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• Lake Wash. levy request: less crowded schools, same tax rate

  15-04-2016 23:07
  
  After three failed attempts, Lake Washington School District has placed a new construction measure on the ballot, asking voters to spend $398 million to build a new Juanita High School and several other schools.
  
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• Alaskan Way Viaduct to close for 2 weeks, starting April 29

  15-04-2016 23:06
  
  The Alaskan Way Viaduct will shut down for two weeks while tunnel-boring machine Bertha digs beneath it.
  
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• Some marine areas still open for salmon, lingcod/halibut fisheries also open in May

  15-04-2016 22:39
  
  Rumors have been spreading like wildfire after state Fish and Wildlife and the tribes couldn’t come to an agreement on a salmon fishing package about what you can or can’t still fish for in marine waters. Currently, Puget Sound marine and fresh water areas that are open to salmon fishing until April 30 – including […]
  
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• Storms raised some pollutants from mine spill, not others

  15-04-2016 21:28
  
  DENVER (AP) — Researchers who studied a river in Colorado after a massive mine spill say runoff from fall storms kicked up the levels of some contaminants in the water but not others. A report released Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency may offer clues about what will happen this year when melting mountain snow […]
  
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• Storms raised some pollutants after mine spill, not others

  15-04-2016 21:28
  
  DENVER (AP) — Runoff from autumn storms kicked up the levels of some contaminants in a southwestern Colorado river after a massive spill of toxic mine waste, but concentrations of other pollutants declined or didn’t change, researchers said Friday. A report released by the Environmental Protection Agency could offer clues about what will happen to […]
  
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• Jean Enerson, Jeff Renner among KING 5 staffers taking retirement offers

  15-04-2016 21:24
  
  Four veteran KING 5 employees, including Jean Enerson, to retire April 22.
  
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• Jean Enersen, Jeff Renner among KING 5 staffers taking retirement offers

  15-04-2016 21:24
  
  Four veteran KING 5 employees, including Jean Enersen, to retire April 22.
  
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• In King County, your address may tell you how long you’ll live

  15-04-2016 21:10
  
  In affluent West Bellevue, residents enjoy King County’s highest life expectancy — nearly a decade longer than those living in economically-challenged South Auburn.
  
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• Detectives to inspect vehicles belonging to missing Arlington couple

  15-04-2016 20:50
  
  Snohomish County detectives plan to inspect a missing Arlington couple’s two vehicles that were spotted Thursday down a remote embankment near Oso.
  
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• More four-legged, human help to ease Sea-Tac Airport woes

  15-04-2016 20:49
  
  Officials hope adding TSA agents — humans and dogs — will shorten long security lines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
  
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• As Sea-Tac Airport lines grow longer, four-legged and human help on the way

  15-04-2016 20:49
  
  Officials hope adding TSA agents — humans and dogs — will shorten long security lines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
  
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• Body parts found near site where slain nurse’s remains dumped

  15-04-2016 19:51
  
  Human remains have been found near the site where body parts from a slain Renton nurse were discovered last Saturday in Seattle’s Central District, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
  
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• Body parts found near site where Renton nurse Ingrid Lyne’s remains dumped

  15-04-2016 19:51
  
  Human remains have been found near the site where body parts from a slain Renton nurse were discovered last Saturday in Seattle’s Central District, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
  
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• 80 degrees on Monday? This is a job for Seattle Times’ retired poet

  15-04-2016 19:30
  
  Expect nice, clear skies and warm temperatures through the weekend. On Monday, highs could reach the low 80s, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Seattle man wrongly convicted in 1957 murder to be freed

  15-04-2016 18:27
  
  A 76-year-old Seattle man who a prosecutor says was wrongly convicted in the abduction and killing of a 7-year-old Illinois schoolgirl in 1957 will be released from prison, a judge ordered Friday.
  
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• Man wrongly convicted in 1957 Illinois murder to be released

  15-04-2016 18:27
  
  A 76-year-old man from Washington state who a prosecutor says was wrongly convicted in the abduction and killing of a 7-year-old Illinois schoolgirl in 1957 will be released from prison, a judge ordered Friday.
  
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• How your Metro driver wants you to behave on the bus

  15-04-2016 17:35
  
  In response to an article on bus etiquette, a King County Metro driver offers another perspective.
  
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• How to behave on the King County Metro bus, according to your driver

  15-04-2016 17:35
  
  In response to an article on bus etiquette, a King County Metro driver offers another perspective.
  
