A tomato that delivers antiviral drugs when eaten? How about a fungus that acts like a head cold for malaria-carrying mosquitoes?

When he left Seattle more than four years ago, Ken Lucas was still young and impressionable, wooed across the country to Carolina by big dollars and a feeling of being unappreciated by the Seahawks.

Gregorio Petit capped a three-hit night with a two-out single that scored Bobby Crosby from second in the ninth and the Oakland Athletics rallied with runs in the final two innings for a 3-2 victory over Seattle on Saturday night.

Microsoft Corp. has released a near-final version of the Windows 7 operating system that adds a few new features, including a way to run Windows XP applications.

Swiss chipmaker STMicroelectronics NV reported a wider first-quarter loss Wednesday as sales sank across the board, and said it would lay off 1,200 people.

Starbucks says its fiscal second-quarter profit dropped 77 percent because of big restructuring charges related to closing more than 120 cafes.

Treating petty, nonviolent misdemeanors as infractions rather than crimes would save millions of dollars and better protect defendants’ rights without hurting public safety, according to a study commissioned by criminal defense attorneys.

Weeks before the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization alerted the public to a growing number of swine flu cases, a startup based in Seattle’s suburbs already had a hunch something was up.

Starbucks Corp. is hoping its Seattle’s Best Coffee chain will be its growth engine during the recession.

Russell Branyan homered in his return to the Seattle lineup, and the Mariners used a six-run fifth inning to beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-3 on Friday night.