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The Winter Olympics Have Meant Big Business for Granite Curling Clubnew
Curling had a coming-out party during the 2006 Olympics in Turin, surprising everyone by besting more traditional winter sports like figure skating and hockey in the television ratings. Soon, curious Seattleites began to trickle into the club, eager to try their hand.
Seattle Weekly |
Vernal Coleman |
02-22-2010 |
Sports
Colton Harris-Moore is the Northwest's Answer to Frank Abagnale Jr.new
At age 16, Harris-Moore was already a prolific, if sloppy, burglar. Facing a felony charge in 2006, he absconded and disappeared into the island's forested wilds. After seven months he was caught, only to escape and disappear again. In the year since his escape, he has officially been named as a suspect in two separate incidents in which the perpetrator stole and then took a joyride in a single-engine airplane, and is rumored to be the culprit in a third.
Seattle Weekly |
Vernal Coleman |
11-30-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Despite Seattle's Battle Against Some Seedy Motels, Their Regulars Remain Undauntednew
After years of complaints from neighborhood residents and hundreds of calls to the police for service, the city has declared war on the seedy motels of Aurora Avenue North -- five of them, anyway.
Seattle Weekly |
Vernal Coleman |
09-14-2009 |
Culture
Seattle's Swordsman of Semen Detection Doesn't Care for His New Competitionnew
Snooping through your partner's undies has become big business, and Bradley Holmes, the self-proclaimed father of the in-home semen-detection industry is disappointed in his offspring -- in part because they are giving him competition.
Seattle Weekly |
Vernal Coleman |
06-15-2009 |
Business & Labor
