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School boardmembers offer only token tweaks to school closure plans
The board votes tonight on the superintendent's plan, and it looks as if closure opponents have lost their battle
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Wanted: a local prosecutor to try President Bush for murder
Seattle residents have teamed up with Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted Charles Manson, in a campaign to find a prosecutor to try President George W. Bush on murder charges for the deaths in Iraq of more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers.
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Why tax cuts might not rescue the economy
Tax cuts work when they stimulate consumption. President Bush's $150 billion tax cut didn't do this and any tax cuts that President Obama puts in place aren't likely to stimulate people to spend if they are worried about losing their jobs.
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Tolls and other traffic management ideas are coming back
The federal stimulus package shortchanges transit, but the Washington Transportation Commission is thinking ahead: taxes, tolls, and demand management.
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Rose City recall last sank a mayor in the 1950s
The movement to recall Portland Mayor Sam Adams is an old method in a new scandal