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90% of seniors pass WASL, but critics say results skewed
Despite fears that the WASL would erect a huge roadblock to graduation, nearly all the state's high-school seniors have passed the reading and writing tests and are on track to graduate on time, the state's top education official said Tuesday.
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Obama did the unexpected when outcome was 'inevitable'
The Democrats' presidential race makes history and ends in a historic upset.
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Portland may hold answer to making townhomes less ugly
Complaints about ugly townhomes in Seattle neighborhoods have mushroomed almost as fast as the buildings. City officials are looking to Portland for ideas on making them better.
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Pediatrician: Mentor or an abusive voyeur?
At a malpractice trial, competing attorneys gave contrasting views of prominent pediatrician Bill Schnall. One side said he groomed boys for his own gratification. The other said he helped troubled teens.
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Aurora motel shut down
State health authorities have for the second time in three weeks ordered the shutdown of a low-rent motel on Seattle's Aurora Avenue North.
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Naveed Haq jury unable to reach verdict again
The jury struggling to decide whether Naveed Haq is guilty in the 2006 Jewish Federation shooting went home again Tuesday without reaching a verdict.
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Toddler found alone in smoky apartment
An Everett police officer and firefighters responding to an apartment fire this morning found a smoke-filled apartment and a two-year-old girl alone in her bedroom.
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Group Health plans to raise rates
Individual and family insurance plan holders with Group Health Cooperative will see their rates increase by an average of about 10 percent beginning in July.
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Audit by port's firm finds no '07 deficiencies
The Port of Seattle's accounting firm gave a "clean, unqualified" opinion of the port's 2007 financial statements Tuesday. That contrasted with an earlier, critical state probe.
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City has no plans for new strip club rules
After failing with an unpopular scheme to regulate the sexiness (and the profitability) out of Seattle strip clubs -- plus nearly two decades of political punting -- City Hall has no plans to take another jab at cracking down on the industry.
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Under The Needle: In anchors, door handles and beakers, he sees art
Walking into Kim Hall's house in Seattle is like submerging in a Swiss watch -- designed by Dr. Seuss.
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South Lake Union group endorses taller buildings
Though skyscrapers along South Lake Union aren't a certainty yet, an influential neighborhood group said Tuesday that allowing buildings up to 400 feet tall in the area should be considered.
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Seattle police to issue new policy on bystanders
The Seattle Police Department this week plans to issue a new policy clarifying when bystanders are within their rights to observe and document officer conduct and when they're interfering with officers' law enforcement duties.
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More rain ahead in Seattle's forecast
Parts of King County got more than an inch of rain late Tuesday, and meteorologists say area rain showers are expected for the next 10 days.
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Port of Seattle OKs removal of contamination at future airport rental car facility
The Port of Seattle Commission authorized port Chief Executive Tay Yoshitani to execute $580,000 of change orders for the removal of contamination discovered at the site of the airport's impending $382 million rental car facility, due to open in 2011.
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Superintendent leaving with the class of '08
Linda Cowan, who spent 30 of her 40 years in public education and the last 11 as superintendent, is retiring.
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Fiance gets 17 years in cold-case murder
An Arlington man whose engagement ring to his fiancée became key evidence that he killed her was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 17 years in prison.
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Joe Frisino, 1919-2008: Journalist was a calm presence in P-I newsroom
Joe Frisino handled each obstacle with ease and a steady temper for several decades at the P-I. He died Sunday at the Ida Culver House in Seattle. He was 89.
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2-year sentence handed to radical environmentalist
PORTLAND -- Tre Arrow, whose career as a radical environmentalist included a caper in a pink bunny suit, 11 days on a ledge outside a federal office and a stint on the FBI's most-wanted list, agreed Tuesday to spend two years in prison.
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Police and feds raid Colacurcio strip clubs
The FBI and police in at least two counties raided several strip clubs Monday as part of a racketeering investigation into strip club owner Frank Colacurcio Sr., the FBI confirmed this morning.
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Pollution outflows to Sound routinely allowed
Sewage-treatment plants and industrial facilities are discharging pollutants into Puget Sound at levels that could harm marine life or human health, but environmental regulators allow the practice because the waste is supposedly diluted.
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A push for taller South Lake Union buildings
A South Lake Union community group is expected Tuesday to approve zoning proposals allowing much taller buildings in the growing neighborhood, reshaping it for future generations.
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Democrats come up with alternative to citizens initiative
King County Council majority draws up an alternative to the initiative to make county offices nonpartisan -- but it's unclear how much things would be different under alternative from how they would be if initiative were simply rejected by voters.
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Haq case may be facing mistrial
Jurors' latest question in the Jewish Federation shooting trial suggests they are having trouble deciding whether Naveed Haq was insane during the July 2006 rampage as they contemplate the law.
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Makah whaling is at issue in federal hearing
Makah Indian Nation supporters and anti-whaling activists squared off Monday at a hearing in Seattle on the tribe's request to resume the killing of gray whales.
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Friends of Lake Union board to vote on 3 members
The South Lake Union Friends and Neighbors (SLUFAN) board of directors expects to vote Tuesday on three new board members, and critics say they need to include more candidates who live in the area.
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Everett man who lived the high life pleads guilty to identity theft
PHILADELPHIA -- A handsome, athletic Ivy League graduate from Washington state admitted in court Monday that he and a girlfriend stole the identities of friends, co-workers and neighbors to finance their luxury lifestyle.
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Obama lands another state superdelegate
OLYMPIA. -- Seattle attorney and Democratic National Committee member David McDonald endorsed Barack Obama for the party's presidential nomination Monday, saying Obama has brought "astounding new energy and hope to the Democratic Party nationwide."
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Shirley Bridge, 1922-2008: Philanthropist was lifelong women's advocate
When Shirley Bridge was married six decades ago, it was common for women to give up their professions and stay home to raise their families. The longtime local philanthropist died Monday after a long bout with cancer.
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An ailing America awaits Bush's successor
America is like a sick patient who needs a doctor in the house. Congressman Jim McDermott believes our next president will not only have to be smart but will inherit a world of hurt from Bush.
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An ailing America awaits Bush's successor
America is like a sick patient who needs a doctor in the house. Congressman Jim McDermott believes our next president will not only have to be smart but will inherit a world of hurt from Bush.
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Police chase, wound robbery suspect
Police arrested at least one suspect after being called to a Seattle armed robbery and then chasing a car to Mercer Island.
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County advised to beef up land protections
King County should strengthen its protection of environmentally significant public lands and should designate a high-level official to look out for the interests of rural residents, members of a review commission tell the County Council.
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Growing in Seattle: Food aid from the home front
In a new model for homegrown hunger relief, the amount of fruit and vegetables grown or harvested in Seattle neighborhoods for food banks and meal programs has doubled in the last five years.
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High court declines political ads case
The Supreme Court declined Monday to step into a dispute over a Washington state law that requires political committees to disclose the names of donors behind ads critical of a candidate for elected office.
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Battle Ground man killed in Afghanistan
A 19-year-old soldier from Battle Ground in southwestern Washington was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, the Defense Department said Monday.
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Danish leader offers advice on energy alternatives
A Q&A with Svend Auken, who helped push Denmark from a near 100 percent dependence on foreign oil to an exporter of sustainable energy.
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