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Supreme Court cuts Exxon Valdez award Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:55 GMT
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million.

Another dead black kid -- still no justice Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:34 GMT
A young kid gets stabbed to death. Police find a weapon -- and a suspect. Then, the whole case falls apart. Will there ever be justice?

Native American, black kids more likely to end up in foster care Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:05 GMT
Black and especially Native-American children are more likely to end up in foster care.

Bail set at $1 million for dad arrested in baby's death Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:25 GMT
A judge Wednesday set bail at $1 million for a man suspected in the death of his 7-month-old son, who was found in a fire pit at the family's Federal Way house.

Stimulus checks spent at gas station, study suggests Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:33 GMT
A consumer group that backs more spending on mass transit thinks it knows how a lot of households spent the economic-stimulus checks being mailed out by the federal government: putting higher-priced gasoline in their cars.

Ex-cop who groped woman could cost Portland $25,000 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:08 GMT
PORTLAND -- The city of Portland would pay $25,000 under a proposed settlement of a lawsuit brought by a woman who said a police officer reached down her pants and ordered her to lift her shirt and bra at a homeless camp two years ago.

Interbay's dream is still just that Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:47 GMT
An Interbay neighborhood group that has waited three years to create the kind of green, walkable, affordable, people-oriented urban village the city has pushed for elsewhere was told Wednesday that the dream must wait -- again.

Drunk intruder killed after passing out on stranger's sofa Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:09 GMT
SUTHERLIN, Ore. -- A man shot and killed after entering a stranger's home and passing out on a couch had been drinking heavily that night, but was not a violent person, according to a friend who had been with him that evening.

Yakama fisheries restore salmon to Yakima basin Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:09 GMT
TUCQUALA LAKE -- As staff members of the Yakama Nation Fisheries Program emptied nets full of young coho salmon into Tucquala Lake, they undid consequences of more than a century of dams barring migratory fish from the Yakima River Basin's headwaters.

Bellevue company to provide free foreclosure info Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:21 GMT
ForeclosurePoint is now providing free details on more than 1.2 million foreclosure properties nationwide, the Bellevue company announced Wednesday.

Judge: Seattle candidate can stay on ballot Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:34 GMT
Scott White stays on the ballot in the 46th Legislative District, but a court hearing airs concerns about King County election office operations, practices, and possible favoritism.

Doctor accused in patient deaths in Australia to accept extradition Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:17 GMT
PORTLAND -- An Oregon doctor charged with manslaughter in the deaths of three patients at an Australian hospital plans to agree to extradition to stand trial.

King County Deaths Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:49 GMT

Gates Foundation follows new paths Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:50 GMT
Bill Gates plans to step full time into a frenetic growth spurt at the foundation that bears his name, serving as philanthropist-in-chief of an organization with as much money as the gross domestic product of some countries.

Seattleites take up arms against 'rat' as big as cat Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:07 GMT
Nutria -- a voracious herbivore big as a large housecat and prone to molelike digging that turns lakeshores into Swiss cheese -- are enemy No. 1 for some Seattle residents and businesses.

Prosecutor fears breaking a record in slaying cases Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:54 GMT
King County prosecutors this year already have filed as many homicide cases as they did for all of 2007.

Lessons from society's less fortunate Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:29 GMT
The L'Arche Movement: Could it be that the weakest among us are indispensable?

No last meal as demolition bites into Ballard Denny's Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:59 GMT
The Ballard landmark that was formerly a Manning's Cafeteria, then a Denny's restaurant is now a former building.

Caregiver charged in rape case Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:57 GMT
A caregiver accused of raping and impregnating a severely disabled woman at a Kent assisted-living facility was charged Tuesday with second-degree rape.

Police arrest father who slept while baby fell into fire pit Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:27 GMT
Federal Way police have arrested the father who said he fell asleep with his 7-month-old baby boy near a backyard fire pit Saturday night and awoke to find the child burned to death.

Court to hear port official's appeal against recall petition Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:46 GMT
The state Supreme Court will decide whether an attempt to recall Port of Seattle Commissioner Pat Davis can proceed. Davis is under fire because of a controversial retirement package she sought for former Port CEO Mic Dinsmore.

Port Commission initiated public review of Davis Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:21 GMT
The sole public examination of circumstances surrounding Port of Seattle Commissioner Pat Davis' signature on the memo granting former CEO Mic Dinsmore generous "transition benefits" was initiated by the commission itself.

Home prices in region are up slightly from March Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:12 GMT
The value of a typical Seattle-area home inched up from March to April but was still down from a year earlier, according to a new report.

Gift of puppy love lets a boy be a boy Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:48 GMT
The community in Black Diamond bonded together to buy a puppy for a boy with leukemia.

Viaduct meeting will consider options for replacing structure Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:52 GMT
Possible highway and "surface" scenarios for replacing the central part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle will be presented and discussed this Thursday at a meeting of viaduct neighborhood representatives and other interested groups.

