Top Local Stories City raises alert over monorail risks
Liability is among several issues -- in addition to the $11 billion price tag for construction and debt service -- that could loom as obstacles to City Council approval of the Seattle Monorail Project next month.
S. Lake Union streetcar wins council's OK
The Seattle City Council gave the go-ahead to the South Lake Union streetcar yesterday, approving a plan to pay for construction and operation, using only limited and specific money from the city's general fund.
Veterans court may be created
Seattle is considering launching a new court to help homeless veterans take care of the legal problems hanging over them without getting thrown in jail.
Pundit who slipped on mother's milk
Robert L. Jamieson Jr.: Hell hath no fury like breast-feeding moms scorned. My column calling for people to lighten up when it comes to women who breast-feed in public generated nearly 1,000 e-mails and phone messages.
'Docs' arrange funeral, last ride
Robert "Orbs" Tiedemann, who died at age 64 earlier this month, will get a proper burial courtesy of the ambulance company for which he worked for nearly three decades. He will be driven there in the same type of blue Cadillac rescue car that he loved and drove for nearly three decades.
Teen arrested in murder case
Seattle police arrested a teenager found yesterday on a barge, suspected in the shooting death of a high school tennis coach in what is believed to have been a random crime.
Early reading program gets better than expected results
Teacher Maria Louisa Aguilera opens a student's portfolio and points to the signs of success -- a neatly executed alphabet penned by a small hand, her first and last name written out correctly, a worksheet with the names of vegetable seeds written next to them.
Cooking class gives lessons in healthy eating
The Food Network it's not. Operation Frontline's purpose is much more practical and serious: to teach people on tight budgets -- and their children -- how to cook and eat healthier, through six-week courses featuring nutrition lessons and hands-on practice.
Solo climb of Mount Hood ended in fatal fall
For one reason or another, one after another, Todd Engelhardt's climbing pals bailed out on his plan to climb Mount Hood in Oregon last week. So Engelhardt went alone.Perhaps he should have waited. He didn't, and he died there Friday morning.
Mariners
Mariners Notebook: Trade talks still swirling
As the Mariners idled in the Bay Area before opening a series in Oakland, speculation persisted that the team's first action today might be off the field.
M's Farm Report: Nageotte could fit into plans again now that he's fit
Clint Nageotte didn't make his 2005 debut until last week with Peoria. Now he has two outings, four innings, zero runs allowed and seven strikeouts.
Tacoma pulls closer to first
SALT LAKE CITY -- Yuniesky Betancourt's two-run triple in the sixth inning put the Rainiers on top to stay last night as they beat Salt Lake 6-4. Tacoma is within a half-game of the Stingers in the PCL North.
The Answer Guy: Telltale numbers with runners in scoring position
John Marshall answers readers' questions about the Mariners, and baseball in general. This week: Where to find RISP stats for the Mariners; and trade etiquette when dealing with the MLB-owned Washington Nationals.
On Deck: Seattle at Oakland (6/28)
Today in Mariners history
Movies
This Week's Hot Pick: 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman'
Author Tyler Perry's best known creation is Madea, a gun-toting grandmother who is as big as a truck and just as dangerous. In a world of hypocritical courts and judges, her merciless self-expression lands her repeatedly in jail. She's one of three characters Perry plays -- including Uncle Joe, Madea's pot-smoking brother -- in this surprise hit film made from one of his plays built around Christian tenets of forgiveness and redemption.
No happy ending for real-life version of 'Stella'
SAN FRANCISCO -- In a tale rich in lost love, closeted secrets and acrimonious divorce, it turns out that famed local writer Terry McMillan -- whose celebrated romance and subsequent marriage to a man 23 years her junior became the subject of her fictionized best seller "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" -- actually got her groove back with a man who now says he's gay.
This Week's Hot Video: 'Indecision 2004'
Sure, it's been months since George W. Bush won, but Jon Stewart and his "Daily Show" crew offer eight episodes of hilarity that are a must-have for fans and must-see for political junkies with a sense of humor.
New videos this week
"The Pacifier," "Gunner Palace," "The Browning Version" and more.
Batman keeps top spot at box office
"Batman Begins" took in $27.6 million to remain the top movie for the second straight weekend, but it could not keep Hollywood from sinking to its longest modern box-office slump.
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