Robert L. Jamieson has a big, big problem with the way things are down in Belltown and a pretty strong idea of who's to blame: If the fates had cast Greg Nickels as mayor of New York City when Times Square was the pits, overrun with crime and grime, the renaissance of the one-time eyesore would have stayed a dream. "One-time eyesore," huh? Apparently Robert Jamieson hasn't been to New York recently. Jamieson's been on......

This is a new one. Instead of fleeing arrest, a Moses Lake man crashed his car into a police parking lot gate to guarantee his arrest would happen. Officers inside the station heard the impact of the crash and responded immediately (very easy to do when it involves getting up and walking outside). The gate to the police parking lot was destroyed and the culprit, Allen J. Pavese, was backing away from the scene......

Who knew? Seattlest tends to be slow on the uptake when it comes to going out on weeknights. We're the first to admit that, most of the time, we'd rather sit at home and watch reality television or satisfy our unhealthy workaholism well into the late night hours. Weekends are for going out....but, last night, in a rare fit of early-week fun-having, we rounded up as many of our favorite girlfriends as we could,......

Is Washington State thinking of creating a modern day scarlet letter? Republican State Senator Mike Carrell has authored a bill that would require a person convicted of a DUI to have special fluorescent yellow license plates. If passed, the law would require anyone convicted of a DUI to have the plates for one year on both the front and back plates of their vehicles. Within that year, if a driver convicted of a DUI is......

What is it about Seattle and innovative cabbies? It was a cabbie who co-came-up-with the idea for the monorail (along with a poet), and now we've got a cabbie jumping into the digital age: along with books, mp3s and pornography, you can now shop for cabs online. Using TaxiDriversDirect.com, you can find direct contact info for cabbies by day/time. Screw central dispatch: call 'em direct (at least 30 minutes in advance) and arrange for them......

You are the unidentifed man who rescue teams spent Sunday night looking for on Stevens Pass until they found him at a friend's place in Issaquah. You went skiing with your friends on Sunday, and got separated from them. You figured, "eh, I'll just meet them at the car." You went to your car. It was gone. Unbeknownst to you, your friends moved it to a better-lit area so that you would see it more......

-Senator Cantwell deftly parlays the Stevens/BP sucker punch and sends a heel in the direction of their chin by propsing to beef up oil transport safety in the Sound. -Tomorrow's judgement day for the Spokane mayor accused of using his office to futher his gayness. -The snowboarder who was lost overnight at Stevens Pass turned out to actually be lost on his friend's couch. An outstanding drunk driving warrent for his arrest was promptly served.......