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al horford blog No Comments » al horfordKeener compared Kirk%26#39;s game to former UF standout Al Horford, who helped lead the Gators to back-to-back national titles (I spent most of the NBA season arguing with Jorge Milian of the Palm Beach Post. He thinks Horford should%26#39;ve won ……
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Heckova Job Bushies
Correlation is not causation, but... (The blue line is US GDP in billions of barrels of oil, at "current" dollars/prices for the given year. The red line is a four year moving average of the same. Values for 2008 are the current estimate for annual GDP over last week's oil price.) ... check out…
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Open assignment for Seattle schools
The open assignment period for Seattle schools began on May 1, according to the Seattle Public Schools Web site. Open enrollment was held earlier this year, and this month’s open assignment period is for requesting changes to assignments. Refer to the Enrollment Services page and the…
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Pot eased suffering, may have cost his life
The death this week of a musician who was three times denied a liver transplant highlights a new ethical concern: When dying patients need a transplant, should it be held against them if they've used marijuana with a doctor's blessing?
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Bio-debatable: Food vs. fuel
With growing fears over biofuels stealing from dinner plates to fill gas tanks, people are starting to wonder: How green are biofuels?
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Murderer-rapist Adhahn never leaving prison
In a tense, packed courtroom, the serial rapist who tortured three girls and killed one of them was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the chance of release.
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Long sentence for child's pimp
A Seattle pimp who turned a 12-year-old girl into a prostitute received an extraordinary five-year prison term Friday.
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Boating season opens with a plea for common sense
As Seattle's summer boating season begins, officials are reminding boaters to be safe. Since 2003, 16 people in King County have died in boating accidents, the state reported. Nearly all were not wearing life jackets.
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Woman dares mayor to cross the road
Mayor Greg Nickels has met his match in an 81-year-old great-grandmother who wants him to address a deadly West Seattle crosswalk -- right in the mayor's backyard.
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Barge delivering gravel breaks
A barge that was taking on gravel at Harbor Island partially sank Friday afternoon and has broken apart, the Coast Guard reported.
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Mom honors late son by helping others cope
A mother is learning to cope with her son's premature death by making necklaces for others going through the same ordeal.
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Seattle Police Guild bookkeeper admits embezzling
A Renton woman was sentenced to four months in federal custody Friday after pleading guilty to embezzling $41,733 from the Seattle Police Officers' Guild.
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Plane crash near Vancouver kills both people on board
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A single-engine airplane crashed Friday afternoon east of Vancouver, and a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in Seattle said both people aboard are dead.
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2 from Fort Lewis died in war zones in April
Two Fort Lewis soldiers died in the Mideast in April.
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Accused Carnation killer to have mental health assessment
A woman accused of killing six members of her Carnation family will now be evaluated to determine whether she's mentally fit to face the charges against her.
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Man charged with hate crime in taxi driver beating
A Renton man accused of using a racial slur while beating up a cab driver and stealing his wallet was charged Friday with first-degree robbery and malicious harassment, a hate crime.
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Minivan stuck in utility pole after crash snarls traffic
Firefighters had to cut a driver free of his minivan Friday after the vehicle struck a street-side pole south of downtown Seattle.
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Fort Lewis Stryker Brigade begins heading home
An advance party of the 4th Stryker Brigade, the largest Fort Lewis combat unit in Iraq, is expected to arrive home early Saturday to prepare the way for the rest of the nearly 4,000-member brigade's homecoming next month.
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Kirkland man dies in Redmond crash
A 30-year-old Kirkland man died early Friday when his Cadillac veered off the road and crashed into several trees in the 10400 block of Avondale Road Northeast in Redmond, police reported.
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Auburn apartment building catches fire
Firefighters evacuated several residents from an Auburn apartment building that caught fire early Friday, the Valley Regional Fire Authority reported.
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Articles of Faith: Gift of love shouldn't have $30,000 price tag
The average American wedding costs more than $30,000. Has increasing secularism and the absence of religious faith left brides and grooms vulnerable to the edicts of consumer capitalism?