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• Allow BYOB gardens for public drinking, panel tells Seattle

  15-04-2016 15:31
  
  Seattle’s Community Police Commission is recommending that the city allow public drinking in some designated areas in order to reduce unequal enforcement.
  
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• No diploma? No job? A team of educators, outreach workers and one former NFL player want to help

  15-04-2016 15:01
  
  More than 25,000 young adults in King County are neither employed nor in school. Most do not have a high school diploma. But there are some bright spots on the horizon.
  
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• Seattle’s dive bars are becoming an endangered species

  15-04-2016 15:00
  
  Dive bars are sort of an indicator species. In Seattle many quirky neighborhood joints have closed, including 30 of the 100 featured in the 2009 book “Seattle’s Best Dive Bars.”
  
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• Woman fights Russian law on organ removal without consent

  15-04-2016 13:18
  
  When Elena Sablina’s daughter Alina was killed in a car crash in Moscow two years ago, she was devastated. One month later, Sablina accidentally discovered from a forensic report that six of her 19-year-old daughter’s organs, including her heart and kidneys, had been removed for transplant. “I was shocked that organs were taken from my […]
  
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• Tiger countries agree to preserve big-cat habitats

  15-04-2016 12:40
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Countries with wild tiger populations have agreed to do more to protect tiger habitats that are shrinking drastically because of deforestation and urban sprawl, conservationists said Friday. Representatives from the 13 Asian countries with tigers, meeting this week in New Delhi, issued a resolution acknowledging that the forests in which tigers […]
  
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• School band director arrested, found hiding in teen’s closet

  15-04-2016 11:20
  
  GONZALES, La. (AP) — A high school band director in Louisiana has been arrested after authorities say he was found hiding in a 16-year-old girl’s closet. News outlets report officials say 30-year-old Jeremy Conner was charged Wednesday with indecent behavior with a juvenile. Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Col. Bobby Webre said in a statement Thursday […]
  
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• Indian capital starts restricting cars to clear air

  15-04-2016 10:02
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — The New Delhi government has begun a second round of a two-week car restriction to reduce air pollution that has made the Indian capital the world’s most polluted city. The city’s top elected official Arvind Kejriwal says private cars will be allowed on the streets on alternate days from Friday until […]
  
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• Poor policies blamed as India reels from drought, hardship

  15-04-2016 08:53
  
  SHAHAPUR, India (AP) — Shantabai Babulkar’s day begins before dawn with a 5-kilometer (3-mile) trek across barren fields and dusty scrubland to fetch water from a distant well. She balances two metal pots of muddy water atop her head, and carries a third in the crook of her arm — the only water she and […]
  
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• Panel recommends parole for ex-Manson follower Van Houten

  15-04-2016 08:22
  
  CHINO, Calif. (AP) — Leslie Van Houten stood before the California panel that would soon recommend her parole as a slight woman with shoulder-length gray hair, a wrinkled face and glasses, a far cry to from the rebellious teen she was when she joined the cult of Charles Manson more than 40 years ago and […]
  
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• Anne Jackson, half of famed acting couple, dies

  15-04-2016 07:56
  
  The Tony-nominated actress performed in more than two dozen Broadway shows.
  
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• Land mines of the sea: Cleaning up lost fishing gear

  15-04-2016 07:15
  
  WARETOWN, N.J. (AP) — They are the land mines of the sea, killing long after being forgotten. Abandoned or lost fishing gear, including traps, crab pots and nets, litter the ocean floor in coastal areas around the world. Many continue to attract, entrap and kill fish and other marine life in what’s called “ghost fishing.” […]
  
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• Giorgio Boutique owner Fred Hayman, ‘Mr. Rodeo Drive,’ dies at 90

  15-04-2016 07:03
  
  Fred Hayman helped transform Rodeo Drive into a luxury shopping destination.
  
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• Arrest made in Everett homicide

  15-04-2016 06:26
  
  Investigators believe the suspect and victim were fighting over stolen money, police said.
  
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• Missing Arlington couple’s vehicles found down embankment

  15-04-2016 05:15
  
  Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies say it appears both vehicles went over an embankment in the Oso area.
  
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• Deputies find vehicles of missing Arlington couple

  15-04-2016 05:15
  
  Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies found both vehicles Thursday near each other in some remote woods in the Oso area.
  
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• Police bust suspected identity-theft ring in Seattle home

  15-04-2016 04:52
  
  Police uncovered seemingly stolen credit cards and documents, as well as a ballistic-protection vest and other equipment, Bellevue police said.
  
