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Buyer’s market
Buyer’s market Thanks to foreclosures and short sales, the median sales price of single-family homes in Snohomish County…
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iPad2: Electric Boogaloo
iStill want one: Steve Jobs and Apple unveiled the new iPad 2, less than a year after introducing…
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The Buzz: It’s the water
It’s the water More chlorine! We need more chlorine! Health officials have found the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’…
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A poke in the eye
Double your treasure: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the most famous twins since Tami and Debi Doublemint, are contesting…
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The parent trap
The parent trap Just when we got the hang of LOL: The author of a book on encouraging…
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The Buzz: Consumer retorts
Consumer retorts To sleep, perchance to dream: If you find yourself waking up but not feeling rested, you…
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EADS looks at the bright side
Boeing workers and officials joined with politicians to take a victory lap Friday, a day after the company…
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How else would you clean a flying saucer but with a flying dishwasher?
Dishwashers of the Gods: We now know what it was that fell from the sky and struck a…
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The sky is falling (and it’s rectangular)
Don’t tell Chicken Little: Nobody’s really sure what it is, but a thin sheet of metal, 23 by…
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What to wear? What to wear?
Lady Gaga, leave the egg at home: Invitations to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton…
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Honey, I Downsized the Supersize
Downsized upsize Let’s get small: If your grocery bags seem a little lighter these days, it may not…
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Waxing presidential
Had to build an entire wing just to make room for Taft: Madame Tussauds wax museum in Washington,…
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Elementary school, my dear Watson
I’ll take “Computer Overlords” for $500, Alex: Watson, an IBM supercomputer, overwhelmed its human challengers in a three-day…
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Timeless classic
Timeless classic Historians trace America’s dieting craze to the 1860s and the publication of a widely read book…
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Proses are read
Proses are read Wait a minute, Mr. Postman: In past years, Snohomish County taxpayers typically get their property…
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Gift horses
Gift horse Dibs on “Mars Attacks”: Public officials, as part of their job as representatives of their governments,…
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Possum will make Oscar predictions
Best performance by a sight-challenged marsupial: Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany, who became…
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Guess the payments were latte
Your get-up-and-go just got up and went: An Everett bikini barista espresso stand, which was the focus of…
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Prank call
Prank call City leaders in Fort Wayne, Ind., might well regret holding an online election to choose a…
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Or is it Eva’s voice
I Can Has Cheezburger wasn’t for sale, I guess: Struggling Internet pioneer AOL has purchased the news aggregator…