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Vision 2040 for Pugetopolis
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The pet peeve
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In Seattle, let the people 'chill'
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Seattle's money madness
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All the rage
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Our balls on ice
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Is Big Nanny running your town?
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A bicoastal newspaper crisis
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Time for a bus-fare reality check
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Walkability is nice, but it's not making us skinny
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Jeff Reifman

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Watchful eyes at Green Lake

An owl at Seattle's most popular park.

Microsoft's $528 million Washington tax break

The Redmond company makes products here but records software sales to PC makers and high-volume customers through an operation in Nevada, where there is no corporate tax. So Washington is missing out on revenue it could use for badly needed infrastructure needs — like replacement of the 520 bridge.

Jeff Reifman is a freelance writer living in Seattle. He worked at Microsoft as a technology manager from 1991 to 1999. He is a minority investor in Crosscut. You can reach him in care of editor@crosscut.com.
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Land rush on top of the world

The search for the Northwest Passage spurred the European exploration of the Pacific Northwest. With global warming, Arctic land claims are heating up as the U.S., Canada, Denmark, Russia, Iceland and Norway vie for sea lanes, the seabed and once ice-bound islands. Finally, there's a great visual to sort out these competing claims.

Seattle's money madness

Travels with Charley and GPS

Arts Beat »

The visual iconography of 'Yes we can'

Jen Graves discusses visual culture's subject du jour, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, and the flood of art following his candidacy.

Tallis in Seattle

Former Seattle Symphony violinist Ralph Heino is dead at 91

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Politics / Government »

A Miami man is charged with threatening to kill Barack Obama

The Secret Service arrested Raymond Hunter Geisel, 22, after he allegedly made the threat during a training class for bail bondsmen.

Sausage Links, slow news day edition

The visual iconography of 'Yes we can'

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Flip Side » Sidewalk crack.

Sidewalk crack addict

As a public service, we bust a few myths. Suffice it to say that all roads do not lead to Rome.

The Fearmongers, Definers, Swiftboaters, and Borkers square off

Losing your favorite Starbucks? The five stages of grief

Recreation / Outdoors »

Sheriff: 'Matter of time' before someone was killed due to lax forest safety laws

Last weekend, a 14-year-old boy shot and killed hiker Pamela Almli after mistaking her for a bear. He was hunting without adult supervision, which, though legal, has some people rethinking the state's safety regulations in Washington's forests.

The Navy Blue Angels return to an Air Force town — landlocked Spokane

Go eastward, young Americans

Food »

How good a deal is Costco, really?

People regularly overbuy perishable items, and the experience can incite unplanned spending.

Must be a recession: Whole Foods now stresses bargains

In Seattle, let the people 'chill'

Travel »

Art Thiel observes 'the world's largest party ... in the world's most uptight nation'

Writes the sports columnist: "Beijing, beware. You are getting what you wished. Sports world, beware. You are getting what you have never experienced."

Sausage Links, 'you'll shoot your Eyman out' edition

Allegiant Air: Corporate smarts or corporate sharks?

Lifestyle / Leisure »

Princeton Review confirms Evergreen's status as a tree-hugger's school

Evergreen State College ranked fourth among "Birkenstock-Wearing, Tree-Hugging, Clove-Smoking Vegetarian" schools in the U.S.

Tom Douglas cooks up a real estate design

(Not) in the garden: bees

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