Seattle Post-Intelligencer back issues from March 2008:
FREMONT BRIDGE CLOSURES NEXT WEEK.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I STAFF The Fremont Bridge will be closed to vehicles for four nights next week for ongoing upgrades of mechanical and electrical systems used to operate the drawbridge. The bridge will remain open to pedestrians and bicyclists. The closures will ...
EX-PRESIDENTS JOIN PROTEST CALLING FOR ARROYO'S OUSTER.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PHILIPPINES -- Two former Philippine presidents, once bitter foes, joined tens of thousands of protesters at a rally Friday to press for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's resignation over a raging corruption scandal. It was the largest crowd yet since Arroyo's latest crisis erupted weeks ...
CORRECTIONS / CLARIFICATIONS.(News)(Correction notice)
Mar 01, 2008 ... The band Nextdoor Neighbors presents a "brand of angry coffee-shop-girl lyrics tempered by ...
POLICE CHIEF CREATES ETHICS OFFICE PART OF SHAKE-UP IN COMMAND STAFF.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: SCOTT GUTIERREZP-I reporter Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske has made sweeping changes to his command staff, in part to strengthen the police accountability system and to improve communication with the community. The changes include formation of a new ...
FAREWELL TOAST TO MILLER TIME.(Sports)(Column)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: JIM MOORE P-I COLUMNIST A LETTER TO Ted Miller on his last day at the Seattle P-I: Dear Ted, Good luck with your new job as the Pac-10 football and basketball writer for ESPN.com. I can't think of one person who is more deserving than you. I can think of ...
EVERETT'S IRVING TIES SHUTOUT RECORD.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: MATTHEW GASCHKSpecial to the P-I EVERETT -- Usually 35 saves are enough for a win. But for Jacob DeSerres and the Thunderbirds, it was just enough for a loss as Everett Silvertips goaltender Leland Irving stopped 37 shots en route to his 21st career shutout, tying a ...
LIGHT TURNS ON FOR THUNDERBIRDS' RICHARD.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: MATTHEW GASCHKSpecial to the P-I David Richard knows a thing or two about streaks, but the Thunderbirds right wing would prefer not to be known for going scoreless in his first 42 games in the Western Hockey League. His first goal in game No. 43 started a ...
BALLARD HOSTS TENT CITY HOMELESS CAMP MOVES TODAY TO OUR REDEEMER'S PARKING LOT.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: DEBERA CARLTON HARRELLP-I reporter Hayley Parks held a wide-eyed 9-month-old girl on her hip, gazing out her kitchen window at an empty church parking lot. Saturday is moving day for Tent City 3. The self-governing, ever-changing group of 60 to 90 homeless ...
HEALTH CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AIM TO EDUCATE THE ENTIRE FAMILY VIRGINIA MASON AND THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS TEAM UP TO BOOST FITNESS.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHERIE BLACKP-I reporter Nan Hall was looking for a way to help her family become healthier. She wanted to find a way to get her husband, her 8 year-old daughter Caroline and her 10-year-old son Austin to be more active, to eat better and to spend less ...
SEATTLE LAW EXPERTS DISCUSS TERROR WAR GENERAL DEFENDS AND CRITICIZES GUANTANAMO BAY.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: PAUL SHUKOVSKYP-I reporter The open-ended detention of terrorism suspects was defended by a former top military lawyer Friday in Seattle as a wartime necessity. Speaking at a legal forum at Seattle University, Army Maj. Gen. John Altenburg said that under ...
MAGAZINE SALESMAN WHO ROBBED WOMAN GETS 8 YEARS TRAUMATIZED VICTIM RELUCTANT TO BE IN COURTROOM.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: TRACY JOHNSONP-I reporter A man who choked and robbed a woman in the Eastlake neighborhood after coming to her door to sell magazine subscriptions was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison. Antonio Smokes, 26 ((age)), apologized to the ...
RELIGIOUS MARKETPLACE A MECCA FOR AMERICANS.(News)(Survey)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: ANTHONY B. ROBINSONCOLUMNIST IF YOU HAVE to pick one word to describe the state of religion in America today, it might be "fluid." A new national report, titled "The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey," paints a picture of shifts and change. Here are the key ...
3 FROM FT. LEWIS REMEMBERED.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: MIKE BARBERP-I reporter Twice last month a pair of grim but compassionate military officers arrived at the front doors of the families of Fort Lewis soldiers serving in Iraq, filling them with dread. Courtney Runyan of Puyallup at first didn't want to get ...
