Seattle Post-Intelligencer back issues from January 2008:
FIVE TO WATCH.(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008 ... DYME DEF: These former EMP Sound Off participants are barely over 21, but with the help of Bean One and a hard hitting album, they have landed an opening slot for hip-hop luminaries Wu-Tang Clan at the Showbox. Their debut album "Space Music" is out on Soul Gorilla Monopoly. ...
NEW ON DVD.(Life and Arts)(Column)
Jan 01, 2008 ... RESIDENT EVIL - EXTINCTION: Milla Jovovich again fighting flesh-hungry zombies in the third installment based on the video game. Extras: deleted scenes; sneak peek of "Resident Evil: Degeneration" - the first "Resident Evil" CGI feature film; filmmakers' commentary with director Russell ...
IRAQ WAR: NO LULL IN DEATHS.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Those who feel that the lull in sectarian violence in Iraq equals a victory for our forces should consider this: According to The Associated Press, 2007 was the deadliest for our troops since the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. That's 899 flag-draped coffins that weren't ...
SEATTLE CENTER: A PLACE FOR KIDS.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Change can be as cruel as it can be exciting. Case in point: At the ripe old age of 45, Seattle Center's creaky, quaint, vaguely garish Fun Forest has been told to pack it in. Between the mayor's plan to revitalize Seattle Center and the playground's issues with its lease, it ...
CANDIDATES STRADDLE THE GREAT DIVIDE.(Editorial)(Column)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: PAUL KRUGMAN SYNDICATED COLUMNIST On Sunday, The New York Times published a highly informative chart laying out the positions of the presidential candidates on major issues. It was, I'd argue, a useful reality check for those who believe that the next president can ...
DEFENSE BILL: BUSH'S VETO IS THE ACT OF A SPOILED CHILD.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2008 ... I am dumbfounded at the response of Congress to President Bush's recent veto of the huge defense bill because it contained a single provision he didn't like. Who would have thought that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, mother of five, would fail to recognize this behavior? Suppose ...
READERS CARE: PEOPLE TO PEOPLE.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2008 ... As the New Year dawns, it's worth a few minutes thinking about how people in a community help one another. One way to do just that is the Seattle P-I Readers Care Fund. It's been a vehicle for more than a quarter of a century to fund local nonprofit organizations doing good ...
READ THIS.(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008 ... "HER LAST DEATH" Susanna Sonnenberg. 273 pages. Scribner. $24. When Susanna Sonnenberg was 10 years old, her mother bought her a copy of Penthouse magazine and told her to read one of the letters aloud. When she was 12, her mother gave her some cocaine and told her ...
LISTEN UP.(Life and Arts)(Column)
Jan 01, 2008 ... JONNY GREENWOOD "There Will Be Blood" soundtrack (Wea/Atlantic/Nonesuch) Working with the Emperor String Quartet and the BBC Concert Orchestra for the score of Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood," the compositions from Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood are ...
DRINK UP.(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008 ... The "Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book" is a post-Pro- hibition collection of pre-Prohibition drinks, such as this one, honoring the bar at the storied Man- hattan hotel that closed in 1929 then reopened in 1931 but without its iconic watering hole. BERMUDA HIGHBALL ...
WATCH THIS.(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008 ... "TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM" 355 minutes; four discs. Not rated. Although four hours seems like a long time for a documentary on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Runnin' Down a Dream" doesn't seem the slightest bit fat or indulgent, and it's ...
COOK IT.(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008 ... STEWED BLACK-EYED PEAS Serves: 6 Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 21/2-3 hours 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 large yellow onion, chopped 1 celery stalk, minced 2 garlic cloves, minced 6 cups chicken ...
GAME ON.(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008 ... "CRANIUM KABOOKII" Rated: Everyone Platform: Wii "Cranium Kabookii" offers a variety of activities taken from the popular "Cranium" board game and translated for play on the Wii. That means you and your friends will be using the Wii's motion-sensitive Remote to do ...
HOW TO DE-DECORATE AND REDECORATE.(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008 ... The holidays are over, and it's time to put away all those shiny baubles. But if the thought of undecked halls gets you down, it's time to rethink the de-decorating process. Taking down the tinsel can mean de-cluttering and freshening for the new year if you incorporate some ...
