Sunday, November 22, 2009 - Page updated at 10:08 p.m.
CLIFF DESPEAUX / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Real Salt Lake wins on penalty kicks
On the last night of pro soccer in soccer-crazy Seattle, the fight to be called champion of Major League Soccer came down to penalty kicks after 120 minutes of full-field action. Above, fans go wild after Real Salt Lake successfully makes a shootout goal. Real Salt Lake won the match 1-1, with penalty shootout 5-4.
Raw videos: Real Salt Lake gets trophy | Fans celebrate
Galleries: MLS Cup match | Teams prepare for match
Videos: Kyle Beckerman | David Beckham
More MLS coverage | Fan tweets about MLS Cup
UPDATE - 08:56 PM
Senate Democrats at odds over health-care bill
Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.
NEW - 09:33 PM
Woman stabbed in North Seattle
A woman was stabbed by a man who approached her from behind near Northwest 90th Street and Holman Road Northwest, police said. She was listed in stable condition.
Bomb squad responds to device in newspaper box in Bothell
UPDATE - 08:21 PM
Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, some 240 rescued
Heavy snowfall easing in mountain passes; lots of lowland rain
Tugboat sinks on Seattle's waterfront
West Point cadet from Fox Island named Rhodes Scholar
State child-support error costs nearly $21,000
Chase shrugs off loss of CD investors
Seattle Times Fund For The Needy offers opportunity to give
Federal Way woman offers unborn baby for adoption on Craigslist
Prep Football | 3A: Bellevue rolls past Glacier Peak, 34-7
Times reporters Ron Judd and Christine Willmsen participated in a live Q&A on Friday on their four-part special report about the Olympic ticket monopoly. Read the Q&A.
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The Wrap | Ron Judd | Back and ready to rip through all the news
Fundraiser descends after 113 nights on roof
Federal judge pushes for answers on salmon recovery
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Awaiting daughter's birth, astronaut busy on spacewalk
Anti-Taliban militias arise in Afghanistan
China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
Iran gets ready for military exercises
Pakistan youth see little hope for future
Hal Bernton chats about his time in Afghanistan
Hal Bernton, just back from Afghanistan, answered your questions Tuesday.
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The final is set and it's an all Western Conference affair. The L.A. Galaxy and Real Salt Lake meet Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in Major League Soccer's championship match at Qwest Field. We'll have full coverage all week on seattletimes.com. On Thursday, commissioner Don Garber participated in a live chat.
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NEW - 09:57 PM
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Sound Economy columnist Jon Talton answered reader questions about the latest state jobless report. Read the Q & A.
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UPDATE - 09:26 PM
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Raw Video | Real Salt Lake receives the MLS Cup trophy
Real Salt Lake is handed the 2009 MLS Cup trophy at Qwest Field, November 22, 2009.
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