan independence

 Dalai Lama Begins US Visit 

Amid Tibet, Olympic turmoil, Seattle peace conference first stop for spiritual leader

Apr 10, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Parachute Didn't Belong
to DB Cooper, FBI Says

Agents say newly found chute wasn't used by legendary hijacker

Apr 1, 08 9:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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FBI • Washington • Seattle • cold cases • plane hijacking

 America's 10 Cleanest Cities 

Forbes picks top 10

Mar 26, 08 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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:
  1. Miami, Fla.
  2. Seattle, Wash.
  3. Jacksonville, Fla.
  4. Orlando,
... More »

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

 DB Cooper's Parachute? 

FBI studying chute possibly used by hijacker, found by kids in a field

Mar 25, 08 10:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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FBI • Washington • Seattle • cold cases • plane hijacking • parachute • D.B, Cooper

 4 Dead After Boat
 Starts Sinking Off Alaska 

Fishing vessel doomed by high waves off Alaska coast

Mar 23, 08 7:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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Alaska • diesel • Washington state • Seattle • fishing boat • crew members • Dutch Harbor • Alaska Ranger

'Domestic Terrorism' Hits Wash.

Radical environmentalists suspected after sign is found at scene of fire

Mar 3, 08 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Seattle • arson • green construction • eco-terrorism • ecosabotage • Earth Liberation Front

Fare War Breaks Out at LAX

Thanks to Virgin America, ticket prices dip as fuel prices soar

Mar 3, 08 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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San Francisco • airline industry • JetBlue • Los Angeles • United Airlines • Seattle • Southwest Airlines • airfare • Alaska Airlines • Virgin America • New Yrok

'Net Runs Messengers Off Road

Pedal pushers have less and less work

Feb 26, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Internet • New York City • Seattle • excercise • bike messengers

Microsoft
Pioneer Leaves $65M to Gay Rights Groups

Gates' high school pal leaves a record gift

Feb 25, 08 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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philanthropy • gay rights • Microsoft • AIDS • Bill Gates • Seattle • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force • Paul Allen • Ric Weiland • Pride Foundation • Lambda Legal • American Foundation for AIDS Research • bequest

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