WHAT'S ONLINE.(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008 ... EAT/DRINK topsecretcopycatrecipes.com Make your favorite restaurant dishes at home with recipes from this site. PETS petstyle.com PetStyle strives to be a comprehensive site ...
ON THE TUBE.(Television)
Jan 01, 2008 ... "MONK" MARATHON All day. USA Network If you're looking to zone out all day, Tony Shalhoub stars in this comedic crime drama. ROSE BOWL 2 p.m. KOMO/4 That USC team seems to always be in the Rose Bowl! Maybe Illinois can put a stop ...
CHECK'S IN THE BANK, BUT HAS IT CASHED?(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: PHUONG CAT LE P-I reporter STEVE GUILING deposited a $550 local check in a quick-drop box at a Washington Mutual branch in Seattle. Assuming the money would be available the next business day, he began making purchases. Three days later, Guiling said, he ...
COURT TV NO MORE.(Television)
Jan 01, 2008 ... As of today, Court TV will have a new name: truTV. This new brand is meant to emphasize the station's reality-based programming, and play down its legal content, which only runs from 9 to 3, after which the station is overtaken by documentary-style ...
WRITE ON.(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Seattle may have slipped from No. 1 to No. 2 as the most literate city, but at the P-I we're still reveling in the Northwest writers who have been part of our yearlong Writer in Residence program. Each month ...
LETTERMAN AND WRITERS ARE READY.(Life and Arts)(PEOPLE)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Robin Williams will be David Letterman's first guest upon the return of his "Late Show" on CBS Wednesday. The appearance of a Hollywood A-lister who can talk a mile a minute may be Letterman's way of trying to draw a distinction between his show and his late-night rivals, who ...
TEST YOUR IQ, POP-CULTURE BUFFS.(Life and Arts)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: MONICA HAYNESPittsburgh Post-Gazette How much attention did you pay to the pop culture - or perhaps we should say tabloid - world in 2007? Test your knowledge with this pop quiz. 1. How many days was Paris Hilton originally sentenced to serve in jail? ...
CARNATION COMES TOGETHER AT VIGIL COMMUNITY ROCKED BY KILLINGS SHARES SUPPORT.(News)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: CASEY McNERTHNEYP-I reporter CARNATION -- Barely whispering, they gathered on the lawn near Carnation City Hall on Monday night. Most came to the candlelight vigil with family members - ones they clung to a little tighter in what has been called the small town's most ...
IN THIS HOUR, AMISH OFFER A LESSON.(News)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: ROBERT L. JAMIESON JR. P-I columnist ONE IMAGE PAINS the most: two little kids facing the barrel of a gun just before they are shot dead Christmas Eve. A week later, the Dec. 24 massacre of six family members in Carnation still sends shudders. Words such as ...
WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH ON CAPITOL HILL.(News)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: CASEY McNERTHNEYP-I reporter Police are searching for answers in the stabbing death of a woman Monday night on a Capitol Hill sidewalk. The stabbing occurred near the intersection of 15th Avenue and East Howell Street. Police said several neighbors called ...
DYE PACK AROUSES SUSPICION.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A plainclothes Bellevue police officer on his way to lunch nabbed a bank-robbery suspect Monday after he noticed a "cloud of red smoke" from an exploding dye pack used by banks to secure money, Bellevue police said. Officer Tory Mangione was driving in an unmarked police car when he ...
2007 DEADLIEST FOR U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ.(News)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: MIKE BARBERP-I reporter "Surge" was not an active strategy in the war in Iraq when Staff Sgt. Charles D. Allen, a 28- year-old Fort Lewis combat medic, became the first soldier from Washington to perish there in 2007. The husband and father of a 7-year-old ...
UW CHECKING STUDENTS CITED OVER DOWNLOADS.(News)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: AMY ROLPHP-I reporter The University of Washington is evaluating reports that 16 students illegally downloaded music on campus computers, and officials say they won't pass along letters from the Recording Industry Association of America asking for thousands of ...
