Seattle Post-Intelligencer back issues from December 2008:
CHAVEZ ASKS VOTERS TO ALLOW RE-ELECTION FOR LIFE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... President Hugo Chavez asked supporters to propose a constitutional reform that would allow him to seek indefinite re-election and govern through 2019, giving him more time to build a socialist economy in Venezuela. "We are going to begin the national debate," the former ...
PIRATES AGREE ON RANSOM FOR SHIP CARRYING WEAPONS.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... SOMALIA -- Somali pirates have agreed on a ransom for a Ukrainian freighter carrying tanks and other heavy weapons and it could be released within days, a spokesman for the ship's owner said Sunday. Mikhail Voitenko said the MV Faina could be freed with its crew if agreement is ...
VOTERS SAY HEROIN PROGRAM CAN STAY, BUT POT'S STILL OUT.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... SWITZERLAND -- The world's most comprehensive legalized heroin program became permanent Sunday with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana. The heroin program, started in 1994, is offered in 23 centers across ...
A ROGUE WAVE CAN CHANGE A MAN'S LIFE.(News)(Column)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOEL CONNELLYP-I COLUMNIST THE PACIFIC OCEAN is unpredictable, making its weather and concealing its moods. Nowhere does it show more faces than on Vancouver Island's fabled West Coast Trail. A few years back, my sweetie and I hiked several miles along the ...
MOTHER OF 3 SLAIN IN SOUTH END STABBING.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services SEATTLE -- A mother of three was found stabbed to death inside her South Seattle home Sunday afternoon, and Seattle police are searching for a man who is believed to have fled in a gray BMW. Police arrived at the house in the 7600 ...
METH LAB POLICE TEAM IS BEING DISBANDED.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services PUYALLUP -- Puyallup is disbanding a police team that has dealt with methamphetamine labs after the city was cited for not protecting officers from hazardous chemical exposure. It's part of a deal with the state Department of Labor ...
BUS RAPID TRANSIT A HOT WAY TO GET THERE.(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: DONALD F. PADELFORDGUEST COLUMNIST It's Tuesday, 8 a.m., 2020 and you're surfing the Web, drinking your latte as your biodiesel hybrid bus cruises along the freeway at 60 mph in the HOT lane, passing rush-hour traffic as well as a light rail train stopped at a ...
DRUNKEN DRIVERS.(Editorial)(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... DON'T NEED CHECKPOINTS TO SPOT POTENTIAL DANGER I am proud that our state's constitution does not allow random checkpoints. Our legal system is built upon the idea that we are innocent until proven guilty. I understand the terrible consequences of drunken driving and have ...
NO HEADLINE.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: SEAN AXMAKER Special to the P-I Like any Christmas gift, there's no one size fits all when it comes to DVD. There are good movies and there are favorite movies, and they don't line up the same with anyone. But taste aside, not all DVDs are created equal. I've worked ...
SHIFTING WHEN YOU EAT WHAT CAN TIP THE SCALES FAVORABLY.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BOB CONDORCOLUMNIST EMERGING FROM THE Thanksgiving weekend, most of us will vow this week to eat less, or at least not so much food at one time. Stuffing yourself - can you say food coma? - prompts that sort of thinking. There is a roadblock, of course. The winter ...
NORTHWEST HUSKIES' SCHAAF REPEATS AS CANADIAN JUNIOR CHAMPION.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Less than a week after helping power Washington to the NCAA cross country title, freshman Kendra Schaaf turned around and successfully defended her Canadian Junior Cross Country Championship. Facing freezing temperatures and a snow-covered course in Guelph, Ontario, on Saturday, ...
DON'T LET HARD TIMES TAKE TOLL ON STAFF.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: MAUREEN MORIARTYCOLUMNIST LEADERS FACE huge challenges during these extraordinary times. One of the greatest is trying to figure out how to keep human capital loyal, engaged and inspired during a climate of layoffs and declining pay raises. A recent survey from the ...
DO NOT BRUSH OFF THIS CHALLENGE.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: DR. ROBERT NOHLECOLUMNIST CARING FOR YOUR child's teeth is more than just ensuring a pretty smile. Healthy teeth and gums are vital to your child's overall health. Inadequate care can lead to cavities and gum disease, which are not only painful but can lead to ...