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Home buyers gain bargaining power
Buyers everywhere in the Seattle area have more homes to choose from and less competition than they did a year ago. But, in several areas, they still don't have the advantage over sellers.
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Seattle begins thinking about new jail
Seattle has identified possible locations where it could build a jail if it ends up needing one to house misdemeanor offenders.
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Car pool lane tolls set to go on Valley Freeway
The state's first experiment with tolls in car pool lanes will begin Saturday, part of a traffic-management test that has drawn the interest of more than 9,600 drivers and could be the next step in returning tolls to highways.
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Protesters unite in peace on May Day
The red, white and blue merged with the red, white and green Thursday as several thousand demonstrators, mostly Latino and many bearing U.S. or Mexican flags, marched through downtown Seattle to advocate for immigration reform and to protest deportations.
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Do you know this woman's name?
The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office hopes a new sketch of the victim of a cold case will help identify her once and for all.
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Family says Haq was searching for right religion
Naveed Haq's mother and younger brother testified that he suffered from mental delusions long before he stormed into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and shot six people, killing one.
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Candidate McCain may come calling
If John McCain comes calling, expect tempests over tankers, global temperatures and the tolls of war.
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West's salmon fishery declared failure
Federal authorities declared the West Coast ocean salmon fishery a failure Thursday, opening the way for Congress to appropriate economic disaster assistance for coastal communities in California, Oregon and Washington.
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Man wounded by gunshot flees into bank
A young man wounded in a gunfight ran into a Central Area bank Thursday afternoon, stunning customers and employees who alerted police.
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Public comment sought on growth in Northgate area
Seattle planners are taking comments on a study of two proposals aimed at making Northgate the dense urban center city officials envision.
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Tuition increase approved for community colleges
The State Board of Community and Technical Colleges approved a modest tuition increase Thursday -- 2 percent for in-state residents.
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City planners approve proposal for Goodwill site
A huge mixed-use development plan in Little Saigon was recommended for approval by Seattle planners Thursday and is scheduled for a public hearing in June.
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Stalking by third parties is a crime
OLYMPIA -- The state Supreme court has reinstated the conviction of man who used other people to stalk an ex-girlfriend.
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Couple killed in crash identified
The young Renton couple died Tuesday after their SUV crashed into a retaining wall.
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Army secretary to visit Fort Lewis communities
Army secretary Pete Geren and its top enlisted man visit Lakewood on Friday as part of a continuing effort to build stronger bonds between bases and the communities that surround them
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Two Fort Lewis soldiers killed overseas in April
Two Fort Lewis soldiers died in the Mideast in April.
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Pollution threatens 17 commercial shellfish areas
OLYMPIA -- The Washington Health Department says pollution threatens shellfish harvesting in 17 of the state's commercial shellfish growing areas.
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Auburn police arrest BB gun vandals
Two Auburn teenagers were arrested after police say they went on a BB gun shooting spree and shattered dozens of windshields.
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Two police officers to be awarded state Medal of Honor
Two Washington police officers will be awarded Friday with the Washington State Law Enforcement Medal of Honor. One officer will be honored posthumously, the Attorney General's office announced.
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Tow truck driver who died in accident identified
The tow truck driver who died Wednesday night when a flatbed truck he was preparing for a tow rolled on top of him has been identified by the King County Medical Examiner's Office as Shawn C. McKinney, 44.
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Seattle nonprofit offers Senate ways to help homeless veterans
WASHINGTON -- Permanent housing and better monitoring are needed to help a growing number of homeless veterans, a Seattle-area advocate for the former soldiers told the Senate on Thursday.
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Child care workers in U.S. averaged $18,820 in 2006
Child care workers typically earn less than locker-room attendants and service-station workers, pulling in $18,820 a year in 2006, according to a report released Thursday.
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Bob O'Brien, 1931-2008: Kent councilman 'remained true to his heart and beliefs'
Bob J. O'Brien, who was elected to the Kent City Council after decades of community service, died Wednesday in Kent. He was 76.
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