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• Costumes come back to haunt you: Share your Halloween costumes from the past

  27-10-2015 23:57
  
  We dug up these Halloween costumes from our archives. Now share favorite costume from the past.
  
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• Coming back to haunt you: Share your Halloween costumes from the past

  27-10-2015 23:57
  
  We dug up these Halloween costumes from our archives. You can share your favorite costume from the past on Instagram at ‪#‎STthrowback‬.
  
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• Bothell detective acquitted of sexual-misconduct charges

  27-10-2015 23:47
  
  A Bothell police detective was found not guilty Tuesday of three counts of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor in connection with allegations made by a former Bothell High School student.
  
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• Court orders detention, treatment for TB patient

  27-10-2015 23:21
  
  King County health officials sought a court order to detain a potentially contagious person who resisted treatment for tuberculosis.
  
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• Halloween costume ideas from a pro: Cheap, easy and creative

  27-10-2015 22:46
  
  Seattle costume designer K.D. Schill shows how cheap and easy it can be to create a fun character for Halloween.
  
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• Creepy Halloween doll was no treat for HOV lane violator

  27-10-2015 22:44
  
  A state trooper cited a man who tried to use a creepy Halloween doll to gain access to the HOV lane of Interstate 5 in Tacoma.
  
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• Lanes on westbound I-90 reopened after frozen-food truck topples, spills food

  27-10-2015 21:58
  
  A truck carrying 45,000 pounds of frozen food overturned on Interstate 90 near Rainier Avenue.
  
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• Bremerton coach’s prayers catch attention of Congress

  27-10-2015 21:57
  
  Nearly 50 members of Congress have signed a letter supporting a Bremerton assistant football coach who leads voluntary prayer sessions after games.
  
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• Big effort to better understand bats takes wing in 31 states

  27-10-2015 21:43
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An effort spanning 31 states and 10 Canadian provinces has been working to better understand the ecological role that bats play, and the threats they face from climate change, habitat loss and wind energy development. The North American Bat Monitoring Program involves acoustic surveys to detect the high-pitched frequencies emitted by […]
  
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• Oracle to build high school on its Silicon Valley campus

  27-10-2015 18:30
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oracle founder Larry Ellison already owns an island in Hawaii. Now, his company is building a high school next to its Silicon Valley headquarters to help fulfill Ellison’s desire to teach students more about technology and problem-solving. The plan unveiled Tuesday at an Oracle customer conference calls for the business software […]
  
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• Lions, pride of Africa, vanishing in West Africa

  27-10-2015 18:00
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Lions, that symbol of Africa’s wild beauty, power and freedom, no longer roam in Mali. Or in Ivory Coast or Ghana or war-shattered eastern Congo. Or most of the rest of West Africa. Three years of searching and no sight of a lion for Philipp Henschel, lion survey coordinator for the […]
  
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• Family sues after girl, 4, was sickened in food-truck outbreak

  27-10-2015 17:24
  
  The family of a 4-year-old Issaquah girl hospitalized with E. coli food poisoning last summer in an outbreak tied to a local food truck is suing the business, court records show.
  
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• 2 hurt when leaping from burning home in Lakewood

  27-10-2015 16:45
  
  Fire officials say all other residents got out safely, and the fire is under investigation.
  
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• Garbage-truck heist on Capitol Hill leaves destruction, diesel spill

  27-10-2015 15:31
  
  A man stole a garbage truck Tuesday morning, then drove it around the neighborhood, hitting parked cars, Pronto bikes and eventually another garbage truck before being arrested.
  
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• Homicide spike draws alarm from Obama administration

  27-10-2015 15:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — This year has brought an unusually grim and steady drumbeat of violence throughout the country. A 5-year-old girl killed this month in Cleveland in a drive-by shooting. Seven people slain in Chicago over the July 4th weekend. A young female journalist in Washington, D.C., fatally struck by an errant bullet in May […]
  
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• Psychologist: Oklahoman charged in beheading wants execution

  27-10-2015 15:16
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A clinical psychologist testified Tuesday that an Oklahoma man charged with beheading a co-worker at a food-processing plant is mentally incompetent to face a murder trial because he wants the death penalty and won’t help attorneys prepare his defense. Dr. Anita Russell of Tulsa testified that Alton Nolen, accused in the […]
  
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• Police chiefs: Universal background checks for gun purchases

  27-10-2015 15:16
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s police chiefs are calling for universal background checks for anyone trying to purchase a firearm. At a gathering in Chicago of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the top cops agreed the checks will help keep guns from people who shouldn’t carry them. The call that such checks for […]
  
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• Jury finds man guilty in fatal Las Vegas Strip fireball case

  27-10-2015 15:14
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A self-styled pimp who flashed $100 bills at a casino valet minutes before a fatal vehicle chase was found guilty of killing three people by shooting into a moving car and triggering a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip. Ammar Asim Faruq Harris sat still and gave no reaction as […]
  
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• To mammogram or not to mammogram? Experts can’t agree

  27-10-2015 15:00
  
  New guidelines add to women’s confusion.
  
