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Seattle stories: 74 news summaries

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Move Over, Silicon Valley

Seattle's start-up
culture takes off as entrepreneurs, VCs flood Emerald City

Feb 8, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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technology • Silicon Valley • venture capital • Seattle • startup

Top 10 US Cities for Jobs

Salt Lake City's still tops, but Texas boasts work aplenty, Forbes reports

Jan 26, 08 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Where to get that new job this year? The Lone Star State is boasting work aplenty, but Salt Lake City—still high on tech jobs—takes the top spot. Forbes lists its top10 job-growth towns:
  1. Salt Lake City, Utah
  2. Wichita, Kan.
  3. Austin, Texas
  4. Atlanta, Ga.
  5. Fort Worth,
... More »

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Atlanta • Omaha • list • Austin • Houston • Indianapolis • Wichita • Salt Lake City • Fort Worth • Seattle • Raleigh • US cities • Forbes

No Real Estate Meltdown Here

Amazon's move will bring another big name to Seattle's booming South Lake Union

Jan 9, 08 7:52 PM CST
(Newser) - For the first time since the company's founding, Amazon's administrative employees will reside in one ZIP code, the New York Times reports. But the planned 2010 move from scattered offices to a single Seattle location will hardly make it the first big name in Paul Allen-directed South Lake Union: The... More »

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real estate • business • Seattle • real estate values • Paul Allen • Vulcan Real Estate • South Lake Union • vacancy • Amazon.com

Group of Seattle Women Buy WNBA's Storm

Former deputy mayor, Microsoft execs pay $10 million for franchise

Jan 9, 08 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Though the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics could be on the way to Oklahoma City, the WNBA's Storm appears set to remain in the Emerald City thanks to a deal by four local women to buy the women's basketball franchise. The foursome, which includes a pair of Microsoft executives, will pay Sonics... More »

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WNBA • Microsoft • women's basketball • basketball • Seattle • Seattle Storm • Sue Bird

Death Penalty Considered
in Carnation Slayings

Charges give chilling details of six deaths

Dec 29, 07 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Murder charges filed yesterday in the Christmas Eve slaying of six family members in a house in Carnation, Wash., added chilling details to the account of the deaths, and made the perpetrators liable for the death penalty, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Michelle Anderson and Joseph McEnroe have been charged with... More »

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death penalty • execution • Washington • Seattle • killings • Joseph McEnroe • Carnation, Wash.

Daughter & Lover Confess to Killing 6 in Family: Cops

She 'felt unloved,'
says relative

Dec 28, 07 3:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The daughter of a murdered couple and her boyfriend have confessed to killing the young woman's parents and four other relatives, according to police. Michele Anderson, 29, and her live-in lover gunned down Anderson's parents Christmas Eve at their home outside Seattle, police said. When Anderson's brother, his wife and... More »

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murder • Washington • Seattle • Christmas • Joseph McEnroe • Carnation, Wash. • Michele Anderson • confession

Santa Claus Nailed to Cross

Xmas protest angers neighbors

Dec 24, 07 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - A Washington state man's personal protest against the commercialism of Christmas is upsetting his new neighbors, and it's not too hard to understand why. A headless Santa Claus sings Christmas carols on Art Conrad's front porch, and another life-size Santa hangs crucified on a 15-foot cross in his yard. More »

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protests • Seattle • Santa Claus • commercialism • Bremerton • crucified Santa • headless Santa • Art Conrad

Washington Declares
Storm Emergency

Flooding, high winds wreaking havoc, causing deaths

Dec 4, 07 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - A state of emergency was declared yesterday for the western part of Washington, the area hardest hit by severe storms in the last few days. Massive flooding, heavy rains and high winds have killed at least two people, caused a three-day shutdown of an interstate and other major highways, and... More »

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storm • Washington • flooding • Oregon • Seattle • power outage • state of emergency

Fido-Friendly Vacation Spots

If vacation isn't vacation without Rover, consider one of these ten pet-friendly towns or your next trip

Oct 15, 07 5:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Man's best friend has become a member of the family, so why shouldn't he get a break, too?  Make it fun and easy to travel with your pet by visiting one of these hound-hangout towns MSNBC recommends:
  1. San Diego, CA
  2. Long Beach, CA
  3. Carmel, CA
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pets • travel • California • Chicago • New York • list • San Diego • Seattle • Long Beach • Carmel • Portland • Colorado Springs • dog • cat

Cyber Game Olympics Vie
for Mainstream

'E-sport' competitors hope to break geeky stereotypes

Oct 7, 07 7:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 700 gamers in Seattle this weekend aren’t lonely basement-dwellers, say World Cyber Games planners: They're gifted athletes competing in “e-sports.” Organizers hope that such sportsmen will claw into the mainstream and bypass other fringe athletes like poker players and competitive eaters. “The goal is to... More »

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South Korea • Seattle • professional gaming • world cyber games • video games

Seattle Sues SuperSonics

City tries to stop NBA team's owners from breaking arena lease and fleeing town

Sep 25, 07 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the latest struggle between local governments and pro sports teams over who foots the bill for the places they play, the city of Seattle has filed suit to try to stop the SuperSonics from breaking their lease at the city's Key Arena before 2010 and moving elsewhere. The NBA... More »

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NBA • basketball • Seattle SuperSonics • Seattle • Oklahoma City

Just Call
San Francisco Lucky Town

Need a date? These are the best cities
in the US if you're single and looking

Aug 24, 07 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - True love is hard to find, but your odds are substantially higher if you live in one of Forbes' top 40 cities for singles.
  1. San Francisco-Oakland
  2. New York
  3. Los Angeles
More »

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San Francisco • Chicago • Atlanta • Washington DC • New York • Dallas • Los Angeles • list • San Diego • Philadelphia • Seattle • dating

Look to the Middle & N.W. of the U.S. for Volunteers

California and East Coast M.I.A.

Jul 9, 07 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Corporation for National & Community Service has released its report on volunteerism in America.  And the center of the country and the Pacific Northwest dominated the the top of the list with a whopping 40.5% of #1 Minneapolis-St. Paul residents age 16 and older engaging in volunteer... More »

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Minneapolis • Omaha • list • Austin • volunteerism • Salt Lake City • Seattle

High Court Limits Use of Race in School Assignments

Choice plans found unconstitutional

Jun 28, 07 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking race into consideration in school assignments is unconstitutional because it violates students' rights under the equal protection clause, the Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark decision that could cause upheaval in K-12 education. The decision, by an increasingly familiar 5-4 vote, invalidates diversity plans in Louisville and Seattle... More »

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John Roberts • race • equality • discrimination • Louisville • school • Seattle • student • US Supreme Court

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