Seattle Post-Intelligencer back issues from June 2009:
Seattle Genetics Pockets $11.5M.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy Future of Xbox Looks Social and Spirited Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: A Portland Startup Preview Facebook Funds Seattle Startups, 1000 Markets Gets ...
Alder Drug Fights Cancer Fatigue.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy Future of Xbox Looks Social and Spirited Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: A Portland Startup Preview Facebook Funds Seattle Startups, 1000 Markets Gets ...
Trubion Drug Kills Cancer in Blood.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy Future of Xbox Looks Social and Spirited Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: A Portland Startup Preview Facebook Funds Seattle Startups, 1000 Markets Gets ...
Tableau Rolls Out BI Software.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy Future of Xbox Looks Social and Spirited Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: A Portland Startup Preview Facebook Funds Seattle Startups, 1000 Markets Gets ...
Microsoft to use Space Needle for Bing launch Tuesday night.(Microsoft Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Update 4:50 p.m., June 2 Microsoft has modified its plan for Tuesday night's big Bing launch at the Space Needle in Seattle: * The Space Needle's legs and halo will be illuminated orange. No longer will the "Legacy Light" blast an orange beam into the sky. ...
Street construction is battering Belltown.(Joel Connelly)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Jeff Lee Two Bells Bar & Grill 2313 4th Ave. Dear Jeff: Absent too long, it was good to run into you at Two Bells last Thursday. I longed to ask "How's Business?", but knew your answer would take us through the lunch hour and well into the ...
VIDEO: Sunday show highlights.(Politics)
Jun 01, 2009 ... POLITICO watches the Sunday shows for you. The ...
Seattle Genetics Pockets $11.5M.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy Cell Therapeutics Lymphoma Drug Boosts Remissions, Shares Boom Microsoft, Dipping Toe Deeper into Life Sciences, Buys Rosetta Assets from Merck ...
Alder Drug Fights Cancer Fatigue.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy Cell Therapeutics Lymphoma Drug Boosts Remissions, Shares Boom Microsoft, Dipping Toe Deeper into Life Sciences, Buys Rosetta Assets from Merck ...
Trubion Drug Kills Cancer in Blood.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy Cell Therapeutics Lymphoma Drug Boosts Remissions, Shares Boom Microsoft, Dipping Toe Deeper into Life Sciences, Buys Rosetta Assets from Merck ...
A bike and SUV collide, and many lives change.(Local)
Jun 01, 2009 ... VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Kris Miles sits back in his reclining wheel chair, his eyes closed or nearly closed, and no one knows what he's hearing, thinking or feeling. He's big for a 14-year-old, nearly 6 feet 3 inches, a popular one-time class clown who still gets plenty of visitors ...
Robberies, assaults up in Seattle; murders decrease.(Local)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Seattle police on Monday reported good news and bad news in city-wide crime statistics. The good news was that for the first four months of this year there was a 45 percent decrease in homicides, an 11 percent decrease in rapes and a 27 percent decrease in auto thefts compared ...
Prosecutors: Seattle daughter left mother in maggot-filled bed.(Local)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A Seattle woman has been charged with criminal mistreatment and first-degree theft after police found her dementia-stricken mother living in a maggot-infested bed. Officers were called to the 83-year-old woman's South Seattle home in December after another relative reported that ...
Seattle changes parade rules following court ruling.(Local)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The City of Seattle on Monday changed its rules for granting permits for parades to satisfy a federal court ruling last year that said the old rules were unconstitutional. In December a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Seattle's parade ...
Site pledging to out gay rights opponents divides state advocates.(The Big Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... In case you missed it ... If you sign a petition against SB 5688, the state bill that's set to expand legal benefits to same-sex couples, your name will be posted online. At least, that's what a Web site called WhoSigned.org says will happen. A site description says ...
Turning on the TV turns down the language of kids, caregivers.(The Big Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... When the TV is on and can be heard, young children and their caregivers use fewer words and have fewer conversations, according to a new study headed by a University of Washington professor. The study could provide more understanding about language delays in children and perhaps ...
Police report in Eastlake stabbings.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Police have released the report from a double stabbing last Wednesday in the Eastlake neighborhood. Officers say the three men and one other male got into some sort of argument about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday near Yale Avenue and Stewart Street. One of the victims, a ...
$75,000 bed + fake check = felony charges.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... You know those "perfect" crimes? That "Ocean's 11" stuff? Well, this wasn't one and, if prosecutors are correct, Doris Austin is no Danny Ocean. Austin, 50, faces forgery and check fraud charges after trying buy a $75,000, custom-made bed. To be clear, we're talking ...