COMPANY'S THREE BIRTHS A LEAP-YEAR CROWD.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: CASEY McNERTHNEYP-I reporter The Luxury Real Estate employees who work in three separate areas of their Seattle office weren't close friends when their wives became pregnant last year. But when they ran into one another in the break room Thursday, they bonded over ...
EVENTS TO CELEBRATE MILITARY, TROOPS SET.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services RENTON -- U.S. troops here and abroad are the beneficiaries of several projects and a large military ceremony this weekend. Volunteers from Operation Support Our Troops will be packing boxes Saturday to send to nearly 6,000 U.S ....
NOT CHARGED, TRANSIENT SPENDS 3 MONTHS IN JAIL - FORGOTTEN.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: LEWIS KAMBP-I investigative reporter Spending even one night in jail was questionable enough, but an arrest for obstructing a public officer last year landed one homeless Seattle man behind bars for more than three months. Darrell Arthur Williams hadn't ...
A BID TO KEEP NBA TEAM IN KEYARENA EMERGES INVESTORS REPORTEDLY LED BY GRIFFIN WOULD HELP REFURBISH VENUE.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHRIS McGANN, ANGELA GALLOWAY AND GREG JOHNSP-I reporters OLYMPIA -- A group of investors led by one of Seattle's leading developers is seeking to buy the Sonics or another NBA team to play basketball at a refurbished KeyArena. State lawmakers, who will ...
TANKER DEAL: AIR FORCE GOES WITH NORTHROP/EADS TEAM APPEAL POSSIBLE: GREGOIRE TO CONFER WITH AEROSPACE EXECS AT BOEING, SHOCK - AND THEN ANGER OUTCRY OVER HUGE CONTRACT LOSS TAKES ON A TONE OF NATIONALISM.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: STEWART M. POWELL, ERIC ROSENBERG, CRAIG HARRIS AND JAMES WALLACE P-I Washington Bureau / P-I reporters The Air Force on Friday delivered a shock to storied American airplane builder The Boeing Co. by choosing a team of Northrop Grumman Corp. and Airbus ...
SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS AT LEAST 35 AT FUNERAL.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PAKISTAN -- A suicide attacker blew himself up at a funeral Friday for a slain policeman in Pakistan's volatile Swat Valley, killing at least 35 people including the officer's 16-year-old son. It was the deadliest attack in the country since the Feb. 18 parliamentary elections ....
CELEBRATION TURNS TO PROTEST BOEING WORKERS SHOCKED WHEN TOLD CONTRACT WAS LOST.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOSEPH TARTAKOFFP-I reporter EVERETT -- At Machinists Lodge 751, across the street from Boeing's plant, workers were outraged by the shocking news Friday that the Air Force contract to build refueling tankers would not be theirs. The main gathering room ...
IN RECENT YEARS, TIES BETWEEN AIR FORCE, BOEING STRAINED SERVICE HOPES NEW DEAL ERASES DRUYUN SCANDAL.(News)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: ERIC ROSENBERGP-I Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- The awarding of the multibillion-dollar Air Force contract to a team of Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent EADS to produce a new fleet of tanker jets caps a tumultuous seven-year period for the military service and ...
REACTION TO THE DECISION.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Compiled Craig Harris Here's what people are saying about the Air Force tanker contract award: "Obviously we are very disappointed with this outcome. We believe that we offered the Air Force the best value and lowest risk tanker for its mission. Our next step ...
FEDERAL WAY DUMPS DECATUR BROUSSARD SCORES 29 TO LEAD EAGLES INTO TITLE GAME VS. FERRIS.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: MICHAEL McLAUGHLINP-I reporter TACOMA -- Forgive Federal Way boys' basketball coach Jerome Collins if he's a little hoarse. Collins had plenty to yell about as his team experienced the highs and lows of pressure basketball in front of a packed house at the Tacoma ...
BROWN SIGNS FIVE-YEAR DEAL WITH ST. LOUIS FREE-AGENT KICKER QUICKLY REPLACES RETIRING WILKINS FOR RAMS.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: CLARE FARNSWORTHP-I reporter KIRKLAND -- Tim Ruskell calls this "the silly season," and the events on the first full day of NFL free agency lived up to that direct-hit description from the Seahawks president. For starters Friday, it took a text message ...
