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Sweatin’ and swayin’ to rare #soul w/ DJ #GeneBalk... |

tumblr.com — Sweatin' and swayin' to rare #soul w/ DJ #GeneBalk (aka @SeattleTimes' #FYIGuy). So fun! #TalcumSoul #ChopSuey (at Chop Suey)

At the #BoatPeopleSOS benefit with my pop and his... |

tumblr.com — At the #BoatPeopleSOS benefit with my pop and his hero, South Vietnamese Colonel Hua Yen Len. No democracy in the motherland. Learning about the plight of #Vietnamese #refugees who are escaping to Thailand. (at Jumbo Chinese Restaurant)

Invisible People

invisiblepeople.tv — Sabrina Sabrina is 23 and living under a bridge in Seattle. Sabrina and an old boyfriend hitchhiked to Seattle to spend a few weeks. Those weeks have now turned into four years of homelessness. Sabrina says she has been on her own since she was 16.

Editorial: I-5 bridge collapse should prompt focus on maintenance

seattletimes.com — Originally published Friday, May 24, 2013 at 5:03 PM BREATHE a sigh of relief that Thursday's Interstate 5 bridge collapse is an economic disaster, not a human tragedy. Mercifully, no one died. Immediately, some politicians began to suggest the collapse of the 165-foot span over the Skagit River was a case study on the cost of deferred infrastructure maintenance.

StateImpact Idaho program at Boise State Radio loses NPR's backing

idahostatesman.com — A national pilot program that gave Boise State Radio two full-time reporters to explore economic issues ends in September, and it is not clear whether StateImpact will continue in Idaho beyond then. One of Idaho's State Impact reporters, Molly Messick, announced on the project's website that May 15 was her last day.

jfdulac: Wild bridge collapse photo ...

twitter.com — Wild bridge collapse photo on the front of today's Seattle Times. Via @Newseum. pic.twitter.com/43l68eMJq4

Span wasn’t built to take critical hit

seattletimes.com — Originally published May 23, 2013 at 11:24 PM | Page modified May 23, 2013 at 11:31 PM The Skagit River Bridge wasn't particularly worrisome to state engineers. Structural inspections showed its condition to be rather average.