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City Officials Announce More Details About Mercer West Project
Get ready for more traffic congestion around Seattle’s South Lake Union area. The city’s transportation department announced new details Tuesday about its effort to re-make Mercer Street.
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Canada, Culture And Commerce
Coming up on Weekday, May 8 at 10:00 a.m.News From Up NorthVancouver Sun political correspondent Vaughn Palmer brings us the latest from Canada."The Great Gatsby"The latest film adaption of F. Scott...
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International Intervention In Syria, Sexual Assault In The Military, And...
Coming up on Weekday, May 8 at 9:00 a.m.How The World Is Responding To SyriaThe US and Russia have agreed to convene an international conference to discuss ways of diplomatically settling the ongoing...
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Pocket Guide To The Seattle Mayor's Race
Interested in the Seattle mayor's race but having trouble keeping all the candidates straight?Here's a guide to get you started, along with a handy slideshow. The photos are from the first big event of...
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Fatal Sound Transit Bus Crash In Kirkland
Investigators said they don’t yet know the exact cause of Tuesday night’s fatal crash between a Sound Transit bus and an SUV in Kirkland. Two people in the SUV died. Investigators are looking into...
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Washington Senator Patty Murray Introduces Bill To Combat Military Assault
The latest report on military sexual assault from the Department of Defense shows a sharp increase in assaults from previous years. For fiscal 2011, the military estimated there were 19,000 cases of...
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Can The Next Bangladesh Factory Disaster Be Prevented?
The death toll from last month's Bangladesh clothing factory collapse is now over 800 people. The scale of the disaster has prompted many people here in Washington to question our role as...
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Do You Care About The Private Lives Of Public Officials?
Yesterday, Mark Sanford was elected congressman from South Carolina’s 1st District. Last time Sanford was in the public spotlight, it was for an affair he had with a woman from Argentina. Sanford...
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Students Abuse "Study Drugs" Despite Dangerous Health Risks
Nearly 35 percent of students are abusing stimulants such as Adderall, Ritalin or Vyvanse. That's according to a study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. The stimulants are often...
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US Kids: The Sleepiest In The World
Most people know kids in America don't get enough sleep. But did you know they're the sleepiest in the world? Researchers in Boston say sleep deprivation partly explains why US students are falling...
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"Letter To Mick Jagger From The St. Paul Chapter Of The Daughters Of Norway"
The Woodstock generation may be aging, but don't try to tell them they're not still cool. Poet Marjorie Manwaring's "Letter to Mick Jagger from the St. Paul Chapter of the Daughters of Norway" captures...
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Seattle Times Writer 'Shocked' That Dennis Rodman Answered Kenneth Bae Challenge
Thanh Tan says she was serious when she challenged former NBA star Dennis Rodman to get Kenneth Bae of Lynnwood, Wash. released from a 15-year hard labor sentence in North Korea.
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Park Plans, Art Of Our City, & Ripley’s “Believe It Or Not!”
Coming up on Weekday at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 9Seattle Parks PlanSeattle officials want to hear from you about the future of the city’s parks. They're holding meetings this month to get public...
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Defining Genius, Radio Retrospective, & A Lunch Pick
Coming up on Weekday at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 9Who's A Genius?We often toss around the word “genius,” but what does it really mean? How does the definition of genius change depending on region or...
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M-Eaze: Producing The Beat Of Seattle Hip-Hop
Seattle is known for many things: coffee, the tech industry, and of course, rain. But hip-hop is not on that list. We asked people on the street which rap artists come from Seattle, and the only ones...
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It Was The Best Of Education, It Was The Worst Of Education
Overall, the United States has more top-performing students than any other developed nation. That’s according to new research by the Economics Policy Institute. Our problem, however, is a massive...
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How Does Washington State Help Workers With Developmental Disabilities?
Washington State’s Developmental Disabilities Administration helps people with disabilities like autism, cerebral palsy and down syndrome find work. The DDA serves nearly 9,000 adults over the age of...
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How You Should Plan For The Costs Of Dementia
Dementia care expenses totaled $109 billion in 2010, more than either cancer or heart disease. The research, conducted by the RAND Corporation, predicts dementia costs and the number of people with...
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Your Take On The News
Coming up on Weekday, May 10 at 10:00 a.m.It’s Friday — time to review the week’s news with Joni Balter, Knute Berger and C.R. Douglas.Mayor McGinn announced the guns the city collected in the gun...
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The Tribes And Same-Sex Marriage, Science News, And Beverly Washburn
Coming up on Weekday, May 10 at 9:00 a.m. The SuquamishTribe Recognized Same-Sex Marriage In 2011: Will Other Tribes? In March, a Northern Michigan Indian tribe became the third in the US to recognize...
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