PC scuppers NYE fireworks in Seattle
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Blue touchpaper screen of death? A computer cock-up prevented a New Year fireworks show at the Seattle Center Space Needle from firing off at the stroke of midnight, much to the chagrin of the gathered crowd.â¦
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With many downtown Washington hotels fully booked and others charging as much as $489 for a standard hotel room for inaugural night, local residents have been angling to make a extra cash by subletting their homes to inauguration-goers.
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A Capitol Hill house where Sen. Barack Obama rents an apartment caught on fire Sunday, but a spokesman said the Democratic presidential contender was out of town to celebrate Father's Day.
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Severe weather that brought a tornado warning to Washington's suburbs prompted authorities to evacuate thousands of people gathered at the National Mall on Wednesday for a holiday concert and a fireworks show.
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Lance Ledbetter, who operates the independent Atlanta label Dust-to-Digital, is offering listeners a holiday celebration. And he has something to celebrate himself.
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A million revelers cheered fireworks in Sydney, Australia Â one of the first cities to celebrate the New Year. Beijing started the year with fireworks, singing and dancing put on by the organizers of the Summer Olympics.
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The celebration could come tonight. And then the church bells can ring, the car horns can blare, the corked bottles of champagne gathering dust since 1986 can be popped, and the hallelujahs
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Fresh from the Independence Day  holiday, Chicago Board of Trade members returned to work on  Thursday expecting more fireworks in the last days of  canvassing before a vote that could decide the exchange&#39;s  future.
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The Seattle Storm and Anne Donovan have made WNBA history, but don&#39;t look for them to sit on their accomplishments. There will be a championship celebration Friday in downtown Seattle in honor of the Storm&#39;s WNBA title.
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By Paul Sand, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 5--It was the intersection of religious celebration and community activism.
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By Christopher Schwarzen, Seattle Times  CORRECTION: Clarification: Information in this article, originally published May 23, was corrected June 1.
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A spokeswoman for Rudy Giuliani says it is unfortunate that a supporter throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican's presidential campaign is asking for that amount.
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Shouting match with delegates Supernova 2007 A San Francisco tech show degenerated into a shouting match today, after a pugnacious Bush commerce official squared off with heated supporters of net neutrality.â¦
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Revelers in Australia staked out prime spots along Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge foreshore Monday, ready to be among the first to usher in 2008 with a massive fireworks display. Meanwhile, celebrations in other parts of Asia were marred by casualties.
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December 26, 2004 -- Three years after 9/11, partygoers are making Times Square the top destination spot to ring in the new year, according to a survey of Priceline.
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If last season is any indication, the Giants may be in for a frustrating afternoon on Sunday due to the crowd noise at Qwest Field in Seattle.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.