NATURAL MEDICINE.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... High-fructose corn syrup and children Consumers are receiving mixed messages about high-fructose corn syrup. Food advertisements and comments from the health field seem to take opposite sides on the subject, creating an enormous challenge for consumers trying to buy nutritious ...
REALITY CHECK.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE BELIEF: Nasal-spray flu vaccine can make you sick. THE FACTS: Every year, myths about the flu vaccine spread as widely as the flu itself. Most people seem to know that the flu shot, which uses killed viruses, cannot cause symptoms. But its ...
SURF, SAND AND SEA CHANGE BELLEVUE ROMANCE WRITER JANE PORTER'S LIFE IMITATES ART.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOHN MARSHALL P-I book critic Jane Porter was sitting poolside at the luxe Halekulani Hotel in Hawaii when the idea for a novel came in a rush, like the trailer for a movie. One element was being at a crossroads in her life after divorcing at 40. Another ...
THE YOU DOCS.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... AVOID AN AFTERNOON SLUMP Scientists call it the postprandial dip, the post-lunch dip or the secondary sleep gate. You call it a face-plant in your keyboard in the middle of the afternoon. No matter how you refer to it, an afternoon slump rarely helps you get ahead. Some research ...
ONLINE.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... AUTO seriouswheels.com A database with thousands of classic, vintage, modern and muscle car pictures and articles. HOLIDAY jibjab.com Save a few bucks on stamps and send out ...
TV.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... "106 & PARK: WORLD AIDS DAY SPECIAL" 6 p.m. BET The countdown show takes a break from celebrity chitchat to get serious about HIV/AIDS for the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. Stick around for "Are You Positive?" which examines the stigma surrounding the disease, ...
MUSIC.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... LUDACRIS "Theater of the Mind" (Island Def Jam) Ludacris is known as one of the game's best lyricists. But he disappoints on "Theater of the Mind" by trying constantly to prove it with boasts that are boring and empty, devoid of the cleverness we've come to expect ...
BOOK.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... "A MERCY" Toni Morrison. Knopf. 167 pages. $23.95. "A Mercy" is a tightly wrought tale, closer to a novella than a novel, that traces the birth and death of a sort of family, hammered together by the orphaned and abandoned. Morrison writes with ...
DVD.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... "10 YEARS OF RIALTO PICTURES" 10 discs. Not rated. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Rialto Pictures, the Criterion Collection has released a boxed set of 10 Rialto films. Here they're being released with no-frills packaging, without special features, but in the ...
GAME.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... "CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR" Rating: Mature Platforms: Xbox 360, Wii, PC, PlayStation 2 and 3, Nintendo DS (Activision) "World at War" is a respectable game in its own right, but it's bound to disappoint some fans of "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare," and does little ...
DRINKS.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... HOW TO PAIR DRINKS WITH HOLIDAY COOKIES Grab a glass but hold the milk; there are plenty of alternatives for washing down all those holiday cookies. Douglass Miller, an instructor at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., offers some unexpected cookie and drink ...
DINNER.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... CHICKEN SATAY BITES Serves: 5-6 Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes 1 quart chicken broth 1/2 teaspoon cumin 2 teaspoons garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper 1 teaspoon ground ...
WALTERS SAYS THERE'S ROOM FOR ALL ON 'VIEW'.(Life and Arts)(PEOPLE)
Dec 01, 2008 ... So you think the ladies of "The View" don't get along? Things have never been more cordial, says Barbara Walters, whose weekday ABC talk show pits her with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd debating "hot topics." "I don't know of ...
MORE MUSIC:.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Grammy telecasts are known for their memorable performances, but now the nomination ceremony is getting a bit of star power, too. Foo Fighters, John Mayer and B.B. King will perform at the first Grammy Nominations Concert on Wednesday at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live and broadcast at 9 ...
'4 CHRISTMASES' FULL OF CHEER:.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Thanksgiving weekend movie crowds gobbled up the Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn holiday comedy "Four Christmases," which debuted at No. 1 with $31.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Warner Bros. release, about a couple suffering through four separate family holiday ...
