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Arena financing agreement is reached
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Police drones don't invade privacy
NEW - 5/04, 12:24 PM

A lot of people have a camera on their cell phone, ready to snap the latest news or fun shots at a moment’s notice. Many news outlets welcome viewer pictures and stories, riding the wave of citizen journalism.

The Seattle Times editorial board has begun a conversation about how government at all levels should respond to the new economic realities. These suggestions, including from Times readers and community leaders, are aimed at how government at the federal, state and county levels can make changes to better serve constituents, including reinvigorating the economy.

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Editorials

Courage and skills powered a daring rescue

Hats off to the Snohomish County sheriff's deputies and volunteer rescuers who overcame physical risks and natural hazards to rescue a 13-year-old boy stranded in the river above Wallace Falls.

Misguided cost concerns about standardized student testing

Voters must keep an eye on trade positions of Romney, Obama

Skeptics not cheerleaders needed for Sodo arena review

Court should reject bid to halt liquor privatization

Litmus tests stifle independent political thought

Opinion

NAACP returns to relevance by backing same-sex marriage

With its support for gay marriage, the NAACP has done more than strike a blow for fairness and equality, writes Eugene Robinson. The nation's most venerable civil-rights organization has made itself relevant again.

Lower tuition is the best aid for state's higher-education students | Guest columnist

In Romneyworld, the JPMorgan Chase debacle would be no big deal | Paul Krugman / Syndicated Columnist

Join the people of Greece and France: Stand up and occupy your country | Guest columnist

Hard on criminals, hard on justice | Leonard Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist

Presidential politics: Making sense of the Rev. Wright ad campaign that never was | Kathleen Parker / Syndicated columnist

U.S. and European democracies cater to popular impulse | David Brooks / Syndicated columnist

Don't make voting too convenient | Guest columnist

Greece represents a moral hazard to European economies

It's time to tell bullies, enough is enough | Guest columnist

Last dance for the Disco Queen and the Go-Go King

Don't 'medicalize' our precious gift of grief | Froma Harrop / Syndicated columnist

Letters to the Editor

Postal reforms

Guns in classrooms and our society

Education reform and unions

Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan-B

Abraham Lincoln's morality

Rick Santorum's views on contraception

Fat Tuesday and obesity rates

Snowslide deaths and safety

Mega donors and Seattle traffic

Gay-marriage snub

Affirmative action back in the Supreme Court

Campaign ads getting more negative

Jeremy Lin's faith in professional sports

Future traffic problems for Sodo

NLRB lawyer's complaint

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