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One man's one-man team
Biding time until coach Tyrone Willingham is gone, cranky University of Washington football fans at least get to watch an NFL quarterback prospect excel. Jake Locker does so in spite of those around him.
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The faux maverick's sidekick
Sen. John McCain's got a perception problem, and Gov. Sarah Palin is the solution.
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Is Sound Transit really one of 'the world's biggest boondoggles'?
A new magazine called Miller-McCune has compiled a list of "The World's Biggest Boondoggles," [http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/601] and right up there in fourth place is Seattle's Sound Transit Link Light Rail (phase 1, not the proposal we'll vote on next November). Here's the dishonorable ment
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Sausage Links, tears for Obama edition
Who says there's no crying at conventions? Michael at NW Progressive, a delegate for Sen. Hillary Clinton blogging from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, says he "broke down and cried" [http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2008/08/president-and-vice-president.html] when the former first l
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Turning foreclosures into affordable housing
Several American cities have been buying up foreclosed and abandoned homes [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/business/26home.html?_r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin], refurbishing them, and selling them quickly to developers and homeowners. Boston, San Diego, and Minneapolis are using the id