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Barack Obama's big Oregon lead
A look at the polls suggests the Illinois senator's victory dance is warranted.
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There's nothing new in a plan to save Puget Sound
While the Puget Sound Partnership works to include citizen comment in the process of developing a plan to save the Sound, some scientists say they already weighed in — back in 2006 — but it looks as if their comments are being ignored.
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Seattle neighborhoods at one table
Chapter 3: Members of the City Neighborhood Council refer to the body's role as "holding the city's feet to the fire," but that expression is more incendiary than the reality. The role is advisory, but sometimes its influence can be seen in City Hall initiatives born or programs saved.
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57 states — and the Soviet of Washington?
Sen. Barack Obama must be drinking some of the same Seattle water as secessionist [/mossback/13955/] Mayor Greg Nickels. In Beaverton, Ore., he told the crowd that he'd visited "57 states [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/new-patriotic-o.html]" with "one left to go." He goes on to
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A Seattle software exec makes sure that the buffalo don't roam
In the 19th century, tourists used to slaughter bison herds from passing trains, blasting the big beasts into near extinction just for fun. That ugly tradition is echoed in the recent massacre of buffalo [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/may/08/johnson-these-broken-fences-will-take-a-long-