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Tribes give big to Gregoire, avoid sharing casino cash
Gov. Chris Gregoire is benefiting from more than $650,000 in campaign contributions from Indian tribes that hit the jackpot in 2005 when she killed a gambling compact potentially worth more than $140 million a year to the state.
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Claims of racism on jury could lead to new trial
A head juror's claim that racism tainted the deliberations in a South King County triple murder case last month could lead to a new trial for the defendant.
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UW regents approve 7 percent tuition boost
UW regents have ushered in two controversial changes for the state's flagship university -- one that will have some students reaching deeper into their wallets and another that has already divided faculty in science departments.
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Father arrested after son killed in Nisqually boat incident
LACEY -- Police arrested the driver of a boat that overturned Thursday in the Nisqually River, killing a 5-year-old boy and leaving two others missing, KOMO-TV reported.
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For Pelosi, practicality trumps partisan politics
Once derided as a "San Francisco liberal" by the Republican attack machine, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lately finds herself taking heat from activists on the left for whom practicality is heresy.
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Learning to be the dad he'd always wanted
Roberto Rodriguez had been in and out of prison and had not been much of a father. Then he wrote an ad for what he would want in a father and became inspired to be a better dad.
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Four grads from BCC are true believers in life skills program
Four students unlike any others are graduating from Bellevue Community College -- they're the first to graduate from a program designed for students with developmental disabilities.
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Smoking in public still enough to spark an occasional flare-up
Think the battle over smoking in public has died down since the passage of the smoking ban? Apparently tempers still flare occasionally.
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NAACP forum airs complaints on police
Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney was on hand Thursday at an NAACP-sponsored hearing on police accountability hosted in Rainier Beach.
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Software engineer loved the outdoors
Hiking and climbing were two of Eduard Burceag's great passions. The software engineer from Seattle died sheltering his wife and friend on a Mount Rainier snowfield Tuesday morning. He was 31.
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Boy found at bottom of swimming pool
A 4-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after being found on the bottom of a Spanaway swimming pool.
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Haq may be retried in September for Jewish Federation shooting spree
The second trial of a man who shot six people at the Jewish Federation could begin in September, though it depends whether some of the mental health professionals will be available to testify.
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A sprinkling of stardust lands on UW astronomer
Famed UW astronomer Donald Brownlee is now a mineral in addition to having long been an asteroid and a type of space dust.
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Man jumps into river to escape police, has to be rescued
Tukwila police waited an hour before they could retrieve a man who had fled from officers by jumping into the Duwamish River early Thursday.
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Suspected auto thief aims rifle at trooper
A man in a stolen car pointed a rifle at a State Trooper trying to stop the vehicle early Thursday. The trooper was not hurt and no shots were fired. No arrests were made.
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Two Seattle teens arrested in Everett gang shooting
Snohomish County detectives have arrested two Seattle youths and an Everett woman in connection with a gang shooting that left one teen injured.
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City Light contributes to Skagit conservation project
Local, state and federal officials are commemorating the largest land purchase in 15 years by Seattle City Light, which contributed $300,000 to a $1 million pot used to buy 1,080 acres in Skagit County containing old-growth forest.
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Cool, damp spring postpones crops
KENNEWICK -- The growth of crops across Washington state is being slowed by cool, wet spring weather, which could mean smaller apples, fewer cherries and a late selling season for various food items.
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Man survives struggle with black bear in Oregon
GLIDE, Ore. -- Aaron Wyckoff didn't start to panic until his .45-caliber pistol quit firing, and the bear kept chewing on his arm.
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Seattle Art House
The name says it all. Artists showing their work in folks homes. Lots of fun!
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