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• To avoid prison, Oregon man had his son shoot him in the legs

  11-05-2016 21:44
  
  A man shot the day before he was to report to prison has admitted that he directed his son to shoot him in the legs so he could delay prison and collect insurance money.
  
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• I-90 speed limit won’t increase to 75 mph in Eastern Washington

  11-05-2016 20:27
  
  The Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Patrol and Washington Traffic Safety Commission say they will not raise the speed limit from 70 to 75 mph because of safety concerns.
  
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• Brain scans find protein a marker of Alzheimer’s decline

  11-05-2016 20:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are peeking inside living brains to watch for the first time as a toxic duo of plaques and tangles interact to drive Alzheimer’s disease — and those tangles may predict early symptoms, a finding with implications for better treatments. It’s not clear exactly what causes Alzheimer’s. Its best-known hallmark is the […]
  
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• Federal Way police focusing ‘all our resources’ on 3 deadly shootings this week

  11-05-2016 20:22
  
  Federal Way police are “prioritizing all of our resources” to solve shootings that have left three men dead since Monday, the police chief says.
  
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• Passenger’s quest for beer forced flight to divert, feds say

  11-05-2016 19:29
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A passenger who authorities say forced an Alaska Airlines flight to be diverted after he didn’t get a beer has pleaded not guilty in Portland, Oregon, to a charge of interfering with a flight crew. A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday says 32-year-old Luke Watts of Portland threatened to become violent if […]
  
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• Passenger’s quest for beer, flight attendants’ hugs forced Alaska flight to Seattle to divert, feds say

  11-05-2016 19:29
  
  PORTLAND — A passenger who authorities say forced an Alaska Airlines flight to be diverted after he didn’t get a beer has pleaded not guilty in Portland to a charge of interfering with a flight crew. A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday says 32-year-old Luke Watts of Portland threatened to become violent if flight attendants didn’t […]
  
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• Passenger’s quest for beer, flight attendants’ hugs forced Alaska flight to divert, feds say

  11-05-2016 19:29
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A passenger who authorities say forced an Alaska Airlines flight to be diverted after he didn’t get a beer has pleaded not guilty in Portland, Oregon, to a charge of interfering with a flight crew. A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday says 32-year-old Luke Watts of Portland threatened to become violent if […]
  
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• Did you lose power Wednesday morning? Blame a raccoon

  11-05-2016 18:06
  
  A raccoon in a substation caused nearly 40,000 Seattle City Light customers to lose power.
  
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• Canadian professor: Olympics should be postponed due to Zika

  11-05-2016 16:47
  
  LONDON (AP) — With the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro less than three months away, a Canadian professor has called for the Olympics to be postponed or moved because of the Zika outbreak, warning the influx of visitors to Brazil will result in the avoidable birth of malformed babies. “But for the games, would […]
  
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• Man dies after Federal Way shooting; 3rd fatal shooting there this week

  11-05-2016 16:12
  
  Federal Way police are investigating the city's third fatal shooting this week.
  
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• SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth with precious science load

  11-05-2016 15:33
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX capsule returned to Earth on Wednesday with precious science samples from NASA’s one-year space station resident. Less than six hours after leaving the International Space Station, the Dragon cargo carrier plopped into the Pacific, a few hundred miles off the Southern California coast. SpaceX reported a good splashdown, […]
  
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• SpaceX Dragon departs space station, heads home with cargo

  11-05-2016 15:33
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX capsule is headed back to Earth with precious science samples from NASA’s one-year spaceman. The Dragon left the International Space Station on Wednesday morning, bound for an afternoon splashdown in the Pacific. The station’s big robot arm set the Dragon free over Australia. The capsule had been at […]
  
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• Deeper learning: More crucial than ever, and yet too rare

  11-05-2016 15:02
  
  Advocates of “deeper learning” say deeper learning has become even more important in a changing economy that demands critical thinking. But only about a fifth of high school classrooms are learning deeply, according to one national study.
  
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• ‘I was one of the lucky ones’: The struggle to get guns out of domestic abusers’ hands

  11-05-2016 14:30
  
  Authorities in Washington are reviewing the way cases of domestic-violence offenders with protective orders against them are handled, to ensure that the offenders surrender their weapons.
  
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• Study says Seattle could do more to help tech startups

  11-05-2016 09:01
  
  Seattle ranks No. 11 of 25 U.S. cities on how prepared they are for the ”technological revolution” sweeping across every industry, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce study says.
  
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• Seattle ranks only No. 11 among U.S. cities on readiness for ‘tech revolution’

  11-05-2016 09:01
  
  Seattle ranks No. 11 of 25 U.S. cities on how prepared they are for the ”technological revolution” sweeping across every industry, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce study says.
  