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• U.S. health officials split over pregnancy advice in Zika zones

  15-04-2016 04:41
  
  Women’s-health specialists maintain that the government should not tell women what to do with their bodies.
  
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• Yacht’s winning colors

  15-04-2016 04:26
  
  The Northern Irish entry, Derry~Londonderry~Doire, celebrating its third successive Clipper Race win, arrived in Seattle Thursday after crossing the finish line 120 miles off the Washington coast.
  
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• Bellevue deputy chief demoted to captain over performance issues

  15-04-2016 04:21
  
  Bellevue Deputy Chief Jim Jolliffe will be demoted to captain under discipline recommended by Chief Steve Mylett. Jolliffe can appeal.
  
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• Obama announces nominees for 3 Washington judicial vacancies

  15-04-2016 04:03
  
  Obama nominated Judge Beth M. Andrus, prosecutor J. Michael Diaz and attorney Kathleen M. O’Sullivan to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
  
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• As India reels from drought, gov’t slammed for poor policies

  15-04-2016 03:55
  
  SHAHAPUR, India (AP) — Shantabai Babulkar’s day begins before dawn with a 5 kilometer (3 mile) trek across barren fields and dusty scrubland to fetch water from a distant well for her family. The two metal pots of muddy water that Babulkar, 58, balances on her head and a third that she carries in the […]
  
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• Seattle Colleges names new chancellor

  15-04-2016 03:44
  
  Shouan Pan, president of Mesa Community College in Arizona, will succeed the system’s current chancellor, who is retiring in June.
  
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• African-American commission misspent money for years, state audit finds

  15-04-2016 03:44
  
  Washington’s Commission on African American Affairs diverted public money for about six years to a nonprofit organization that spent much of it in ways considered inappropriate, according to a state audit.
  
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• Certain thyroid tumor no longer considered cancer

  15-04-2016 03:21
  
  The change may offer grist to those who have been arguing for the reclassification of some other forms of cancer, including certain lesions in the breast and prostate.
  
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• Mayor wants help for small businesses facing soaring rents

  15-04-2016 03:18
  
  Seattle’s economic boom is sending retail lease rates soaring. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray formed a 15-member task force to study policies that could keep commercial space affordable for small businesses. Not off the table: commercial rent control.
  
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• Mom-fueled ride services ready to haul your kids around

  15-04-2016 03:13
  
  While ride-hailing services have been popular in the startup economy, new entrepreneurs are going after a specific niche: providing rides for children.
  
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• Career Day event designed to open new worlds to local girls

  15-04-2016 03:04
  
  Hundreds of girls and community members are expected at Saturday’s Young Women Empowered (Y-WE) Career Day at UW Bothell.
  
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• Mulally takes role at Seattle U’s business school

  15-04-2016 02:55
  
  Alan Mulally, known for his leadership at both Boeing and Ford, will work with Albers School of Business students, faculty and alumni as a senior fellow, the university said.
  
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• Very conservative ocean summer salmon fishing seasons set to begin July 1

  15-04-2016 02:40
  
  Ocean salmon fishing seasons were finalized at the Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Vancouver Thursday that put a heavy emphasis on protecting forecasted poor coho returns. “As the result of the breakdown in negotiations in Puget Sound fishing seasons, thankfully Washington salmon anglers will have a good opportunity for quality chinook fishing from Ilwaco to […]
  
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• Very conservative ocean summer salmon fishing seasons set beginning July 1

  15-04-2016 02:40
  
  Ocean salmon fishing seasons were finalized at the Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Vancouver Thursday that put a heavy emphasis on protecting forecasted poor coho returns. “As the result of the breakdown in negotiations in Puget Sound fishing seasons, thankfully Washington salmon anglers will have a good opportunity for quality chinook fishing from Ilwaco to […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Endangered seals start journey home after rehab

  15-04-2016 01:57
  
  ABOARD US COAST GUARD HC-130 HERCULES (AP) — Seven endangered Hawaiian monk seals that were found abandoned or malnourished late last year began their trip back to their remote island homes Thursday after being rescued and rehabilitated. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found most of the seal pups on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, the […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Endangered seals being flown home after rehab

  15-04-2016 01:57
  
  ABOARD US COAST GUARD HC-130 HERCULES (AP) — Seven endangered Hawaiian monk seals that were found abandoned or malnourished have begun their trip back to their remote island homes after being rescued and rehabilitated. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rescued the seal pups several months ago on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, the northernmost islands […]
  
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