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$1 million bail set for dad arrested in baby's death
A judge Wednesday set bail at $1 million for a man suspected in the death of his 7-month-old son, who was found in a fire pit at the family's Federal Way house.
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Native American, black kids more likely to end up in foster care
Black and especially Native-American children are more likely to end up in foster care.
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Another dead black kid -- still no justice
A young kid gets stabbed to death. Police find a weapon -- and a suspect. Then, the whole case falls apart. Will there ever be justice?
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Democrats to amend controversial Rossi ad
OLYMPIA -- The state Democratic Party says it will change a video ad that pictures Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi accompanied by the theme song from "The Sopranos," after a Seattle group said the ad was offensive to Italian-Americans.
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Exxon damages slashed
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday gutted punitive damages awarded to victims of the Exxon Valdez spill, devastating West Coast fishermen.
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Surgery checklist is all about the patient
The University of Washington is the first U.S. site involved in a global pilot program to test a surgical checklist aimed at improving patient safety in the operating room.
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Unique townhouses an exception to the rules
Many seem to agree that townhouses built to meet city code are largely formulaic and mediocre. The city's latest proposal includes allowing homes closer to the street (with stoops and steps even closer) and raising some roof height limits.
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Interbay's dream is still just that
An Interbay neighborhood group that has waited three years to create the kind of green, walkable, affordable, people-oriented urban village the city has pushed for elsewhere was told Wednesday that the dream must wait -- again.
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Tomato salmonella cases rise -- four more in this state
The number of confirmed cases of Salmonella Saintpaul rose to 707, the Centers for Disease Control reported Wednesday, including four new patients identified in Washington state.
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Stimulus checks spent at gas station, study suggests
A consumer group that backs more spending on mass transit thinks it knows how a lot of households spent the economic-stimulus checks being mailed out by the federal government: putting higher-priced gasoline in their cars.
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Ex-cop who groped woman could cost Portland $25,000
PORTLAND -- The city of Portland would pay $25,000 under a proposed settlement of a lawsuit brought by a woman who said a police officer reached down her pants and ordered her to lift her shirt and bra at a homeless camp two years ago.
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Candidate who withdrew allowed to stay on ballot
Scott White stays on the ballot in the 46th Legislative District, but a court hearing airs concerns about King County election office operations, practices, and possible favoritism.
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Bellevue company to provide foreclosure info free
ForeclosurePoint is now providing free details on more than 1.2 million foreclosure properties nationwide, the Bellevue company announced Wednesday.
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Advocacy group sues state over guidelines for pain medications
A pain treatment advocacy group filed suit Wednesday in federal court challenging restrictions Washington state officials have put on prescription pain medication.
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Drunk intruder killed after passing out on stranger's sofa
SUTHERLIN, Ore. -- A man shot and killed after entering a stranger's home and passing out on a couch had been drinking heavily that night, but was not a violent person, according to a friend who had been with him that evening.
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Yakama fisheries restore salmon to Yakima basin
TUCQUALA LAKE -- As staff members of the Yakama Nation Fisheries Program emptied nets full of young coho salmon into Tucquala Lake, they undid consequences of more than a century of dams barring migratory fish from the Yakima River Basin's headwaters.
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Court gives feds 'road map' for future logging
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- A federal appeals court has upheld the U.S. Forest Service's authority to decide whether a tree is likely to die soon after a forest fire. But it ordered the agency to take a closer look at whether they should log at all after fires in small roadless areas -- parts of forests…
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Doctor accused in patient deaths in Australia to accept extradition
PORTLAND -- An Oregon doctor charged with manslaughter in the deaths of three patients at an Australian hospital plans to agree to extradition to stand trial.
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Vancouver Aquarium's baby beluga treated for infection
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- A 2-week-old baby beluga whale born at the Vancouver Aquarium in British Columbia is reportedly doing well after being treated for an infection near her tail.
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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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Lessons from society's less fortunate
The L'Arche Movement: Could it be that the weakest among us are indispensable?
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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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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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