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By Josh Feit at 6:16 pm

PubliCola Adds Life Cola for the public. Links after the jump: 1) Your daily Morning Fizz 2) Erica reports on the council's tunnel hearing. 3) Re: the giant story that's unfolding in Egypt. 4) Seattle Weekly goes all true crime for a blockbuster feature story. 5) What's the worst intersection in Seattle? 6) Council backs off from Yellow-Pages recycling fee. 7) Legislators cue up big environmental bills in Olympia. 8 ) Your daily Afternoon Jolt. Kids lose. McKenna wins. 9) O'Brien staffer resigns. 10) Youth revolution? Never mind Egypt. Check out state Sen. Scott White's bill to give 14-year-olds the vote! 11) Suburbs pollute more than cities. 12) Last Night: Erica has a new hero who makes soup. 13) PubliCola is hosting a debate about cars tomorrow night. 14) Tunnel consultants: "Trust us." read more →

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By Josh Feit at 5:45 pm

PubliCola Adds Life Tomorrow night: Is it a war on cars or a war on the carless? Policy wonks on both sides debate the issue. C.R. Douglas moderates. Erica C. Barnett hosts. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 4:55 pm

Last Night Last night: Soup and Bread at the Funhouse. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 3:38 pm

On Other Blogs Infrastructurist: A new report shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, cities produce less pollution than suburbs. read more →

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By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at 3:36 pm

News Two groups of teens cleared out a Central District Starbucks this weekend during a large brawl, according to Seattle police. According to SPD spokesman Mark Jamieson, the fight apparently started when a large group of teenagers got off a Metro bus at 23rd and Jackson around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, and entered a Starbucks on [...] read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 3:21 pm

News, On Other Blogs, This Washington Tacoma News Tribune: State Sen. Scott White (D-46) wants to give 14-year-olds the right to vote in their school district elections. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 2:36 pm

City Hall, Politics A top staffer for city council member Mike O'Brien says that although she disagrees with O'Brien about the deep-bore tunnel, the tunnel isn't the reason she resigned on Friday. read more →

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By Afternoon Jolt at 2:17 pm

Jolt, Opinion Monday's winners and losers. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 1:43 pm

City Hall, Politics, This Washington A consultant on the deep-bore tunnel project says there's no reason to worry about overruns on the deep-bore tunnel. But tunnel opponents aren't persuaded. read more →

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By Josh Feit at 1:08 pm

Politics, This Washington Environmental advocates are going for it in Olympia this week. Two top priorities—cleaning up stormwater runoff and phasing TransAlta's Centralia power plant plant off coal—are on the legislative docket this week. read more →

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By Erica C. Barnett at 12:24 pm

City Hall, Politics THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE O'BRIEN. The city council plans to eliminate a controversial fee for recycling yellow pages, part of Mike O'Brien's legislation allowing citizens to opt out of phone-book delivery. read more →

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By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at 11:47 am

News Seattle police are investigating yet another attack on a jogger, after a woman was attacked in Fremont early Saturday morning. From SPD: On January 29th, at approximately 1:50 AM, North Precinct officers responded to a 911 call from a woman at North 43rd Street and Linden Avenue North.  The victim stated that she was out [...] read more →

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