Seattle recovers nearly all of $1.1M theft
Source: SF Gate
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 21:56:56 -0700 | allnews
Seattle investigators have managed to recover nearly all of the $1.1 million that prosecutors say was embezzled by a former Seattle Public Utilities employee. Seattlepi.com says ( http://is.gd/lJBA9R ) that's the word from the city attorney's office.
Seattle's grant of $500K to schools will expand arts education
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 18:38:25 -0700 | political-news
In an announcement today, Mayor Mike McGinn said the money will come from higher-than-expected revenue from admissions taxes, and will also be used to purchase instruments and art supplies for classrooms. Two yeras ago, the city and school district received $1 million from the Wallace Foundation...
Advanced Placement Computer Science now counts toward math and science graduation requirements
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 18:36:37 -0700 | technology-news
That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find here from Seattle Times technology reporter Janet I...Tu Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith, State Rep. Drew Hansen, Gov. Jay Inslee and entrepreneur Hadi Partovi listen to Rainier...
No decision yet on reopening Columbia River mainstem for spring chinook fishing
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 18:04:34 -0700 | sports-news
Mark Yuasa covers fishing and outdoors in the Pacific Northwest...According to the story Washington and Oregon fisheries haven't made a decision either way, but sport fishing could reopen between May 22 and May 25. Fishing in the Lower Columbia has...
News Anchor: After I Hammered Obama The IRS Hammered Me
Source: ThecounT.com
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 17:32:14 -0700 | entertainment-news
May 14, 2013 This kindly older gentleman of a reporter posted the chilling Facebook accounting of his apparent targeting by the IRS shortly after he conducted a hard-hitting interview with Pres...Shortly after I did my April 2012 interview with President Obama, my...
Elizabeth Warren Demands Answers, Republican Hypocrisy Called Out, and More
Source: Truthdig
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 17:24:12 -0700 | political-news
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is doing what many of our elected officials have failed to do the past few yearsshe's demanding the federal government explain why not a single Wall Street bank has been prosecuted in the wake of the...
Letters: North County, May 15, 2013
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 21:05:01 -0700 | political-news
More views on Benghazi hearings Your editorial What did the president know, and when did he know it? (May 12) did a fine job of following the Republican party line on Benghazi. Unfortunately, it also suffers from the fundamental flaws...
Kings saga faces possible final chapter in Dallas
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 01:07:19 -0700 | sports-news
Inside the small club on Seattle's Capitol Hill late Monday night, the chant would not be contained by the walls, drifting out onto the street with every urging scream from the performers on stage. "Super," the DJs would shout. "Sonics,"...
Seattle schools back down from standardized test after protests
Source: Education News
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 17:02:53 -0700 | disasters-news
The Seattle public school system, facing a rebellion that stoked the national protest movement over standardized testing in U.S. public schools , is backing away from the contentious multiple-choice exam for its upcoming school year. Teachers, educators, and students at...
Report --- Seahawks claim Raiders' long snapper
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 16:21:37 -0700 | sports-news
The latest news and analysis from all angles on the Seahawks. May 14, 2013 at 2:42 PM Report Seahawks claim Raiders' long snapper Posted by Bob Condotta There are several reports that the Seahawks have claimed long snapper Adam Steiner...
Correction: Kobe Bryant-Lawsuit stories
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 16:21:30 -0700 | sports-news
She received a $450,000 advance and intends to sell 100 items in June. The stories incorrectly referred to 900 items valued at $1.5 million, but those are not Bryant-related items. Rather, they are other pieces slated for sale at the...
Pedestrian struck, critically injured by vehicle in Seattle's Georgetown
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 16:17:49 -0700 | travel-news
Medics responding to the accident at the intersection of First Avenue South and South Findlay Street took the woman to Harborview Medical Center while administering ongoing CPR, said Seattle Fire spokesman Kyle Moore. A drug-recognition expert from the Seattle Police...
Bidder 70 Preserves Our Wilderness, One Civil Disobedience at a Time
Source: Village Voice
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 15:42:06 -0700 | political-news
Only in the United States would the president auction off protected wilderness to energy and mining companies to help the government turn a profit. Only in the U.S. would a college student show up to the auction and outbid the...
McConnell to Reporters: Ask Yourself ‘How Would I Be Writing This Story if This Were a GOP ...
Source: Newsbusters
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 15:36:35 -0700 | political-news
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his Republican Senate Leadership spoke to the media Tuesday after a closed policy luncheon. The Senate Minority Leader began the event by saying, "I want to make a few observations about the administration's abuse of power,"...
US judge in Ore. dismisses movie pirating lawsuit
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 15:12:25 -0700 | business-news
Originally published Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 2:35 PM US judge in Ore. dismisses movie pirating lawsuit A federal judge has dismissed a movie company's Internet piracy complaint against 34 Oregonians, saying the company was unfairly using the court's subpoena...
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