Seattle Post-Intelligencer back issues from February 2009:
TEEN GIRL DIES IN OVERNIGHT CRASH.(News)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: P-I STAFF A teen girl died early Saturday in a crash that may have been caused by two vehicles racing, Everett police said. The collision happened around 12:45 a.m. in the 800 block of East Marine View Drive in Everett, Sgt. Robert Goetz said in a press ...
BUS RAPID TRANSIT: RAIL CAN GET OVERLOADED, TOO.(Editorial)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Chi-Dooh Li's argument against "bus rapid transit" makes no sense to me (Thursday). He says we should reject it because bus service was overloaded during the cold spell. Most major lines were running. The buses were late and overloaded by the overwhelming number of people who use the bus ...
PLANNING THE GREENER FUTURE.(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2009 ... If there is an advantage to a poor economy, it's the chance to slow down and plan a better future. Environmentalists have a package of proposals that would lead to smarter energy use and a more sustainable, vibrant economy. Environmental organizations have developed a package of ...
SUNDAY SHORTS.(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2009 ... HOW MUCH DO YOU OWE? The next round of financial bailouts could reach $4 trillion if the government tries its "bad" bank idea, says Goldman Sachs. The problem is that so many toxic assets that would be shifted from bank balance sheets to a government-owned institution are ...
CONDITIONS DON'T ENCOURAGE BIPARTISANSHIP IN D.C.(Editorial)(Column)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: DAVID HORSEY EDITORIAL CARTOONIST WASHINGTON, D.C. -- I walked out of my apartment Wednesday morning to find the sidewalk glazed with a treacherous layer of ice. As a result, I opted to head to the bus stop a block away, rather than hazard the 20-minute stroll to ...
EUROPE IS WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH.(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE ECONOMIST EDITORIAL COMMENTARY As the exhilaration over Barack Obama's inauguration fades, Europeans have begun to absorb an uncomfortable truth. In his inaugural speech, the new U.S. president did not mention the European Union once. Obama may be at ...
PUSH HARD FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.(Editorial)(Column)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: PAUL KRUGMAN SYNDICATED COLUMNIST The whole world is in recession. But the United States is the only wealthy country in which the economic catastrophe will also be a health care catastrophe - in which millions of people will lose their health insurance along with ...
BEN PLAYS BIG WHEN IT MATTERS.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: HARVEY ARATONCOLUMNIST TAMPA, Fla. -- Both quarterbacks came back from nearly being counted out, not just Kurt Warner. Ben Roethlisberger won a ring with the Steelers as an NFL sophomore in 2006 and almost lost it all a few months later when he went over the ...
BELLTOWNERS TRYING TO SCORE AMAZON GROCERIES.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: THE INSIDER BELLTOWN RALLIES FOR AMAZONFRESH: AmazonFresh, the online retail giant's "trial" grocery delivery service, is cautiously expanding and recently added the 98115 ZIP code after a customer vote. A group of residents in Belltown are now using Facebook to entice ...
DEFUSE LOOSE CANNON OR BUSINESS IS IN PERIL.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: MAUREEN MORIARTY Columnist AS AN EXECUTIVE coach/consultant, I commonly get calls like the one I got last week from an HR professional who, along with the company CEO, was looking for help with a valued employee also considered a loose cannon. These "problem employees" ...
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... ASSOCIATIONS The Employee Benefits Planning Association named Ryan Gowin president of its board of trustees. BOARDS Scott Gottlieb joined CombiMatrix Corp.'s board of directors. Light Sciences Oncology Inc. elected Frank Young to its board. ...
GEEK OF THE WEEK SARAH SCHACHT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FOUNDER, KNOWLEDGE AS POWER.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: Geek of the Week is a regular feature spotlighting local personalities in the tech world. For an extended version, and to nominate someone, visit seattletechreport.com . What do you do, exactly? Everything but code. I create technical plans, execute usability ...
IN THE EVENT OF A WATER LANDING ... FLIGHT 1549 IS A REMINDER TO PLAN FOR EMERGENCIES.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: LINDA SHRAGER Albany Times Union My family flew home from Florida the day before US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River. Steven and I grabbed exit-row seats for more legroom. Our daughter cajoled: "Listen to the flight ...
