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WSU squares off against golf course opponents
A lawyer representing residents near Washington State University says the state failed to consider whether the school should have relinquished a water right it uses to irrigate a golf ...
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Boy Scouts Vote To Admit Openly Gay Youths
The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America has approved a plan to allow openly gay boys to join the organisation. The vote ends a policy that has been in place throughout the group's 103-year history. However the ban on gay and lesbian adult leaders remains in effect. The new policy, supported by more than 60% of the 1,400 Scout leaders who met in Grapevine, Texas for the ...
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United Airlines makes changes in Seattle
The new United Club lounge at Seattle-Tacoma is styled after the prototype that opened late last year at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. United Airlines has opened its newly remodeled United Club lounge at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The revamped lounge comes as the Chicago-based carrier is completing a consolidation of its operations in Concourse A at the Seattle airport and a ...
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Nearly all U.S. states see hefty drop in teen births Nevada rate falls 30 percent
NEW YORK -- The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah saw rates fall by 30 ...
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Man arrested for allegedly assaulting 5-week-old baby
EVERETT, Wash. -- An Everett man was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting his 5-week-old baby girl, leaving her in serious condition with likely brain damage and vision impairment. According to probable-cause documents, 18-year-old Tyler Washington and the baby's mother called 911 Wednesday when their daughter was acting lethargic and having trouble breathing. The baby was ...
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Car damaged as shots fired in South Seattle
SEATTLE -- A car was damaged but no one was reported hurt as shots were fired Thursday afternoon in South Seattle. The Seattle Police Department responded to 21st Avenue South and Rainier Avenue South around 12:23 p.m. after 911 calls reported shots fired in the area. Officers were unable to find any victims, but a silver Acura parked at 22nd Avenue South and South Grand Street was damaged ...
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Endangered crane chick born at Seattle zoo
SEATTLE — The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle announces the birth of a red-crown crane chick. The fluffy brown male born May 13 is finding its way through the wetland exhibit with the help of its 21-year-old parents. They know what they're doing; they have had 13 successful hatchings. The red-crown crane is an endangered species with an estimated 2,700 remaining in their native habitat ...
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Monroe corrections officer injured by inmate
The corrections officer, 56, was treated and released. Investigators believe he was punched in the face while opening the door to the prison's chapel. He was knocked backward and struck his head on the door. The inmate, 59-year-old Allen Pavese, was being held Thursday in ...
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Sorry Seattle Thunder named Sports Team of the Year
If having the Kings slip through Seattle's fingers last week wasn't enough, here is some news that should make NBA fans in our city cringe: The Oklahoma City Thunder has been recognized as the 2013 Sports Team of the Year. Ouch! So that means Seattle lost the NBA franchise it thought was coming, and the NBA team that left town in 2008 is considered a model organization. The Thunder ...
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Riordan resigns as WWU provost academic affairs VP
BELLINGHAM - Western Washington University's provost and vice president of academic affairs has announced that she is resigning from the university in July. Catherine Riordan has held the position since August 2009 but said she's going to move on to other academic pursuits, according to a statement from the university. The provost and vice president for academic affairs is the chief ...
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Whatcom County Jail report for May 22
The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office lists the following people as being booked into the Whatcom County Jail. In many cases, charges have not been filed. Guilt is determined by the courts.May 22, 2013Andrew M. Clarke, booked by the Washington State Patrol for driving under the influence.Travis Everett Gordon, booked by the Bellingham Police Department for obstructing and third-degree ...
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Not guilty plea in child neglect death at Tulalip
A woman accused of neglecting two young daughters in a car on the Tulalip Indian Reservation had a not guilty plea entered for her Thursday if federal court in ...
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Woman wounded in Renton park shooting dies
http://bit.ly/18lAwjG ) the 20-year-old woman was hit in the abdomen and could not be saved despite surgery at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where she died Thursday ...
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Woman shot in Renton gun battle dies homicide probe launched
RENTON, Wash. - A young woman who was shot during a Wednesday night gun battle in Renton has died of her injuries, and the shooting is now classified as a homicide, police said.The 20-year-old woman, who suffered a single gunshot wound to the abdomen, was pronounced dead at about 9:50 a.m. Thursday at Harborview Medical Center, where she was taken after the shooting, said Robert Onishi of the ...
