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Bar sting, 8 months later
Eight months after the high-profile arrests of 26 nightclub workers, most have been cleared or cut loose without punishment. Defense attorneys say the outcome goes to show the arrests were politically motivated.
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Not all kisses at Safeco Field are equal
When a Mariners usher this week cracked down on two lesbians kissing at Safeco Field, he showed how "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" doesn't apply to us all.
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Cameras in more parks backed
Video cameras will be installed in three additional Seattle parks later this year -- at least temporarily -- if the City Council accepts recommendations that its parks committee made Friday.
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The fate of defiant delegates to be decided
Seattle lawyer David McDonald is in Washington, D.C., to participate in a meeting of the Rules Committee of the Democratic national party -- an event of intense attention in the 2008 campaign.
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Compost project is easy to digest
That unfinished bite of BLT from West 5 or paper coffee cup from Uptown Espresso could be headed to your backyard. That's because restaurants in West Seattle are composting their food waste rather than sending it to the landfill.
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Under The Needle: Man's hopes for a better life ride on souvenir baseball
Meet David Nyakas -- owner of Ken Griffey Jr's first Kingdome grand slam baseball. He's hoping the souvenir will help him get his life back on track.
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Wrongful arrest verdict appealed
The city of Seattle on Friday appealed a judgment against it and one of its police officers for false arrest, civil rights violations and excessive force.
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Political 'Dog' learns new tricks
Deborah Senn is performing a self-written, one-woman show about her unsuccessful and apparently heartbreaking run for state attorney general in 2004.
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Minority students' dropout rates at crisis levels
High school educators from six Northwest states who gathered at the University of Washington on Friday heard from a panel of experts that dropout rates for minority students, especially Native Americans, are at crisis levels.
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Feds shut down local tax-fraud scheme
A federal judge has shut down a Tacoma woman's tax-fraud scheme that purported to show customers how they weren't liable for federal income tax.
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Former Kirkland counselor sentenced for sexual assault
A former Kirkland psychiatric hospital counselor must enter a sexual-deviancy program and remain under supervision for three years for assaulting a 10-year-old boy.
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Sounder commuter trains to stop in Mukilteo
As Sound Transit commuter-train ridership continues to increase, the agency will add Mukilteo as a stop on its Sounder commuter-rail trains starting Monday, but will celebrate the addition Saturday with free rides to the Mariners game.
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Sounder commuter trains to stop in Mukilteo
As Sound Transit commuter-train ridership continues to increase, the agency will add Mukilteo as a stop on its Sounder commuter-rail trains starting Monday, but will celebrate the addition Saturday with free rides to the Mariners game.
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Activists, lawmakers dedicate the Wild Sky Wilderness
Nine years in the making and a couple of hours in the dedicating, Washington state's newest federal wilderness is celebrated by the U.S. lawmakers who orchestrated its designation and by the outdoor activists who pushed for its creation.
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Naveed Haq jury ends fifth day without verdict
Jurors in the Jewish Federation shooting trial went home for the weekend and will continue their efforts to reach a verdict on Monday.
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'Main Street' unnecessary for Delridge's sense of community
Youngstown arts center is the site of Saturday's Delridge Day and Community Open House, a neighborhood celebration and community resources event.
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Sentencing of teacher on hold
U.S. District Judge Franklin Burgess has postponed the sentencing of a 32-year-old violin teacher convicted of participating in the May 2001 firebombing of the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture.
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Rossi calls on GOP to win this rematch
SPOKANE -- Gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi told fellow Republicans on Friday that they need to turn out in force for his rematch with Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire in the November election.
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Police nab suspected carjackers
Three young men were detained overnight, suspected of stealing another man's car at gunpoint.
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Agency helping the homeless to get place of its own
Family Services, a nonprofit, has broken ground on a new center to help homeless families.
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Oregon troopers find $61K after traffic stop
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. -- Oregon State troopers found more than $61,000 cash in a car during traffic stop near Cottage Grove.
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Articles Of Faith: Seminary takes interaction beyond the pulpit
Seattle's Mars Hill Graduate School puts as much emphasis on psychology and human interaction as on theology.
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Kitchen grease fuels a wave of fry crooks
The biodiesel boom is turning into an unanticipated boon for a far-from-green portion of the population -- petty thieves, who are trading in the used cooking oil.
