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• Bothell Fire Department rescues bald eagle from tree

  18-02-2016 23:24
  
  This was no cat stuck up in a tree. For more than 24 hours, a full-grown bald eagle was stuck in a Bothell tree before a Bothell Fire Department ladder truck could deliver help.
  
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• Students, teachers and parents ‘walk-in’ to support Seattle schools

  18-02-2016 21:59
  
  More than 70 Seattle schools held “walk-ins” Thursday to show support for public education.
  
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• Police respond to reports of gunshots in Delridge

  18-02-2016 21:28
  
  Police are responding to reports of shots fired in Seattle’s Delridge neighborhood.
  
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• Body of missing Sammamish man found in Beaver Lake

  18-02-2016 21:14
  
  Man missing from parents’ Sammamish home found dead.
  
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• 3rd state official resigns in wake of prison early-release error

  18-02-2016 21:04
  
  Denise Doty, a former state corrections official said to be the highest-ranking administrator to have known about the mistaken early release of prisoners has stepped down from her job in another state agency.
  
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• El Nino weakens a tad, but we won’t feel that for months

  18-02-2016 20:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Meteorologists see signs that the super El Nino is weakening ever so slightly, but they caution months will pass before people in the Americas will feel it. The World Meteorological Organization said Thursday that El Nino, a warming of the Pacific that changes weather worldwide, has passed its peak based on specific […]
  
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• Scientists revise study on Eurasian migration to Africa

  18-02-2016 20:15
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say they are revising their claim that Eurasian farmers who migrated to Africa some 3,000 years ago have left their genetic mark in the furthest corners of the continent. Cambridge University researchers say an error in the way specialized software was used wrongly suggested that the ancient migrants’ DNA spread as […]
  
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• Correction: Ancient Migration-DNA story

  18-02-2016 20:15
  
  BERLIN (AP) — In a story Oct. 8 about ancient migration to Africa, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Eurasian migrants’ DNA spread to all parts of African continent, citing researchers who had published a scientific paper on the subject. The researchers have acknowledged making a mistake in their computational analysis and published a revised […]
  
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• Inslee wants new agency to focus on children, families

  18-02-2016 20:03
  
  Gov. Jay Inslee wants to create a new state agency that focuses directly on children services.
  
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• Ski report: More snowfall in days ahead will add a layer over rain-drenched hillsides

  18-02-2016 19:18
  
  Snow and frosty weather is returning to the mountain forecast as the “Pineapple Express” that plagued skiing and snowboarding conditions is coming to an end. A winter weather advisory was issued for the southern portion of the Cascades Thursday through Friday with 6 to 8 inches of snow expected above 3,500 feet. Many higher elevation […]
  
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• Homeless woman struck, killed in Tacoma

  18-02-2016 19:03
  
  Ambrosia Martinez, 39, was struck and killed by a driver who may have been distracted, police say
  
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• Woman critical after being struck by light-rail train

  18-02-2016 18:26
  
  A woman suffered critical injuries when she was struck by a light-rail train in the Sodo neighborhood.
  
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• Washington GOP to caucus Saturday, but it won’t count for presidential race

  18-02-2016 18:13
  
  Washington Republicans will gather for precinct caucuses Saturday, but they won’t count in the GOP presidential race.
  
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• Oregon-bred silky terrier takes best in breed at Westminster

  18-02-2016 17:24
  
  The first-place trophy was awarded to the Monmouth, Ore., terrier named Allie at the Westminster Kennel Club’s annual dog show.
  
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• Vandals break windows, set fires at middle school in White Center

  18-02-2016 15:17
  
  Vandals broke two windows, destroyed property and set two fires at Cascade Middle School in White Center.
  
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• UW, UPS, Gonzaga among top Peace Corps schools

  18-02-2016 15:02
  
  The University of Washington, University of Puget Sound and Gonzaga University sent more volunteers to the Peace Corps than any other schools of their size in 2015.
  