2008 - WAIT FOR IT - LIFTS OFF.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... SEATTLEPI.COM: Share your photos, view ...
AIR SAFETY STUDY REVEALS NEAR DISASTERS NASA SCRAMBLES DATA, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ANALYZE.(News)(Survey)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I NEWS SERVICES NASA grudgingly released some results Monday from an $11.3 million federal air safety study it previously withheld from the public over concerns it would upset travelers and hurt airline profits. The data reflect hundreds of cases in which pilots flew ...
DISSENT WITHIN GOP BUBBLES TO THE SURFACE.(News)(Column)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOEL CONNELLY P-I columnist DES MOINES, Iowa -- They may be leaders of the party of "red states" and traditional values, but Republican presidential contenders are starting to brawl just like New York Democrats. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a man ...
DREADED 'R' WORD POPS MORE ON ECONOMY BUT AREA BUSINESS LEADERS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC FOR NEW YEAR.(News)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: ANDREA JAMES P-I reporter Around the region, in boardrooms and at lunch tables, on conference calls and on corporate jets, the "R" word is creeping into conversations among Seattle's business elite. The last time the national economy slowed to a recession, ...
CALIFORNIA: WOMAN IS PAROLED 3 DECADES AFTER SHE TRIED TO SHOOT FORD.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Sara Jane Moore, who took a shot at President Ford in a bizarre assassination attempt just 17 days after a disciple of Charles Manson tried to kill Ford, was paroled Monday after 32 years behind bars. Moore, 77, was released from the federal prison in Dublin, east of San ...
CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS.(News)(Correction notice)
Jan 01, 2008 ... The Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Nutcracker" production premiered in 1983. A story on Page C4 of Saturday's Life and Arts section misstated the year. The White ...
SYRIA: STATE-RUN NEWSPAPERS URGE THE U.S. TO OPEN DIALOGUE.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... State-run media called Monday on the United States to begin a direct dialogue with Syria, a day after an influential U.S. senator said Washington could "bridge the gap" between Israel and Syria. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., held talks Sunday with President Bashar Assad in Damascus ...
TIGER ATTACK JOINS RASH OF PROBLEMS AT S.F. ZOO HISTORY OF MISMANAGEMENT INCLUDES INJURIES TO ANIMALS, WORKERS AND EVEN VISITORS.(News)(Obituary)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: PATRICIA YOLLINSan Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO -- A koala is kidnapped. Sheep are molested by a human intruder. An elephant does a headstand on a technician, breaking her pelvis. A tiger ravages its keeper's arm. A year later, on Christmas Day, the same feline ...
AT PLAYOFF PITCH SEAHAWKS COUNTING ON QWEST MYSTIQUE TO STOP REDSKINS.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: CLARE FARNSWORTHP-I reporter KIRKLAND -- Qwest Field has been very, very good to the Seahawks. And, energized by the 12th Man-created din, the Seahawks usually are pretty darn good at Qwest Field. But is the mystique of a stadium enough to ...
DEPLETED SONICS STRUGGLE TO MESH SEATTLE NEARLY RALLIES WITHOUT DURANT, WILCOX.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: GARY WASHBURNP-I reporter Those wondering about the importance of rookie Kevin Durant to the Sonics lineup needed only to watch the team's lack of offensive cohesiveness Monday night against the Philadelphia 76ers. Durant was a late scratch with a sprained ...
REMATCH CARRIES ITS OWN BRIEF HISTORY.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: ART THIEL P-I columnist MANY ARE THE ways to look upon the Seahawks' return to the playoffs, most of them contradictory: For a franchise that had three playoff wins in its first 29 years, this fifth consecutive postseason appearance is a feat of surpassing ...
EX-HUSKY'S HOMECOMING MACCULLOCH NOW CALLING 76ERS GAMES.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: GARY WASHBURNP-I reporter There was a large presence Monday night at KeyArena, a tall, bulky man who looked faintly familiar to those Huskies fans who remember when the basketball program did not have perennial NCAA Tournament aspirations. Walk up closer ...
DAVID HORSEY'S NATIONAL/WORLD VIEW OF 2007.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2008 ... (This page contains a collection of P-I cartoonist David Horsey's cartoons on ...