STRESS, WEIGHT GAIN LINKED IN KIDS.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: BOB CONDORCOLUMNIST THERE ARE CERTAIN things you remember in life. They stick in the mind and fortify your capacity to, well, be a good person. Here's an example: I have a female friend who by any account would be considered the perfect mother - never seems to raise ...
ETERNALLY GREEN A NATURAL BURIAL GROUND LETS ONE EXIT IN AN ECO-FRIENDLY WAY.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: KRISTIN DIZON P-I reporter Giving added meaning to the phrase "pushing daisies," Western Washington's first green cemetery opens this week. The Meadow, a natural burial ground in Ferndale, will inter unembalmed bodies in a simple, biodegradable coffin or ...
SETTLEMENT SHROUDED FISH KILL POWERFUL DONORS HELPED COUNCIL AFTER VIOLATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: SETH ROSENFELD Hearst Newspapers The Boy Scouts of America's Monterey Bay Council operated a summer dam on a pristine river and - despite official warnings - allegedly killed federally protected steelhead trout downstream. And when state and federal ...
USE FACTS, NOT MYTHS, TO TREAT YOUR CHILD.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: DR. ROBERT NOHLECOLUMNIST DAY-IN and day-out, parents ask me about certain health conditions or treatments that have no basis in fact. Those guys on "Mythbusters" have made a career of separating the truth from urban legend - though it often involves explosions, fire ...
NATURAL MEDICINE.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Promoting dental health with diet Keeping your teeth healthy and strong is one of the best things you can do to ensure well-being throughout your life. Besides brushing and flossing after every meal and visiting the dentist regularly, there is more you can do for your teeth by ...
REALITY CHECK.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE BELIEF: Hot liquids can ease symptoms of a cold or flu. THE FACTS: Like ice for a burn or a lozenge for a cough, a cup of hot tea is an age-old balm for sniffles, sneezing and stuffiness. Hot liquids, it is said, help loosen secretions in the chest and ...
INNOCENCE, MORALITY RAVAGED IN GAZA.(Editorial)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: HOWARD J. GALE GUEST COLUMNIST "Every bomb ever made falls on all of us." - Alice Walker Israel has dropped tens of thousands of pounds of U.S.-made and/or U.S.-paid-for munitions on one of the most densely populated regions on Earth. Israel has been ...
ENTITLEMENT BUFFET STARVES U.S. COFFERS.(Editorial)(Column)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: GEORGE F. WILL SYNDICATED COLUMNIST WASHINGTON -- "Recidivism" is Rep. Jim Cooper's laconic explanation of why he, although only 54, has spent portions of five decades on Congress' payroll. Responding with aphorisms (e.g., "Bad government starts at the grass roots") ...
FEDERAL BAILOUT: A KATRINA PROBLEM.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The government has a Katrina problem. Namely: How do you spend ginormous sums of cash and expect to have any idea where the money went? A report by the Government Accountability Office said this is a growing problem for the $700 billion bank bailout program. "The lack of a ...
KING COUNTY ELECTION: DEADLINE DAY.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Feb 02, 2009 ... King County voters are down to the final days for an important all-mail election. Ballots in the county elections director race must be postmarked no later than Tuesday. This is too critical an election, picking someone responsible for the integrity of voting, to let a ballot ...
BOY SCOUTS: IT'S NOT PRESERVATION.(Editorial)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The Boy Scouts is an organization dedicated to conservation, not preservation. Conservation includes the wise use of our natural resources. If the P-I wanted an informative article about preservationists logging for profit, you could have written about a former Democrat governor whose ...
THE YOU DOCS.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... TOP FOODS THAT FIGHT THE FLU The flu virus loves it when you stay up late doing the work of three people in your office who got downsized. It loves when the road trip, the redeye or a super-tough workout wipes you out physically. When your body is under unremitting ...
ONLINE.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... AUTO autobloggreen.com Get the latest information on what's being done around the globe for more fuel efficient and electric cars. GAMES madglibs.com Mad Libs that don't require another person. Fill in nouns, verbs and ...
TV.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... "CHUCK" 8 p.m. KING/5 The comedy-adventure goes all 3-D on us. "GOSSIP GIRL" 8 p.m. KSTW/11 Chuck wakes up in a hotel with little memory of what happened the previous evening. "HOUSE" 8 p.m. KCPQ/13 ...