3,000 CAREER HITS ON RADAR FOR ICHIRO MARINERS CENTER FIELDER ON PACE TO BE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO REACH MILESTONE.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOHN HICKEYP-I reporter PEORIA, Ariz. -- Mariners single-game tickets go on sale Saturday, and maybe you're wondering which games are compelling enough to part with hard-earned cash in tough economic times. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. On Friday, a gaggle ...
INTERIM AD LIKES THE NEW DAWG TAG.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: TED MILLER P-I COLUMNIST HEARD THE LATEST, juicy gossip about the search for a new athletic director at Washington? Then, please, tell me because I haven't heard squat. There may be a good reason for that, and not just because the administration only got ...
SONICS STUNNED BY LOWLY HEAT MIAMI RECORDS FIRST ROAD WIN SINCE DEC. 10.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: GARY WASHBURNP-I reporter One of the few differences between the Miami Heat and the Sonics, both in the midst of rebuilding projects, is that the Heat, despite its personnel shortcomings, can still play defense - the one staple of the Pat Riley era. The ...
CARDINAL VULNERABLE, BUT TOUGH AT HOME.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: HOWIE STALWICKSpecial to the P-I PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Washington State is coming off one of its most impressive performances of the season. Stanford is coming off one of its most lackluster performances of the season. Maybe that bodes well for the ...
EXIT RAMP OR ON RAMP? UW, CAL LOOK TO FINISH STRONG AFTER STRUGGLES.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: DAN RALEYP-I reporter BERKELEY, Calif. -- In the East Bay, Friday's freeway traffic was maddening, bumper-to-bumper in both directions, not going anywhere anytime soon. This scenario also describes Saturday's basketball game at Haas Pavilion between ...
STANFORD ROUTS UW WOMEN.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: DICK ROCKNESpecial to the P-I Tia Jackson, coach of the Washington women's basketball team, began her postgame critique by suggesting that observers of the Huskies' match against Stanford had gotten two games for the price of one. Unfortunately for the ...
BEDARD WARMS UP MARINERS' NEW ACE GIVES UP 3 RUNS IN SPRING DEBUT.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOHN HICKEYP-I reporter PEORIA, Ariz. -- Erik Bedard's first appearance for the Mariners was just another day at work. Nothing spectacular. Nothing awful. It was just a guy trying to get himself ready for the season. Bedard threw 44 pitches, 31 ...
BALLARD ASSURED OF FIRST TROPHY CONSOLATION WIN GIVES BLAIR 300TH VICTORY AS COACH.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: MOLLY YANITYP-I reporter TACOMA -- With their 47-46 victory over Kentwood on Friday, the Ballard Beavers are assured a trophy in their first trip to the Class 4A state basketball tournament. The victory was also a milestone for coach Karen Blair - her ...
MOSES LAKE POWERS INTO FIRST FINAL.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: MOLLY YANITYP-I reporter TACOMA -- Moses Lake's size advantage was in plain sight on the court. Sisters Carly (6-foot-5) and Ann (6-3) Noyes towered over the Pasco Bulldogs, whose tallest player - Danielle Walter - measured just 5-10. It also was in plain ...
TIGERS RETURN TO FINAL DEFENSE CONTAINS PRAIRIE FIRE IN MATCHUP OF TITLE FAVORITES.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: DARREN FESSENDENSpecial to the P-I TACOMA -- It was a trap game for the Prairie Falcons. Last year in the Class 4A state semifinals, Kentwood was ranked 14th nationally and didn't make it to the final. The Falcons, ranked 11th by USA Today, also ...
FINKLEY QUITS AS COACH AT GARFIELD.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: MICHAEL McLAUGHLIN AND JON NAITO P-I reporters TACOMA -- Garfield boys' coach Dan Finkley resigned Friday, sources close to Finkley confirmed. No reason was given for Finkley's departure. An announcement is expected Monday. The Bulldogs lost to ...
FERRIS BACK IN TITLE GAME AFTER 57TH WIN IN ROW BELLARMINE PREP'S GIFTED GUARDS CAN'T END SAXONS' STREAK.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: JON NAITOP-I reporter TACOMA -- During their remarkable two-year run, the Ferris Saxons have certainly faced their share of worthy challengers, but rarely have they faced two players as gifted as Abdul Gaddy and Avery Bradley, much less players of their caliber ...
