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Crime

The PTSD Defense

A Bellingham mental health expert says the soldier accused of the worst military atrocity in decades isn’t the only one to blame.

04/25/2012 By James Ross Gardner

Feature

Exquisite Corpses

E. R. Butterworth’s full-service mortuary revolutionized the funeral business. When tuberculosis and diphtheria ravaged the city, that business was good. When one of America’s first female serial killers struck, business got complicated.

03/23/2012 By James Ross Gardner

Article

Public v. Private Education

Seattle parents want their kids to have everything. Except privilege.

03/23/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Emergency Unpreparedness

Seattleites know the Big Earthquake is coming. So why aren’t more of us ready for it?

03/07/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

The Smartest Sucker in the Room

From his humble trailer in northern Washington State, Scott Stuart ran a decade-long investment scam so lucrative you’d think he was a lifetime con artist. The truth is, everything he knew he learned from the Nigerians who bled him dry.

03/02/2012 By Matthew Halverson

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La Tienda’s World’s Fair Beginnings

How the Mexican Pavilion inspired one of Seattle's favorite world-sourced artisan boutiques.

01/26/2012 By Janet Pelz

Article

Seattle’s Little Intimacy Problem

A native deconstructs our city’s little intimacy problem.

01/25/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

This is Your Brain on Love

Neuroscience has a lot to say about the emotion most celebrated on February 14.

01/25/2012 By James Ross Gardner

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Seattle Center House Recycled

In time for the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair, Graham Baba Architects turns the old armory into a house of light.

01/20/2012 By David Laskin