Over the explosion of gas grenades and the chants of angry crowds, one voice could be heard clearly all week, "Seattle Times, get your Seattle Times here."

It seems that nothing, not even tear gas, can keep Seattle Times vendor Tammy MacMillan from her job.

MacMillan has been selling papers on the streets of Seattle for three years, but has never seen anything like the events of the past week. "It was very scary. It was horrible," she said of the riots Tuesday and Wednesday. Nonetheless, MacMillan could be seen hawking papers in the midst of some of the worst confrontations.

Through it all, she reported, sales were brisk. Protesters were her best customers Tuesday night, while the police took more of an interest by Thursday morning. Though happy that the worst seemed to be over yesterday, Macmillan admitted, "I kind of miss the excitement."

Don’t tell that to Diana George, who, while helping distribute yesterday’s copy of the Observer near the Sheraton on 6th and Pike, had her stack of approximately 150 paper’s confiscated by the police. "You can’t distribute here" is what one of the four riot police who confronted her said. She was not protesting, but just passing the paper out. They then explained that she had better leave immediately, presumably because she would be arrested otherwise.