Kara Visits iLike in Seattle! (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance) On my recent trip to Seattle, I visited the offices of iLike in the Capitol Hill section of that lovely Pacific Northwest city to take a video gander of one of the more interesting start-ups to emerge from the social-networking arena.

Manny sits in Seattle, day-to-day before Yanks series (CBS Sportsline) Manny Ramirez was out of Boston Red Sox lineup Wednesday against the Seattle Mariners with what his manager said was a sore knee.

Fisher's Wishful Drinking Will Toast Seattle in 2009 (Playbill) Film icon and best-selling author Carrie Fisher will reminisce in her one-woman show Wishful Drinking, a new addition for the 2008-2009 season at Seattle Rep.

SEATTLE: ‘Spam king’ gets nearly four years for e-mail fraud, tax evasion (Tacoma News Tribune) A Seattle man once known as the “spam king” was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 11 months in prison for mail fraud, e-mail fraud and tax evasion.

Boston's Matsuzaka shuts down Seattle in 4-2 win (AP via Yahoo! News) Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka continued his masterful pitching away from Fenway Park, and J.D. Drew's first inning homer helped the Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Tuesday night.

Seattle Mariners designate no-peanut zone (The Olympian) The Seattle Mariners are declaring two sections of Safeco Field no-peanut zones for a couple of games this summer.

Red Sox attempt to get brooms out in Seattle (The Sports Network) Red Sox attempt to get brooms out in Seattle

Seattle judge sets hearing for Thursday in challenge to emergency grazing on conservation land (Canadian Business) SEATTLE (AP) - A federal judge has set a hearing for Thursday to discuss limits to an emergency federal program that allows farmers and ranchers around the country to make hay or graze their cattle on private conservation land.

Ramirez out of Boston lineup against Seattle with sore knee; status for Yankees series unclear (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) SEATTLE - Manny Ramirez was out of Boston's lineup Wednesday against the Seattle Mariners with what his manager said was a sore knee. "Just showed up this morning. He just came in and said, 'My right knee hurts,'" manager Terry Francona said hours before the Red Sox went for a series sweep.

Seattle's cement plants puff out toxic mercury, report says (Seattle Times) Two Seattle cement plants puff out as much as 91 pounds of mercury each year, according to a report released today by the environmental groups Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project.