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August 26, 2014 at 11:30 AM
People walk past a Tim Horton’s cafe in Manhattan Monday in New York City. (Photo by Associated Press) (The Associated Press contributed to this article.) Burger King said Tuesday it struck a deal to buy Tim Hortons, Canada’s favorite doughnut and coffee chain, for about $11 billion and move its corporate headquarters to Canada. The companies say…
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July 14, 2014 at 9:31 AM
Many pictures came from fans at the Sounders game at CenturyLink Field.
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| Topics: sunset
June 25, 2014 at 12:35 PM
Here’s a follow-up to a news item from Tuesday: PORTLAND (AP) — A venture capitalist has opted to sell his recently purchased northwest Portland home to neighbors instead of demolishing it. Kevin Rose is a general partner for Google Ventures. Earlier this year, he paid $1.3 million for a house built in 1892. He initially planned to…
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| Topics: Portland, real estate
June 24, 2014 at 12:20 PM
A screenshot of the house listing on Redfin.com. Wednesday update: Demolition of the home was averted late Tuesday when Rose agreed to sell the home to neighbors. Original story from Tuesday: The comments are rolling in hot and heavy today on an Oregonian story about a neighborhood protest against plans to demolish a house in…
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June 13, 2014 at 12:46 PM
This is a follow-up post to last week’s report about the annual crow-attack frenzy happening on the streets of Seattle and neighboring burgs. We asked people to help us map places where terror struck from above, and now we’ve got more than 50 areas marked. Here’s one particularly scary comment in the earlier item’s comment thread: Two…
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| Topics: crows
June 4, 2014 at 11:09 AM
It’s June and you know what that means: Angry crow parents are fiercely protecting their nests. You might just be minding your own business walking down a shady street when out of nowhere a flash of black feathers takes a swipe at the top of your head. Ouch! Here’s a recent attack story from Twitter: @jseattle…
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June 2, 2014 at 1:58 PM
The Seattle City Council has unanimously adopted a plan to raise the minimum pay of Seattle workers to $15 an hour over the next three to seven years. The box below pulls in the tweets of Seattle Times staff covering the council meeting and reaction to the vote. Here’s the latest story about the vote. [do…
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| Topics: $15 minimum wage
April 21, 2014 at 3:48 PM
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March 26, 2014 at 1:31 PM
George Takei (Larry Busacca / Getty Images) George Takei, best known for portraying Lt. Sulu on the ’60s TV Show “Star Trek,” will be the celebrity grand marshal for this year’s Seattle Pride Parade, parade organizer Seattle Out & Proud announced Wednesday. The actor and director, a proponent of gay rights and active in local…
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| Topics: gay, George Takei, parade
February 5, 2014 at 9:32 AM
We scanned the Interwebs for tasty reports from the big Seahawks victory parade in downtown Seattle on Wednesday. Got your own photo or video to share? Go here.
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