GOLF HONDA CLASSIC STAYS MUDDLED.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Dudley Hart spent some of Friday afternoon poised to turn The Honda Classic in Palm Gardens, Fla., into a runaway. Later in the day, it was Brian Davis' turn to take what seemed like a huge lead. But PGA National eventually caught up with them. And by nightfall, the Honda ...
ZOO SEARCHING FOR NAME FOR BABY GORILLA.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services SEATTLE -- A baby gorilla born at Woodland Park Zoo in October needs a name. The zoo is holding a contest to find just the right name for the youngster, who is fully recovered from recent surgery to remove a growth near her spine. ...
MAN'S BODY FOUND IN LAKE WASHINGTON.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services BELLEVUE -- A man was found dead in Lake Washington shortly before 2 p.m. Friday, and authorities are trying to determine his cause of death. A 12-year-old girl in the 5600 block of Pleasure Point Lane Southeast in Bellevue first ...
PORT'S SALE OF BURIEN APARTMENTS ON HOLD.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services SEATTLE -- The sale of the Lora Lake Apartments from the Port of Seattle to King County has been delayed, pending the outcome of more environmental testing at the Burien property. Samples taken from seven and 14 feet below ground ...
NO 787S IN DELTA'S PLANS COMPANY RECEIVES ITS FIRST NEW PLANE, A 777, IN 6 YEARS.(Business)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOSEPH TARTAKOFFP-I reporter On the same day that Delta Air Lines received its first new aircraft in six years - a Boeing 777-200LR - Delta President Edward Bastian said in an interview that the company did not have any plans to place orders for 787 Dreamliners. ...
SWEET BEAUTY ADORES YOUR SKIN, AND YOUR SENSES.(Business)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: ANDREA JAMESP-I REPORTER LISA FRANCOISE has a simple rule for beauty products: "If you can't eat it, you really shouldn't put it on your skin." It is a test of will not to scarf down the yummy lip balms and face masks that she sells at her Seattle retail ...
MUSLIM-SOUNDING MIDDLE NAME GOES POLITICAL.(Editorial)(Column)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: D. PARVAZEDITORIAL COLUMNIST When Public Enemy released "Fear of a Black Planet," Chuck D couldn't have predicted that 18 years later, it's fear of a Muslim planet that drives America's politics of paranoia. (It's even surpassed fear of a female planet - a tip of the ...
SNARK ATTACK.(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2008 ... LUCKY BREAK Sen. Larry Craig should consider himself lucky: He's managed to hold on to his job despite his hinkey "yes, I did, no I d'int!" plea when dealing with the charge that he'd propositioned an undercover cop for sex in an airport bathroom. Florida State Rep. Bob Allen ...
FERRIES DON'T SAIL (OR SELL) OFF EBAY.(Editorial)(Column)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: CATHY SORBOP-I COLUMNIST Washington State Ferries put one of its passenger ferries, the Chinook, on eBay. Yes, I know this is week-old news but somehow this one slipped by without me and I missed the fact that it was up for bid. Apparently the listing premiered on ...
READ THIS.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... "THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY" Stephanie Schorow. Commonwealth. 256 pages. $24.95. The criminals who robbed the Brinks' garage nearly 60 years ago are among Boston's favorite folk heroes, according to Stephanie Schorow, author of this book subtitled "How the Brink's ...
LISTEN UP.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... LIZZ WRIGHT "The Orchard" (Verve Forecast) More longing, more melancholy and more songs of her own make "The Orchard" Lizz Wright's best album. There was never any doubt about her lustrous voice, with its gospel and blues roots, its jazzy suppleness, its languid ...
DRINK UP.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... 1940S CHAMPAGNE JULEP 3 shredded mint leaves 2 dashes of bitters 1 ounce lemon simple syrup 1 ounce peach schnapps 1 ounce fino sherry Champagne ...
WATCH THIS.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... "IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA" Two discs. Not rated. For 1955's "It Came From Beneath the Sea," producer Charles Schneer wanted a picture in which a giant squid could be seen trashing the Golden Gate Bridge. To that basic idea was added a timely story of how this ...
COOK IT.(Life and Arts)(Recipe)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PAN-ROASTED ARCTIC CHAR Serves: 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes 1/2 cup orange juice 1/2 cup white wine 2 tablespoons orange zest 1 sprig fresh rosemary plus 1 tablespoon chopped rosemary, for ...
