Musician Ben Chasny has relocated to Seattle and is focusing on working as Six Organs of Admittance, whose new album, “Luminous Night,” comes out Aug. 18, coinciding with a release party at the Crocodile that night.

Mark Teixeira’s 30th home run of the season snapped a ninth-inning tie and helped lift the Yankees to a 4-2 win over the Mariners Friday night, moving the Bombers 30 games over .500 for the first time this season.

SEATTLE, Aug. 15 (UPI) — Mark Teixeira put New York in front with a ninth-inning homer Friday, and the Yankees defeated Seattle 4-2 for their fourth straight win.

Leaders of this famously green city last year passed the nation’s first grocery bag fee, and some other cities quickly followed.

Zipper Interactive, a Redmond-based Sony subsidiary, will launch its wild online military game “MAG” on Jan. 26.

Verizon Wireless’ tests of its fourth-generation (4G) wireless network technology in Seattle and Boston may mark the start of a major transformation in mobile broadband access.

Icelandair to expand Seattle nonstop service to Reykjavik, Iceland in the spring.

I almost knocked my coffee over this morning after pulling my Seattle Times out of its plastic bag. Right at the top, the front-page teaser reads “Nancy Leson’s rib-joint roundup. Five great ‘cues.” Uh, I don’t think so. While my monthly restaurant roundups usually profile places that do the job well, this time, in the name of getting my hands on some great ribs, I hit a quartet of popular barbecue joints (read the roundup here). The tally on the taste-test? Great ribs (3), Could Have Been Better (1), and No way! I Paid For This? (1).

SEATTLE, Aug. 14 (UPI) — CC Sabathia turned in his second straight excellent outing Thursday, allowing three hits over eight innings in pitching the New York Yankees past Seattle 11-1.