Monday, November 23, 2009 - Page updated at 11:57 a.m.
KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Food-safety lawyer's wish: Put me out of business
If there's an outbreak of food-borne illness, chances are William Marler will be filing lawsuits. Marler says he and his firm have pried $500 million in settlements out of companies that have sickened customers. The father of one sickened girl gave him the boar's head that adorns the wall of his downtown Seattle office.
Metropolitan King County Council members say existing bus service can be maintained for two more years instead of cutting service 9 percent as earlier proposed.
NEW - 9:30 AM
Illegal workers quietly let go as part of Obama administration strategy
UPDATE - 11:19 AM
Stocks climb on report of jump in home sales
NEW - 11:33 AM
Family sues over fatal Seattle pedicab crash
Hutch gets $10M from Bezos family for immunotherapy research
Brier Dudley | 'Guitar Hero' founder excited about future
Tattoos at Mill Creek church pierce skin, soul
Architects, chefs find 'kid' within to build Gingerbread Village
NEW - 11:52 AM
Teen convicted of starting $12M Bremerton fire
First load of rescued fish moved to Salmon Creek
Freeloader alert: Free frappés, free hot drinks, free doughnuts
UW, WSU once again meet at Apple Cup to see who's worse
Jerry Brewer | Seahawks can't lean on the Hutch Crutch now
Real Salt Lake wins MLS Cup on penalty kicks
Kelley: Fantastic finish to first MLS season | More MLS | Fan tweets
Videos: Salt Lake gets trophy | Fans celebrate
Galleries: Cup match | Pregame
UPDATE - 11:32 AM
Huskies finish third at NCAA cross-country championships
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Marysville soldier dies in Afghanistan NEW - 11:52 AM
Chuckanut Drive closed after rockslide NEW - 11:42 AM
Seattle's red-light districts | Ed cetera NEW - 10:19 AM
Juveniles steal man's iPhone, offer to sell it back for $100 | The Blotter
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.
Read the series | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Jerry Large | Food-bank theft turns into a gift
Bumper to Bumper | How can the city let bridges go dark?
Bomb squad called to Bothell newspaper box Sunday morning
Senate considers food-safety bill
Snow piles up on Cascade slopes
Sprouts, raw fish on attorney's 'do not eat' list
Climate change speeds up since 1997 Kyoto accord
Children in home day care watching hours of TV, study says
Senate Democrats split on health bill's fate
UPDATE - 11:34 AM
SC gov faces 37 charges he broke state ethics laws
U.K. started planning early for war, leaked papers show
Vaccine to kill nicotine buzz now in late tests by small drug firm
Hal Bernton chats about his time in Afghanistan
Hal Bernton, just back from Afghanistan, answered your questions Tuesday.
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- Tugboat sinks at Seattle waterfront pier
- Illegal workers quietly let go
- Child-support error costs nearly $21,000
- Vikings easily beat the Seahawks
- Craigslist adoption ad: A plea by young mother-to-be? A scam?
- Chase shrugs off loss of CD investors
- Woman stabbed by stranger in North Seattle
- Snow piles up on Cascade slopes
- Denny Triangle gains skyline, but tenants slow to come
- Illegal workers quietly let go
225 - Vikings easily beat the Seahawks
164 - Climate change speeds up since 1997 Kyoto accord
153 - Palin excitement builds in Tri-Cities
131 - Metro won't cut bus service after all
115 - Cutting through breast-cancer confusion
106 - Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle
91 - Tattoos at Mill Creek Church pierce skin, soul
60 - Jerry Brewer: Seahawks can't lean on the Hutch Crutch now
54 - Ranking the Pac
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- Sprouts, raw fish on attorney's 'do not eat' list
- Tattoos at Mill Creek church pierce skin, soul
- Illegal workers quietly let go
- Food-safety lawyer's wish: Put me out of business
- Rediscovering Moab, 'the most beautiful place on Earth'
- It's possible to recover a life lost to hoarding
- Child-support error costs nearly $21,000
- Architects, chefs find 'kid' within to build Gingerbread Village
- 'The Road' takes Viggo Mortensen to Mount St. Helens and Astoria, Ore.
- Washington state wines make annual best-of list
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.
Vikings easily beat the Seahawks
Steve Kelley | A fantastic finish to first MLS season in Seattle
Sideline Chatter | Fourth-down gambles leave New England in shambles
High School Sports Blog | 1A football quarterfinal quickly became the 'Shoreline Shootout'
Sounders FC Blog | A roar for the Rave Green (and a Victory Knot for me!)
Husky Football Blog | Apple Cup ticket update, and early look at WSU
Auto | Driver Jimmie Johnson wins his 4th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title in a row
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Preview: Renaissance Singers usher in season with 'Christmas in Cambridge'
Lit Life | National recognition for Seattle's readergirlz online book community
Supergroup Them Crooked Vultures land at the Paramount
Journalist and author Amy Goodman in Seattle
'Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black' on History Channel is a Monday TV pick
Popcorn & Prejudice: A Movie Blog | "The Dark Knight." "Spider-Man 3." "New Moon." Say what?
All You Can Eat | Good Morning America: get your No. 1 spicy pork tacos here

Seattle's classic restaurants meet re-imagined new eateries
A vibrant restaurant scene is made all the more interesting with a mix of old-school traditions and new ways of imagining them. In 10 pairs of eateries, Nancy Leson compares how local chefs are mixing it up, for your dining pleasure. Read the story
Q & A with Sound Economy columnist Jon Talton
Sound Economy columnist Jon Talton answered reader questions about the latest state jobless report. Read the Q & A.
Nintendo re-enlists Mario, savior of video-game industry
Verizon-Frontier deal stirs concern among consumers
Gaps for consumers in Democrat health care bills
Coffee City | Green Mountain and Peet's wage bidding war for Diedrich Coffee
Interface | Socrata helps public agencies share data
Inventor chases a solution to cancer
Layoffs of 20 employees or more at companies in Washington.
To see all layoffs by company go to the database; or send a tip about layoff news.
Leonard Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist | New York terror trials will restore faith in rule of law
Neal Peirce / Syndicated columnist | It's time to promote development that conserves land and energy
Guest columnist | Ringing the alarm about a threat to homeless youth
NEW - 11:33 AM
Get ready for Thanksgiving flight delays, thanks to New York
NEW - 11:39 AM
Biofuel used on Boeing 747 flight
NEW - 11:29 AM
Grand Canyon to change "unfair" hiking-permit system
Thanksgiving travel plans expected to grow slightly
Ask Travel | A free day in Prague
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Rules to dine by when eating in restaurants with kids
Coffee City | McDonald's launches its version of Frappuccino in western Washington
Seattle Times Fund For The Needy offers opportunity to give
Washington businesses break ties to industrial-food chain
Nicole Brodeur | You have more to spare than you think you do

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