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Fort Hood rampage: A dozen soldiers dead
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The agency that probably spends more on litigration and settlements than any other governmental arm just learned another expensive lesson.
Sen. Cantwell pitches in on bill to help Main Street
The Seattle Times supports Senate Bill 823, the Net Operating Loss Carryback Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell, which will help job-creating businesses on the nation's Main Streets.
Snohomish County focuses on farming
Karzai's election: Worth dying for?
Let's speed up ballot counting in this state
Invest in safe haven for teenage prostitutes
Seattle City Attorney Holmes starts with a clean slate
Leonard Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist | A tragic clash of cultures
An Iraqi immigrant father runs down his daughter with his car and calls it honor. That is not honor, writes columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. It is an act of appalling cowardice suggestive not simply of religious extremism but of a people in fear of the sexuality and independence of women.
David Sirota / Syndicated columnist | Trade and globalization: We are what we buy and how we buy it
Guest columnist | Twenty years after the Berlin Wall fell, Germans have mixed feelings
Guest columnist | Cut the South Carolina jokes, Seattle. Get ready to compete
Guest columnist | Seattle City Council should revisit Seattle Children's expansion plans
Paul Krugman / Syndicated Columnist | The economy is starting to look like Obama's Anzio
David Brooks / Syndicated columnist | What do independent voters really want?
Guest columnist | Embrace technology to turn nuclear energy into environmental solution
George Will / Syndicated columnist | The corruption of strangers: America's man in Afghanistan
E.J. Dionne / Syndicated columnist | The electorate's mood is angry — just not far-right-wing angry
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