http://seattletimes.com/html/home en-us Copyright 2013 The Seattle Times Company Sat, 18 May 2013 12:41:04 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 12:41:04 PDT XML::RSS 1 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.com/html/home http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011151_apmlyemen.html?syndication=rss Yemeni security officials say a suspected US drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants in the country's south. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011151_apmlyemen.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:34:09 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011113_apusheroofficercharges.html?syndication=rss A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011113_apusheroofficercharges.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:32:08 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021011092_apwadogbiteaward.html?syndication=rss A Thurston County jury has awarded $75,000 to a woman bit by a neighbor's dog. Local News http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021011092_apwadogbiteaward.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021008812_apmliraq.html?syndication=rss A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021008812_apmliraq.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:31:05 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/soundersfc/2013/05/18/sounders-fc-vs-fc-dallas-preview-and-prediction/?syndication=rss Sounders FC (3-3-3) vs. FC Dallas (7-1-3) Saturday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Wash. TV/radio: KING 5, 97.3 FM (Ross Fletcher, Kasey Keller) Spanish TV/radio: THIS-TV (KOMO 4.2), La Gran D 99.3 FM Referee: Mark Geiger KEY DALLAS PLAYERS M David Ferreira — The league’s Sounders FC Blog http://blogs.seattletimes.com/soundersfc/2013/05/18/sounders-fc-vs-fc-dallas-preview-and-prediction/?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:47 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/mariners/2013/05/18/game-thread-can-safeco-joe-expand-his-mariners-contribution/?syndication=rss Better get the pantry stocked because the Apocalypse might be upon us. Brendan Ryan just hit a home run — yes, a real one, not in a video game — to cut the Cleveland lead to 4-2 here in the eighth inning. Justin Smoak had just missed a home run off Zach McAllister earlier in Mariners http://blogs.seattletimes.com/mariners/2013/05/18/game-thread-can-safeco-joe-expand-his-mariners-contribution/?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:25 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/sports/2021011111_apwrewrestlingmeeting.html?syndication=rss Wrestling's governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics. Sports http://seattletimes.com/html/sports/2021011111_apwrewrestlingmeeting.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:12 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/sports/2021011144_apsocbeckhampsg.html?syndication=rss David Beckham has been named Paris Saint-Germain's captain for Saturday's French League game, his final home match before retiring. Sports http://seattletimes.com/html/sports/2021011144_apsocbeckhampsg.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:25:12 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/politics/2021011146_apusmichelleobamacommencement.html?syndication=rss First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. Politics http://seattletimes.com/html/politics/2021011146_apusmichelleobamacommencement.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:24:11 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021008809_apmlsyria.html?syndication=rss Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021008809_apmlsyria.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:23:12 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/artspage/2013/05/18/3-minute-masterpiece-grand-prize-winners-announced/?syndication=rss Seattle International Film Festival this morning hosted a well-attended public screening of the 11 winners of the 2013 3-Minute Masterpiece digital-film contest.  At the end of the show, four top prize-winners were announced. Grand prize winner: “The Last Slice,” by Philip Baca, Cal ArtsPage http://blogs.seattletimes.com/artspage/2013/05/18/3-minute-masterpiece-grand-prize-winners-announced/?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:21:07 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011136_apushofstrastudentshot.html?syndication=rss A funeral has been scheduled for Wednesday for a 21-year-old Hofstra University student who was gunned down during a break-in at her apartment near the school's Long Island campus. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011136_apushofstrastudentshot.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:20:21 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011009_apusricinletterspokane.html?syndication=rss Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane, Wash., as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011009_apusricinletterspokane.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:19:08 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021011143_apusricinletterspokane2ndld.html?syndication=rss Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane, Wash., as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. Local News http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021011143_apusricinletterspokane2ndld.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:18:12 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021010983_apusinsurancegiantvswomenshome.html?syndication=rss For more than 100 years, the Anna Louise Inn in downtown Cincinnati has been a safe, serene place that thousands of struggling women came to know as home. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021010983_apusinsurancegiantvswomenshome.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:16:15 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011141_apeufrancegaymarriage.html?syndication=rss France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011141_apeufrancegaymarriage.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:16:11 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011056_apusnewarkbellylanding.html?syndication=rss An airline official says a US Airways Express flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011056_apusnewarkbellylanding.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011012_apusflightoftheconnie.html?syndication=rss The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes' record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air travel. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011012_apusflightoftheconnie.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021008792_apustrainscollideconn.html?syndication=rss Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021008792_apustrainscollideconn.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:10:11 PDT http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011138_apusstateofhbcus.html?syndication=rss When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and universities - a proud corner of higher education that has struggled more than most during the last few years of economic distress. Nation & World http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021011138_apusstateofhbcus.html?syndication=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:07:08 PDT