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Over the weekend, Seattle PI released a slideshow of the 50 Seattle neighborhoods with the most residential burglaries reported in the past five years.

Among the small army of campaign operatives, consultants and policy advocates that has attached itself to the fate of leading mayoral candidate Ed Murray, nearly all of them share a trait that Mayor Mike McGinn's campaign considers more than a coincidence: They once worked for the man McGinn vanquished four years ago, Greg Nickels.

We've held the funeral . Now it's time for the plot twist in which the hero springs back to life.

New City's stripped down staging of Tony Kushner's intimate one-act reminds us of the power - and perils - of theater.

A community march is planned in Lake Stevens tonight in memory of Molly Conley , who was killed in a driveby shooting here on June 1. Conley was 15, of Seattle.

While hundreds of people will be taking courses from South Seattle Community College this year, we can guarantee that Georgia Mitchell will be the only one taking them while riding a three-wheeled Y Fliker scooter cross-country.

Seattle City Council leaders Monday dealt Mayor Mike McGinn an election-year rebuff, saying they would not recommend funding for one of his signature issues - studies of a light-rail crossing of the Ship Canal.

Olson's Resort, Sekiu - June 13: Four boats with nine anglers caught 16 rockfish, six lingcod and six kelp greenling; June 14: Three boats with seven anglers caught 18 rockfish, four kelp greenling and two lingcod; June 15: Three boats with six anglers caught six rockfish, eight lingcod and three kelp greenling; June 16: Four boats with 10 anglers ... (more)

The statue was recast in bronze in 2007 after vandals tore the spikes off her crown and twisted off her arm .

"Spotlight on Seattle," 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, and "Inter National Series," 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Raisbeck Hall/Cornish College of the Arts, 2015 Boren Ave., Seattle; tickets and info: www.SeattleIDF.org.

Ending a long-running legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a case in which the City of Seattle spent nearly $600,000 to challenge a lawsuit and $1 award to a man who was held at gunpoint by an off-duty police officer.

We tend to celebrate the spectacular, but lives turn on a word here or a nudge there.

Police responding to a disturbance in Lake City Sunday morning shot and wounded a pit bull, according to Seattle Police.

FINALLY CLOSER TO OPENING? There's a sign the new restaurant planned for the former Bohemian location at 3405 California SW might finally be approaching its opening, almost two years after it was sold .

Taxis can pick up people who flag them from the street or call for service. There are 688 taxi cabs legally operating in Seattle.

After failing to attract a viable offer in a 10-day online auction earlier this year, Seattle's 1927-vintage fireboat Alki faces an uncertain future: Will a wealthy individual or organization step forward to purchase the historic boat, possibly at a second auction in August? Or could the 123-foot vessel, once billed as the "world's largest ... (more)

Call it a sign of things to come. The curtains never rose for Saturday's midnight showing of the classic Casablanca at the old Masonic temple that has become Capitol Hill's Egyptian Theatre .

Not sure if that's dad or mom Northern Flicker feeding babies at Lincoln Park - waiting for word back from photographer Trileigh Tucker - but it seems perfect for this family-oriented day, whatever the case.

A mixed-use project is the newest addition to the ongoing salon of surprises that is the big red construction wall around the Sound Transit light rail site at Broadway between John and Denny.

I'm sad to say that this will be my last FOX News post. Following seven amazing, travel-filled years at Hotwire, I'm stepping down as president and into a very exciting, full-time role with my family.