Info: PImail for 9/27/2008

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Top Local Stories
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PEOPLE ACROSS REGION GLUED TO TVS FOR DEBATE
Across the region, people gathered in homes and restaurants and campaign
headquarters to watch the first presidential debate.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=local/380876_debatelocal27.html

WHAT NEXT FOR SEX OFFENDER?
To prosecutors, Richard Hosier represents a special case: a sexual
predator so dangerous that he should be locked up with others like him in
a treatment center even though his prison sentence has ended.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=local/380800_committment27.html

'NICKELSVILLE' MOVES ONTO STATE LAND
Four days after more than 100 homeless people established a camp on city
property in West Seattle, police cleared the site Friday afternoon,
arresting 22 men and women who refused to leave.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=local/380762_nickelsville27.html

ROSSI CAN KEEP 'GOP' LABEL
Republican Dino Rossi can keep his label as the "GOP" candidate for
governor on the November ballot, a judge rules.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=local/380774_gop27.html

PROTEST RIDE HELD WITH CHARGES STILL PENDING
Despite the initial furor following a July altercation between a driver
and Critical Mass riders, the bicycle-rights protests have continued and,
at least for now, no charges have been filed.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=local/380830_criticalmass27.html

THIS ARTIST PAYS YOU TO SUPPORT HIS DREAM
Robert L. Jamieson Jr.: You've heard of people who get paid for
their art. One Ballard man is willing to pay you instead.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=jamieson/380835_robert27.html

THE MONEY SQUEEZE: NATIONAL TROUBLES HIT HOME
The financial storm of the past two weeks blew the curtains away from the
Seattle economy, exposing a tougher future for consumers of a tightening
job market, even tighter banks and a potential recession.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=business/380833_seattlefallout27.html

COMPLAINT OVER CITY'S VIADUCT ACTIONS
A Magnolia man has charged Seattle with illegally supporting a group that
lobbied against an elevated highway replacement for the Alaskan Way
Viaduct and for expansion of Sound Transit's rail and bus system.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=transportation/380801_ethics27.html

CHILD ACTOR SETUP COSTS WHIDBEY WOMAN
A Whidbey Island woman says she lost more than $10,000 to a Los Angeles
woman charged with running an unlicensed group home for child actors and
with bilking clients from across the country.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=local/380811_childactor27.html

OWNER OF DOGS THAT MAULED ARRESTED
The owner of two pit bulls that mauled a 71-year-old SeaTac woman was
arrested this week on a probation violation after officers found drug
paraphernalia and handguns inside his home, the King County Sheriff's
Office reported.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=local/380743_pitbull27.html

GIRL PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN DEATH OF MAN WHO HIRED HER FOR SEX
A 16-year-old girl accused of slaying a man who'd hired her for sex has
pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=local/380755_plea27.html

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Top Business Stories
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TAKING CONTROL, TAKING STOCK AT WAMU
On their first full day of running the former Washington Mutual,
executives of JPMorgan Chase began taking stock Friday of just what it was
they'd bought and what they planned to do with it.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=business/380883_wamu27.html

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT WAMU
In response to readers' questions about WaMu's failure and sale, the
Seattle P-I is researching and posting answers on an ongoing basis.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=business/380757_wamuqa27.html

SOME WAMU CUSTOMERS WARY, ANGRY
The morning after JPMorgan Chase said it will buy failed Washington Mutual
Inc., some local bank customers said they are wary about the safety of
their money and angry about WaMu's avarice, which they believe led to the
seizure and sale.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=business/380749_wamucustomers27.html

TOO EARLY TO KNOW HOW ARTS WILL BE AFFECTED
WaMu support for the Seattle arts community was significant. It is too
soon to know the level of support that will be provided by the failed
bank's new owners.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=business/380851_wamuarts27.html

SMALL RETAIL: DOING GOOD, A CUP AT A TIME
Buy coffee, do good. Pura Vida Coffee in Seattle is set up to give away
its profits to its philanthropic arm.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=business/380763_retail27.html

