Seattle Washington

BlackVoices History Quest: Seattle

Posted 04.23.2012

Today's edition of Black Voices Black History Quest is based in Seattle. You can plan a trip with your family to these places with the helpful map,...

The World's Fair Project: An Introduction (PHOTOS)

Jade Doskow | Posted 01.15.2012

Jade Doskow

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Amanda Knox Returns Home To Seattle

AP | PHUONG LE and MANUEL VALDES | Posted 12.04.2011

By PHUONG LE and MANUEL VALDES, The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- Amanda Knox returned to her hometown of Seattle on Tuesday and was as overcome...

Study Ranks Cities For Freqency Of Casual Sex

Posted 10.17.2011

Unless you're reading this in Portland, the most promiscuous city in the nation, you have some work to do -- at least according to OkCupid.com. The s...

Former Seattle U.S. Attorney Pushes Pot Legalization In Washington State

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 08.21.2011

SEATTLE — A man who once served as the Justice Department's top official in Seattle said Tuesday that he is sponsoring an initiative to legalize...

WATCH: Incredible Views Of Seattle

Posted 11.30.2011

Joel and Jessie Edwards put together this visual postcard as an ode to a city they must hold dear. While Seattle may get a bad rap for being dreary an...

Witt Trial Enters Day Two 

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 05.25.2011

One week after a federal judge in California ruled "don't ask, don't tell" unconstitutional, the case of discharged former U.S. Air Force major Margar...

Coffee or Tea: Seattle's Happy Coffee Culture Versus Nation's Angry Tea Parties

Heidi Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Heidi Sinclair

I grew up in Seattle. I left for over 30 years and returned three years ago. What I found was a vibrant, intellectual, creative community that has a mind of its own. That was made clear once again in this week's election.

Christopher Monfort Could Face Death Penalty In Seattle Police Shooting Case

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SEATTLE — A prosecutor says he'll seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing a Seattle police officer on Halloween. Christopher ...

A.M. Top News: Fighter jets cause sonic boom near Seattle; N.Y. Gov. Paterson aims to meet developers of Islamic center, mosque

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

AP PhotoA pair of F-15 fighter jets, like the one shown in this AP file photo, caused two loud sonic booms Tuesday near Seattle, Wash. Two fighter...

One-time JonBenet murder suspect John Mark Karr accused of cyberstalking

Daily Camera. | Daily Camera | Posted 05.25.2011

The man who falsely confessed to murdering JonBenet Ramsey nearly four years ago is under investigation for cyberstalking a woman he met when he was a...

One-time JonBenet murder suspect John Mark Karr accused of cyberstalking

Colorado Daily. | Colorado Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

The man who falsely confessed to murdering JonBenet Ramsey nearly four years ago is under investigation for cyberstalking a woman he met when he was a...

What Does Ecuador Have to Do With Seattle?

Ming Holden | Posted 05.25.2011

Ming Holden

Kate Vrijmoet steps back from her spare, dripping portrait of a man standing with bloody stumps for arms, throws back her head, and cackles. "That's so funny!" she crows.

Seattle Dispatch: a Cafe, a Community, and the Moon Above It All

Ming Holden | Posted 05.25.2011

Ming Holden

The recent years' wave of closed doors crossing the country has affected not only places of industrial employ but also the community hubs and cafes that host local musicians.

Another Major U.S Votes to Boycott Arizona

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

Marlene H. Phillips

Add Seattle to the growing list of major American cities boycotting the state of Arizona. In protest of Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070, the Se...

Seattle to the Bone

Peter Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Schwartz

In Seattle, spirit is equal measure swagger and love, and from it blooms the city's music, which embodies the creative contradictions of rebellion and empathy.

Mason Tvert wants Denver's pot laws to be more like Seattle's

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

Forget California dreamin'. These days Mason Tvert, the media-savvy founder of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), has been...

Pamela K. Rice, longtime Vail resident

Vail Daily. | Vail Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

VAIL, Colorado - Pamela K. Rice passed away peacefully on Friday at the Hospice Care Center in Grand Junction. Pamela was born April 17, 194...

From the week of January 7, 2010

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

"Rear View," Jason Sheehan, December 31 Bleepless in Seattle Jason's "Rear View" was fantastic, as usual. I......

"Do Not Spoil What You Have By Desiring What You Have Not..."

The Happiness Project | The Happiness Project | Posted 11.17.2011

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for." --Epicuru...

Seattle Zoo Humanely Kills Ailing Giraffe

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 05.25.2011

The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle has humanely killed a giraffe that had degenerative bone disease. The zoo says the 13-year-old male named Joha...

UN leader hopes US will act soon on global warming

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SEATTLE — The United States has to take a strong role if the world hopes to deal with global warming, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.

"All the world is now looking to the leadership of the United States and President Obama," Ban said in an interview Sunday with The Seattle Times.

Ban is making a two-day visit to Seattle as part of a trip to call attention to global issues such as climate change and to promote the U.N. to the American public. He was to receive an honorary degree from the University of Washington on Monday, after meeting earlier in the day with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda.

Ban has been pressing nations to commit to firm emission limits when they meet in December in Copenhagen, Denmark, to work out a new treaty to slow global warming, replacing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on carbon dioxide emissions. The meeting has been billed as a last chance to avoid the impact of global warming.

This week, the Senate environment committee will take up its version of a global warming bill. The legislation would cut greenhouse gases by about 80 percent by 2050 and require more domestic energy to come from renewable sources.

Fraud fugitive busted after unwise friend request

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

SEATTLE — Maxi Sopo was living the dream of a fugitive abroad, kicking back on the beaches of Cancun by day, partying in the clubs by night.

Then he did two things that are never a good idea when you're on the run from authorities: He started posting Facebook updates about how much fun he was having – and added a former Justice Department official to his list of friends.

Because of that indiscretion, the 26-year-old native of Cameroon is now in a Mexico City jail awaiting extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges. Federal prosecutors say he and an associate falsely obtained more than $200,000 from Seattle-area banks and credit unions.

"He was making posts about how beautiful life is and how he was having a good time with his buddies," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Scoville, who helped find Sopo. "He was definitely not living the way we wanted him to be living, given the charges he was facing."

Even in the hold-nothing-back world of social networking, where police search Facebook photos for evidence of underage drinking and watch YouTube videos to identify riot suspects, it's rare that a fugitive helps authorities this much.

Club Bounce: Nightclubs For The Plus-Size Take Shape

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 05.25.2011

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Move over, it's Saturday night at Club Bounce and people are bouncing onto the dance floor in a big, big way.

These are big, big people, all dressed to the nines and many tipping the scales at 250, maybe 300 pounds.

That's because this expansive nightclub a couple blocks from the Pacific Ocean, with its flashing lights, friendly atmosphere and wall-rattling hip-hop sounds, caters specifically to fat people.

That's right, fat people. Not just any fat people, either, but fat people who are proud to call themselves fat people. People who joke that they are part of the new Fat is Phat movement.

"Self-conscious? No! Not at all," laughs Monique Lopez, a curvaceous woman of 23 as she arrives in a tight, black dress and heels. "I was like, 'I'm going to Club Bounce tonight. I'm going to wear my shortest skirt.'" (Which she did.)

Townsend Elects Denver's Daniel S. Young As Partner

Law Week Colorado | Law Week Colorado | Posted 05.25.2011

Daniel S. Young of Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP was elected partner in the Denver office of the San Francisco-based intellectual property law fi...