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Durant yılın çaylağı

Seattle SuperSonics’in 1Çok başarılı bir sezonu geride bırakan 19 yaşındaki Kevin Durant, yılın çaylağı ödülünün sahibi oldu. Seattle SuperSonics tarihinde yılın çaylağı ödülünü kazanan ilk oyuncu olan Durant, 2004-2005 sezonundan bu yana takımının en skorer oyuncusu…

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It's the Delegate Count, Stupid

Remember when I warned y'all about watching the delegate count? Yeah, I'll brag a little. It takes incredible foresight to, um, pay attention to the rules of the Democratic nomination process. Here are the preliminary gains, according to the AP: WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Barack Obama grabbed the…

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An illustrated tale of real estate heartbreak

© The Seattle Times ——— This run last Sunday on the cover of the Real Estate section. We took the story from freelancer Sarah Jio and turned it into a graphic tale. I had a lot of fun working on this assignment and giving it a graphic novel look. I worked on it for two weeks, including…

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Zebra Club Closet

Zebra Club recently launched their online store at Zebra Club Closet this month. The grand opening includes clothing from their in-house brands up to 75% off. Initially you can catch A. Tiziano, The Year of..., Trigelle, and Triko. Over time, more brands will be added to the closet. Check out…

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Obama shows he can go the distance on long, dirty trail

Barack Obama: After months on the track, a long-distance runner nears the finish line

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Seattle names 4 sites for new jail

Seattle city leaders have identified four potential sites for a city jail if one is built here.

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Gregoire pick for pesticide panel questioned

Gov. Chris Gregoire is appointing a scientist with ties to Dow Chemical to a state panel that tracks pesticide exposures. She declined to reappoint a scientist who pushed for state-funded studies on pesticides drifting from farm fields.

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To save scenic hillside, tiny Index gets a crash course in fundraising

It's tough to save a mountain one raffle ticket at a time. But with a $500,000 pledge, a grassroots fundraising effort to save a ridge above Index from being clearcut is gaining ground.

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Israel's party turns political

As hundreds of Jews prepare to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the creation of Israel, a small band of pro-Palestinian protesters has been hard at work to mark the occasion with coffins and tears of blood.

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Irvine Robbins, 1917-2008: He created a flavor a day for ice cream lovers

Irvine Robbins, the man who grew up in Seattle and helped build the 31-flavor craze at ice cream store Baskin-Robbins, has died at age 90

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Transit options: More streetcars or electric trolleys?

Streetcars? Why not electric trolley buses? That question popped up Tuesday as Seattle City Council members were briefed on four possible streetcar routes to extend the system now only in South Lake Union.

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Police seek man in Belltown beating

Seattle police are asking the public to help find a man who punched and seriously injured a University of Washington resident physician during a fight last weekend in Belltown.

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3rd killing linked to domestic violence

Police are investigating what may be a murder-suicide in West Seattle as possibly the third domestic-violence homicide locally in two weeks.

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Oyster dredge sinking leaks fuel

ABERDEEN-- The state Department of Ecology says a 50-foot oyster dredge that sank in Grays Harbor leaked an undetermined amount of marine fuel into the bay.

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Spokane Street Viaduct gets a green light

A Seattle City Council committee agreed Tuesday that the Spokane Street Viaduct-widening project should go ahead next year, but members want more assurances of financing for Mercer Street improvements.

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Defense psychiatrist says Jewish Federation suspect was psychotic

Naveed Haq showed signs of being in a manic state when he opened fire at the Jewish Federation, from his belief he could single-handedly bring Middle Eastern peace to the voices he heard during the rampage, a psychiatrist testified Tuesday.

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Seed planted for adopting special-needs child

Steve and Lori Anne Stocker are considering adopting a Chinese special-needs child.

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Flamingos flock back to Woodland Park Zoo

After a 15-year absence, pink flamingos will be flocking back to Woodland Park Zoo on later this month as part of a permanent exhibit presented by The Boeing Co.

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Army reservist from Fort Lewis killed in Alberta training exercise

The Army Reserve said a reserve soldier from a Fort Lewis unit has died in a training exercise in Alberta.

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Baby drowns in Des Moines apartment bathtub

A 9-month-old baby drowned in a Des Moines apartment bathtub Tuesday morning after her mother left the bathroom to fix a baby bottle.

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Police searching for man they say raped 14-year-old

Police are searching for a man in his 20s suspected of raping a 14-year-old girl early Monday morning in the Boulevard Park neighborhood of South King County.