Man to police: Prostitute I hired stole my button collection.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A Seattle man who had part of his collection of political buttons stolen told police he knows the culprit -- a male prostitute he used after meeting on what's advertised as "the world's largest male escort and massage site." The theft victim, in his 50s, told police he and the ...
Photos, details of accidents that slowed morning I-5 traffic.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Picture The motorcycle collision scene Monday morning. (WSP photos) It wasn't a good morning for drivers on Interstate 5. There was a multiple-car accident on one side, then an accident on the other caused by a rubbernecker. About 6:30 a.m., ...
Details on Saturday stabbing in Dunlap neighborhood.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A man standing outside the Hamarwayne Mini Mart was stabbed and beaten with a Club steering wheel lock Saturday afternoon, but South Precinct officers caught his attackers. The victim, in his mid-20s, said he saw the two suspects get out of car and run after his two friends. One ...
Report details stop of alleged gang members.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A man called police Thursday night saying he saw a woman assaulted on South Orcas Street, and a South Precinct officer recognized the car and occupants as being affiliated with the Holly Park Crips gang. But when contacted by police, the young woman denied being injured or ...
Update: Huge traffic mess on I-5 near Northgate cleared.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The state Transporation Department says multiple accidents are blocking two left lanes on southbound Interstate 5 and three left lanes on northbound I-5 just north of Northgate. Emergency crews on are on the ...
Planned Parenthood to hold Seattle vigil for abortion doctor.(The Big Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Few deaths this year are likely to cause the sociopolitical echoes we're already seeing the day after abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed in his Kansas church Sunday. Picture Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed as he entered his church Sunday ...
Get Jesse ... naked?(The Big Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... There are some problems even Jesse might not want to solve. KING-TV correspondent Jesse Jones just won the Star 101.5 Local TV Newscaster You'd Like to See Naked contest -- by a landslide. Picture Jesse Jones (king5.com) "He's become a ...
Seattle filmmakers lobby to halt Nigerian violence.(The Big Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Violence returned to the Niger delta this month, putting a group of Northwest documentary filmmakers back to work -- this time, without a camera. Picture "That's one of the themes of the film," said Leslye Wood, producer of "Sweet Crude," a documentary about social ...
Weather: Surf's up.(The Big Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... It will be a day to consider beach blanket bingo. The National Weather Service says skies will be sunny, and temperatures will ...
Police: Man goes on rampage at bus shelter, assaults 3.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A man who police say assaulted a deaf man and a police officer and punched a Metro bus driver in the face five times Saturday was booked into King County Jail. He was ordered held without bail. The suspect reportedly told an officer he was "being segregated against," ...
Man to police: I wasn't masturbating, just carrying weed.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A witnessed pointed out a man in Woodland Park who he said was exposing himself and masturbating Friday afternoon. But after the police approached the suspect, the man said he didn't have his pants down he was only there with $25 of marijuana he'd bought. The exposure? The man ...
Army sergeant charged in juvenile sex trafficking.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A sergeant based at Fort Lewis who prosecutors say set up a juvenile girl in an apartment to work for him as a prostitute has been charged with sex trafficking. Sterling Terrace Hospedales, 26, was charged in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Monday with sex trafficking of a ...
Shots fired in Pioneer Square.(Seattle 911)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A man fired two shots in Pioneer Square early Sunday morning to frighten away others he thought were threatening him with a shotgun, he told police. No one was wounded, and apparently nothing was hit. Police said officers on a nightclub-emphasis patrol near South Main ...
Hunter raises $100,000 in county exec race.(Strange Bedfellows)
Jun 01, 2009 ... State Rep. Ross Hunter, D-Medina, on Monday reported that his campaign for King County Executive raised $100,316 during May. As with rivals, however, a healthy chunk of the war chest -- $38,500 -- was transferred from Hunter's legislative campaign fund. Hunter also raised $9,600 ...
City Council candidate Bagshaw brings in the bucks.(Strange Bedfellows)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Sally Bagshaw, who is running for the open Seattle City Council Position 4 seat, on Monday reported more than $17,000 in campaign contributions. Among those writing checks to Bagshaw were current council members Tim Burgess ...
Developer Greg Smith takes stake in Publicola.(Strange Bedfellows)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Publicola, the online political news site started by former Stranger news editor Josh Feit, said Monday that developer Greg Smith had purchased a stake in the venture. While declining to say how much Smith had invested, Sandeep Kaushik, also one of the people behind Publicola, ...
