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Before we get down to sketch business, let me thank you for stopping by the new blog. I really appreciate all the nice comments. It makes my day to read things like "thanks to this blog, I think Seattle will be a place we visit sometime in the near future," as no way said. Visiting Seattle is a…
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Tuesday Night Update
Just a quick update on upcoming events. My band, the Kindness Kind, is going to Port Orchard, Wa, to continue recording our second album. It will be quite exciting and I will be posting photos on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can hear our first album at www.thekindnesskind.com/mp3. You can…
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Small Bird, Red Breast, Discovery Park
Click the thumbnail to view the complete photo or buy a copy for your wall. Small bird with a red breast perches on tree branch in Discovery Park, Seattle, WA. June 2008. Other prints are available for purchase at the On Focus Photo Store. Share This
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Late-night leftovers from a busy West Seattle news day
Here are a few things we just didn’t get to - more video from the Coast Guard tall-ship arrival (including a chopper flyby), baby announcement, new sign: Share This
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Police shoot robbery suspect after wild chase
A high-speed chase of bank robbery suspects played out through Seattle neighborhoods and downtown Tuesday. By the time the chase and gunfire had stopped, one man had been critically wounded.
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New law on hand-held phones for drivers goes into effect
There were still a few drivers who forgot or chose to disregard Washington's new restriction on driving while using hand-held cell phones, which took effect Tuesday.
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Son, 5, alerts Burner to fire
CARNATION -- The home of Democratic congressional candidate Darcy Burner was destroyed in a fire Tuesday morning.
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One option for viaduct would cost hundreds of parking spots
Replacing part of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct with a new $545 million interchange would at least temporarily close as many as 1,600 neighborhood parking spaces.
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Port of Seattle announces reforms
The Port of Seattle formally announced its reforms Tuesday in response to a scathing state audit that found the agency had wasted nearly $100 million in public funds.
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Initiative aims to revive schools
Through the district's Southeast Initiative, an extra $7 million will be pumped into Rainier Beach and Cleveland high schools and Aki Kurose Middle School over the next three years to boost enrollment and renew community confidence.
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Nickels' spokesman is in for tough job
For Robert Mak, the $160,000 challenge.
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Eyman traffic initiative looks likely to make the fall ballot
OLYMPIA -- Initiative promoter Tim Eyman's latest measure, which aims to smooth traffic jams and head off open-ended tolls on state road projects, should make the fall ballot.
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County OKs floodplain pads, buildings by farmers
Farmers working in King County's floodplains will be able to build mounds or, in some cases, buildings to save animals and equipment during floods, under legislation unanimously approved Monday.
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City to hold public meetings on four new streetcar lines
Now that the South Lake Union Trolley is up and running, Seattle city leaders are anxious to get started adding four more lines to the proposed streetcar network.
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Another suspect pleads guilty in extensive card cheat scheme
Another member of what federal prosecutors have dubbed the "Tran Organization" pleaded guilty Tuesday to a conspiracy charge related to a long-running gambling scam.
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Bothell driver gets ninth DUI conviction
A Bothell man earned his ninth drunken driving conviction Tuesday when a King County jury found him guilty of a new charge that could send him to prison for six years.
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Teaming up to head off wildfire peril
Given the region's expanded development into the forests, the upcoming July Fourth weekend and the approaching wildfire season, the local weather watchers and firefighters teamed up Tuesday to launch a fire prevention campaign.
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Cadets sail through training program
One hundred and forty-seven students sailed through Seattle on Tuesday aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle as part of a six-week training program for the Coast Guard Academy.
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Baby cut from slain mother in critical condition
SPOKANE -- A nearly full-term baby boy cut from the body of his mother remained in critical condition Tuesday in a Spokane hospital.
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Therapist's license suspended after sexual misconduct charges
A Mercer Island social worker's license was suspended this week after allegations of sexual misconduct involving a 15-year-old autistic boy he was counseling.
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State lowers supply estimate for medical marijuana
The state Health Department says 24 ounces should be the typical two-month supply of medical marijuana for approved patients. The Health Department previously suggested 35 ounces as a guideline.
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Charity event sets up $10,000 haircut
13th Children's Ride bidding war over a ponytail; teacher retires, plans to head to Africa; Haben Abraham performs to help raise money for Salvation Army; 11-year-olds raise funds for Camp Korey
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Coast Guard cutter Eagle arrives in Seattle on Tuesday
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Eagle, nicknamed "America's Tall Ship," will be accompanied by the Coast Guard Heritage Fleet of vintage and famous Coast Guard vessels when it arrives in Seattle on Tuesday.
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Hang up and drive: Ban on hand-held cell phones begins
Starting Tuesday, drivers who don't use a headset or hands-free cell device while driving and talking will risk a $124 ticket.
