Recently added articles from The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA):

`Nureyev: The Life' never quite finds man behind mystique.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Moira Macdonald "Nureyev: The Life" by Julie Kavanagh; Pantheon Books ___ As good as Julie Kavanagh's new biography of Rudolf Nureyev is, nothing in it seems to explain the legendary dancer quite as well as a brief film clip at the beginning of the ...

`Odd Mom Out' a warm-hearted tale about a transplanted mom.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Melinda Bargreen "Odd Mom Out" by Jane Porter; 5 Spot ($13.99) ___ In "Odd Mom Out," Jane Porter ("Flirting with Forty," "The Frog Prince") has produced a witty and warm-hearted tale about a transplanted mom who doesn't quite fit in _ much to the ...

Diplomacy worked with North Korea.

Oct 10, 2007 ... The following editorial appeared in the Seattle Times on Tuesday, Oct. 9: ___ A year ago, no one quite knew what to do after North Korea tested a small nuclear bomb. The explosion barely registered as a seismic event, but world diplomats were rattled into action. ...

Even Marion Jones can't outrun her lies.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Kelley SEATTLE _ Marion Jones had a chance to be a very different hero on a very different stage last week. She could have sliced through the rampant hypocrisy in sports the same way she used to slice through the air. She could have owned up to her ...

Seattle Times Danny Westneat column: Light rail: We will love it.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Danny Westneat Oct. 10--PORTLAND -- The question comes as I'm whisking 55 mph on a standing-room-only light-rail train in this city's west suburbs. "What is wrong with Seattle?" It's not me who asks it. It's the woman next to me, Debby Fehrenbach, of ...

Sprucing up a place for plants.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Erik Lacitis Oct. 10--It's underfunded, overlooked and, because of a lack of staffing, parts are just plain weedy. That's the 230 acres, with their 10,000 plants, that make up the Washington Park Arboretum in the middle of Seattle. Its enthusiasts admit the ...

Despite setbacks, Hawks looking forward.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jose Miguel Romero Oct. 10--A miserable and hot Sunday in Pittsburgh and an emotional Monday in Kirkland, with the abrupt announcement of the end of fullback Mack Strong's long Seahawks career, are in the memory bank. Gone but not forgotten. Plenty of good ...

Gunheim still gung ho.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Condotta Oct. 10--If not for the presence of quarterback Jake Locker, Greyson Gunheim figured to be Washington's headline-grabbing, highlight-reel-stealing player this season. The senior defensive end represented UW at the Pac-10's annual football media ...

Gibson is doubtful to play at Oregon.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Craig Smith Oct. 10--Washington State's Brandon Gibson, the leading receiver in the Pac-10, has been downgraded to "doubtful" for Saturday's game at Oregon. "I don't think we'll have Gibson this week," WSU coach Bill Doba said Tuesday. Gibson has ...

Hawes set for surgery on left knee.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Percy Allen Oct. 10--SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento Kings rookie center Spencer Hawes will undergo arthroscopic surgery today on his left knee in Seattle. Seahawks team physician Dr. Lawrence Holland, who operated on Hawes five years ago, will perform the surgery ....

Friends will be foes on Saturday.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Condotta Oct. 10--There don't figure to be a lot of secrets Saturday night when Washington travels to play Arizona State. Tyrone Willingham and Dennis Erickson have never coached together, but several members of both staffs have histories as co-workers. ...

Renton happy to be Target's new target.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Amy Martinez Oct. 10--Employees refer to it as Renton T-2290, because it's the 2,290th opening for Minneapolis-based Target. But when T-2290 opens Sunday, it will be the first to begin doing business at The Landing, a 68-acre development at the southern tip of Lake ...

Durant scores 12 points in debut loss to Kings.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Percy Allen Oct. 10--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Kevin Durant's welcome-to-the-NBA moment came late in the second quarter of Seattle's 104-98 exhibition loss to Sacramento on Tuesday night at Arco Arena. Stymied in the first quarter by Kings forward Ron Artest, the ...

Lachemann lobbies for job on Mariners' staff.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Larry Stone Oct. 10--Last Saturday, Rene Lachemann received word from Oakland manager Bob Geren that he was not being retained as the Athletics' third-base coach. On Sunday, Lachemann called Mariners manager John McLaren to let him know he would be interested ...

2 UW sites said to be contaminated.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Lynn Thompson Oct. 10--Portions of the two Everett sites named finalists for a University of Washington branch campus need environmental cleanup after years of industrial use. How costly that might be, how long the mitigation might take and whether it could ...

Wait for hospital bed a life or death matter?

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Carol M. Ostrom Oct. 10--About 200 of the country's emergency-room doctors acknowledge that they know of patients who have died while waiting in ER hallways for an inpatient bed, according to a poll released Tuesday by the American College of Emergency Physicians during ...

Armenian resolution splits state's House delegation.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Alicia Mundy Oct. 10--U.S. Rep. Adam Smith is caught in the middle of one of the world's longest-running political battles -- one that now pits nearly 100,000 politically active Armenian Americans against potent lobbying by the Turkish government. The Tacoma Democrat is ...

Retired executive, Latina activist vie in District 6.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Emily Heffter Oct. 10--The opposing styles of the two candidates for the Seattle School Board's District 6 seat mask core similarities. Voters will have to decide whose approach they like more. Both candidates consider themselves activists with a history of ...

Area soldier, Marine killed in Iraq.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Brian Alexander Oct. 10--An Army soldier and a Marine from Washington have died in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced. The deaths of Army Spc. Vincent Kamka, 23, of Everett, and Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy W. Burris, 22, of Tacoma, were announced this ...

Interim superintendent appointed.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Rachel Tuinstra Oct. 10--Dolores Gibbons will serve as the Northshore School District's interim superintendent through June 2008 while a permanent superintendent is sought, the School Board unanimously decided Tuesday. The board also approved a request for ...