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Air ambulances address issue of obese patients
Airlift Northwest has a new safety policy in place, meant to give helicopter crews a heads-up when dealing with obese patients.
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Carbon footprint: Seattle is 6th-best in U.S.
Seattle has been ranked one of the best of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas for the size of its "carbon footprint," or how much carbon dioxide the average resident emits. But don't launch a green pride parade quite yet.
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Rainier guide tops Everest for 10th time
A Mount Rainier climbing guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 10th time, becoming the first non-Nepalese to achieve the feat, mountaineering officials said Wednesday.
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Doctors' house calls on the rise
Once considered on the verge of extinction, physician house calls are making a comeback.
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Being a good neighbor is indeed heroic
He doesn't see himself as a hero. But when you come to the aid of a Seattle woman getting groped by a sex offender, that's what you are in my book.
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Being a good neighbor is indeed heroic
He doesn't see himself as a hero. But when you come to the aid of a Seattle woman getting groped by a sex offender, that's what you are in my book.
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Jury may be stuck on Haq murder charge
Jurors in the Jewish Federation shooting trial had not been unable to decide as of Wednesday morning whether Naveed Haq is guilty of murder and had apparently not yet begun deciding the 14 other criminal charges against him.
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Report criticizes King County investment policy
King County's failure to modernize its local-government investment pool has exposed the fund to unnecessary risk and meant missed opportunities for gains, says a report released Tuesday to the County Council.
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Schools told of WASL failures
OLYMPIA -- High schools were told this week which seniors have failed in their third-to-last attempt to pass the Washington Assessment of Student Learning or submit an approved alternative.
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From her water park to Australia
Savanna Reid is off for an adventure of her 13-year-old lifetime: a National Geographic expedition to Australia. And she owes it all to an essay she wrote on a little Mercer Island park.
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State's holiday traffic thins out
Record gas prices may be continuing to keep people off the roads, and state data released Wednesday show traffic was down about 3 percent this Memorial Day weekend compared with last year.
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Beating victim has footprints on his face
BREMERTON -- Police say a man, who was beaten so severely that he has footprints on his face, may not survive.
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Woman hurt after gunfire hits car; suspect remains at large
One woman was hurt after the car she was riding in was riddled with gunfire early Wednesday. The gunmen remain at large, Seattle police reported.
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Principal helps locate missing boy
King County sheriff's detectives tracked down a missing boy to family in California. A Renton school principal recognized the boy's photo in news coverage.
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Union seeks hearing over surveillance in Everett classroom
EVERETT -- The Everett teachers union says it will file a complaint against the Everett School District over the district's videotape surveillance of a high school teacher's classroom for about a month last year.
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Drug-using doctors plead guilty
Two Eastside physicians pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to misdemeanor drug possession in unrelated cases.
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Man with stun gun arrested at Olympia school
OLYMPIA -- Police arrested a man accused of threatening students with a stun gun outside Capital High School in Olympia.
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Man hospitalized after his car collides with truck
A 19-year-old man was flown to Harborview Medical Center after a Wednesday morning car crash that shut down part of 104th Avenue Southeast in Auburn.
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Student accused of threats against school
A student at Seattle Central Community College was arrested Wednesday following threats he allegedly made.
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Radical environmentalist says he has accepted plea deal
PORTLAND -- Tre Arrow, a radical environmentalist who was once one of the FBI's most-wanted fugitives, has announced on his Web site he has accepted a plea deal on federal arson and conspiracy charges.
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Fort Lewis soldier killed on Memorial Day in Afghanistan
A 21-year-old Army Ranger from Fort Lewis was killed Memorial Day in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Wednesday.
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Alleged Folklife shooter had mental history and gun permit
A Snohomish man arrested after three people were shot last weekend at the Northwest Folklife Festival had a valid concealed weapon permit, police in Seattle and Snohomish County confirmed Tuesday.
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Seattle-area house values fall further in March
Seattle-area house values continued their record-setting slide in March, although the area's market remained far stronger than many, according to a new report.
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Here's a dump that's just the place for lunch
Seattle officials want to expand and renovate both city transfer stations. Plans for the South Park station include adding a cafe, a viewing station and a used-goods store. The north end transfer station would close for 18 months for work.
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Tree falls on Burke-Gilman Trail, adding to concerns on development
A tree fell across the Burke-Gilman Trail overnight, blocking it during the Tuesday morning commute. A group appealing a development approved on the trail near where the tree fell said the incident illustrates the hill's instability.
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Man gets 20 years in officer's death
A man who admitted to shooting at a Seattle police officer in 1994 could now go free in just a few years after an emotional sentencing hearing Tuesday in the long-unresolved case.
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Boy tries to hop another plane
A 10-year-old boy apprehended last year after flying to Texas as a stowaway was caught Tuesday attempting to board another flight out of Sea-Tac International Airport.
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Get used to high food costs, water shortages
Shocked by rising food prices? Get used to it -- and be ready for water shortages, too, says a sweeping new report rounding up likely effects of climate change on the United States' land, water and farms over the next half-century.
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A matter of life and death for state's voters
Assisted Suicide: The Prescription is up to Washington voters.
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McDermott holds veterans forum to 'honor, help and heal our soldiers'
Veterans came to a forum in Seattle on Tuesday seeking help for the wounds of war.
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After 57 years, WWII vet has new alma mater
Along with fellow servicemen, Art Peters, a World War II veteran, finally got his high school diploma decades after he dropped out to serve.
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Mercy Corps works to help children heal after quake
Mercy Corps hopes to continue raising money to help victims of the earthquake in China. The agency plans to focus its efforts on helping children.
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Investigators find gaps in port security program
WASHINGTON -- A Department of Homeland Security program to strengthen port security has gaps that terrorists could exploit to smuggle weapons of mass destruction in cargo containers, congressional investigators said Tuesday.
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Modernize county investment policy, report says
King County's failure to modernize its local-government investment pool has exposed the fund to unnecessary risk and meant missed opportunities for gains, says a report released Tuesday to the County Council.
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Army Ranger pleads guilt to bank robbery
A U.S. Army Ranger pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to five felony charges arising from an August 2006 robbery of a Bank of America branch in Tacoma.
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FBI looking for 'Candyman' bandit
The FBI is seeking public assistance in finding the bank robber they've dubbed the "Candyman bandit."
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