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Our New Year’s resolutions
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet: The Buzz is jotting down our new year’s resolutions, with some…
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We apologize in advance for getting "Chocolate Rain" stuck in your head
Stamp act: The U.S. Postal Service has announced a series of 20 stamps to be released in August…
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Listmania 2008
All the cool kids are making their year-end top 10 lists, including Esquire, NPR and Google. We’re afraid…
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Always look on the bright side of life
For the last six months — or at least that’s how long it feels like — we’ve been…
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Fitness for office
Travel guru Rick Steves writes about his visit to Tehran, Iran, where presumably he did not engage in…
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What’s the deal, Santa?
Not even an iPod? It should come as no surprise to those tallying up their Christmas Day haul,…
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What is under The Buzz Christmas Tree?
A Merry Christmas and — at the risk of leaving someone’s personal beliefs out — the writers of…
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A Festivus for the rest of us
A Washington, D.C., neighborhood has revived Festivus, the mock holiday made famous by the 1990s sitcom “Seinfeld” (Page…
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A bailout you can swallow
A little green on the nose: A San Francisco winery is selling Bailout 2007 for $39 a bottle.…
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We’ll drink to that
A new product called iBreath can turn your iPod into a breathalyzer you can use to give yourself…
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Snowpocalypse Now!
The National Weather Service warns we’re in for a major storm today and Sunday with more snow, freezing…
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The scent of Burger King
Hold the onions: Burger King has launched a new men’s spray fragrance, “Flame,” which it describes as “the…
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Another kind of change you can believe in
Once again, some generous person dropped a gold coin worth $1,000 into a Salvation Army donation kettle. The…
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That’ll be $25,000
Pay to play: A source close to U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Not My Dad, said that Illinois…
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Plenty of work for a disgraced governor
Everything must go! Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s days in power appear to be numbered. So, now’s the time…
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A fine Northwest tradition
Look out the window. Is it still snowy? Yes? Then you should call work and tell them you’re…
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And what do you want for Christmas, little city?
He’s makin’ a list, he’s checkin’ it twice: Snohomish County cities are hoping that the federal government makes…
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If Santa gave Blagojevich coal, he would’ve sold it
Hooray for Santy Claus: The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum in Seattle offers a special screening…
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Finally, a role Keanu Reeves can master
Role of a lifetime: Keanu Reeves, whose single facial expression is brought to you by the National Forestry…
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Some things are priceless; for everything else, there are taxpayers
Big Three: $15 billion. Congress and the White House finally settled on a deal with automakers for that…