KING COUNTY DEATHS.(News)(Obituary)
Jan 01, 2008 ... AHLADIS: John N., 81, of Sammamish, Dec. 26. ARNOLD: Verne G., 91, of Everett, Dec. 13. BALL: Neal M., 5, of Trout Lake, Nov. 27. BATES: Alice R., 64, of Renton, Dec. 22. BAUSCUS: Frederick H., 74, of Lake Forest Park, Dec. 20. ...
COUNTY TOLD TO WEIGH ALL-MAIL VOTING DELAY.(News)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: GREGORY ROBERTSP-I reporter If federal officials don't approve a new line of ballot-counting equipment by early February, King County should delay its planned transition to all-mail voting until 2009, county elections division officials recommended Monday. ...
5 FORCED OUT OF HOME BY BASEMENT FIRE.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services SEATTLE -- Five people were displaced by a fire late Sunday, but there were no injuries. Seattle firefighters were called to a home in the 6700 block of Dibble Avenue Northwest about 11 p.m. Sunday after smoke was reported coming ...
LAST YEAR'S WINNERS AND LOSERS IN AREA STOCKS E-COMMERCE UP, BIOTECHS DOWN.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: CRAIG HARRISP-I reporter Consumers shopping for discounts online during a struggling economy improved the fortunes of investors of three area e-commerce businesses, including Seattle-based Amazon.com. The Internet retailer, which saw sales increase all ...
REGIONAL NEWS: SOUTH KOREA'S JEJU AIR ORDERS 5 BOEING 737S.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Jeju Air of South Korea has ordered five 737s to accommodate future growth, The Boeing Co. said Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. To date, Boeing has won more than 4,400 orders for so-called "Next-Generation" 737s, which include several models ...
NATIONAL NEWS: VONAGE, NORTEL SETTLE THEIR TECH LITIGATION.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008 ... JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Vonage Holdings Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. have settled their patent litigation, allowing for cross-licensing of the telecom companies' technology. The agreement does not call for any payments by either company. Under the agreement, ...
RECESSION IN 2008? 1 TROUBLE SPOT LOOMS.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: BILL VIRGIN P-I columnist IF WHAT'S PAST is prologue, it might be useful to look at the region's last economic slowdown for clues as to what might set off another one in 2008. As luck would have it, we have a ready resource to tap for such indicators - ...
NO INJURIES IN BLAZE THAT DAMAGED STORE.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services SEATTLE -- Flames damaged a grocery and forced three people from the living quarters Monday in the 2800 block of South McClellan Street, the Fire Department reported. The fire was reported about 2:30 p.m. ...
NOW FOR THE TOUGH PART UW MEETS COUGS TO START THE NEW YEAR.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: DAN RALEYP-I reporter The party was great to end the year, an 82-50 victory over Idaho State. Yet like a lot of revelers, the Washington basketball team will wake up Tuesday morning, wondering where it is and how the heck it got there. Too ...
BOULDIN LEADS GONZAGA PAST UTAH BULLDOGS OUTSHOOT UTES, DOMINATE SECOND HALF.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Byline: HOWIE STALWICK Special to the P-I SPOKANE -- Matt Bouldin wasn't the biggest star in the building, but he was the biggest star on the basketball court, and that's all that mattered to the Gonzaga Bulldogs. With 2007 World Series MVP Mike Lowell looking on, ...
T-BIRDS SKATE PAST WINTER HAWKS.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I NEWS SERVICES PORTLAND -- Bud Holloway scored two goals as the Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Portland Winter Hawks 6-3 Monday night in front of 6,762 at Memorial Coliseum. The T-Birds improved to 17-12-5-1 in the U.S. Division. After Kevin ...
BASEBALL: CLEMENS WELCOME TO SPEAK AT PREP COACHES CONVENTION.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Roger Clemens is still welcome at a convention of Texas high school baseball coaches. The group reconsidered its invitation after Clemens was mentioned prominently in the Mitchell Report on steroids. On Monday, the coaches said they found no reason to prevent the pitcher from ...
