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Wallace Foundation awards $7.7M to local arts groups
The New York-based Wallace Foundation arts and cultural philanthropy will award $7.7 million to nine Seattle arts groups and the Washington State Arts Commission, with groups receiving $500,000 to $750,000 grants aimed at audience development.
Varchetta brothers on a roll
Excerpts from her blog, All You Can Eat The Apartment Bistro, next door to Umi Sake House, has closed ? and the brothers Varchetta...
Seattle Peace Chorus sings out against slavery
Seattle Peace Chorus celebrates its 25th anniversary with a program of songs designed to bring attention to global human trafficking.
Cody Linley and Julianne Hough eliminated from DWTS
Cody Linley won't be graduating "Dancing with the Stars." The 18-year-old "Hannah Montana" actor and his professional partner, Julianne Hough, were eliminated Tuesday from ABC's popular dancing competition.
Prostitute to wife of former NY gov.: `I'm sorry'
The prostitute at the center of the scandal that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has apologized to his wife.
A&E Dispatch | Hawaiian exhibition at Wing Luke Museum opens this week
The Wing Luke Museum's exhibit ? "Ho'omau ka Huaka'i, The Voyage Continues: Native Hawai'ians in the Pacific Northwest" ? kicks off Thursday, Nov. 20, with an opening reception. The exhibit runs Nov. 21-Aug. 16, 2009, in the new Museum's Special Exhibition Gallery.
Bellingham publisher to release Michelle Obama biographical comic book
Bellingham, Wash.-based publishing company Bluewater Productions will feature Michelle Obama in its "Female Force" biographical comic book series.
Food news from around Puget Sound
Winter Beer Festival at Hale's Ales; AIDS research fundraiser at Hotel Vintage Park; Lisa Dupar hosts women and wine post-crush party; The Pink Door offers Monday movie nights with truffle popcorn; Uwajimaya taking Japanese new year good-luck food orders; icon Grill and Zephyr Grill & Bar offer cookie-decorating parties.
Frye's Robin Held honored
Frye Art Museum curator Robin Held has been selected for one of 10 fellowships at New York's Center for Curatorial Leadership in 2009.
Modern lessons from "The Great Inflation"
In "The Great Inflation and its Aftermath: the Past and Future of American Affluence," author Robert Samuelson revisits the runaway inflation of the 1970s and 1980s, concluding that U.S. leaders must resist the urge to "improve" today's economy with "a plethora of new taxes, spending programs and regulations."
Auto execs testify as legislators try for deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto executives went to Capitol Hill for a second day on Wednesday to argue their case for $25 billion in aid as legislators proposed changes to help a bailout pass Congressional and White House muster.
Fed signals ready to cut rates amid glum outlook
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials have pared their outlook for economic growth through 2009 to minimal levels and are prepared to cut interest rates further, while concern has risen that a deflationary spiral may take hold.
California court to hear gay marriage ban case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a legal challenge against the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriage and let the ban stand until it ruled.
Obama taps ex-Senate chief to head health agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Tom Daschle, a key early supporter and former U.S. Senate leader, as his top official to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, two Democratic sources said on Wednesday.
Consumer prices, home starts plunge in October
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer prices fell at a record pace in October and new-home building slumped to fresh lows, according to government reports on Wednesday that suggested the economy likely is already in a recession that may be long and deep.
Citigroup stock drops to 13-year low, fear grows
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc faced a crisis of confidence on Wednesday as investors questioned the survival prospects of the U.S. banking giant, and its shares tumbled 23 percent to a 13-year low.
Bill Clinton offers steps to help wife get State job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has offered to allow ethics reviews of future business and charitable activities should his wife be picked by President-elect Barack Obama as secretary of state, Democrats familiar with the issue said on Wednesday.
Housing agency loosens foreclosure aid rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will loosen terms of its foreclosure-prevention effort so that the program, meant to backstop $300 billion in home loans, can be more effective, the agency said on Wednesday.
Lawmaker accuses Bush of secrecy over Iraq deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is refusing to make public the security pact it has signed with Iraq, even though it has already been published in full in an Iraqi newspaper, a congressional hearing was told on Wednesday.
Qaeda scorns Obama with racial slur
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's deputy leader accused Barack Obama of betraying his race and his father's Muslim heritage on Wednesday and urged more attacks, as the group tried to counter the incoming U.S. president's global popularity.