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New vision for South downtown
Seattle planners unveiled their strategy Thursday for squeezing more homes and employers into some of the city's oldest and most culturally significant neighborhoods, including Pioneer Square and Chinatown.
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State surprise: Superdelegate goes to Clinton
Hillary Clinton picked up the support Thursday of a previously uncommitted Washington state superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention, giving her bid for the party's presidential nomination a boost just before a weekend that could prove critical to her flickering chances.
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Seamen's Club is a voyage back in time
An aging white sign befitting what was once a blue-collar neighborhood in a port town remains. Now, it looks more like a lonely piece of driftwood in a sea of chicness. "Catholic Seamen's Club," it says.
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More health care may not always be better
Too much medical care could be harmful to your health, according to a study that shows some hospitals give patients more aggressive care -- meaning more tests, longer hospital stays and more procedures and higher costs.
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This moral compass pointed at gold
Top aides to conservative presidents love to rake in big bucks for books that reveal the boss' dirty secrets while he still resides in the White House. Former presidential press secretary Scott McClellan is the latest to go for the gold.
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State hires divers to clear sea squirts from area marinas
The Fish and Wildlife Department says divers will be at several Puget Sound marinas through the end of June removing sea squirts from boat hulls.
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Boy partly off the hook in bid to sneak onto jet
King County prosecutors won't press charges against the 10-year-old Tacoma boy apprehended Tuesday trying to sneak aboard a flight from Sea-Tac Airport.
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Raised height limits tied to livability in South Lake Union
Significantly raising height limits in South Lake Union is the best way to make the lake's south end and neighboring Queen Anne more livable in the future, City Council members were told Thursday.
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Teen boys admit to raping 16-year-old girl
Four teenagers have pleaded guilty in the rape of a 16-year-old girl who later helped police identify them through a Web page at MySpace.com.
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No Parking Anytime: Is Sound Transit fighter plane sculpture threatened?
In an email circulating on the Web, the sculptor proposing chopped-up jet fighters at Sound Transit's future Broadway light rail station says his project is now in trouble.
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Speller Zhang makes good run at Bee
WASHINGTON -- Advancing to the quarterfinals at the 81st annual Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday was a triumph for Elizabeth Zhang, 13, especially because she learned English after she and her family moved to the United States from Beijing.
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Driver charged with vehicular homicide
A 26-year-old Redmond man was legally drunk when his vehicle struck a motorcycle on state Route 202 on Monday, killing its rider.
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Shooting suspect faces assault charge
A Snohomish man now faces a second-degree assault charge -- and the possibility of several years in prison -- in the shooting that left three people hurt and disrupted Seattle's usually laid-back Northwest Folklife Festival.
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Four admit to raping teen, 16, who ID'd them on MySpace
Four teenagers have pleaded guilty in the rape of a 16-year-old girl who later helped police identify them through a Web page at MySpace.com.
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Greenwood man gives up after 3-hour standoff
A man who was holed up in a Greenwood home with two boys after a fight with his wife has surrendered to Seattle police.
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First of 3 contracts awarded for cleanup at Hanford
YAKIMA -- The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the first of three major cleanup contracts that were put out for bid to clean up the nation's most contaminated nuclear site at Hanford.
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Hotel ID thief is sentenced to 6-year term
A Tacoma man who stole credit card slips from hotel guests and used the information to buy thousands of dollars worth of goods, including Rolex watches, was sentenced to 75 months in prison Thursday.
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Humpback whale visiting Puget Sound
OLYMPIA -- A humpback whale that has been sighted the past two weeks in Puget Sound around Vashon Island appears to be a young adult in good condition.
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Columbia River monitored after acid spill in B.C.
Washington environmental officials are monitoring the Columbia River to see if pollution levels south of the Canadian border increase as a result of a 100-gallon spill of hydrofluoric acid at the Teck Cominco metal smelter in Trail.
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Call to protect groves of trees is sent to Nickels
Spurred by a controversial proposal to partially raze a grove of trees in the Maple Leaf neighborhood, the Seattle City Council has called on Mayor Greg Nickels to bolster tree protection policies.
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Everett attorney pleads guilty to fraud
An Everett attorney who admitted conning clients out of between $400,000 and $1 million pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Thursday to wire fraud.
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