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• California considers condoms for porn actors

  18-02-2016 10:25
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Condoms could be coming to porn studios across California if the state agency in charge of enforcing workplace safety adopts proposed new regulations aimed at protecting actors who make adult films. The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health was scheduled to vote on the regulations following a hearing Thursday in […]
  
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• Woman describes rape she said preceded 10-year abduction

  18-02-2016 09:41
  
  FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A woman testified that a man told her not to yell when he first raped her when she was still a girl, an assault that came before a 10-year abduction during which she had to marry the man and have his child. The now-26-year-old woman took the stand Wednesday in an […]
  
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• Cliven Bundy, 4 others face federal indictment in Nevada

  18-02-2016 09:20
  
  A federal grand jury in Nevada indicted Cliven Bundy and four others on 16 charges related to an armed standoff near his ranch in 2014 over unpaid grazing fees.
  
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• Should high school punishments go on college applications?

  18-02-2016 07:15
  
  They are basic yes-no questions that ask whether a college applicant ever got into trouble in high school. Yet they’re anything but simple, say some who want run-ins at school or with the law taken out of the college admissions equation. Advocates, school districts and even some colleges share concerns about youthful mistakes haunting students […]
  
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• How our Elwha project came together

  18-02-2016 05:51
  
  Our recent interactive look at the revival of the Elwha River watershed took collaboration across many corners of the newsroom. Here's a small glimpse at how it came together.
  
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• Union Gospel Mission gets new mattresses to dream on

  18-02-2016 05:12
  
  Seattle's Union Gospel Mission in Pioneer Square received almost 300 donated, new, luxury mattresses for residents in their rehabilitation and recovery dorms.
  
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• ‘There’s no freedom’: Not all homeless living in vehicles welcome city’s ‘safe lots’

  18-02-2016 05:07
  
  Seattle is aiming for a humane response to homelessness and complaints about RVs with its new “safe lots.” But it is coming into conflict with those who have something others on the streets lack: a home, of sorts, and with it autonomy and a sense of ownership.
  
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• Renaming Highway 99 after black Civil War vet reflects changing values

  18-02-2016 04:47
  
  The symbolic battle over highway markers is part of a deeper struggle over American identity.
  
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• Lawsuit targets Medicaid policy that limits spendy hepatitis C drugs

  18-02-2016 04:43
  
  A new lawsuit seeks to force state Medicaid officials to revoke a policy limiting high-priced drugs to treat hepatitis C to only the sickest patients. After a similar suit last month, a private insurer changed its policy.
  
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• Lawsuit targets Medicaid policy that limits spendy hep C drugs

  18-02-2016 04:43
  
  A new lawsuit seeks to force state Medicaid officials to revoke a policy limiting high-priced drugs to treat hepatitis C to only the sickest patients. After a similar suit last month, a private insurer changed its policy.
  
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• SeaTac workers say they aren’t getting $15 an hour, sue 14 employers

  18-02-2016 04:29
  
  SeaTac workers at 14 companies have filed lawsuits seeking class-action status that allege their employers have been paying them less than the $15 per hour called for under the minimum-wage ordinance approved by the city’s voters in 2013.
  
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• Early behavioral therapy benefits ADHD kids, study finds

  18-02-2016 03:48
  
  Experts said results of the behavior-first approach, if replicated in larger studies, could change standard medical practice, which favors medication as first-line treatments.
  
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• Western State psychiatric staffers say they face retaliation

  18-02-2016 02:09
  
  According to hospital staff, two psychiatrists who criticized hospital management were told to work from home this week during a period when federal inspectors were expected to visit.
  
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• SPD: Man flashes woman, attacks as she calls 911

  18-02-2016 01:23
  
  Seattle police hope you recognize this flasher who attacked a woman last month on First Hill.
  
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• UW does poor job reporting results of its medical trials, study says

  18-02-2016 01:15
  
  Academic medical centers like the University of Washington and the Oregon Health & Science University conduct dozens of clinical trials each year, but they often fail to report the results of those studies, a new analysis finds.
  
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• Bill inspired by Spokane murder-suicide urges mental-health help

  18-02-2016 01:11
  
  A police officer responding to an attempted suicide could recommend a mental-health professional quickly offer help to the person.
  
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