YAHOO RUMORS STIR DOUBTS PAPER: SEARCH BUSINESS GOES TO MICROSOFT.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOSEPH TARTAKOFF P-I reporter Talk of a deal between Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. re-emerged over the weekend, with a British newspaper reporting that the two companies were close to an agreement under which Microsoft would manage Yahoo's search business for the ...
PLAYSTATION OPEN HOUSE IT'S ALMOST TIME TO MOVE IN TO SONY'S VIRTUAL WORLD.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOSEPH TARTAKOFF P-I reporter With the crucial holiday shopping season in full force, Microsoft and archrival Sony are counting on hype surrounding their online offerings to boost sales of their video game consoles. Last month, Microsoft announced a major ...
INTERNET SHOPPERS TAKE DOWN SEARS SITE.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... CYBER SLOWDOWN: Black Friday shoppers managed to take down Sears.com for two hours on Friday, and even Amazon.com reportedly saw a slight slowdown. Keynote Systems Inc., which tracks performance of about 30 big online retailers, told The Associated Press that Sears Holdings Corp.'s site ...
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... ADVERTISING Mediability hired Melinda Moseler as media planner and buyer. ARCHITECTURE MulvannyG2 hired Renren Zhang as general manager in its Shanghai, China, office. Otak named Dominica LoPrete and Kate Schwarzler as senior associates, ...
HEATHER LAIDLAW KRAFT.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... What do you do, exactly? Well, there is no "exactly" in my job. Working for a nonprofit, you tend to wear a multitude of hats and do everything from changing printer toner to writing SQL code. They used to change my title almost every year, but eventually decided to give me a ...
BUDGET SHOPPERS CLICK AND CLIP.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: VERNE KOPYTOFF San Francisco Chronicle Looking to save money in a bleak economy, shoppers are increasingly using an old technique that has been updated for the digital age - coupons. Traffic to Web sites that compile coupons from a variety of stores has ...
BIODIESEL SOLD OVERSEAS STILL GETS U.S. TAX CREDIT EXPORTS HELPED KEEP SOME COMPANIES AFLOAT DURING PRICE FLUCTUATIONS.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BRETT CLANTON Houston Chronicle Federal subsidies to the U.S. biodiesel industry were supposed to help wean the nation from foreign oil, and a new law in 2009 will bolster the effort, but the money has fueled a controversial side business. Domestic ...
NO TIME TO RETREAT.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2008 ... In poorer countries hit hard by the AIDS epidemic, more people than ever have a chance at effective treatment and long-term survival. That progress points the way toward possible further gains. The numbers of poor people infected with HIV once seemed impossibly large. On this ...
WORLD UNIFIES AGAIN.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2008 ... For Americans, the attacks in India's Mumbai have special meaning. The coldly planned crimes targeted the world's most populous democracy. Americans need to extend the kind of sympathy we received after the 9/11 attacks. For a moment, we are all Indians, joined in mourning and ...
TOO CLOSE TO HOME.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Which is scarier - the economy or global warming? Climate change gets our vote, in part because it will be with us for decades to come. That's even more our thought in the wake of the findings of scientists studying the Pacific Ocean waters off Washington's Tatoosh Island. They ...
AGE DOESN'T SLOW DOWN SUPERSUCKERS.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: TRAVIS HAY Special to the P-I In the words of Eddie Spaghetti, it was a marathon set for a marathon career. That's how the frontman for the venerable Seattle band Supersuckers summed up his group's set at Showbox at the Market Saturday. The concert marked ...
CREATORS OF 'NUTCRACKER' TAKE A BOW FOR 25TH YEAR.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: R.M. CAMPBELL P-I dance critic Twenty-five years ago, Pacific Northwest Ballet, barely a decade old, gambled with a new production of "The Nutcracker" that strained all of its modest resources. This brave and ambitious gesture by co-artistic directors Kent Stowell, ...
DOWN-HOME HAS GOOD FUN DOWNTOWN.(Life and Arts)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: MIKEL TOOMBS Special to the P-I "I guarantee that you guys are the funnest audience ever to set foot in this hall," singer Brandi Carlile said midway through her Benaroya Hall appearance with the Seattle Symphony. "And that has nothing to do with the fact that most ...
