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Couple go for better or worse, again
Four years ago, Chris Vincent and Ken Molsberry flew to San Francisco to get married, only to have California's high court void the marriage. But on Monday, the West Seattle couple are going for Round Two.
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Rise in graffiti has Greenwood seeing red
Despite repeated efforts by the city to rid Greenwood Park of graffiti, it keeps getting hit. Greenwood neighbors are fed up, but they're not alone -- graffiti has risen 44 percent throughout the city's parks in the past year and officials aren't sure why.
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Exxon Valdez ruling worries environmental watchdogs
Will the U.S. Supreme Court decision to slash the punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez case embolden oil companies to take shortcuts that put the environment at risk? That's what environmentalists fear.
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Culinary students treated to a gourmet education
More than 5,000 students have graduated from Seattle Central Community College's Culinary Academy in more than 50 years -- a number that could be misleading considering an impending shortage of culinary workers expected in the U.S. by 2010.
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No Parking Anytime: Cottages house writers' aspirations
Within the beauty of the P-patch and the old cottages there, beauty is being produced as writers move in and out, using the space as a creative enclave.
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Firefighters buckle down on their busiest night
Most kicked back Friday, enjoying the long weekend. But not everyone. "It's a busy day for the entire Fire Department," spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick said.
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30,000 Atlantic salmon escape from a B.C. fish farm
The escape of 30,000 Atlantic salmon, one of the largest from a B.C. fish farm in recent years, is under investigation by the provincial Environment Ministry, a spokeswoman has confirmed.
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Man beaten after trying to stop abuse of puppy
A 39-year-old man who tried to stop another man from beating a puppy was attacked with a chain and pelted with rocks, a Lewis County sheriff's spokesman says.
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Woman is stabbed to death; man is jailed
A woman was stabbed to death Friday in an apartment in the Central District, and a man was jailed in the killing, police said.
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Construction firm mistakenly moves City Hall site 13 feet
The new City Hall in Edgewood, Pierce County, is not being built where it was planned, and officials want to know why.
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State sued over parolee's crimes
Washington state is being sued over a rape and murder committed by Michael John Braae, 48, a former country singer known as "Cowboy Mike," while he was on parole.
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Drowning victim's body may be visible to rivergoers
Police say white-water rafters going through the tricky Blossom Bar rapids on southern Oregon's Rogue River may see the body of a California woman who drowned there last week but cannot be recovered.
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Man wears patriotism on his sleeve and face
Sam Bloomfield has tattooed his love for his country on his face.
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Woman reports abuse by priest
The Catholic Diocese of Yakima says a woman has reported that she was sexually abused in the late 1980s by a Jesuit priest.
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Articles of Faith: Line between good, evil is not easily drawn
With the presidential candidates debating the meaning of patriotism, here's a question: Is it possible to love our country without insisting it is faultless? Let's hope so.
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Nagging question: Fix KeyArena?
While Seattle sports fans wonder how long it might take to bring another NBA team to town, one thing is crystal clear. It'll never happen unless the city finds a solution to the same arena problem that led to the Sonics' departure.
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Sonics blame game becomes factor in gubernatorial race
OLYMPIA -- The day after the Sonics and the city of Seattle struck a deal to let the team leave, Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi and his allies wasted no time saying Gov. Chris Gregoire was to blame.
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Heading outdoors for Fourth? What you should know
Forget the bombs. Forget the beef. Forget the beer, if you're driving or boating. But pack a coat this Fourth of July.
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Keeping dry and getting Seattle's fireworks ready
Unlike many annual firework displays across the country, Seattle's shows on Lake Union and Elliott Bay will proceed as usual, despite a national firework-shipping crisis that has raised the cost of buying the rockets.
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Another quarter to ride the bus this fall?
Metro transit fares are likely to be increased 25 cents per trip to cover surging fuel costs, according to a proposal unveiled by King County Executive Ron Sims on Thursday.
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Fall market levy won't include Steinbrueck Park
The Pike Place Market levy will likely go to Seattle voters in November without the controversial proposed improvements to Victor Steinbrueck Park, and $2 million lighter.
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New citizens will celebrate first day as Americans
It's a Fourth of July tradition at Seattle Center: 545 people from 78 countries at the 24th annual naturalization ceremony.
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Time for candidates to talk trade
Obama and McCain talk substance: Why can't the East Coast media?
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Afghanistan, Iraq wars each took soldier with ties to state
While U.S. combat casualties in Iraq have fallen dramatically, violence in Afghanistan has increased significantly on the strength of a resurgent Taliban and escalated fighting along the Pakistan border.
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Police shooting leads to 2 lawsuits
A controversial police shooting two years ago in Post Alley by an off-duty officer is now the focus of two personal injury lawsuits.
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Northern spotted owl lawsuit settled
OLYMPIA -- A settlement has been reached in a 2006 environmental lawsuit that sought to block logging on 50,000 acres of private timberland to protect the threatened northern spotted owl.
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The colorful former teacher turns herself into work of art
With her flowing garments and multicolored hair, Dee Dee Rainbow makes an impression wherever she travels as she spreads love and acceptance of individuality in her wake.
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Diploma mill's leader gets prison term
SPOKANE -- The leader of a diploma mill that sold more than 10,000 fake high school diplomas and college degrees around the world has been sentenced to three years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.
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Washington's population continues slow growth
OLYMPIA -- New estimates by a Washington state agency indicate that the number of people from other states who are moving into Washington is declining. In addition, the state's overall population growth continues to slow.
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Supreme Court says public records can be kept from inmates
OLYMPIA -- Prisoners are entitled to government records, but jailers can keep those records from actually reaching an inmate's hands if the information is deemed illegal contraband, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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Police looking for man who snatched elderly woman's purse
King County sheriff's detectives are looking for a man who knocked down an elderly woman to steal her purse.
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Boy brings gun to public pool
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- A 12-year-old boy was taken into police custody this week after he brought a handgun to a public pool in Corvallis and threatened another child.
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2,500 lightning strikes overnight
Thunderstorms over Western Washington pounded the region with an estimated 2,500 lightning strikes from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning, meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Seattle said.
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