GAME ON.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... "APOLLO JUSTICE: ACE ATTORNEY" Rated: Teen Platform: Nintendo DS (Capcom) The popular "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney" games take a new turn with this fourth installment, one made for the DS. This time, our main man is Apollo Justice, a rookie defense attorney with a ...
HOW TO ... POLE DANCE.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... If you're looking for a way to heat up your exercise routine, check out a pole-dancing class. The popular fitness craze develops abdominals, quadriceps, triceps and biceps. Here's some of what you'll do: FIREMAN SPIN: Place right hand high above left hand on pole. Right foot ...
WHAT'S ONLINE.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... GARDEN gardenpunks.com Read about a family's quest to live off the earth. HEALTH healthmad.com HealthMad features a populist approach to maintaining health and features articles written by members of the site's community ....
ON THE TUBE.(Television)
Mar 01, 2008 ... "KILL BILL: VOL. 1" 7 p.m. Spike Uma Thurman seeks revenge after barely surviving a massacre on her wedding day and her target, in case you haven't seen this 2003 classic, Grasshopper, is David Carradine. "PETFINDER" 9 p.m. Animal Planet ...
THIS OLD DECONSTRUCTED HOUSE A TAKE DOWN/REBUILD TREND IS GAINING STEAM.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: GORDY HOLTP-I reporter Alice Keller's new three-bedroom, two-bath home in Shoreline isn't "new" - not exactly. It was pieced together from much of the material that shaped her lot's original house, which was torn down and its parts salvaged for the new ...
'OPRAH'S BIG GIVE' IS A RACE FOR THE GOOD.(Television)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOANNE OSTROWThe Denver Post The old radio and TV tear-jerker "Queen for a Day" was the prototype for a certain kind of good-deed reality TV format that's due for a return. It's now apparent that this sort of program has been waiting for the veneer of uplift and ...
THE REP'S CREW PARTIES ARE A DEAL.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: ATHIMA CHANSANCHAIP-I REPORTER If all the world's a stage, then a Crew night at Seattle Repertory Theatre is the giggly, carefree third act, the party scene that moves the plot along but also keeps the suspense factor high enough to keep you rapt to the end. ...
A SECOND HELPING:.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Dine at more than 50 Seattle restaurants and cafes Tuesday and the establishments will donate 25 percent of whatever you spend to assist relief efforts in Darfur. Participating restaurants include Szmania's, Chinoise, Tutta ...
ON THE ROAD AGAIN:.(Television)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Three days after its premiere on NBC, the Internet-to-broadcast series "quarterlife" is moving to Bravo, NBC said Friday. The series, which centers on the video-blog musings of a young woman named Dylan (Bitsie Tulloch), will complete its run on NBC Universal's cable network, adding ...
SENSUALITY IN MOVEMENT AT MEANY.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: STACEY LEVINESpecial to the P-I A full house of Seattle dance aficionados swooned through Spain's premier modern dance company's performance of three mysterious, compact pieces, works performed with amazing precision and a wide-ranging palette of movement that easily ...
NW FILM FORUM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS LEAVING.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Byline: REGINA HACKETTP-I art critic Michael Seiwerath, the man who made the Northwest Film Forum a one-stop shop for the city's cultural life, is leaving his position as executive director. He'll stay for a few transition months, he said, and after that his ...
WINEHOUSE CLEARED OF WITNESS TAMPERING.(Life and Arts)(PEOPLE)
Mar 01, 2008 ... London police will take no further action against singer Amy Winehouse in an alleged witness-tampering incident, authorities announced Friday. Winehouse, 24 ((age)), was arrested in December by British authorities on suspicion of attempting to prevent the course of justice in a case ...
GET ORGANIZED.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Cluttered bedrooms don't make for a restful night. Picture the peacefulness of a serene hotel room and how you feel when you walk into the room - everything has a place. There are no piles on the floor, no cluttered nightstands and there is space in the closet and ...
LIVING GREEN.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Vehicle owners should check their tires' inflation levels at least once a month. By allowing your tires to roll flatter than they should, your gas mileage will drop accordingly. Find the correct level for your car on a plaque likely ...
HOME WEB.(Life and Arts)
Mar 01, 2008 ... howtocleananything.com Pick the season and match it to the chore you face, from trouble with Christmas-tree sap on ...