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Banda is the choice for Seattle superintendent
José Banda, the current superintendent of the Anaheim City School District, is the Seattle School Board’s choice as the next school superintendent.
Seattle principal’s handling of funds probed
The investigation by the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission found $30,000 in unexplained cash withdrawals from an unauthorized school bank account and sloppy record-keeping of that account.
Seattle company planning out-of-this-world
Space-faring robots could be extracting gold and platinum from asteroids within 10 years if a new venture backed by two Silicon Valley titans and filmmaker James Cameron goes as planned.
Seattle-Based Company To Mine Asteroids
A Seattle-based company is making plans to mine fuel and minerals out of asteroids that whiz past Earth. Planetary Resources Inc., says the mining and fuel processing would all be done by robotic ships and will eventually lead to the creation...
Women found in Wash. house fire had been shot
Two women whose bodies were found in a fire at a home in Washington state had been shot to death, the medical examiner’s office said Monday.
Seattle’s iconic Space Needle turns 50
A popular way for visitors to get an overview of a city is from the observation deck of an iconic structure such as New York’s Empire State Building, Chicago’s Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) or Seattle’s Space Needle, which joins...
Seattle Archbishop To Oversee Nun Association Overhaul
The Catholic Church wants to overhaul the largest umbrella group for nuns in the United States, and it has picked Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain to lead the effort.
Indians look to stay hot in Seattle tonight
While the surging Cleveland Indians have had a rough go at home, they’re proving to be plenty formidable in opposing stadiums. Looking to open 5-0 on the road for the first time in 14 seasons, the Indians continue a three-game set with...
1st piece of Shuttle trainer arrives in Seattle
The first piece of the Space Shuttle trainer has arrived at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. The trainer is expected to be the centerpiece of the museum’s new space gallery. It was built in the 1970s and is unique. Every space shuttle...
Seattle Times, Stranger reporters win Pulitzers
An investigation into the accidental overdose deaths of people on state-subsidized health care who were given a cheap but dangerous pain control drug and an account of a harrowing rape and murder trial won Pulitzer Prizes for The Seattle Times...
