Quoted: Pinching pennies for Seattle school kids, but spending billions on the Viaduct?

Quoted: What Obama Has Going For Him
Hipsters. Lots and lots of them. They love Obama. They're educated, they live in their same-sex households, they donate to Obama at a much higher clip than most states, and they're going to wear ironic clothing and send in their permanent absentee ballots for the Democratic candidate for president.

Quoted: “We used a zero-down option-ARM loan to finance the purchase of WaMu Center in 2006, and since our rate adjusted earlier this year, our payments have nearly doubled,” said CEO Kerry Killinger. “We had no idea that it would skyrocket like that.”

Heh ... h/t Tom.

Even Highlands fills up, and it's got 5 levels.

Quoted: The city of Seattle will be paid $45 million in exchange for letting the Seattle SuperSonics move to Oklahoma City this year as part of...

Anxious to see if Clement sees any time behind the dish.

Quoted: Issaquah: An agreement with Issaquah, Redmond, Sammamish, and Microsoft will provide more frequent service on Metro’s existing Route 269 starting this September. Then in 2010, the Route 200 will be expanded to serve both the Issaquah Highlands and Talus neighborhoods. Metro, the city, Port Blakely Communities, Timber Ridge at Talus, and the Talus Residential Association will fund this service expansion.

20,000 strong at Key Arena to see Barack Obama, thousands turned away.

Quoted: Doors were locked after KeyArena reached its capacity of 20,000, officials said. Those who made it inside were not allowed to leave because police wanted to keep those outside from pushing through the doors and forcing themselves in.