Check out Jaqua's perfect shot for Sounders.(Seattle Sports Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... If you didn't see Nate Jaqua's goal for Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday night against Columbus, watch this video clip of it courtesy of mlsnet.com. The Major League Soccer website has nominated the shot as one of its goals of the week for fans to vote on here, if you're ...
Tell me again why football doesn't need a playoff?(Seattle Sports Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Watching the dogged determination of the Washington Huskies and Georgia Bulldogs as they battled back and forth Sunday over the course of two nail-biting games in the Women's College World Series, I was struck again by the beauty of sports. When a championship is on the line, ...
Huskies show heart of a champ to reach title series.(Seattle Sports Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Danielle Lawrie and the University of Washington softball team staved off exhaustion and a gritty Georgia foe Sunday night at the Women's College World Series to advance to Monday's championship series against top-ranked Florida. It took a marathon effort, the kind that won't ...
Hunch prompted Dutch man to cancel flight on Air France 447.(Aerospace News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Picture Stefan van Oss told Dutch television show "Hart van Nederland" that he escaped death because of the hunch of a friend. A Dutch man has told a news outlet in the Netherlands that he canceled a trip to Brazil after a friend warned him of danger. ...
Timeline of the disappearance of Air France flight 447.(Aerospace News)(Chronology)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Timeline of the disappearance of Air France flight 447: All times are universal time, or Greenwich Mean Time. At this time of year, Seattle is seven hours behind GMT. May 31: 22:03 -- Air France flight 447 departs from Rio de Janeiro. (Brazilian Air Force ...
Air France flight 447: What role did lightning play?(Aerospace News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Image of lightning and an Air France plane Much speculation has occurred about whether the Airbus A330 plane that disappeared was struck by lightning, and what role a strike might have played in the airplanes disappearance. Aviation enthusiasts know -- but maybe the ...
Two Americans were on board Air France flight 447.(Aerospace News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Air France has confirmed the nationalities of the passengers aboard Air France flight 447, which disappeared over the Atlantic last night. The Brazilian Authorities have shared this list: 2 American 1 Argentinian 1 Austrian 1 Belgian ...
Air France disappearance (video from AP).(Aerospace News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... This is the Associated Press video regarding the Air France plane that has disappeared: Complete coverage: * Airbus A330 disappears over Atlantic * Air France disappearance (video from ...
Ballard among the best in the West.(Seattle Real Estate News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... King's Hardware King's Hardware, Joshua Trujillo/Seattle P-I file Ballard is one of the best neighborhoods in the West, according to Men's Journal. "Despite a decade of buzz, Ballard still feels unspoiled," the magazine wrote. "The same dive bars host the ...
Before and after.(Seattle Real Estate News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Before before Courtesy Coates Design Architects After after Courtesy Coates Design Architects Home and Garden Television will feature this Seattle house on its series "My Big Amazing Renovation" starting Wednesday. ...
Accessible home wins architectural award.(Seattle Real Estate News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Picture Courtesy ZAI Inc. A Seattle architect has won national recognition for an accessible home. Emory Baldwin, of ZAI inc., won a 2009 American Institute of Architects Small Project Award for Accessible Residential Design for his own Green Lake house ....
Marlborough and Domaine buildings auctioned off.(Seattle Real Estate News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... the Marlborough The Marlborough, Courtesy Live Historic Seattle Condo projects the Marlborough and Domaine sold at foreclosure auction Friday, according to the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. The Marlborough was a condo conversion of a 13-story ...
Despite hype, Twitter largely ignored by young adults.(Tech Chronicles)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Virtually everyone between the ages of 18-24 maintains a profile on at least one social networking site like Facebook and MySpace. But when it comes to Twitter, the younger demographic is far less enthusiastic, with only 22 percent saying they use the micro-blogging service. ...
More job losses for Silicon Valley?(Tech Chronicles)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Shipments of computer servers dropped to historic lows last quarter, and so did revenue. They were down for all vendors in all markets -- a drop of around 24 percent, an even steeper decline than in the previous quarter when the stock market fell, Gartner said Monday. These ...
E3-2009: Microsoft wows with full motion camera, games.(Tech Chronicles)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Project Natal shows the power of full body gaming Project Natal shows the power of full body gaming (Chronicle) We all knew the full motion 3-D camera from Microsoft was coming but the unveil at E3 today still managed to floor people with the possibilities. ...
