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US spy satellite agency declassifies high-flying Cold War listening post

The National Reconnaissance Office, the agency overseeing the US government’s fleet of spy satellites, has declassified a decades-old program used to eavesdrop on the...

Schweitzer Is Crystal Mountain’s Upscale Cousin

Schweitzer is a different kind of Pacific Northwest ski resort, at least for Seattle skiers. The walk from my Schweitzer...

Amazon announces 16,000 layoffs as business booms

First the company announced Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go was shutting down. A day later, an additional 16,000 corporate jobs are getting axed too....

Columbia Sportwear and Breakside Brewing brewed what? Bear poop-infused beer.

The limited-edition beer, aptly named “Nature Calls,” is described as a crisp lager infused with bear poop during the brewing process — and is...

Twin Peaks, Smokey Bones parent company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The restaurant company's filing comes a year after Twin Peaks' rival sports bar Hooters filed for bankruptcy and shuttered dozens of locations nationwide. ...

Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to insist they be lowered

The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowering it...

Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent

Tesla published its financial results for 2025 this afternoon. If 2024 was a bad year for the electric automaker, 2025 was far worse: For...

Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI

RAMP—the predominantly Russian-language online bazaar that billed itself as the “only place ransomware allowed”—had its dark web and clear web sites seized by the...

Harger: The income tax draft is real — and now the public can finally read it

Last week, I talked about the frustration of watching billion-dollar tax decisions get made in the final hours of the last legislative session. Behind...

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