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Sound Transit Sounder to serve 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 celebrated the addition Saturday with free rides to the Mariners game.
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Urban farming sprouts in Seattle
With rising grocery prices and a desire to be self-reliant, Seattleites are colonizing urban nooks and crannies to grow food. But in some cases, the city would prefer they plant their edibles elsewhere.
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Wild Sky event has unlikely guest
A "prince of darkness" lights up the Wild Sky
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On the road? Don't talk to the hand
Starting July 1, talking on a hand-held cell phone while driving will be illegal without a headset or hands-free device. Retailers are gearing up on products and sales promotions as they anticipate customers needing to buy wireless headsets.
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Getting There: Driver feels 'penalized' by new bus lanes
Question: Skip Borland and Brendan Vaughn had questions and critiques about new bus lanes being created on Elliott Avenue West and 15th Avenue West between Denny Way and the Ballard Bridge.
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New discoveries ahead for returning soldiers
Active duty soldiers and National Guard members returning from Iraq were greeted by a warm welcome Saturday at Fort Lewis.
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Struggling student gets chance to be kid again
A ninth-grader at Tahoma Junior High in Maple Valley, Josh was in Seattle being honored as one of nine recipients of the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office Academic Awareness Award for 2008
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Ranger, sub officer, MP with links to state died in war last month
A young man who joined the Army in search of the stability that his childhood in foster homes lacked is one of three men with Washington connections killed in combat in May
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Vets' intentions were shattered in wartime horrors
Veterans told grim war stories from their experiences in Iraq to a full house at Seattle's Town Hall in an effort to end the military occupation.
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SeaTac school fire investigation to take several days
The cause of a fire that destroyed the vacant Angle Lake School in Seatac Saturday, won't be known for two or three more days, said Terri-Ann Betencourt, a spokeswoman for the Port of Seattle, which owns the property.
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Troubled children in need of volunteers
Thousands of volunteers have been trained to represent neglected or abused children in courtrooms as Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASAs. Volunteers often find their roles reach beyond the courtroom.
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Forums to focus on better designs for town homes
Seattleites frustrated with the boom in ugly town houses can learn about solutions in public forums being held Monday and Saturday.
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Seattle P-I wins 34 awards for journalistic excellence
Reporters for the Seattle P-I earned 34 awards in that annual Society of Professional Journalists contest.
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Soldiers return to warm family welcome
Active duty soldiers and National Guard members returning from Iraq were greeted by a warm welcome Saturday at Fort Lewis.
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Veterans share their stories, urge an end to the war in Iraq
Veterans told grim war stories from their experiences in Iraq to a full house at Seattle's Town Hall in an effort to end military occupation.
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Bodies of two men recovered from Green River
Search and rescue teams on Saturday recovered the bodies of two men missing on the Green River since May 17.
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Vacant school burns in SeaTac
SEATAC -- A vacant school building erupted in flames shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday, requiring a massive response by local firefighters.
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Woman shot, man stabbed outside SeaTac bar
King County sheriff's investigators are investigating a shooting and stabbing that left two people hurt in SeaTac early Saturday.
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PI earns top prize for education coverage, 33 more awards in SPJ contest
The Seattle P-I received 34 awards from the regional Society of Professional Journalists during a banquet honoring journalistic excellence in 2007.
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New Wing Luke Museum offers layers of history
The grand opening Saturday of the $23.2 million Wing Luke Asian Museum celebrated layers of history and community and brought throngs of visitors to the event.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
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.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
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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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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'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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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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