Seattle Times

The World Cup is in its second week, which means across this country hundreds of sportswriters and talk show hosts have begun their quadrennial exercise in soccer bashing. It happens...

It was just another normal week in the ongoing Dodger soap opera: Their $36 million outfielder, Raul Mondesi, was arrested for investigation of drunken driving, and their pitching ace, Ramon...

Foreigners have streamed out of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta in recent days after hundreds of people died in anti-government protests and rioting there, and the U.S. State Department has...

On-line merchants are forever talking about how you can buy just about anything you want on the Web. The truth is, it's not at all easy to find what you...

Fierce competition for homes in the Seattle area has brought back a practice that all but disappeared after the boom of the late 1980s: offers from buyers to beat any...

This tournament was becoming obsolete. At least that's what we heard. Obsolete, like the hook shot, the two-hand set and the give-and-go. All of the defections had robbed the NCAA...

This vegetable dish, modeled on the famous, meat-laden cassoulet of France, is hearty enough to serve as an entree. It's adapted from "The Occasional Vegetarian," by Karen Lee with Diane...

Parents, please note: Unless they're for preschoolers, potbellied piggy banks are passe. Kids have become more sophisticated when it comes to saving money. They want to deposit their allowances in...

On an August morning, in a meadow beneath the rugged spires of the Glacier Peak Wilderness, nearly 60 people celebrated the public purchase of a popular hiking spot in the...

The following quick recipe for pasta uses flavorful goat cheese and spinach. Using packaged cleaned spinach leaves makes this an easy dish to put together. It is adapted from "Summer-Winter...