OUTWEIGH: In the final part of our holiday series on Outweigh, Amy and Leanne explore the transformative power of self-acceptance as the greatest gift we can give ourselves during the holiday season.

The spirit of giving is in the air as businesses in the Northwest find ways to give back to their communities.

In my never-ending, worldwide hunt for the weirdest of column fodder, I can count on the Japanese to be fully foddersome. In fact, those fine Rising Sun folks recently reached a rare level of ...