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• Everett Public Schools hopes to be first in state to offer new AP curriculum districtwide

  27-10-2015 14:05
  
  Some high schools in Auburn, Bellevue, Federal Way also offer the new AP "Capstone" program, which gives students a chance to dig deep into a topic of contemporary concern -- and hone their research and collaborative skills.
  
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• Coast Guard searching for man whose empty boat was found near Bainbridge Island

  27-10-2015 06:39
  The man was not wearing a life jacket before he went missing Monday, according to the Seattle Coast Guard.
  
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• Bail set for driver suspected of DUI in fatal crash

  27-10-2015 04:40
  
  Investigators say he was under the influence of a depressant.
  
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• Seattle initiative puts spotlight on campaign financing

  27-10-2015 04:26
  
  Seattle Initiative 122 would use public funds to supply every voter in the city with “democracy vouchers” to spend on candidate campaigns.
  
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• State schools boss supports Bremerton School District in review of coach’s prayers

  27-10-2015 03:46
  
  He said in a statement prayers can put students in awkward positions, and ceremonies of such could open the district up to a lawsuit.
  
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• A wet walk around Green Lake

  27-10-2015 03:46
  
  Walkers around Green Lake were pushed to the edge of the trail by standing water from recent rains in the Seattle area.
  
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• Seattle reaches $55K settlement with woman who says she was hurt during arrest

  27-10-2015 03:31
  
  City settles lawsuit filed by woman who was arrested after stopping to talk to a group of men who had been detained by officers; the men were released, and she went to jail
  
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• I-122: Big money helping wage anti-big-money campaign

  27-10-2015 03:15
  
  The campaign for a Seattle ballot measure meant to fight big money in politics is partly bankrolled by some big-money donors.
  
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• Tacoma voters to weigh rival minimum-wage initiatives

  27-10-2015 02:23
  
  Voters in Tacoma will decide on two minimum-wage measures, one of which could immediately bump pay in the city to at least $15 an hour, which would be one of the highest minimum wages in the country.
  
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• Dementia-patient care more costly than for other diseases

  27-10-2015 01:56
  
  On average, the out-of-pocket cost for a patient with dementia was $61,522 — more than 80 percent higher than the cost for someone with heart disease or cancer.
  
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• Body-cam maker switches to Microsoft data storage

  27-10-2015 01:41
  
  Amazon Web Services has a significant lead when it comes to cloud storage and processing power, but Microsoft has emerged as a credible challenger.
  
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• High Point slaying suspect held; bail set at $1 million

  27-10-2015 01:21
  
  A 24-year-old South Seattle man was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail for allegedly shooting one man to death and wounding another in the High Point neighborhood of West Seattle early Saturday.
  
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• Ex-federal law enforcement officer drops gun in Bellingham classroom

  27-10-2015 01:03
  
  A former law enforcement officer dropped his gun in a classroom at a Bellingham community college that prohibits weapons on campus.
  
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• Lawmakers ask state Supreme court to reconsider charter school ruling

  27-10-2015 01:01
  
  A bipartisan group of lawmakers has filed a court brief urging the state Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that in September struck down the state’s charter schools.
  
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• Watch: Orca flips seal sky high out of water off Victoria coast

  27-10-2015 00:58
  
  In a stunning show of force, an orca used its powerful flipper to launch a seal sky high, according to a video posted to YouTube by a Victoria, B.C.-based production company. The seal sails through the air before slamming back into the water below — its fate unknown. Roll.Focus.Productions shot the footage near Victoria. Orcas […]
  
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• Ferry riders on Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route can expect delays Monday

  27-10-2015 00:32
  
  A smaller ferry is filling in as maintenance workers tackle a reoccurring engine issue with the Issaquah ferry.
  
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• Story Time from Space: Astronauts getting new picture books

  27-10-2015 00:31
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Once upon a time, when NASA’s shuttles were still flying, an astronaut read a children’s story from space. Thus was born Story Time from Space, a program that takes bedtime stories to new heights in its effort to get children excited about science. The latest bundle of picture books, mostly […]
  
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