MUSIC.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... "WHISPER HOUSE" Duncan Sheik (Victor/Sony) The foundation of Duncan Sheik's "Whisper House" may be built on theater, but it sounds decidedly untheatrical. Sheik, who made a successful move from pop artist to Tony Award- winning theater composer in 2006, releases ...
BOOK.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... "THANKS AND HAVE FUN RUNNING THE COUNTRY" Edited by Jory John. McSweeney's. 144 pages. $12. A few days after the November election, Jory John, the program director at a tutoring and writing center in San Francisco, asked the young students who come to the center every ...
DVD.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... "THE LUCKY ONES" 115 minutes. Rated PG-13 Everyone deserves a shot at an American road movie. Three Iraq war soldiers get theirs on a drive from New York to Vegas in "The Lucky Ones," directed by Neil Burger. His tour over, reservist Fred Cheever (Tim Robbins) is ...
GAME.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... "MOON" Rated: Teen Platform: DS (Mastiff) DS owners will most likely enjoy "Moon" because of what it is: the rare first-person shooter on the hand-held device. The weapons system and control scheme make perfect sense for this platform. The combination of stylus, ...
DRINKS.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... PIKE OLD BAWDY BARLEY WINE For those not familiar with barley wine, the name is derived from the high alcohol content found in these beers. The Pike Brewing Co. (in the Pike Place Market) first introduced Old Bawdy in 1991, and the beer is named after one of Seattle's early ...
DINNER.(Life and Arts)(Recipe)
Feb 02, 2009 ... 15-MINUTE FRIED HERBED CHICKEN Serves: 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes 1 medium onion, roughly chopped 1 to 2 tablespoons mixed fresh herbs, like tarragon and sage 2 tablespoons tahini or peanut butter ...
WOOD SMACKS DOWN TALK OF ROURKE AFFAIR.(Life and Arts)(PEOPLE)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Evan Rachel Wood to world: Mickey Rourke and I are not an item! The actress told Rolling Stone she is not dating her "Wrestler" co-star, despite onlookers reporting a smooching scene between the pair on more than one occasion (most recently, backstage at the Screen Actors Guild ...
SWIFT ACTION:.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Taylor Swift will embark on her first headlining tour this spring with a stop in Seattle on May 15. The 52-city tour, which begins April 23 in Evansville, Ind., will feature "multiple costume changes" and a stage with a "fairy-tale castle." The Seattle venue and date of ticket sales have ...
'TAKEN' CLINCHES RICH JANUARY:.(Life and Arts)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Liam Neeson's CIA thriller "Taken" bumped off "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" at the weekend box office, raking in $24.6 million and helping fuel the first $1 billion January in Hollywood history. North American box-office revenue was up nearly 20 percent in January over the same period last year, ...
NBA NOTES.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... BYNUM INJURY: The Lakers won't know the severity of Andrew Bynum's right knee injury until Monday. Bynum underwent an MRI exam on Sunday, but spokesman John Black said the team wouldn't have the results until the next day. Bynum was hurt in the first quarter of ...
WASHINGTON GAINS THREE, WSU LOSES ONE IN RECRUITING HUSKIES MINE JC RANKS FOR PUNTER AND TWO LINEMEN.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: MOLLY YANITY P-I reporter Steve Sarkisian and his Washington football coaching staff head into the NCAA-mandated recruiting "dead period" Monday with 17 oral commitments after three junior-college players pledged to Sarkisian over the weekend. Players can ...
KENTUCKY: NATIONAL GUARD REACHES RESIDENTS STRANDED BY ICE.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Thousands of National Guard troops swinging chain saws cut their way into remote communities Sunday to reach residents stranded by a deadly ice storm. The soldiers went door-to-door handing out chili and beef stew rations to people cooped up in their powerless homes as ...
JAPAN: VOLCANO RAINS ASH OVER TOKYO NO DAMAGE REPORTS.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A volcano erupted near Tokyo early Monday, spewing a plume of smoke more than a mile high and raining ash on parts of the city. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Mount Asama, about 90 miles northwest of Tokyo, erupted at 1:51 a.m. Monday, according to ...