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Drivers need to warm up to lanes

The state's first experiment charging tolls for using carpool lanes brought confusion and some criticism from motorists Monday, the first full commute day the lanes were operating.

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Gas tax holiday would cost state $126 million

The gas tax holiday proposed by Sens. John McCain and Hillary Clinton would save the typical driver $28 but cost Washington about $126 million in lost highway money and more than 4,300 highway-related jobs, according to a recent report.

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FBI says men in ferry photo were innocent sightseers

The FBI has called off a global manhunt for two men who looked Middle Eastern and were spotted snapping pictures and demonstrating "suspicious behavior" on a Washington ferry last summer.

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New streetcar routes have potential, but need cash

Four new crosstown streetcar routes appear promising enough to consider building, a Seattle agency said Monday. Next steps: finding the money and deciding if they're worth it.

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Tall-building plan stirs South Lake Union alarm

A South Lake Union group is considering new proposals that would do just that -- seek zoning changes to allow 300- or 400-foot buildings in response to business interest in the growing area.

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'Suspicious' ferry riders identified as European business consultants

The FBI has called off a global manhunt for two men spotted last summer who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent and were spotted on a Washington ferry exhibiting "suspicious" behavior.

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County Council OKs Eastside trail with rail

In a vote that some King County Council members call historic, the council agreed Monday to a proposal to bring an Eastside rail corridor into public ownership for a hiking and biking trail and a freight line -- and potentially, for commuter transit.

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Police visits unable to prevent killing

Federal Way police said they were called twice before to check on verbal disputes between a woman killed Saturday morning and the man accused in her slaying.

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Plans issued for dams, salmon safety

The Bush Administration on Monday issued its final court-ordered plans for making Columbia Basin hydroelectric dams and irrigation projects safe for endangered salmon, calling them the most robust and comprehensive effort yet.

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R&R for an ailing African elephant at zoo

A sick elephant at Woodland Park Zoo has prompted her keepers to shutter the elephant barn temporarily to give the recuperating animal some peace and quiet.

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Housing aid on the way for state's homeless vets

Seattle and other Washington cities will receive nearly $1.5 million from the Department of Housing and Urban to help nearly 250 homeless veterans around the state rent homes, HUD regional director John Meyers said Monday in Seattle.

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3 charged in high-end fencing ring plead guilty

Three people charged in a high-end theft ring that involved paying drug addicts to steal designer fashion, glass art and other items pleaded guilty to numerous crimes Monday.

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Ex-classmates asked to help solve boy's '83 Kingsgate slaying

Patrick Cress, 13, was beaten to death and left at a construction site in 1983. His unsolved case was recently reexamined by investigators.

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Insanity ruling in West Seattle killing

A young man accused of gunning down a popular high school tennis coach in West Seattle almost three years ago will go to a state mental hospital instead of facing a murder trial.

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Police find woman who crashed SUV, then fled scene

Police arrested a woman early Monday after she eluded officers in a pursuit and apparently crashed her sport-utility vehicle in Fremont, Seattle police reported.

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Bellevue home damaged by fire

A fire caused about $100,000 in damage late Sunday to a garage in Bellevue's Wilburton neighborhood, the Bellevue Fire Department reported.

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Fire engulfs South Seattle home

A blaze destroyed an older, two-story craftsman house early Monday in South Seattle.

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Weekend vandals hit Whitman Middle School

Nearly 80 windows were broken at Whitman Middle School over the weekend, possibly by someone swinging a bat.

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Seattle residents worry about loved ones half a world away

The upheaval in Myanmar is not only the loss of life and physical damage caused by the catastrophic cyclone. For some in Seattle, it's also the anxiety of not knowing whether family and friends in the Southeast Asian nation survived.

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Seattle house prices slide in April

Seattle house prices continued to fall in April, while King County showed some improvement over recent months, according to statistics released Monday.

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Man shot after Burien bar fight dies

A man shot in the head at a Burien bar died Monday, the same day the man who allegedly shot him was charged with attempted first-degree murder.

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Sea lion killers well-informed, investigators say

PORTLAND -- Investigators think the killers navigated tricky waters in a restricted area, knew how to drop the doors of two metal cages, and then began firing a high-powered rifle into six trapped sea lions, which would have tried to bolt at the first gunshot.

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King County Deaths

BLACKWELL: Mary K., 79, of Enumclaw, April 27.

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