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SHARE to Homeless: "Camp Out or Get Out"

The local homeless advocacy organization SHARE is forcing its residents to participate in camp out protests in front of elected officials’ homes, reports PubliCola.

Taproot Theatre is adding its insurance coverage to the NW Insurance Council's reward for apprehending the arsonists responsible for the recent fires throughout Greenwood, bringing the award up to $25,000.

Requiem For a Dream Season

Sunday afternoon felt a bit like that October day in 1995 when the Cleveland Indians snuffed out the Mariners “Refuse to Lose” fairy tale run. Remember little Joey Cora weeping in the dugout after the game, being consoled by then-Mariner Alex Rodriguez? After the final whistle, we felt a lot like that, except we were in a half-empty bar (not a dugout), being consoled by a half-empty beer (not a prick).

And here we were gearing up for a recount.

Washington State leads the country in troubled banks: a whopping 26.3% of banks in the state are either troubled or have outright failed.

Snowpocalypse 2010: Metro Strikes Back

The plan includes an "adverse weather map," and improved transit alerts via email. A text message option would be a lot more useful for riders, though, at least until they start installing laptops at every bus stop.

Torontoist learned what happens a big city paper announces plans to outsource 100 union editing jobs—an editor takes revenge by editing the crap out of the internal memo that made the announcement.

  • Around the Sound: The Week in News

    Thousands gathered Friday for the memorial of police Officer Timothy Brenton, who was killed in the line of duty on Halloween night.

    Election Month?

    We’ve moved from Election Day to Election Week. Will Election Month be far behind?

    Our favorite fake news blowhard took aim at Referendum 71 this week. In a cutting segment, Stephen Colbert turned the issue on its head:

    DCist visited the Washington Humane Society to get some ridiculously adorable photos of some of the pets currently there waiting to be adopted.

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