POLICE SEEK SUSPECT AFTER MAN IS ROBBED.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services SEATTLE -- A man was robbed at gunpoint Saturday night in Lake City, and police are trying to find the gunman. The man said he was at a bus stop in the 12400 block of 35th Avenue Northeast when he was ...
SHE WAS DYING, SO HE WOULD, TOO AFTER 62 YEARS DEATH CAME 6 HOURS APART.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: JOSH FARLEY The (Kitsap) Sun KINGSTON -- Death, like everything in their 62-year marriage, was something the Mosers faced together. Eighty-four-year-old Robert, whose health had declined steadily in recent years, always expected to go first. His ...
GROUP HELPS ABUSE SURVIVORS CREATE PEACEFUL HOMES.(News)(Column)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: MARY SWIFT P-I columnist *****CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION ran on February 5, 2009, as follows:****** The phone number for Shalom Bayit is 425-558-1894. The number was incorrect in the Mary Swift column on Page A7 on Monday. SHE WAS a young mother from out of ...
SEATTLE MARINES SERENADE HISTORY 2 PLAYED AT INAUGURATION.(News)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: MIKE BARBER P-I reporter Marine Staff Sgt. Harry Ong of Seattle has carried his clarinet on a road to "The President's Own," which began with his family's humble beginnings in Indonesia. Master Gunnery Sgt. John Troxel carried a French horn toward the ...
TIMING OF LIGHT NOT CAUSING ROUTE 522 BACKUPS.(News)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: LARRY LANGE P-I reporter Question: Chris Boucher thinks the new timing of the left-turn signal on state Route 522 in Lake Forest Park for drivers heading from Seattle to Bothell is creating problems. A couple of months ago, he said, the turn signal "was changed from ...
BUS, RAIL COSTS QUESTIONED PANEL URGES SOUND TRANSIT TO CLOSELY MONITOR SPENDING.(News)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: LARRY LANGE P-I reporter Sound Transit's costs are rising dramatically, and it's hard to tell if it's because more service is being provided or individual costs are being inflated, an oversight group said. In a report issued last week, the agency's Citizen ...
LIBERALS NEED OWN 'PLAN B' ON PHARMACIES.(News)(Column)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: JOEL CONNELLY P-I columnist IF PHARMACIST Rhonda Mesler is asked for Plan B, she will politely refer the customer to a list of other druggists who stock the emergency contraceptive and offer to provide directions and call ahead. Mesler, out of conscience and ...
TODDLER DIES.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A 3-year-old Central Kitsap boy fell from the bumper of his mother's pickup truck Sunday while she was leaving a Super Bowl party on Erlands Point Road Northwest, police said. The boy had run after his mother as she left, and his father ran after the truck, but the boy fell. Medics tried ...
THIS GAME BETTER THAN SUPER.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: GARY SHELTONCOLUMNIST TAMPA, Fla. -- In a hundred years, they will talk of this game. In a hundred years, they will talk about the plays, about the comebacks, about the amazing finish that came after the other amazing finish. In a hundred years, they will talk about ...
REF, PARENT AT CENTER OF HOOPS FRACAS.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: MICHAEL McLAUGHLIN P-I reporter *****CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION ran on February 13, 2009, as follows: ******* In a story on Page B3 of the Feb. 2 Sports section, Brandon Lorain was mistakenly identified as the high school basketball referee involved in an altercation ...
PREGAME ASIDE, NBC DID MORE THAN ENOUGH.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: RICHARD SANDOMIRCOLUMNIST On a big play - on a huge play - Al Michaels nearly always lives up to the moment. Michaels played all the right notes on James Harrison's interception and 100-yard runback for a Pittsburgh Steelers touchdown to end the first ...
LOOK BACK.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... It happened on Feb. 2 1981 : AL owners meeting in New York formally approved the sale of the Mariners to California real estate developer George Argyros for $13 million. Argyros' expenditure represented an 80 percent interest in the franchise. 1993 : The U.S. Court ...
CARDINALS STOOD UP A DATE WITH DESTINY.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: NORMAN CHADCOLUMNIST ON THIS DAY of destiny, the Team of Destiny had a date with destiny. Alas, the Pittsburgh Steelers spit in destiny's face and chewed up destiny's darlings. And so my Arizona Cardinals are simply destined for a 61st straight nonchampionship ...
WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA, HUSKIES? ROMAR EMPLOYS SMALL LINEUP, OFFENSE IMPROVES.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: DAN RALEY P-I reporter TEMPE, Ariz. -- It's not something they practice, not part of the playbook, nothing close to conventional college basketball. But on its latest swing through the desert, the Washington men's team, while maintaining a share of first ...
GOLF PERRY WINS FBR IN PLAYOFF.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Kenny Perry finally finished off Charley Hoffman in a playoff, making a 22-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole Sunday at the FBR Open in Scottsdale, Ariz. After Perry bogeyed the final hole of regulation to set up the playoff, the two bogeyed and parred the first two extra ...
SCOUTING RIFE WITH COZY TIES AS ROLES BLUR, PERCEPTIONS OF IMPROPRIETY RISE.(News)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: LEWIS KAMB P-I investigative reporter In Oregon, two foresters for the state's largest Boy Scout council help advise how much of its vast camp properties to log, and when to log them. Then, after the decisions are made, the same Scout volunteers are paid ...
TEEN BUILDS A FUTURE AFTER HACKING NEARLY RUINED IT COMPUTER WHIZ PUTS HIS SKILLS TO WORK - LEGALLY.(News)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: JOHN IWASAKI P-I reporter KENT -- The teen's computer know-how got him into deep trouble. Fittingly, his tech skills are pulling him out. At a time when layoffs are rampant, the future of Chris Farrar, 17, seems as bright as the monitor ...
SENATORS PUSH FOR MORE FBI FUNDING $75 MILLION SOUGHT TO REVERSE BUSH-ERA 'LACK OF BALANCE'.(News)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: PAUL SHUKOVSKY P-I reporter Senate Democrats, mindful that the FBI lacks resources to adequately address the nation's mortgage meltdown, are pushing a measure to give the agency $75 million to fight financial industry crime. The sum, to be considered by ...
MAN IN WHEELCHAIR KILLED CROSSING ROAD.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services MUKILTEO -- A 58-year-old man in a wheelchair died Saturday night after being struck by a car while he tried to cross state Route 99 in an unmarked crosswalk. Washington State Patrol troopers were called to the incident at Route 99 ...
AVIAN FLU OUTBREAKS REPEAT IN FRASER VALLEY.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services BELLINGHAM -- Three of four of the latest avian flu outbreaks in Canada have been in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, possibly because of the region's popularity with migratory waterfowl, experts say. In the latest outbreak, ...
VOLCANO RUMBLINGS BRING REDEPLOYMENT.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services McCHORD AFB -- The Air Force is redeploying aircraft from Elmendorf Air Force Base next to Anchorage to McChord Air Force Base just south of Tacoma because of increased volcanic activity at Mount Redoubt, which is rumbling and emitting steam ...
DRIVER CRASHES CAR INTO TREE OUTSIDE P-I.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: P-I staff and news services SEATTLE -- A suspected drunken driver was arrested early Saturday after he crashed his two-door sedan into a tree outside the Seattle P-I building. The crashed happened about 1:45 a.m., and when a building security guard rushed ...
WEEKLY WRAP JAN. 26 - FEB 1.(Sports)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Byline: STEVE RUDMAN P-I Columnist Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik, right, pulled off another intriguing trade, the UW men's basketball team finished the first half of its conference schedule tied with UCLA for the league lead, and the Seahawks received a jolt when linebacker Leroy ...
POUNDING THE PAVEMENT FOR FASHION.(Business)
Feb 03, 2009 ... This is a regular photo feature that highlights the small businesses that shape our city. If you know a small business we should visit, e-mail us at smallbusiness@seattlepi.com. When Michele Tesler tells people she is going to fashion week in New York City, most have visions of ...
ONCE CONSIDERED RECESSION-PROOF, SEATTLE NO LONGER IS.(Business)(Column)
Feb 03, 2009; ... Byline: BILL VIRGIN P-I columnist RECESSIONS, SEATTLE has long believed, were phenomena that happened to other, less fortunate, less blessed and, frankly, less gifted parts of the world. To hold that belief required some suspension of historical awareness, given that the ...