This is consistent with what I've heard from my friends who've recently bought places in the area.

Quoted: "Home buyers, it's time to haggle," admits the P-I, going on to point out that King County's median house-sales price has dropped 6.2% from a year ago. Seattle is down 2.7%.

Sort of scary...

Quoted: The death of a 49-year-old-woman Tuesday at the Frye Hotel marks the third murder at 223 Yesler Way in less than six months. Initially regarded as "the finest hotel in Seattle," the Frye has ironically degenerated into a portrait of violence and despair.

Hadn't heard this.

Quoted: "It's not money damage. It's to have the team returned. The theory of the suit is that when the team was sold, the Basketball Club of Seattle, our team here, relied on promises made by Clay Bennett and his ownership that they desired to keep the team in Seattle and intended to make a good-faith effort to accomplish that."

It is hard to understand why the Air Force would go with a non-American company.

Quoted: Boeing's loss of a $40bn US military contract to a group including Europe's Airbus draws angry protests.

Quoted: A 15-year-old boy was shot twice outside the Northgate Mall tonight.
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The shooting happened about 6:15 p.m. in the mall's southeast parking lot. Police said the victim and two other teens were walking through the lot carrying packages when they were confronted by a group of men about 19 or 20 years old.

Quoted: Starbucks Corp (NasdaqGS:SBUX - News) is testing $1 coffee and free refills in its Seattle outlets as the global gourmet coffee chain grapples with slower consumer spending and rising competition from fast-food rivals.

Quoted: MSNBC Interactive News, a Microsoft and NBC Universal joint venture with 27.3 million Web visitors in August, announced Sunday night that it has purchased Newsvine in a deal of undisclosed size. It is the first acquisition in MSNBC.com's 11-year history, one that President Charlie Tillinghast hopes will lead to additional news-sharing features on MSNBC and tap an audience of highly engaged news readers.

Quoted: Amazon (AMZN) is apparently within days of announcing it will relocate its scattered Seattle-area offices to the city’s South Lake Union neighborhood, according to a local publication. Crosscut,