Library tax holds slim approval

A tax increase proposal that would help maintain library services across Snohomish and Island counties gained a little breathing room Wednesday as another large batch of ballots was counted. [More]

By Eric Stevick
Herald Writer | November 5




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Library levy winning by 51% to 49%

If Tuesday night election results hold up, Sno-Isle Libraries wont have to cut hours next year. [More]

By Eric Stevick
Herald Writer | November 4




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Obama's half brother recalls their abusive father

GUANGZHOU, China — President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote... [More]

By William Foreman
Associated Press | November 4


Price moves up and down for new Grisham book

NEW YORK It was a weird day in the book price wars. [More]

By Hillel Italie
Associated Press | November 4


Amazon, Wal-Mart wage price war on books

NEW YORK — It was a weird day in the book price wars. [More]

Associated Press | November 4


Brit comic magazine Viz turns 30, refuses to grow up

LONDON What makes a British cultural institution? Style? Sophistication? In the case of comic magazine Viz, the ingredients are swearing, toilet humor and biting satire. [More]

By Jill Lawless
Associated Press | November 4


David Wellington’s supernatural novel "Frostbite": Werewolves of the ...

In David Wellington’s supernatural novel “Frostbite”($14), hiker Cheyenne Clark is lost in the Northwest Territories of the Canadian Arctic. She narrowly escapes an attack by a ferocious wolf, though her ankle is severely... [More]

By Carolyn Lessard
Associated Press | November 1


A guide to understanding money

No es facil hablar de dinero. In English this means, it's not easy to talk about money. For many people, the language of money is like trying to learn a foreign language. It can be frustrating. [More]

By Michelle Singletary
Washington Post Writers Group | November 1


  
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