Rebels advanced toward Congo's eastern provincial capital of 600,000 people Tuesday, sending tens of thousands of terrified civilians into a makeshift shelter as Congolese troops and U.N. tanks retreated. The sudden influx tripled the size of the camp in Kibati in a matter of hours...

Pat Wright and the Total Experience Gospel Choir, who on Sunday celebrated their 35th Anniversary, joined several other performers at the Fourth Annual Gospel Extravaganza at St Mark's Episcopal Cathedral....

The United Indians Elders' Program presents the Indian Art Mart at the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Native American artists and craftspeople will feature their wares of handmade jewelry, paintings, drums and other items for sale....

The Sheraton Seattle will host the 16th annual Gingerbread Village in their newly renovated lobby…

Seattle Symphony presents legendary comedian Bill Cosby for two back-to-back performances on Saturday, November 1, at 4 and 8 p.m. Both performances will take place in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya Hall...

In the 11th year of "Seattle Reads" the Public Library has selected "My Jim," by Nancy Rawles. Rawles will visit Libraries from Wednesday, May 20 through Saturday, May 23 to talk with readers about her novel....

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In the U.S. presidential contest's final frenzied weekend, a confident Barack Obama promised to heal America's political divisions while rival John McCain fought to hold on to Republican-leaning states and pledged to score a historic upset.
For Obama, it was a time for soaring rhetoric and forays deep into Republican territory, buoyed by record campaign donations and encouraging poll numbers. "We have a righteous wind at our back," he said Saturday of his bid to become the first black American president....

By the time Jeffrey Frankel got to bed it was past midnight, but sleep did not come easy.
Twice during the night, the broker had climbed out from the covers and returned to the television, trying to get a read on what investors were thinking in Tokyo and Hong Kong and to see what the futures market foretold about the trading day ahead.
Now, the digital board hanging over the New York Stock Exchange's maple hardwood floor showed 9:24 a.m.
Six minutes left until the open....

After half a century as more of a curiosity than a convenience, passenger trains are getting back on track in some parts of the country. The cost of energy...