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Top Sports Stories
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MARINERS' BIG BOSSES WILL RETURN IN 2009
Not only are Howard Lincoln and Chuck Armstrong staying put, but there
will be no change in the overall ownership group. There is nothing
shocking there -- the Mariners' ownership is the fourth oldest in the
American League, and there has been just one internal change in the past
17 years.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=baseball/380898_mari27.html

MARINERS NOTEBOOK: GOOD NEWS FOR BEDARD
Just when it seemed Erik Bedard's tenure with the Mariners might be at an
end, it's not.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=baseball/380896_mbok27.html

HUSKIES HAVE TO FIND THEIR LEGS
If Jake Locker needs to know what Stanford's defense can do, he should
place a call to San Jose State quarterback Kyle Reed.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=huskies/380809_husk27.html

SIGNS POINT TO EASY WIN FOR OREGON OVER COUGS
The numbers don't look good for Washington State against Oregon on
Saturday, but they will play the game anyway.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=cougars/380856_coug27.html

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Transportation
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LAWMAKERS THROW COLD WATER ON I-5 BRIDGE PLAN
PORTLAND -- Members of Congress from Oregon and Washington state say it's
unlikely the federal government will put up as much money as local backers
hope for a new bridge across the Columbia River.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=transportation/380739_portlandbridge27.html

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Robert L. Jamieson Jr.
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Microsoft
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BALLMER: TECH INDUSTRY CAN WEATHER DOWNTURN
Although the technology industry is not immune to the troubles facing the
U.S. economy, it is positioned to weather a downturn, Microsoft Corp. CEO
Steve Ballmer said in a talk Thursday evening in Santa Clara, Calif.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=business/380817_ballmer27.html

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Opinion
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EUROPEAN INVESTORS ARE JITTERY
American plans to buy up assets that are clogging the financial system
lack detail but no one doubts that a massive government intervention is
coming. In Europe jittery investors have no such reassurance.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=opinion/380736_jitteryonline27.html

THINKING ABOUT THE MULTIPLE MCCAINS
David Brooks: When people try to tell me that the McCain on the
campaign trail is the real McCain and the one who came before was fake, I
just say, baloney. I saw him. A half-century of evidence is there.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=opinion/380737_brooksonline27.html

THE QUESTION IS, CAN PALIN GIVE A COHERENT ANSWER?
The reviews of Sarah Palin's latest television appearance tumbled in
yesterday and they were ugly.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=opinion/380748_palinonoline27.html

THANK YOU, GEN. PETRAEUS, FOR A JOB WELL DONE
Gen. David Petraeus, as it turns out, was right. You no longer hear much
talk about the United States being mired in an unwinnable civil war, or
about an immediate -- "not six months from now," Obama emphasized --
withdrawal.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=opinion/380751_gurwitzonline27.html

MORE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=opinion/380759_webltrs27x.html

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Mariners
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M'S 10, ATHLETICS 8
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=baseball/380899_mrevu27.html

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Huskies (Football)
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Motor Sports
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STEWART KEEPS CHASE IN SIGHT
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- So far, 2008 hasn't been Tony Stewart's year.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=motorsports/380826_autos27.html

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Preps
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HERRICK SPARKS EVERETT, SCORING WITH LEGS AND ARM
Chase Herrick ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as Everett beat
Cascade 28-8 on Friday.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=preps/380888_cascade27.html

LAKE STEVENS WINS ON DEFENSE
ARLINGTON -- As he walked into Arlington High School's John C. Larson
Stadium, Lake Stevens defensive end Zach Teuber caught the gaze of a
raucous home fan, who said Arlington was going to beat up Lake Stevens'
No. 24 -- Teuber's best friend on the team.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=preps/380907_arlington27.html

WILLIAMS, RAINIER BEACH BLOW AWAY CLEVELAND
Thomas Williams rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns to lead Rainier
Beach to a 41-6 Metro Sound win over Cleveland at Memorial Stadium on
Friday.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=preps/380874_cleveland27.html

W. SEATTLE STAYS SHARP
Last week, West Seattle beat O'Dea for the first time in school history.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=preps/380908_hale27.html