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Donors help save Seattle jazz icon's home
The elderly jazz icon was down on her luck and about to lose her home to foreclosure. And then Seattle -- and the music world -- came to the rescue.
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Tukwila man charged with vehicular homicide
A Tukwila man accused of fighting with another man at a South King County casino and then running him over with his van now faces vehicular-homicide and hit-and-run charges.
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Renton man an Abu Ghraib torturer, suit says
A Renton man who worked as an interrogator for CACI Inc. is among defendants named in federal lawsuits filed Monday by three Iraqis and a Jordanian alleging that they were tortured by U.S. military contractors while detained at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003 and 2004.
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State Department fines Boeing $3 million
Boeing has agreed to pay a $3 million fine for exceeding value limits on purchases of parts from foreign suppliers for its military products.
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Coast Guard's Eagle to land in Seattle Tuesday
The majestic three-masted barque, as long as a football field and half as high, is making its first stop in 20 years in Seattle Tuesday before heading south for Tacoma's Tall Ships 2008 festival over the Independence Day weekend from July 3 to 7.
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Blaze that killed 3 people was arson
King County fire investigators have determined that a fire in Burien that killed three people and left six others injured was intentionally set.
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Megahomes: Bellevue targets house concerns
The city of Bellevue has approved simple fixes to address megahome complaints but hasn't resolved thornier questions.
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Megahomes: Seattle wants to limit sizes
After years of complaints about suburban-style "megahomes" eating lawns and encroaching on neighbors, Seattle may consider limiting the size of some larger single-family homes.
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School aide charged with molesting kids
A Seattle Public Schools instructional aide has been accused of sexually touching two female students during an English language immersion class at Aki Kurose Middle School.
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Glass museum to commission 'Bacon Boy' sculpture
HERMISTON, Ore. -- Superman has kryptonite and a man-of-steel physique. Spiderman can cling to walls, scramble up sides of buildings and shoot webs from his wrists. But Bacon Boy -- he fights crime using the power of bacon grease.
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Two Makah whalers sentenced to prison
A five-man team of rogue whalers from the Makah Tribe was sentenced Monday to a combination of prison time, supervised release and community service.
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Peddling 'Sea to Sea' to raise money for the down and out
The Sea to Sea 2008 Bike Tour aims to raise $1.5 million to end the cycle of poverty; it left Golden Gardens Monday, heading for New Jersey.
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Young couple caught skinny-dipping in Portland water reservoir
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Two twentysomethings were found skinny-dipping in Portland's Mount Tabor Reservoir over the weekend.
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Renton man dies while competing in Ore. triathlon
A 46-year-old Renton man died Sunday in Oregon while competing in the swimming leg of a triathlon.
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Cities skeptical of county's new jail plans
King County officials would like to keep providing jail services for the cities, after years of telling cities to pull their inmates out of county lockups by 2012. But the county's change of heart could be too late.
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Condo developers told: Pay more of renters' costs
Developers that convert apartments into condos will have to pay some moderate- and low-income Seattleites considerably more in moving expenses under a measure approve by the City Council Monday.
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State fails to meet foster care accords, judge rules
The state has lagged in its monthly visits to foster children, one of four areas where Washington has failed to comply with agreements made to settle a landmark suit in 2004, a judge ruled Monday.
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AG opinion asked on gun bans
Six Democrats from rural Washington districts called on Attorney General Rob McKenna to issue an opinion on a city's authority to ban people who legally possess firearms from city property and facilities.
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Replacing Alaskan Way Viaduct with interchange would eat up parking spaces
Environmental assessment: Replacing part of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct with a new $545 million interchange would at least temporarily close as many as 1,600 neighborhood parking spaces.
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Man sues over fall from UW fraternity
A UW graduate who fell from a fourth-floor fraternity-house window three years ago filed a lawsuit against the fraternity earlier this month, claiming the fall stemmed from a culture that promotes alcohol consumption coupled with a dangerous sleeping environment.
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Seattle City Council approves police contract
The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Monday to ratify a new contract with the Seattle Police Officers Guild that boosts police oversight and makes officers the highest paid in the state.
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Police to increase patrols at Market after shooting
Seattle police plan to send extra patrols this week around Pike Place Market and Victor Steinbrueck Park after a shooting that wounded three people Sunday.
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Search ongoing for reported missing Snoqualmie rafter
Search crews were responding late Monday to reports of a missing boater in the Snoqualmie River.
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Penguins seen as 'canaries in climate coal mine'
Penguins have become the "canaries in the global warming coal mine," signaling the effects of climate change on oceans through their rapidly declining population, a UW researcher says.
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