News is…

(a) a conversation
(b) a monologue
(c) a jukebox
(d) sci-fi

After a month of layoffs, voluntary resignations, budget crunching and staff rearrangement (here is an update from Steve Smith on Dec. 4 (PDF). One of the changes this month is the return of Daily Briefing.
One of the changes in November was the exit of the swear jar, because Christmas Fund is now up and running. Find out more, or make a donation .

Weather or not

Should there have been more prominent story play for the West-side storms? asked multimedia editors Nancy Malone and Colin Mulvany, who said that this story would be huge for travelers or those who have family there.

Parts of Western Washington are flooding- Watch a slideshow here .

Thin slices

Somebody mentioned each of these this morning. Just add water and these will materialize like those waterglass jelly dinosaurs.

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