VIKINGS BLAST BEARS:.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Minnesota's Adrian Peterson, above, gained 131 yards against Chicago on Sunday in a game ...
MORE NAMES EMERGE IN UW COACH SEARCH HILL SAID TO HAVE INTERVIEWED KELLY STILL IN RUNNING.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: MOLLY YANITY P-I reporter The search for Tyrone Willingham's replacement as football coach at the University of Washington has intensified. According to a source with connections to the Washington athletic department, Fresno State coach Pat Hill, 56 ...
COACHING ARMS RACE UNCONSTRAINED BY LOGIC.(Sports)(Column)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: ART THIELP-I COLUMNIST IT'S A LITTLE surprising that Fresno State's Pat Hill wants the University of Washington football coaching job. By the time they reach their mid-50s, most coaches at non-BCS conference schools are looking for a final shot at the big ...
HERE THEY GO AGAIN: SKYLINE VS. ISSAQUAH.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I STAFF Skyline, the state's top-ranked Class 4A team, will meet KingCo Conference rival Issaquah in the state championship game Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Tacoma Dome. Both teams won semifinal games Saturday as expected, though Skyline had to come from ...
LOOK BACK.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008 ... It happened Dec. 1 1969: The Seattle Pilots named Wes Stock, who pitched for Baltimore and Kansas City, as their pitching coach, replacing Sal "The Barber" Maglie, who was fired. 1977: The Sonics fired head coach Bob Hopkins after the team's 5-17 start and replaced ...
BELLEVUE READY TO RESUME PLAYOFFS TEAM GRATEFUL THAT MOST ARE HEALTHY AFTER BUS CRASH.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: MICHAEL McLAUGHLIN P-I reporter As Bellevue senior football player Tommy Castle drove to church Sunday morning, he was preparing to give extra thanks at the weekly services. "I'm so grateful to be alive today," he said. "Somebody was watching over all of ...
VETERANS TOP CROWDED FIELD BURTON, THIESSEN GET FIRST WINS IN SEATTLE RECORD 12,400 COMPETE.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: DEREK BELT Special to the P-I Veering left off Mercer Street and heading into a crowded Memorial Stadium on Sunday, participants in the Seattle Marathon were treated to a scene appropriate to the site of Bumbershoot's main stage. People everywhere. Many of whom were ...
NOTHING KNITS A COMMUNITY LIKE ART TACOMA CO-OP SHARES SPACE, TOOLS WITH ALL.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: ROSEMARY PONNEKANTI The (Tacoma) News Tribune TACOMA -- It started with a trip to Africa, and a dream of a shared art space in Tacoma. Now the dream has a building, art supplies and equipment and a small but growing community of folks making art together. ...
HOMELESS CAMP GETS TO STAY IN U DISTRICT.(News)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: BRAD WONG P-I reporter Members of the "Nickelsville" homeless encampment could move this week to another University District church. University Congregational United Church of Christ voted Sunday to let camp members pitch tents for three months on its ...
HARD TO CROSS MLK WAY IN TIME, PEDESTRIAN SAYS.(News)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: LARRY LANGEP-I REPORTER Question: Laurie Hampton worries about the pedestrian crossing lights at the new crosswalks on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South across the new light rail tracks. "I've noticed that several of them don't give pedestrians enough time ...
RISE N' SHINE OFFERS SUPPORT TO KIDS.(News)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: MARY SWIFT Special to the P-I Not long ago, three brothers walked through the door of Rise n' Shine, a nonprofit devoted to providing emotional support and advocacy for children and teens affected by HIV and AIDS. The boys had come for a support group ....
PREPARED FOR THE WORST HAZ-MAT TEAM READY TO BATTLE DANGERS IT MIGHT NOT SEE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: CASEY McNERTHNEY P-I reporter The fire alarm was sounded about 1:15 p.m. A suspicious odor in the Seattle police dispatch center had reportedly made a half-dozen people sick. The caller didn't know what was causing it. The Hazardous Materials Response Team ...
