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Grocery bag fee headed to full council

Seattle city officials moved a step closer Tuesday toward becoming one of the few major American cities to discourage paper and plastic bags in favor of reusable bags, and to ban polystyrene food and drink containers.

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Fresh scent may hide toxic secret

Fabric sheets make your shirts smell fresh and clean, and air fresheners fill your home with fragrances of apple-cinnamon or country gardens. But those household items are potentially exposing your family and friends to dangerous chemicals.

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Sound Transit plan is expected to be approved for ballot

A 15-year Sound Transit expansion plan that includes adding 34 additional miles of light rail is expected to be discussed and approved Thursday for placement on the November ballot

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Sound Transit plan is expected to be approved for ballot

A 15-year Sound Transit expansion plan that includes adding 34 additional miles of light rail is expected to be discussed and approved Thursday for placement on the November ballot

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Apology 64 years in the making

Ceremonies this week at Discovery Park will honor 28 Army soldiers wrongly convicted of the 1944 riot and lynching at Fort Lawton. The trip -- and the lodging -- will have special meaning for Samuel Snow.

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Port commission approves more funds for cruise ship berth

For the second time in four months, the Port of Seattle staff has asked the commission to approve millions of dollars to help hurry the development of a cruise terminal at Interbay's Terminal 91.

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Nothing is predictable in VP search

The vice presidency: Nothing is predictable, except for occasional disasters.

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Council members reject Magnuson Park proposal

City Council members nixed a critical Magnuson Park lease agreement aimed at saving boating recreation programs.

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'Spam King' gets nearly 4 years in prison

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ended the reign of the so-called "Spam King," who earned his title by sending out millions of unwanted e-mails, by sentencing the Seattle man to nearly fours years in prison on Tuesday.

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Dump truck hits building, closes Cherry Street on Capitol Hill

Both lanes of East Cherry Street are closed between 12th Avenue and Broadway after a dump truck hit another vehicle and a building shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday.

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Meeting focuses on pedestrian safety

About 45 community members from different Seattle areas attended a City Hall pedestrian-safety meeting sponsored by Councilman Nick Licata and Safe Walks, a coalition of residents, and neighborhood and advocacy groups.

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Suicide prompts UW Medical Center lawsuit

The 2005 suicide of a 23-year-old University of Washington student has prompted a lawsuit against the UW Medical Center, alleging the hospital's emergency-room physicians failed to properly treat the admittedly disturbed student.

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ACCESS clients stranded when buses don't show

Jo Sheely, who lives with her daughter on Kent's East Hill, knows what it's like to have disability rob you of the ability to get around on your own.

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Friday funeral for local soldier killed in Afghanistan

A memorial for Cpl. Jason Bogar, killed by Taliban militants in Afghanistan, will be Friday at 1 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., Seattle.

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Police giving out more cell-phone breaks than tickets

Data the State Patrol released this week show officers are giving more breaks than tickets for violations of the "hands-free" cell phone law.

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No suspects in fatal shooting

Seattle police have no suspects nor a motive for a shooting that left one man dead late Monday.

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Repairs halt sewage spill at Edgewater Hotel

Broken brackets allowed a section of pipe also to break, causing a sewage spill from the Edgewater Hotel on Friday. The damage was repaired on Monday.

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Hanford reactor recommended for historic landmark designation

YAKIMA -- The National Park Service's advisory board has recommended designating the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor, which produced plutonium for one of two bombs dropped on Japan during World War II, as a National Historic Landmark.

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300 Oregon National Guardsmen to be trained to fight forest fires

PORTLAND -- The Oregon National Guard plans to activate more than 300 Guard members for forest fire training at three sites in Oregon so they can be used if needed to back up regular contract crews.

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Oregon says plan for dams lacks salmon protection

SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon filed a supplemental complaint Tuesday against the latest federal proposal for operating Columbia and Snake river dams, seeking withdrawal of a plan submitted in May by Columbia River tribes and the Bonneville Power Administration.

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Seattle Skyline from Queen Anne Hill

Click the thumbnail to view the complete photo or buy a copy for your wall. A black-and-white shot of the Seattle skyline that includes the Space Needle, from Kerry Park on Queen Anne Hill. Other prints are available for purchase at the On Focus Photo Store. Share This

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Seattle to Portland: Centralia & Its Massacre

This is the fifth part of a series that follows the Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic along its route, and explores the history and transformation of the Pacific Northwest through the communities and stops along the way. See here for part 4. It was nearly 11 a.m. when we…

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West Seattle Crime Watch: Watchdog woes, and more

From reports filed at the Southwest Precinct in the past several days (downloaded last night so we haven’t seen the very newest ones yet): We start with somebody taking on trouble in his neighborhood - and getting trouble in return: In the 5600 block of SW Teig around 9:20 pm Saturday night, a…

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Quando uno se le cerca se le cerca

max: yo bro, i don’t seem a real American with this cap? derrick: no, seem like a fucking dago with a baseball cap

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Social Education and the Home Office

Think back to the last job you had? What did you learn from that job? Did your employer train you in a new system, or send you to a conference? Did you learn something on your own to make your job easier? Well guess what! Learning doesn’t stop! Just because you start working from home,…

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Coast Guard seeks public help to identify radio call

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help in identifying the source of a radio call they received earlier this evening from a young girl who identified herself as “Kelsey.” The girl stopped transmitting before additional information could be gathered. The girl, who said she…

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Big Brown has no met or Seattle slew such tests to date

I think it s a good time for, not only Side effects of birth control estrostep, but the whole United States. Reflect the entirety of all available listings withing the Multiple Listing Service. Adding unacceptable amendments to pending legislation is an age old parlimentary tactic to block votes…

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