Starbucks is Closing Stores - Now Only 3 on Every Block

These guys are going to have the worst real estate problem in the US...."Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has announced the next step in its multi-faceted plan to transform the company, with a decision to...

Starbucks closing 600 stores in the US

This means some bad news for the employees of these stores.  So many companies are reducing work force numbers due to this slumping economy.  Most of us here in the states know of at least one person that...

Who needs cars when you've got ponies

More and more people are trading in their costly gasoline guzzling vehicles for the environmentally friendly hybrid car. A group of co-workers at a dental office in Washington decided to take one step further in...

Bill Gates surrendering Microsoft helm

"A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on June 27.     Three people...

Are real estate speculators good for Vancouver?

This week's article in the Sun about a proposed speculator tax is truly odd.  The piece begins:"The Lower Mainland housing market might be cooling off these days. But glittering highrise condos continue to...

Fremont Solstice parade: Not Just for Nude Cyclists Anymore

The Seattle P-I's Monica Guzman has a quick question for you:"Let's play a word association game. When I say "Fremont Solstice Parade," what's the first thing that comes to mind?If you said "naked bicyclists," one...

Talk about a Mobile Home! Barge floats home from Wash. to Canada

Talk about a Mobile Home and House boat ! Barge floats 2-story home from Wash. to Canada Here is a Story Board of the Move.  Here is video of the move HUNTS POINT, Wash. - Rolling the waterfront house onto a...

Cancer 'cure' for advanced melanoma

Have they really found a cure for cancer?    That is the case for a 52-year-old man who is free of melanoma after undergoing extensive treatment in which his own cells were cloned outside his body and then replaced to attack the tumours. It is now...

2 missing women rescued in Alaskan wilderness

The two backpackers' misadventure spanned six days and concluded Wednesday evening when a rescue helicopter airlifted them from the rugged terrain. " When Erica Nelson and Abby Flantz lost their way during an overnight hike into Denali National Park, they decided to keep...

Robocarp: Mecha Fish to Track Oil Spills

Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have developed a new type of robotic fish which moves through the water as a real fish does: with fins. Such locomotion makes the mechafish more energy-efficient...

U.S. court reveals B.C. gang details

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBoy, you know you're in trouble when even Mexico won't let you cross the Border. The United Nations gang, a British Columbia based Gang was busted by RCMP in BC, while it's...

Police detonate suspicious device at Seattle school

"This is Carlos Franco. I'm reporting from Seattle Washington. I am in the City of Kent at (Kentwood?) High School where I witnessed this suspicious device in the parking lot and bomb squad is now on the scene to...

Lesbian kiss stirs up gay-friendly city

" SEATTLE - Most of the time, a kiss is just a kiss in the stands at Seattle Mariners games. The crowd hardly even pays attention when fans smooch.But then last week, a lesbian complained that an usher at Safeco...

Acidified Seawater Hits West Coast

OPINION: Though climate models predicted major ocean acidification would not hit the west coast of North American until the end of the century, new joint research between the USA and Canada indicates this devastating...

Googlers and Microsofters Get on the Bus...

For the past 2 to 3 years, ever since I got stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on my way back from the Big Apple, when I go to New York I take the train.It is a reliable, punctual, relaxing ride.I can read, go over my notes, take a nap or whatever else I feel like.All things I...

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