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Local News

Here to escape war, winning artist works to smile

I This story, originally published June 20, 2013, was revised on June 25, 2013. The previous version of this story incorrectly stated where Abraham Tesfelaise’s art work was being shown. It is being shown at the Metrocenter YMCA in downtown Seattle. Originally published Friday, September 20

Local News

Young journalist running from Pakistan’s ‘dirty war’

5, 2013, was corrected Sept. 10, 2013. A previous version of this story misspelled Muatasim Qazi’s first name in a summary. The location of the Pakistani province of Balochistan was incorrectly stated. The province is in western Pakistan. Originally published Friday, September 20

Outdoors

A tour of our funky — and flourishing — flea markets

Originally published Friday, September 20

Local News

Survey finds racial disparities in views toward Seattle police

18, 2013, was corrected Sept. 19, 2013. A previous version of this story misstated the percentage of people who believe police discriminate against people of color. It is nearly 50 percent. The survey found 35 percent believe that police treat people of all races and ethnicities equally, with 17 percent responding that they didn’t know. Originally published Thursday, September 19

Local News

Bellevue mom to tell FDA how tainted food nearly killed her

An earlier photo caption incorrectly stated that the tainted ricotta salata cheese was unpasteurized. Originally published Thursday, September 19

Business & Technology

Building the machines that build flying machines

The wording of a sentence in this article, originally published Sept. 8, 2013, was changed Sept. 18, 2013 to make clear that the AFP machines supplied by Electroimpact to Spirit were in addition to AFP machines supplied to Spirit earlier by Ingersoll. Originally published Wednesday, September 18

Business & Technology

Second, larger Dreamliner model makes first flight

17, 2013, was corrected Sept. 17. A previous version incorrectly stated the cloud ceiling required for a test flight. Originally published Wednesday, September 18

Nicole Brodeur

The glass ceiling and the corner office in the ad world

A previous version of this story misspelled Shane Atchison’s name. Originally published Tuesday, September 17

Opinion

Guest: Don’t roll back federal protections for wolves

This article, originally published at 3:58 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2013, was corrected at 2:56 p.m. on Sept. 16, 2013. The previous version contained an outdated website to submit comment on the federal delisting proposal at http://seati.ms/opwolfcomment. The correct comment website is: http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=FWS-HQ-ES-2013-0073-19350 Originally published Monday, September 16

Opinion

Guest: How the spaces around us dictate our health

m. on Sept. 14, 2013, was corrected at 1:20 p.m. on Sept. 16, 2013. Due to an editing error, a previous version incorrectly stated that well-designed spaces can reverse the trend in rising disease rates. Well-designed spaces can promote health. Originally published Monday, September 16

Editorials

Editorial: Lift cap on taxi licenses and regulate UBERx, Lyft and Sidecar

m. on Sept. 15, 2013, was corrected at 10:40 a.m. on Sept. 16, 2013. A previous version of this editorial incorrectly stated that the Seattle City Council’s Commiittee on Taxi, For-Hire and Limousine Regulations would meet Sept. 23. The meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sept. 26. Originally published Monday, September 16

Business & Technology

Boeing delivers last C-17 to Air Force

12, 2013, was corrected the next day. A previous version of this story incorrectly referred to Canada being among the “overseas” customers for the C-17; those customers should have been identified as foreign customers. Originally published Friday, September 13

Pacific NW

Accident at Stan Sayres' auto dealership, ca. 1955

This article was corrected on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. An earlier version incorrectly placed Stan Sayres in the cockpit of the Gold Cup-winning Slo-mo-shun IV in Detroit in 1950. Originally published Friday, September 13

Local News

Bellevue council awards garbage contract to high bidder

10, 2013, was corrected Sept. 11, 2013. A previous version of this story didn’t mention that Councilmember Jennifer Robertson received a campaign contribution from Republic. Originally published Thursday, September 12

Local News

UW dips in magazine’s college rankings

9, 2013, was corrected Sept. 10, 2013. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that The Evergreen State College ranked fifth among Western regional public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s most recent rankings of colleges. Evergreen ranked fourth. Originally published Tuesday, September 10

