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Can 'The Smurfs' Maintain Its Zero Percent On Rotten Tomatoes?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 09.27.2011

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If any childhood television property needed to be remade and funneled into beautiful 3D, it was definitely "The Smurfs." Most of us, in our spare ...

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The Double Life Of A University Of Washington Lecturer

Seattle Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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A month ago, when professor Ali Tarhouni told his microeconomics class at the University of Washington that he had a death sentence on his head in his...

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What U.S. City Has the Worst Sports Teams?

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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While debate over sports often centers around which team is supreme in its sport, there's also simultaneously an ongoing discussion over which city provokes the most misery and suffering for its fans.

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Is Immigration Reform the New Civil Rights Movement?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

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many social movements of the last few decades have attempted to appropriate this term as their own. Among the latest to claim the power of the civil rights movement are those who advocate for immigration reform.

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Divisional Round Losses: Four Cities' Newspapers React

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

This weekend of the NFL playoffs saw both conference favorites -- Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots -- get knocked off, following a Wild Card week that had its own share of surprises.

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Hope and Progress in the Developing World, Despite Daunting Challenges

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who better to consult -- and to equip with the tools to help out -- in the global effort to combat hunger than the youth, women and farmers who will most benefit from it?

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Wrongful Fatalities, Failed Worker Protections

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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When an explosion occurs at a refinery or mine that has been repeatedly fined for heath and safety violations, one question that ought to be asked is just how unexpected was the event.

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Dave Reichert Needs To 'Rebuild His Credibility,' Hometown Paper Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Reichert's hometown paper, which endorsed him in previous elections, has called him out for apparently telling his audience what he thinks they w...

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Google Wave Used To Catch Killer: Seattle Times

techcrunch.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Apparently, like everyone else, the Seattle Times is very interested in trying to figure out what to actually use Google Wave for. But while most are ...

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Seattle Times Receives Suspicious Envelopes Two Days In A Row

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEATTLE — For the second day in a row, a hazardous materials team has gone to The Seattle Times after a suspicious envelope was found. Seattle ...

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Seattle Times Finds Profit As Seattle's Only Newspaper

New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an article in March on Seattle's becoming "a one-newspaper town," The Times asked, "will it become a no-newspaper town?" But less than five mont...

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Seattle Times Sells Maine Newspapers

AP | JERRY HARKAVY | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORTLAND, Maine — The financially struggling Seattle Times Co. on Monday sold its Blethen Maine newspapers, including the Portland Press Herald ...

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Seattle Times Still Standing, But For How Long?

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEATTLE — As the Seattle Post-Intelligencer moves toward printing its last edition, it remains unclear whether its bigger rival, The Seattle Tim...

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Seattle Times Asks Employees: Give Up A Week's Pay

AP | Gene Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEATTLE (AP) -- The Seattle Times on Friday asked 500 managers and nonunion workers to take a week off without pay in the face of mounting financial t...

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Seattle Times Runs Misleading Piece On Darcy Burner

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Seattle Times is running what amounts to a hatchet job on Democratic Congressional contender Darcy Burner, seizing on a quip she made at a recent ...

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