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More details on Friday night Admiral incident
Apparently there’s been at least one tv report on this tonight, though we can’t find anything online; it reportedly further confirms the info we shared Friday night that an assault was the reason for the air and ground search in the Admiral area - and according to two other unofficial reports…
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$350,000 bail set for suspected shooter
A King County judge set bail at $350,000 Monday for a 22-year-old Snohomish County man suspected of firing a bullet that tore through one man's nasal passage, passed through a second man's hand and finally lodged in the leg of a nearby woman.
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Gregoire, Rossi battle for eco-credentials
GOP gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi is touting his environmental record and plans, but Democrats say his green resume pales in comparison to Gov. Chris Gregoire's accomplishments.
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Firm's unlikely client: Bin Laden's ex-driver
With corporate clients such as Boeing and more than a third of a billion dollars in annual revenue, it might seem odd that lawyers from the Seattle firm of Perkins Coie would find themselves defending a dirt-poor Yemeni tribesman.
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Consumer Smarts: The IRS check may not be in the mail
Taxpayers have been frustrated or confused over who qualifies for the economic stimulus payment, how much they should get and how soon they'll receive it.
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Shell says at least 10 customers bought contaminated gas
Shell Oil said Monday that water in gasoline was to blame for fuel that caused several cars to break down on Sunday.
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Memorial Day: Different wars but same grief, pride
With tears and flowers and bugles, Western Washington marked Memorial Day.
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UW students to market safety kits
When some enterprising college students had to come up with a company, they searched the headlines and found their inspiration: self-defense kits.
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Aid on its way to salmon industry
Northwest salmon fishermen are preparing for their worst year ever after federal managers cut commercial salmon fishing in coastal waters.
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Lure of grandchildren has seniors moving to Seattle
Many grandparents have moved to Seattle in recent years -- leaving jobs, friends and other family members behind to spend more time with their progeny.
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Leaving their imprint on Olmsted's horticultural gem
Dunn Gardens, the 2.7-acre former estate, is home to the only residential gardens in the state designed by the renowned Olmsted landscape architects that are still open to the public.
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Montana river trip ends with 1 dead, 1 missing
CRAIG, Mont. -- Searchers on the swollen Dearborn River found the body of a woman believed to be from Tacoma on Monday and continued looking for her companion, a day after a survivor of a raft trip gone bad was rescued and a search-and-rescue helicopter made an emergency landing that left all…
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Floatplane crash report says wheels were down
WENATCHEE -- A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board says the wheels were extended and locked when a floatplane touched down and flipped on Lake Chelan earlier this month, killing two of the five people aboard.
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Neglect of horses is on the rise
BATTLE GROUND -- Cinnamon was loose, somewhere along Northeast 199th Street last year, when a concerned neighbor called Clark County Animal Control.
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Sound Alliance working for common good
Union, education and religious groups are banning together to form Sound Alliance to make improvements in housing, education and other areas.
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Deck of cards may help cold-case team
EVERETT -- Kay Jones was losing her battle with cancer.
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Wanted: Devoted foster parents
Wanted: Several good men and women like Calvin and Barbara Watts for one tough but important job: foster parent.
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Seattle man dies in rafting accident
A Seattle man was killed Sunday on the Cle Elum River when the raft he was riding in hit a logjam, which trapped him under water.
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County, mining firm argue over disposal of polluted Maury Island soil
Imagine a pile of contaminated dirt three stories high that stretches from Pike Place Market nearly to Pioneer Square. That's the size of a heap of polluted soil the mining company Glacier Northwest wants to build on Maury Island.
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Bad gas causes local cars to stall
Two Safeway gas stations were shut down Sunday evening after contaminated gas filled at least nine cars, causing them to break down on a day of record gas prices statewide.
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Commuters make up only 37% of ferry riders, poll finds
For whatever preconceived ideas policymakers might have about trends and tendencies among state ferry riders, there's nothing like a survey of 26,000 riders to iron out misconceptions.
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Security boosted at Folklife after shootings
Security was stepped up Sunday after a shooting Saturday at the Northwest Folklife Festival. Three people were hurt and Seattle police have arrested one man.
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Getting There: Left-turn light was causing backups
Readers ask about eight-character license plates; the Mercer Street offramp; the lights at North 46th Street and Green Lake Way North.
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After Megan died, parents learned about the Marine their little girl became
Michael and Re McClung raised a daughter and saw her go off to war and die. Only in death have they learned about the remarkable adult she had become.
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Playwright looks at a time past the 10,000-year clock
Seattle playwright Paul Mullin wrote an off-off-Broadway play based on a 10,000-year clock that an organization is planning to build -- in reality, not just on stage -- and sequester within a mountain recently purchased in the Nevada desert.
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Signs of hope as spring returns
We've also seen so far in 2008 a sufficient accumulation of dubious achievements, and hopeful signs, to note a few.
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Public financing for campaigns? Who foots the bill?
Public financing of elections in King County may be an idea whose time has not come.
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She wanted stability, now she's helping give it
The Master Builders Association CARE Foundation has built houses for the homeless served by Vision House.
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New flash drive designed to carry important medical information
QFC is now selling a portable flash drive that holds consumer's medical records.
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Motorcyclist injured in crash with deer
WENATCHEE -- A man broke six ribs, an arm, a wrist and a collar bone when he was thrown from his motorcycle onto the road after hitting a deer on U.S. Route 2.
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Police disarm woman in front of bank
LONGVIEW -- Longview police found a woman with a shotgun standing in front of a U.S. Bank branch.
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Paul has support in state's GOP
Supporters of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who is still nominally in the race, will control enough votes in Washington to claim delegates to the national nominating convention and make changes in the state platform.
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