WWU EXPANDS IN EVERETT:.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Western Washington University in Bellingham will soon offer three degree programs through the University Center of North Puget Sound in Everett. Huxley College of the Environment will offer a bachelor of science in environmental science and a bachelor of arts in planning and environmental ...
COUGS HAD CHANCE TO LEARN AT LEGENDS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: HOWIE STALWICK Special to the P-I NEWARK, N.J. -- The Prudential Center, a $375 million jewel that squats amid the rough-and-tumble streets of downtown Newark, is proof that something good can emerge from despair. Taylor Rochestie doesn't know much about ...
INTIMIDATION IS HUSKIES' NEW WEAPON.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: DAN RALEY P-I reporter Darnell Gant and Matthew Bryan-Amaning have been Washington basketball teammates for a year but have played in games together for only a week. Results of their brief pairing have been encouraging. In three outings, they've drawn ...
SLOWED BY INJURIES, HUSKIES CAN'T KEEP PACE WITH TIGERS.(Sports)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: DICK ROCKNE Special to the P-I Minus two front-line players for the game and a third for most of it, the Washington women's basketball team relied on defense, outside shooting and grit to stay with Clemson for 30 minutes Sunday. But with the Huskies ahead ...
'TEAM FRENCHIE' HAS COACH'S BACK SOCCER CHAMP HAS PLENTY OF HELP AT KICKING RARE CANCER.(News)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: DAN RALEY P-I reporter ISSAQUAH -- Michelle French's face and eyes were swollen. Clearly, this was an allergic reaction to something, her doctor advised her. Medication was prescribed. Players from the three soccer teams she coaches, girls ranging in age ...
KING CO. ELECTIONS CHIEF: HOT SEAT IS IN DEMAND 11 CANDIDATES, SO FAR, FOR FEB. 3 VOTE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Byline: GREGORY ROBERTS P-I reporter It's a new employment opportunity with considerable upside: an annual salary of $146,000, your own fiefdom with more than 60 workers at your command and work responsibilities that, most of the time, nobody much bothers you about. ...
3 SOUGHT IN ROBBING OF ELDERLY DISABLED MAN.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services SPOKANE -- Police are looking for three robbers who stole the groceries from an 87-year- old disabled man in a wheelchair and assaulted him after the man had just bought the food from a store. The man told police ...
POLICE SAY MAN HIT 7 CARS IN 13 MINUTES.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services SPOKANE -- Police say a man driving away from a Spokane bar hit at least seven cars within 13 minutes, including one driven by an off-duty detective, before they arrested him. Jason G. Cross, 32 ((age)), was booked into the Spokane ...
3,400 WAMU JOBS WILL BE SLASHED IN SEATTLE THE BANK: NO BRANCHES IN STATE ARE BEING CLOSED.(News)
Dec 02, 2008; ... Byline: BILL VIRGIN AND DAN RICHMAN P-I reporters In the two months since federal regulators seized and sold Washington Mutual's banking operations to JPMorgan Chase & Co., WaMu employees have been resigned to the likelihood that thousands of them would be out of work. ...
MIND MELD.(Sports)
Dec 02, 2008; ... Byline: STEVE RUDMAN P-I reporter A survey conducted recently by Expedia (official travel team of the NFL) found that 40 percent of football fans would pass up their own birthday party or even a hot date in order to attend an NFL game. Also according to the Expedia survey, ...
KING COUNTY DEATHS.(News)
Dec 02, 2008 ... ADAMS: Shirley I., 67, of Seattle, Nov. 24. BAILEY: Betty A., 82, of Seattle, Nov. 21. BECK: Wanda C., 80, of Seattle, Nov. 20. BECK: Yvonne M., 68, of Seattle, Nov. 12. BENTLEY: Gregory D., 28, of Renton, Nov. 19. BOOTH: John, 85, of ...
THE YOU DOCS.(Life and Arts)
Dec 02, 2008 ... THE SMARTEST WAY TO UNSTUFF YOUR NOSE A stuffy nose that just won't go away? Don't blame a lingering cold. Think allergies instead. Nearly a third of Americans, and hefty numbers of people in other countries as well, are allergic to dust mites (really, it's their droppings, but ...