Local News

Tiny lots, big houses: Neighbors feeling squeeze despite ban

8, 2013, was corrected Sept. 9, 2013. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that One Home Per Lot was part of a lawsuit against the city of Seattle. Originally published Tuesday, September 10

Opinion

Guest: Drowning death of Tesfaye Deboch remains incomprehensible

m. Sept. 8, 2013, was corrected at 1:50 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2013. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Public Health – Seattle & King County did not verify whether Quality Inn and Suites in Seattle Center addressed a safety violation before the hotel re-opened its pool. The department verified changes were made. Originally published Monday, September 9

The Arts

Balagan Theatre to stage an intimate ‘Les Miz’

6, 2013, was corrected Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. The wrong date for the Issaquah run of the Village Theatre production of “Les Miserables” was given in a previous version of this story. Originally published Friday, September 6

Local News

Seattle council, stakeholders discuss downtown crime

4, 2013, was corrected Sept. 5, 2014. A previous version of this story incorrectly referred to civil cases filed by the City Attorney’s Office. Low-level street disorder tickets are written by police and filed with the Seattle Municipal Court. Originally published Friday, September 6

Opinion

Washington state joins effort to quickly re-house the homeless

29, 2013, was corrected Sept. 3, 2013. A previous version of this story misspelled the name Jason Rodriguez. Originally published Tuesday, September 3

Entertainment

‘Rewind This!’: a compelling replay of VHS history

30, 2013, was corrected Sept. 3, 2013. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Frank Gorshin played the Joker in the “Batman” TV series. Originally published Tuesday, September 3

Local News

Beep Baseball more than a game to blind players

30, 2013 was corrected Aug. 31, 2013. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the job the team’s coach, Kevin Daniel, holds with The Lighthouse for the Blind. He is the organization’s senior director of strategic recruiting. Originally published Saturday, August 31

Local News

Contest winners take flight into storied history aboard a DC-3

27, 2013, was corrected Aug. 28, 2013. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the airplane in the final scene of the movie Casblanca was a DC-3. In fact, that was a Lockheed Electra. Originally published Thursday, August 29

Pacific NW

We dress to un-impress, making style our own

23, 2013, was corrected Aug. 28, 2013. A previous version of this story misspelled Gregg Andrews’ name. Originally published Wednesday, August 28

The Arts

5 artsy things to do at Bumbershoot 2013

26, 2013, was corrected Aug. 27, 2013. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the venue for Anna Oxygen’s appearance. Originally published Tuesday, August 27

Local News

‘Nooksack 306’ fight to remain in tribe

A previous version of this story misrepresented the status of the case. Last week, under a tribal court ruling, disenrollment hearings were stayed for only six of the 306 members. Disenrollment hearings are slated to begin Wednesday, although an emergency request to reinstate a stay for all 306 is pending before a tribal court of appeals. In addition, a federal judge denied a temporary restraining order sought by two tribal members to block an election that changed a section of the tribal constitution on enrollment qualifications. Their lawsuit, however, continues. Originally published Monday, August 26

Business & Technology

Filling downtown Seattle skyscrapers a tall order

18, 2013, was corrected Aug. 19, 2013. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that developers plan to build the first new office towers in Seattle’s central business district in 20 years. There were two built more recently: The Russell Investments Center, built for Washington Mutual in 2006, and the Fourth & Madison building, completed in 2002. The story also should have said Kevin Daniels’ planned tower at 811 5th Avenue would be the tallest tower built in two decades, not the largest; the Russell building is larger. Originally published Friday, August 23

The Arts

New director in town finds the poetry in ‘Middletown’

23, 2013, was corrected Aug. 23, 2013. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that “Middletown” is John Langs’ first mainstage show at ACT; it is his first since being named associate artistic director of ACT. Also, photographer LaRae Lobdell’s name was misspelled in the photo credit. Originally published Friday, August 23

The Arts

Seattle Opera not resting on the ‘Ring’

22, 2013, was corrected Aug. 22, 2013. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the year the Bravo! Club was founded. Originally published Friday, August 23