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Corps’ debris ship getting $500K worth of work

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Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 2:21 p.m.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that its ship that picks up debris in Puget Sound is getting $500,000 worth of repairs and refurbishing ...

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Puget Sound wages, salaries up 2.2 percent

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Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 12:43 p.m.

Wages and salaries increased 2.2 percent in the Puget Sound region in 2009, a greater increase than in any of the 15 largest U.S. metro areas tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

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Puget Sound and North Atlantic blue mussels are in season during the months with an "r" in their name (September through April). This is because they spawn during the summer months (May through August), making their flesh less palatable in other months. The fast growing Mediterranean mussel has opposite seasonality and is distinctly different from the blue mussels. As winter spawners, Mediterranean mussels are plump and at their sweetest and most tender right through the summer ... Once

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Dishin': The Waffle Versus the Crepe

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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.

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In some ways, this is a downtown battle of batters and preparation. But in a bigger sense, this is a battle between Le Mont Saint-Michel and Liege, as we compare Mobatta's crepes and Sweet Iron's waffles ... Everyone loves crepes, or so it seems in Seattle. Hiding behind the boom of cupcakeries in the city, look around and you'll see a boomlet of creperies sprouting up here and there in various neighborhoods. Mobatta has a couple of shops in downtown Seattle, while also making appearances at

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Sound Off! An Underage Battle: Sea Fever

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Published Feb. 11, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

So far this week we’ve showcased three songs from Northwest underage groups Apache Chief, (Sui Generis) and Candysound. Rounding off the list of Sound Off’s first semi-final battle of the bands competitors is Seattle’s Sea Fever. The young, five member group shoots for acoustic driven folk/indie rock. Their song “Sibling Rivalry” leans more in the indie rock direction, featuring an early 2000s, pop-rock style steal string acoustic and lightly swinging drums. The vocals are understated

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Simple Rules for Watching the Super Bowl

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Published Feb. 7, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.

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Today is the Super Bowl, the first of three days during the calendar year when Americans wear special clothing and drink themselves en masse into oblivion (St. Patrick’s Day and Halloween being the other two) ... Even though the Hawks couldn’t be further from the Super Bowl than Tatooine, we’ll still partake. Chances are you’ll find yourself at a gathering of inebriates, so while you’re still good and sober (we think) take a glance at this handy list of Super Bowl watching tips. If you

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Let's All Go to The Movies

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.

Seattle Art Museum pays their respects to a different kind of genius, presenting Silver Streak tonight - it's the first in a series of films spanning the career of comic mastermind Richard Pryor that you can catch at the Museum this February ... Grand Illusion hosts Sometimes a Great Notion , the family epic starring and helmed by Paul Newman and based on Ken Kesey's novel of the same name. And it's certainly a good flick, but the real event tonight is the late show, featuring Bad Biology ,

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Can't Miss It: The Weekend

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 2:27 p.m.

"HUSKY STADIUM PANO" by MIKE FIECHTNER from the Seattlest Flickr pool ... ARJ BARKER :Come on, come on, step right up. Hurry, hurry, hurry. You, madam, do you like comedy? A little titter in your twitter every now and again? You, sir! Are you a fan of the heartfelt guffaw? If so, then come right in the Parlor, where tonight and tomorrow you can catch that veteran of stand-up, the scene-stealing character actor of Flight of the Conchords, that mop-headed muppet of mirth: the incomparable Arj

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Can Justin Holiday erase a 17-point differential?

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 6:01 p.m.

Washington didn't have defensive ace Justin Holiday ... (left) on Jan. 10 when the Huskies absorbed a 17-point beatdown (87-70) at the hands of Arizona. The 6-6 junior forward missed the Wildcats and Arizona State games because an eligibility issue ... This week he said he knew he would have made a big difference in the ASU game because "I felt I could have stopped or at least helped slow down (Rihards) Kuksiks and Jamelle (McMillan) ." ... When asked about Arizona, Holiday said: "When we

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Get into the SAM Free Tonight!

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

Tonight's the Seattle Art Museum's First Thursday event, which means you can get in free after hours. If you haven't seen the SAM's current exhibition of Alexander Calder mobiles, you're missing out -- Calder's work is truly stunning: miniscule mobiles that could double as earrings, towering monstrosities teetering precariously on a single lever, and beautifully abstract visual art ... As part of the Art for All event, Exohxo plays orchestral pop from 5:30 to 7:30 ... pioneer effective practices

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