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Gates Foundation follows new paths
Bill Gates plans to step full time into a frenetic growth spurt at the foundation that bears his name, serving as philanthropist-in-chief of an organization with as much money as the gross domestic product of some countries.
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Seattleites take up arms against 'rat' as big as cat
Nutria -- a voracious herbivore big as a large housecat and prone to molelike digging that turns lakeshores into Swiss cheese -- are enemy No. 1 for some Seattle residents and businesses.
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Prosecutor fears breaking a record in slaying cases
King County prosecutors this year already have filed as many homicide cases as they did for all of 2007.
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No last meal as demolition bites into Ballard Denny's
The Ballard landmark that was formerly a Manning's Cafeteria, then a Denny's restaurant is now a former building.
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Lessons from society's less fortunate
The L'Arche Movement: Could it be that the weakest among us are indispensable?
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Caregiver charged in rape case
A caregiver accused of raping and impregnating a severely disabled woman at a Kent assisted-living facility was charged Tuesday with second-degree rape.
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Police arrest father who slept while baby fell into fire pit
Federal Way police have arrested the father who said he fell asleep with his 7-month-old baby boy near a backyard fire pit Saturday night and awoke to find the child burned to death.
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Court to hear port official's appeal against recall petition
The state Supreme Court will decide whether an attempt to recall Port of Seattle Commissioner Pat Davis can proceed. Davis is under fire because of a controversial retirement package she sought for former Port CEO Mic Dinsmore.
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Port Commission initiated public review of Davis
The sole public examination of circumstances surrounding Port of Seattle Commissioner Pat Davis' signature on the memo granting former CEO Mic Dinsmore generous "transition benefits" was initiated by the commission itself.
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Home prices in region are up slightly from March
The value of a typical Seattle-area home inched up from March to April but was still down from a year earlier, according to a new report.
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Gift of puppy love lets a boy be a boy
The community in Black Diamond bonded together to buy a puppy for a boy with leukemia.
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Viaduct meeting will consider options for replacing structure
Possible highway and "surface" scenarios for replacing the central part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle will be presented and discussed this Thursday at a meeting of viaduct neighborhood representatives and other interested groups.
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Viaduct meeting will consider options for replacing structure
Possible highway and "surface" scenarios for replacing the central part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle will be presented and discussed this Thursday at a meeting of viaduct neighborhood representatives and other interested groups.
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Grocery industry: All retailers should share new bag fee
If Seattle's grocery, drug and convenience stores must soon charge customers 20 cents for every plastic or paper bag, the same should go for all retailers here, grocery industry lobbyists told a City Council committee Tuesday.
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Outlaw biker sentenced to year in jail
EUGENE, Ore. -- The president of the Oregon chapter of an outlaw motorcycle club has been sentenced to a year in jail for attempting to run two investigators off Interstate 5 during rush hour.
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Gray wolves may be living in state
TWISP -- One or more packs of gray wolves may be living in north-central Washington's Methow Valley, which would make them the first resident population of the endangered species in Washington state since before 1930, a state biologist says.
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