Grocery industry: All retailers should share new bag fee Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:45 GMT
If Seattle's grocery, drug and convenience stores must soon charge customers 20 cents for every plastic or paper bag, the same should go for all retailers here, grocery industry lobbyists told a City Council committee Tuesday.

Outlaw biker sentenced to year in jail Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:09 GMT
EUGENE, Ore. -- The president of the Oregon chapter of an outlaw motorcycle club has been sentenced to a year in jail for attempting to run two investigators off Interstate 5 during rush hour.

Gray wolves may be living in state Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:53 GMT
TWISP -- One or more packs of gray wolves may be living in north-central Washington's Methow Valley, which would make them the first resident population of the endangered species in Washington state since before 1930, a state biologist says.

Puget Energy merger: 'What's in it for me?' Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:06 GMT
For all of its legal, financial and technical complexity, the Puget Energy acquisition boils down to answering this question from customers: What's in it for us?

Supreme Court: A win for big oil Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:09 GMT
P-I Editorial: Exxon Mobil Corp. claims a victory for its role in the worst oil spill in the nation's history, the 1989 Valdez mess. The U.S. Supreme Court cut the punitive damage award from $2.5 billion to $507.5 million. Nice deal, eh?

Dept. Of Justice: Partisan lawyers Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:08 GMT
P-I Editorial: How far can an administration go in its efforts to pervert, subvert and divert justice? If we're talking about the Bush administration, the answer is simple: as far as it can.

Big oil and the war in Iraq Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:58 GMT
It took five years, the deaths of 4,100 U.S. soldiers and the wounding of 30,000 more to make Iraq safe for Exxon.

Happy days for Bush Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:14 GMT
As gigs go in this troubled economy, it's not so bad being a profoundly unpopular lame-duck president. As President Bush demonstrates, it's liberating to lack influence.

To Obama: Come clean on campaign finance Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:01 GMT
Obama only told part of the truth when he backed out of public financing for the general election campaign.

More phony myths from Rove Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:34 GMT
Rove is trying to spin his myths, as he used to with devastating effect, but it won't work this time. The absurd spectacle of rich white conservatives trying to paint Obama as a watercress sandwich with the crust cut off seems ugly and fake.

No reason why the world should go hungry Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:34 GMT
Is the world is really running short of food? Or is it in thrall to a fevered market in which speculators gamble on stratospheric long-term price rises and so drive up prices today?

Under Bush, Justice Department took partisan turn Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:21 GMT
The campaign to turn the Justice Department into an enforcement arm of the Republican Party extended even to its hiring of legal interns.

Big feet, little feet and another vanishing tribe Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:18 GMT
Some years back on the campaign trail, the reporters traveling with the candidates divided themselves into two tribes, the Big Feet and the Little Feet.

Zimbabwe: A brutal regime Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:10 GMT
P-I Editorial: As we muddle our way through our imperfect democracy, it seems impossible to switch places with the people of Zimbabwe, where the democratic system has taken an epic beating at the hands of President Robert Mugabe.

Delegation comes through for Burien Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:36 GMT
Joan McGilton, guest columnist: Recent criticisms of earmarks that the Washington congressional delegation has secured are more than unfortunate -- they are unfair.

Africa breaks its silence Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:14 GMT
Africa's leaders need not fear breaking from the past in condemning Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. In doing so, they will not only pull the rug from under a brutal regime, they will also open a new chapter in African self-confidence.

Children's Administration can't give up on state's kids Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:37 GMT
Val Stevens, guest columnist: It's not the Children's Administration's decision to bypass state law. That would be the Legislature's decision. The agency had no right to quit a program mandated by law.

Iraqis taking ownership of Iraq? Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:38 GMT
Thomas L. Friedman, guest columnist: What seems to have happened in Iraq in the past few months is that the Iraqi mainstream has finally done some liberating of itself.

Food cost? Consider the tale of the sparrow Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:39 GMT
Chi-Dooh Li, special to the P-I: In the search for scapegoats for the alarming rise in food prices, beware the lesson of the sparrows.

Ireland searches for answers over failed treaty Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:27 GMT
The Irish establishment has been plunged into a period of painful introspection over why voters ignored its advice and rejected the Lisbon Treaty on the future of the European Union.

A feminist season for both Carrie, Hillary Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:26 GMT
Progress is organic, and despite being misguided, both the Clinton campaign and the series helped women grow.

U.S. doesn't welcome immigrant Ph.D.s Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:40 GMT
George F. Will, syndicated columnist: The semiconductor industry's problem is entangled with a subject about which the loquacious presidential candidates are reluctant to talk -- immigration, specifically that of highly educated people.

Letters to the Editor Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:40 GMT

More Letters to the Editor Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:40 GMT

Fisa: House disappoints Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:59 GMT
P-I Editorial: After a long and bitter battle over updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the Bush administration ultimately prevailed in the House What a disappointment. And we don't dare expect better from the Senate this week.

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