JACKSON MARCHES 80 YARDS FOR WINNING TD
EVERETT -- Quarterback Andy Gay led Jackson on a game-winning 10-play,
80-yard drive to beat Wesco 4A South Division rival Edmonds-Woodway 29-25
at Memorial Stadium on Friday night.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=preps/380909_jackson27.html

FEDERAL WAY RIPS KENTLAKE
Michael McLaughlin: Federal Way ruined Kentlake's homecoming with a
48-6 drubbing in a South Puget Sound League North game Friday.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=preps/380910_kentlake27.html

NO. 1 HAS NO PROBLEM WITH NEWPORT
Skyline pulled away in the first half for a 49-0 blowout of Newport on
Friday.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=preps/380900_newport27.html

WOODINVILLE RUNS OVER ROOSEVELT
Jordan Todesco rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown to lead Woodinville to
a 42-13 win over Roosevelt on Friday.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=preps/380878_roosevelt27.html

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NBA
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NBA FINES ARENAS FOR AVOIDING MEDIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards were fined
$15,000 apiece by the NBA on Friday after he ducked out of the team's
annual preseason media day, avoiding any discussion of his third left knee
operation in 1 1/2 years.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=basketball/380850_nban27.html

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T-BIRDS CAN'T HOLD EARLY LEAD IN THIRD LOSS
KENNEWICK -- Adam Hughesman scored a pair of goals and Justin Feser had a
goal and an assist as the Tri-City Americans downed the Seattle
Thunderbirds 5-3 Friday in Western Hockey League action at the Toyota
Center.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=hockey/380906_bird27.html

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Books
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FIRED UP ABOUT TILE
The Northwest Handmade Tile Festival is a chance to learn about the
variety and artistry of contemporary art tiles. Some 20 tile artisans will
be on hand, and most will have tiles for sale.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=books/380816_tile27.html

BOOKS: 'STATE BY STATE'
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=books/380626_staybook27.html

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BALLET PUTS ON A SPECTACULAR DISPLAY WITH 'ALL THARP'
R.M. Campbell: Pacific Northwest Ballet's "All Tharp" program
demonstrates the choreographer's enormous aesthetic reach.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=classical/380764_pnb27q.html

'THOUSAND' IS MORE THAN SSO CAN HANDLE
SSO's production of Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand" falls short -- in
more ways than one.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=classical/380789_sso27q.html

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Movies
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DVDS: 'THE ANDERSON TAPES'
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=movies/380631_staydvd27.html

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Music
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A MOMENT WITH ... RA SCION, RAPPER
Seattle rapper RA Scion, who formed Seattle hip-hop group Common Market
with DJ/producer Sabzi of Blue Scholars, grew up in rural Kentucky, lived
in Zambia and now resides in Seattle with his wife and 12-year-old
daughter.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=pop/380754_moment27.html

MUSIC: BUCKCHERRY
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=pop/380628_staycd27.html

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People in the News
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: BROCKOVICH TAKES ON ASBESTOS
Erin Brockovich is now working for a Manhattan personal injury law
firm ... Busta Rhymes won a court order ... and more.
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=people/380753_people27.html

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TV & Radio
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WEEKEND TV
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=tv/380771_staytv27.html

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Video Games
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GAMES: PEGGLE NIGHTS
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=videogames/380633_staygame27.html

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Food & Dining
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DRINKS: MINTY GINGER GRANNY SMITH
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Lifestyle
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HOW TO ... MAKE A PAPER FOLDED BRACELET
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=lifestyle/380639_stayhowto27_paperbracelet.html

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Advice
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ANNIVERSARY SHOULDN'T TRIGGER BAD MEMORIES
Carolyn Hax: A reader writes: "Our fifth wedding anniversary is
coming up quick. Under normal circumstances, I'd do something great for us
in celebration. But three months ago we had a 'rough patch' -- wife wasn't
forthcoming on some stuff, and was caught in a lie on top of it."
http://seattlepi.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=132350&url=hax/380758_hax927.html

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