All viaduct options are unfriendly to pedestrians, study finds
None of the eight options for replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct would be friendly for pedestrians, according to a new study to be released today.

End of the high life -- selling the corporate jets
Roll up, roll up. It is the great company jet fire sale. Everything must go -- and quickly. For the credit-crunched giants of corporate America, living on the generosity of the taxpayer, it ill behooves executives to fly luxury class.

Starbucks CFO: Company may miss 1Q profit estimate
Starbucks warned Wall Street on Thursday that its profit would fall short of analysts' expectations this quarter, just hours after Chief Executive Howard Schultz tried to assuage concerns about the recession's effect on the coffee retailer's sales and profits.

List grows; 9 Seattle schools could be cut
The list of possible school closures in Seattle rose Wednesday from seven to nine.

One singular sensation
Ed Rendell can't believe that he's being asked about the fact that he said that Barack Obama's nominee for head of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, has "no life."

Raising the world's IQ
The Copenhagen Consensus, which brings together a panel of top global economists to find the most cost-effective solutions to the world's problems, puts micronutrients at the top of the list of foreign-aid spending priorities.