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Each year, The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy raises money for a select group of charities that help children, families and senior citizens. Throughout the fall and winter, The Times will write about the difference these organizations make in...

It was a personal experience that first exposed Dr. Christine Cofer to palliative medicine. During her late teens, when her father was suffering from metastatic kidney cancer and conventional treatments could no longer help him, he started receiving hospice care....

A new survey for professional services firm Deloitte shows that a fifth of U.S. consumers plan to buy more environmentally safe gifts this holiday season, the same portion as last season. The survey's Seattle respondents seemed slightly more attuned to...

The economic downturn "put us up against a wall," Head of School Doug Wheeler said Wednesday. "Sometimes you have to make tough decisions." The private pre- and elementary school, whose 250 students are primarily low-income and African-American, will lease the...

Alaska — Klay Thompson scored 25 points and pulled down seven rebounds and Washington State defeated Alaska-Anchorage 87-68 on Wednesday night in the first round of the Carrs-Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. The Cougars (4-0) led 36-28 at halftime behind Thompson's...

Philippines�The United States government has appointed January Contreras as the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Ombudsman for the Department of Homeland Security, the US CIS said in a statement on its website...Contreras would lead the Office of the CIS Ombudsman...

Our British allies, sickened by years of revelations of government corruption leading to their part in the invasion of Iraq, are now enjoying the official enquiry so many have demanded...We have all "moved on" to new wars, new politicians and...

Seattle scored three unanswered goals in the second period Wednesday as the Thunderbirds cruised to a 5-2 win over the Regina Pats in Western Hockey League action. Charles Wells, Jonathan Parker and Jeremy Schappert had the goals for Seattle (10-14-4)...

The Redhawks did post their highest-scoring output of the season and led by 10 at the half, 45-35. Ashley Brown paced Seattle with 17 points, including five three-pointers, but she scored only three points in the second half. Cassidy Murillo...