LOOK BACK.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Jan. 1 1981: Butch Woolfolk ran for 182 yards and scored a touchdown as Michigan overwhelmed Washington 23-6 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Chuck Nelson accounted for all the Huskies' points on field goals of 35 and 26 yards. 1982: Freshman Jacque Robinson ran for 142 ...
5 TO WATCH IN 2008.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008 ... PAT SHANAHAN The vice president of Boeing's 787 program replaced Mike Bair when the program fell behind by six months. Nothing much is riding on the 787 other than Boeing's commercial future. It can't afford another delay, and it will be up to Shanahan to make sure there are no ...
5 TO WATCH IN 2008.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... JAKE LOCKER Locker wasn't the only reason to watch the Huskies play football in 2007, but almost. With his charisma and toughness, Locker became one of the most intriguing first-year players in the history of the program. He set school and Pac-10 records for rushing yards by a ...
DECEMBER HAWKS REWIND.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... The Seahawks went 3-2 in December, but backed into the playoffs by falling to a 12-loss Atlanta team in the season finale - and allowing a season-high 44 points in the process. But the most ignominious moment of the month occurred on Dec. 16, when the Seahawks were undressed by Carolina ...
5 TO WATCH IN 2008.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... PORT OF SEATTLE A devastating report by the state Auditor says the agency squandered nearly $100 million in tax money and broke state law. Will the famously business-friendly culture at the Port change and will regulators and legislators take action? MARIA ...
5 TO WATCH IN 2008.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... VLADIMIR PUTIN The Russian president signaled early on that he intends to maintain power even after his term ends. And he's talking of merging Russia with Belarus. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT Springtime with Hillary and Barack, Rudy and Mitt and all the others ....
STEPS TO CURING A CREDIT CARD HANGOVER.(Business)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: SUZE ORMAN Columnist IT'S JANUARY, and suddenly all the crazy spending you did in December hits home when the credit card statements start showing up, and you find yourself sweating bullets in the dead of winter over the size of your balance. Talk about a painful ...
CLAIMS OF IMPROVED PERFORMANCE UNPROVEN HASSELBECK AMONG ATHLETES WEARING TITANIUM NECKLACE.(Business)(Column)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: CRAIG HARRISP-I reporter Being sheepish typically isn't an attribute associated with Matt Hasselbeck. But when the Seattle Seahawks quarterback wanted a titanium-laced vinyl necklace from Phiten, which claims its products help athletes recover more ...
SNOWFALL BOOSTS SPIRITS AT SKI AREAS LATE START OF SEASON STILL PUTS PROFITABILITY AT RISK.(Business)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: GREG JOHNSTONP-I reporter Abundant snowfall over the holidays is putting grins on a lot of skiers' and snowboarders' faces, and managers of Northwest ski areas hope it will help launch their seasonal profits over the top. "This is definitely what we need," ...
HAMMER TIME ON DANCE VIDEO SITE.(Business)(Column)
Jan 02, 2008 ... MC Hammer hasn't topped the music charts since the early 1990s, but the former rap star says he has another hit in him - only this time around he'll produce it as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Hammer, whose real name is Stanley Burrell, is choreographing a new career as co-founder and ...
NATIONAL NEWS: FORMER H&R BLOCK CHIEF TO GET $2.55 MILLION SEVERANCE.(Business)
Jan 02, 2008 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- H&R Block Inc. says former Chairman and Chief Executive Mark Ernst will receive a $2.55 million cash severance payment. The Kansas City, Mo., provider of tax, accounting and other financial services said in a filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange ...
CIA TAPES: INVESTIGATE FULLY.(Editorial)(Column)
Jan 02, 2008 ... As the investigation continues into how interrogation tapes of two prisoners came to be destroyed, one thing becomes clear: The decision to destroy the tapes had little, if anything, to do with protecting the identity of the agents doing the interrogations. The New York Times ...
PRESIDENTIAL COINS: RETIRE PAPER DOLLAR.(Editorial)
Jan 02, 2008 ... It's easy to hear when someone returns from the post office. There's that jingling sound that comes from a pocket or purse full of change. We say it's easy to mark the location because the sound is so rare; there are few places that give coinage as change. That's supposed to be ...