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• Shallow quake hits Tibet, causing landslides, 60 hurt

  11-05-2016 08:36
  
  BEIJING (AP) — A shallow magnitude-5.5 earthquake struck the mountainous region of Tibet on Wednesday, injuring 60 people, collapsing houses and damaging bridges and roads, authorities said. The quake struck at 9:15 a.m. (0115 GMT), 70 kilometers (44 miles) northwest of Gyamotang village at a depth of just 10 kilometers (6 miles), according to the […]
  
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• Shallow quake hits Tibet, at least 6 hurt by falling debris

  11-05-2016 08:36
  
  BEIJING (AP) — A shallow magnitude-5.5 earthquake struck the mountainous region of Tibet on Wednesday, blocking roads and leaving at least six people injured by falling debris, state media reported. The quake struck at 9:15 a.m. (0115 GMT), 70 kilometers (44 miles) northwest of Gyamotang village at a depth of just 10 kilometers (6 miles), […]
  
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• Uber deals put spotlight on Seattle showdown

  11-05-2016 04:58
  
  Even more is riding on Seattle’s new ordinance allowing Uber drivers to unionize now that California drivers have settled their class-action lawsuit against the company.
  
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• More than 800 sign petition against North Thurston name change

  11-05-2016 04:54
  
  The proposed change to Lacey Public Schools has raised the ire of some. A meeting will be held Thursday to discuss the name change.
  
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• Federal Way investigating series of fatal shootings over 24 hours

  11-05-2016 04:44
  
  The King County Medical Examiner has yet to identify the three victims of the shootings, two of which police are investigating as homicides.
  
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• He stood up to Trump. So why is everyone hating on Chris Vance?

  11-05-2016 04:34
  
  When he became one of the first Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in the nation to formally denounce Donald Trump, Vance wasn’t expecting praise. But, man, he also didn’t expect the backlash.
  
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• Warming, drought fueling fires that threaten vast boreal forest

  11-05-2016 04:07
  
  The near-destruction of a Canadian city last week by a fire that sent almost 90,000 people fleeing for their lives is grim proof that the threat to these vast stands of spruce and other resinous trees, collectively known as the boreal forest, is real.
  
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• Tour of ferries under construction

  11-05-2016 03:49
  
  Tour gets a look at the Chimacum and Suquamish ferries.
  
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• Sexual assault reported in University District alley

  11-05-2016 02:51
  
  A man reportedly walking a dog approached a woman Friday evening, and the two walked together before he sexually assaulted her and then fled, police said.
  
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• WWU approves contract for new president

  11-05-2016 02:23
  
  Incoming Western Washington University President Sabah Randhawa will earn $365,000 a year.
  
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• Inmate assaults two officers at Monroe prison; authorities investigating

  11-05-2016 02:14
  
  The 32-year-old inmate reportedly punched one of the officers in the head, and then struck the second officer when he tried to intervene.
  
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• Former Seattle cop investigated for conduct as Uber driver

  11-05-2016 01:49
  
  Court documents say the former officer was working as an Uber driver in December when he drove a woman around Seattle for an hour although she said she needed to go home.
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in Snohomish County crash

  11-05-2016 01:38
  
  The cause of the crash outside Maltby remains under investigation.
  
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• Could Clinton be the first ‘E.T. candidate’?

  11-05-2016 01:19
  
  Hillary Clinton has vowed that barring any threats to national security, she would open up government files on the subject, elating UFO enthusiasts, who have declared Clinton the first “E.T. candidate.”
  
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• Clinton, the first ‘E.T. candidate,’ has UFO enthusiasts enthralled

  11-05-2016 01:19
  
  Hillary Clinton has vowed that barring any threats to national security, she would open up government files on the subject, elating UFO enthusiasts, who have declared Clinton the first “E.T. candidate.”
  
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• Young People Sue Their Elders Over Climate Change

  11-05-2016 00:25
  A suit against the federal government is a reminder that when today’s leaders fail to act on climate change, they harm future generations.
  
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• Boys, 14 and 15, arrested in fatal Des Moines shooting

  11-05-2016 00:16
  
  Des Moines police have arrested two juveniles in connection with the May 6 shooting death of a Kent man in an apartment complex parking lot.
  
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• Jimmy Manolides, a Seattle musician and art curator, dies at 76

  11-05-2016 00:06
  
  Jimmy Manolides, 76, an early Seattle art curator, rock ’n’ roll bass player for The Frantics and Junior Cadillac, and gregarious bohemian bartender, has died.
  
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