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Dancing with famous parody ballet anything but a drag

Feb 10, 2012 10:00 am

Hilarious renditions: Dancing with world’s most famous parody ballet company is anything but a drag | Ask Joshua Grant what the toughest thing was about dancing for five years with Les Bal...

Single? Mount Hood Meadows offers 'Chairway 2 Heaven' speed-dating event

Feb 9, 2012 8:58 pm

Single? Love might be waiting for you on a chairlift in Oregon. Read more: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2012/02/09/single-mount-hood-meadows-offering-chairlift-speed-dating-sunday/

Heaven on a half shell

Feb 8, 2012 5:45 pm

OYSTERS: Not for everyone, perfect for some | WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – It’s no accident that oysters are identified by the specific tidal region in which they are grown. Like that ...

Dinner in Minutes: Hoisin, sherry flavor quick stir-fry

Feb 8, 2012 5:41 pm

Garlic, sherry and hoisin sauce flavor chicken in this quick Chinese stir-fry.

Eat This: A trendy alternative to chocolates this holiday

Feb 8, 2012 5:31 pm

It’s Valentine’s Day again, and I just want to remind people there are alternatives to chocolate when it comes to showing your love.

Mission possible: A fast, easy low-carb angel food

Feb 8, 2012 5:28 pm

It seemed impossible. I wanted to make a zero-sugar, low-carb version of a cake that is made from almost nothing but sugar and carbs.

Hamilton Cellars finds delicious niche with malbec

Feb 8, 2012 3:18 pm

After a couple of false starts, Hamilton Cellars in Richland got rolling a year ago and already is releasing some startlingly superb wines.

Marianne Binetti: Creating a garden is like creating a symphony

Feb 8, 2012 11:38 am

The second week of February is time to celebrate a symphony of spring. And it will be easy to do so this week at the Northwest Flower & Garden show.

Music will add new dimension to Northwest Flower & Garden Show

Feb 8, 2012 8:05 am

The cacophony of tinkling fountains and gurgling streams at this year’s Northwest Flower & Garden Show will have a new aural element: music. That’s the theme of the annual sh...

Bothell dog therapist helps pets get fit

Feb 7, 2012 7:08 pm

Josie, a small Shih Tzu and Chihuahua mix, ruptured several discs in her back in April. Josie was given a 10 percent chance of walking again.

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Startup seeks a new start: What's next for EquaShip?

Feb 10, 2012 5:56 pm

EquaShip, the delivery service that grabbed headlines last year, has suspended operations for the rest of this year because of problems with its transit network a huge setback for the tiny startup th...

Seattle's RN74 names Seisuke Kamimura as new executive chef

Feb 10, 2012 4:42 pm

Theres a new boss in the kitchen at RN74, Chef Michael Minas popular French wine-centric restaurant in downtown Seattle. Seisuke (Seis) Kamimura, who has worked for celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and a...

Washington state to get $648M in bank mortgage settlement

Feb 10, 2012 2:40 pm

Washington state's share of a landmark $25 billion agreement reached between states and the nation's biggest mortgage lenders will be about $648 million. The Herald in Everett reports major mortgage ...

Google planning 'entertainment device'

Feb 10, 2012 2:20 pm

Following the hardware path that Amazon.com Inc. took when it introduced Kindle e-reader devices, Google Inc. is planning to introduce an "entertainment device." The New York Times reports ...

Seattle council hears preliminary ideas for NBA/NHL arena

Feb 10, 2012 1:51 pm

The Seattle City Council this week heard preliminary ideas on the city attracting a new National Basketball Association and/or National Hockey League team to a site in the city's SoDo neighborhood. T...

Air India wants $1B from Boeing for 787 delays

Feb 10, 2012 1:37 pm

Air India now wants $1 billion from Boeing Co. to compensate the airline for more than three years of delays for delivery of Boeing 787s. Back in August 2010, Bloomberg reports Air India originally d...

Zumiez moving e-commerce operations from Everett to Kansas

Feb 10, 2012 1:19 pm

Youth retailer Zumiez Inc. said it will move its e-commerce operations from Everett to Edwardsville, Kan. in May, affecting 35 Zumiez employees and 35 contract employees. The Everett-based company (N...

Delta CEO prefers stability over flash in airplane fleet

Feb 9, 2012 11:13 pm

Richard Anderson, CEO of the worlds biggest airline in terms of fleet size, is more focused on reliable aircraft performance than fuel economy, and more on flight frequency than aircraft size. During...

Berg in his own words: Humbled yet defiant at sentencing

Feb 9, 2012 10:57 pm

Frederick Darren Berg arrived for sentencing Thursday in federal court in a bland khaki-greenish prison shirt and pants a significant contrast to the stylish and expensive clothes he wore in his prio...

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Egypt: Tribesmen kidnap 3 Korean tourists in Sinai

Feb 10, 2012 6:50 pm

Armed tribesmen stopped a tourist bus and kidnapped three Korean women and their guide in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Friday, the region's security chief said.

US bishops reserve judgment on birth control rule

Feb 10, 2012 6:49 pm

The head of the nation's Roman Catholic bishops says it's too soon to tell whether the Obama administration's revamped rule on birth control will address the church's objections.

Swiss detain man over gun linked to German murders

Feb 10, 2012 6:48 pm

Swiss police have detained a man in connection with a gun used by a German neo-Nazi group suspected of killing 10 people.

Jurors in lacrosse trial view police interview

Feb 10, 2012 6:48 pm

A former University of Virginia lacrosse player said he got physical with his former girlfriend but did not kill her, sobbing and saying "she's not dead" when detectives told him she died, a...

Romney tries to woo skeptical conservatives

Feb 10, 2012 6:47 pm

Mitt Romney says he has a "severely conservative" record as he looks to win over voters who favored his rivals in recent contests.

First Solar shares plunge on project delay

Feb 10, 2012 6:46 pm

First Solar is warning that a construction delay threatens to undo its sale of a large solar project planned for Los Angeles County to power producer Exelon Corp.

US backtracks on recognition of new Maldives gov't

Feb 10, 2012 6:46 pm

The United States on Friday backtracked from its swift recognition of the new Maldives government, which the nation's former leader claims came to power in a coup.

Dairy Queen opens its 500th location in China

Feb 10, 2012 6:46 pm

Dairy Queen has opened its 500th store in China after a year of aggressive expansion there.

London to test alcohol monitors for offenders

Feb 10, 2012 6:46 pm

London will be the first city in England to test electronic monitoring to force persistent alcohol offenders to stop drinking, Mayor Boris Johnson said Friday.

Santorum amplifies faith in way GOP rivals don't

Feb 10, 2012 6:46 pm

Rick Santorum stirs his ever-growing crowds when he promises to right a country awash in "immoral debt" and to replace an administration he argues has "callousness toward life and famil...