Users in the Seattle-Tacoma area pay the lowest interest rate, with a 9.72 percent APR.

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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport says it has had an uptick in reports of wheelchair cheating.

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Wally Smith, 51, REI's chief executive since 1983, presides over the empire from a no-frills office complex near the Seattle-Tacoma airport.

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Regional airlines fly 64% of the takeoffs and landings at Chicago's O'Hare International, 74% at Seattle-Tacoma and 52% at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

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Outside of New York, three runways were opening this week at other major airports: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

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Even if Seattle-Tacoma's 11 Forbes 500s companies are thrown in (Seattle is not on our list because it is not one of the ten largest metropolitan areas), New York still stays on top.

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The 25-year-old Mitchell made one start for Triple-A Tacoma before the Seattle Mariners designated him for assignment April 11.

WSJ: Marcum preps for Mets debut in extended spring

In anticipation, they often sell the business to a big out-of-state company which is what happened in Seattle to Ben Bridge Jeweler, in Tacoma to the Frank Russell Co.

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