In the blink of an eye, Jeffrey Ross is off ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars. ” The comedian, who suffered a scratched cornea after his professional…

Microsoft expanding bus service in Seattle area
Microsoft is adding nine Seattle-area neighborhoods next month to the free bus service it started a year ago to help employees commute to Redmond.

First lady hosts her final National Book Festival
After leaving the White House, the nation’s “reader in chief,” Laura Bush, plans to continue promoting literacy through the United Nations…

Rescue package might aid sale of WaMu
As Congress hashes out details of the government’s proposed rescue plan for troubled banks, potential suitors of ailing thrift Washington Mutual are waiting to pounce.

Puget Energy’s sale still opposed by consumer advocate
The state’s consumer advocate remains critical of Puget Energy’s planned $7.8 billion acquisition by Macquarie, saying in a final brief to the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission that the deal relies too heavily on borrowed money.

Proponents, opponents of Prop. 1 debate whether light rail is the right way to go
In a campaign debate Monday, Bellevue Mayor Grant Degginger argued an east-west light-rail line is crucial to connect his city to Seattle, while opponents of Sound Transit’s Proposition 1 favor cheaper express buses to move people in the Eastside’s Interstate 405 corridor.

I-985 author Tim Eyman warns DOT: “You better prepare” to open up car-pool lanes
Even before a single vote has been cast on his Initiative 985 to open car-pool lanes during nonpeak hours and make other changes in state transportation policy, Tim Eyman is telling officials they should be getting ready to enforce it.

Giving genius its due
By day, David Montgomery is a geomorphologist at the University of Washington’s Department of Earth and Space Sciences. By night, he is…

Freddie Mac reportedly paid McCain aide’s firm
One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last month to a firm owned by Sen. John McCain’s campaign manager, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement.

Fannie’s little orphans
“This is the real-estate bubble right here. This is where we went crazy. Look at this — it makes no financial sense!”

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