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Navy vets uniforms medals stolen from storage locker
SEATTLE -- A local Navy veteran's uniforms, medals and equipment were stolen out of his Ballard apartment's storage locker this month, according to the Seattle Police Department. According to the police report for the incident, the victim received a notice from management at the Lock Vista Apartments that there had been several thefts in the building recently. When he checked his ...
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Police cant convince drunk couple closed building isnt hotel
SEATTLE -- Visits from both cops and robbers couldn't sidetrack an extremely drunk couple from attempting to break into a locked building they mistakenly believed was their hotel, according to the Seattle Police Department. Officers were called to the 1300 block of Fifth Avenue shortly after midnight May 19 for reports of five people fighting in the street. When they arrived, officers ...
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Port of Tacomas Container Volume Continues to Rise
reported container volume from January to April was 617,076 20-foot-equivalent units, up 35 percent year-over-year.Full containerized imports and exports posted double-digit growth. Imports improved 48 percent year-to-date to 226,676 TEUs, while exports rose 40 percent to 177,185 TEUs.Foreign containers in the first four months of 2013 were up 46 percent year-over-year, reaching 476,750 TEUs, ...
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Father accused of assaulting 5-week-old girl
Seattle Children's Hospital where she's being fed through tubes and is on anti-seizure medication. She suffered a skull fracture, bleeding and swelling in her brain as well as two broken ribs, according to a police report. An Everett detective wrote that the baby girl will be a long-term rehabilitation patient. "The prognosis at this time is that she will likely have brain ...
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Affiliation between PeaceHealth UW Medicine raises questions
A "strategic affiliation" between PeaceHealth, which operates Bellingham's only hospital, and UW Medicine announced Monday, May 20, has raised some concerns about secular hospitals doing business with religious health-care systems.Details of the affiliation are to be spelled out by the end of September.PeaceHealth, a not-for-profit system based in Clark County and founded by the ...
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Violence prompts Seattle to add 2 new park rangers
SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced Thursday the city is hiring two new park rangers to patrol Cal Anderson Park and Occidental ...
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Violent video games robots and Seattle campus Bezos addresses Amazon shareholders
Jeff Bezos, chairman and chief executive officer of Amazon, took questions from shareholders during the company's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle on Thursday. It was a quiet morning in Seattle Center as Amazon held its 16th annual shareholders meeting at the Seattle Repertory Theater on Thursday. Unlike last year, there were no protests, no outbursts during the meeting, and only about ...
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31 still underwater on home loans in Seattle region says Zillow
Fewer homeowners are underwater in their mortgages than at the end of last year in the greater Seattle area, according to real estate site Zillow.com. But the Seattle-based site says little or no homeowner equity continues to be a drag on the economy. A little more than 31 percent of homeowners in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties were underwater on their home loans in the first quarter of ...
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City hiring park rangers to stem violence in Cal Anderson Park
string of high-profile violent crimes in recent weeks. According to a press release from the Mayor's Office, the park rangers will be on hand to remind park users of the rules, moderate disputes, keep an eye on the park, and work with the Seattle Police Department to address any issues. "We heard from the community that this was an issue, that people weren’t feeling safe or ...
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No pay raise for Gov. Inslee state legislators this year
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Gov. Jay Inslee and most statewide elected officials and lawmakers won't get a pay raise this year, but judges will see a salary hike under the salary schedule adopted by the Washington Citizen's Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials.Inslee's salary remains at $166,891 a year, the same amount that the governor's pay has been since September ...
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Tulalip woman pleads not guilty in daughters death
SEATTLE -- A Tulalip mother on Thursday made her first court appearance since being indicted for second-degree murder in the neglect death of her young ...
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Seattle fixing Mercer Mess
Seattle’s Department of Transport has plans to improve the Mercer Corridor or Mercer Mess as it is known to many residents of the city, Seattle news media have been reporting on the plans for some time, but a groundbreaking ceremony now marks the beginning of the major project.
The Mercer Corridor was built over forty years ago when the city’s transportation needs and traffic volumes were entirely different to present day. Mercer Street is a primary artery for the city of Seattle and over 80,000 people drive along it every day, but because of increased traffic and inefficient infrastructure, major bottlenecks occur at peak rush hour and limit access to the South Lake Union area, the Seattle Waterfront, the port, major highways and the Seattle Center. Read more
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