http://www.djc.com/ Headlines from DJC.COM and the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce 2006 Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. All rights reserved. http://www.djc.com/news/en/11204084.html The city of Seattle is providing extra support for innovative ideas so that they won't be bogged down by time, code or cost constraints. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST KATIE ZEMTSEFF http://www.djc.com/news/en/11204084.html http://www.djc.com/news/bu/11204086.html The Bush administration is proposing that workplace hazard standards be subject to more public and expert scrutiny before being adopted. Critics say the proposals could make it harder to limit worker exposure to carcinogens and other toxic materials. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST JIM ABRAMS http://www.djc.com/news/bu/11204086.html http://www.djc.com/news/re/11204085.html But, Seattle and Portland had pronounced sales drops in July. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST ALEX VEIGA http://www.djc.com/news/re/11204085.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204087.html The sport is becoming unaffordable to some because scrap dealers are bidding up prices of crashable cars. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST VICKI SMITH http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204087.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204073.html Contractors say the German technique saved $1 million and shaved a month off the construction schedule at Martin Selig's 635 Elliott office project. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST SHAWNA GAMACHE http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204073.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204088.html A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the construction of a controversial U.S. 95 bypass in the resort town of Sandpoint, Idaho. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204088.html http://www.djc.com/news/re/11204089.html The Seattle City Council's Housing and Economic Development Committee will hold a public hearing on the proposal to redevelop the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center in Magnolia's Discovery Park. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST Journal staff http://www.djc.com/news/re/11204089.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204090.html The Seattle Public Utilities department is asking 460 water customers in the Beacon Hill neighborhood to boil tapwater as a precaution because of a broken pipe. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204090.html http://www.djc.com/news/en/11204091.html Sea-Tac Airport has received a national award for how it controlled stormwater runoff while building the third runway. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST Journal staff http://www.djc.com/news/en/11204091.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204092.html Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. will continue overhauling the Navy's nuclear-powered Nimitz class aircraft carriers based in Puget Sound through 2013. The deal announced Tuesday is likely to be worth tens of millions of dollars. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204092.html http://www.djc.com/news/bu/11204093.html The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $2 million over two years to five Washington school districts to help them work with preschools to better prepare kids for kindergarten. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.djc.com/news/bu/11204093.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204094.html Archeologists say the remains of four people and 12 graves from 19th century white settlers in the Willamette Valley have been uncovered at the site of a new hospital in Springfield. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.djc.com/news/co/11204094.html