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Storefronts Program
9:02 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Seattle's Massive Monkees Open Hip-Hop Dance Studio

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Massive Monkees performing in Seattle's International District, Sept. 2012.

Seattle's Chinatown-International District is home to many commercial establishments. Think about the legions of great Asian restaurants, boutiques, even pet stores. Now meet the ID's first hip-hop dance studio: The Beacon. It's one of the newest participants in Storefronts Seattle, a collaboration between neighborhood businesses, the city and Shunpike, an artist support organization.

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Commercial Air At Paine Field
8:53 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Flights To Vegas Via Everett? Not If Mukilteo Can Stop It

The cities of Mukilteo and Edmonds filed an appeal this week to the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to allow commercial flights out of Paine Field in Everett.  The appeal is the latest move in a debate that stretches back more than two decades.

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Public Money Crime
8:30 am
Fri February 1, 2013

Guilty Plea In Largest Public Embezzlement Case In Washington State History

Originally published on Thu January 31, 2013 5:51 pm

RICHLAND, Wash. – The state of Washington’s largest public sector embezzlement case ever moves forward Thursday with a guilty plea. A public works employee admits he took the money over more than 20 years in Franklin County in the southeast part of the state.

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Food And Feelings
5:25 pm
Thu January 31, 2013

Washington High Court Finds Spit-Covered Burger Could Cause Emotional Distress

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A sullied burger is at the center of a Washington Supreme Court opinion. No burgers were harmed in the taking of this picture.

“Under Washington law, is a consumer entitled to emotional distress damages when a fast-food employee spits in his or her hamburger even though the consumer did not eat the hamburger?” The Washington Supreme Court said Thursday that the answer may be yes.

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