Getting the jitters
Starbucks' "third place" concept is under pressure from laptops, McDonald's, and a decline in snob appeal.
Starbucks' "third place" concept is under pressure from laptops, McDonald's, and a decline in snob appeal.
While Fourth of July vacationers might be excited to see fireworks tonight, they won't be as enthusiastic about Washington's skyrocketing fuel prices. The Seattle Times reported [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008025506_webgastax30m.html] on the recent 1.5-cent increase in the stat
Let the mourning begin [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/thiel/369455_thiel03.html] about the Seattle SuperGoneics. Everyone's in tears. That is, except the editorial board at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. They think the settlement was a good deal [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/369391_soniced
A close look at the ambitious "Cascade Agenda," which hopes to preserve the central Puget Sound region's natural systems from a Pugetopolis that sprawls all the way to the Cascades. The mechanisms are known, but it's not clear they can work well enough or soon enough.
Today's the day of reckoning [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/369199_trial02.html] for the city of Seattle and the SuperSonics. Judge Marsha Pechman [http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/sonicstrial/] will rule at 4 p.m., and we'll know who wins this OK Corrall shootout. Mayor Greg Nickels