Toshiba weighs in with a netbook.(Tech Chronicles)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Toshiba, which is known for its laptops, has been watching the growing United States market for netbook PCs from the sidelines. But the company is about to get in the game. Toshiba America plans to launch its first line of lightweight netbooks, priced between $350 and $400, in ...
Microsoft Bing v. Google.(Tech Chronicles)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Hoping to make inroads against Google, Microsoft made its new search engine, Bing, publicly available today. The new design, along with a new name, is intended to make its technology more user friendly in the face of stiff competition and limited market share. Please ...
E3-2009: PlayStation Go is a go for E3.(Tech Chronicles)
Jun 01, 2009 ... PlayStation Go PlayStation Go (PlayStation) The E3 video game show gets underway today in Los Angeles with a Microsoft presser at 10:25 a.m. But the big news over the weekend was confirmation of one of Sony's big announcements tomorrow at its press event: The ...
MLB Standings.(Mariners/MLB)
Jun 01, 2009 ... MLB Standings American League Eastern W L % GB Home Away Div Streak NY Yankees 29 21 .580 --- 14-9 15-12 10-12 Lost 1 Boston 29 22 .569 1/2 17-6 12-16 17-8 Won 1 Toronto 29 24 .547 1 1/2 18-7 11-17 6-9 Lost 1 Tampa Bay 25 ...
Under represented minorities in Silicon Valley face barriers.(Tech Chronicles)
Jun 01, 2009 ... A survey of Silicon Valley companies found that only 6.1 percent of male technical workers and 8.6 percent of female technical workers are underrepresented minorities. The study by the Anita Borg Institute examined the challenges faced by African Americans, Latinos and Native ...
Seattle Genetics Pockets $11.5M.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy To Build or Buy? Microsoft Amps Up Life Sciences Strategy By Buying Rosetta Biosoftware Hydrogen Cars: Saving the Environment's a Gas Cell ...
Alder Drug Fights Cancer Fatigue.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy To Build or Buy? Microsoft Amps Up Life Sciences Strategy By Buying Rosetta Biosoftware Hydrogen Cars: Saving the Environment's a Gas Cell ...
The economics of beekeeping.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Khaled Almaghafi's red pickup truck was attracting bees. Where they came from was unclear - nearby there was only the California Highway Patrol offices, a funeral home and the concrete monolith of a highway, none of which were harboring bees. Yet the insects had arrived, possibly attracted ...
A tribute to what was in the P-I.(The Big Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Two-and-a-half months have elapsed since the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ceased print publication. Its passing has been commemorated through private parties, radio shows, documentary films and countless news stories. This Wednesday night, the community gets its chance to say ...
Petitions against domestic partner law expected this week.(The Big Blog)
Jun 01, 2009 ... In case you missed it ... If you sign a petition against SB 5688, the state bill that's set to expand legal benefits to same-sex couples, your name will be posted online. At least, that's what a Web site called WhoSigned.org says will happen. A site description says ...
Robberies, assaults up in Seattle; murders decrease.(Local)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Interim Seattle Police Chief John Diaz reported good and bad news Monday about citywide crime statistics. Related content Download crime data * Citywide data (Excel) * January statistics (PDF) * Feb. statistics (PDF) * ...
City auditor leaving post for federal job.(Strange Bedfellows)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The Seattle City Council announced Monday that it will begin a nationwide search to replace City Auditor Susan Cohen, who is leaving the job when her term expires in September. Cohen, 49, plans to accept a position with the U.S. Department of Transportation's Inspector General's ...
Cheney: Same-sex marriage is OK.(Strange Bedfellows)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The stone walls against sexual preference discrimination in America are crumbling, as conservative former Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday gave his secular blessing to same-sex marriage. While saying he doesn't have "any problems" with gay and lesbian marriage, Cheney did ...
Will more Washington roads take their toll on drivers?(Local)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Washington drivers should get used to the idea of paying tolls to get where they want to go, according to some officials and policy wonks. "The notion that we're going to be able to continue to finance projects with gas taxes just doesn't survive in today's economy," state ...
Trubion Drug Kills Cancer in Blood.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy To Build or Buy? Microsoft Amps Up Life Sciences Strategy By Buying Rosetta Biosoftware Hydrogen Cars: Saving the Environment's a Gas Cell ...
Tableau Rolls Out BI Software.(Business)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Related content Xconomy Xconomy Seattle About Xconomy Headlines from Xconomy To Build or Buy? Microsoft Amps Up Life Sciences Strategy By Buying Rosetta Biosoftware Hydrogen Cars: Saving the Environment's a Gas Cell ...