In front of a record crowd of 68,331, the Seattle Seahawks shutout the San Francisco 49ers in front of a nationally televised audience on "Monday Night Football" at Qwest Field.
The Seahawks are now 5-4 and led the NFC West by one game ahead of the Arizona Cardinals with the 24-0 win over the 49ers.
Coach Mike Holmgren said ....

Washington State moved up this year from the 15th to the 12th healthiest state in the country, according to a new report.  The state's strengths included a significant decrease in infant mortality and fewer children in poverty. However, a profile of the state's African Americans showed significant health disparities.
The report, "America's Health Rankings," an annual list compiled by the United Health Foundation, is based on an analysis of 14 health determinants and six outcome ....

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More than 300 prospective buyers attended the 2007 African American Home Buying Fair on Sat. Oct. 27, and over 52 vendors, and 65 individuals participated in the on-going workshops. Cheryl Roberts, executive director of the African American Alliance for Homeownership said the event was successful in educating prospective buyers about the resources available in the community. Roberts expressed her gratitude for all the sponsors who made the fair possible. ....

The Skanner 22nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast will be held on Monday January 21, 2008, from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the Hilton Portland Executive Tower Hotel, 921 SW 6th Avenue, Portland. Reserve your table at  MLKBreakfast@theskanner.com ....

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- A state judge has agreed to open the trial of a Black teenager accused of beating a White school mate in a case that has drawn nationwide attention and fueled civil rights protests in Louisiana.
District Judge J.P. Mauffray agreed Thursday to open the trial of Mychal Bell, 17, but noted in a court filing that he was not required to open pretrial hearings. Typically, juvenile trials are closed to the public.

"They said, 'We're looking for a fat boy from Chicago,'" Parker remembered.
The pair were looking for his cousin, Emmett Till, after the 14-year-old Black child had whistled at a White woman outside a Money, Miss., grocery store a few days before.
They found Till and dragged him out of the house. The boy's body was found a few days later in the Tallahatchie River, strapped to a cotton gin fan. The incident is credited with helping spark the civil rights movement.
"I was in the home when they took him. They came to my room first," said the 68-year-old Parker, who lives outside Chicago. "I'm thinking I'm going to get killed. I think I had the whole bed shaking ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Keith Ellison said Friday he'll pursue legislation that would require states to let ex-felons vote in federal elections once they're out of jail or prison, which would nullify laws in states across the country.
Ellison, a freshman Minnesota Democrat, had introduced legislation to let ex-felons vote when he was in the Minnesota Legislature. Now he's aiming for a bigger impact. "Allowing felons to vote signals our ....

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates presents a copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition software to National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) National Chairperson and CEO Darryl Dickerson as part of a national software donation Microsoft made to all NSBE educational chapters nationwide.

240 N. Broadway. You could easily walk by this blighted building without ever noticing it. Known to many as Multi-Craft Plastics, the building has been vacant for years. But before that, it housed a plastics factory, a pharmaceutical drug maker, a confectionery and ice cream parlor. Rumor says during the 1920s it was a speakeasy. But for a golden moment in the 1940s, it was The Dude Ranch, one of Portland's premier "Black and Tan" jazz clubs. Now, a local developer and musician, Daniel Deutsch is lovingly restoring the building to create a community art space that will reflect its storied past ....