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• State issues recall, pesticide rules for pot

  18-05-2016 23:19
  
  The state Liquor and Cannabis Board set allowable levels for unapproved pesticides on pot and approved new procedures for recalling products considered risky to consumers.
  
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• Suspect in Arlington slayings waives extradition, will head back to Snohomish County

  18-05-2016 22:36
  
  One of two fugitive brothers suspected in the disappearance and presumed deaths of an Arlington couple agreed to be extradited during a hearing Wednesday morning in San Diego.
  
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• Suspect in Arlington slayings waives extradition, heading back to Snohomish County

  18-05-2016 22:36
  
  One of two fugitive brothers suspected in the disappearance and presumed deaths of an Arlington couple agreed to be extradited during a hearing Wednesday morning in San Diego.
  
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• The volcano today: active, but in a normal way

  18-05-2016 22:08
  
  Thirty-six years after a deadly volcanic eruption at Mount St. Helens, the United States Geological Survey is still closely monitoring the volcano and others in the state. Activity this year has been considered normal.
  
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• Dry winter means more dust storm danger in Arizona, beyond

  18-05-2016 21:09
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — It’s that time of year in the Southwest – and as far as Alaska – when dust storms take shape, raising health and safety risks as plumes of dirt take to the sky. A dry winter means the Southwest is seeing a greater number of dust storms. Experts say the infamous […]
  
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• Oregon man hurt in crane jump at Maryland construction site

  18-05-2016 20:50
  
  An Oregon man was injured after he jumped from a construction-site crane and his parachute failed to fully deploy.
  
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• Timelapse: Watch Mount St. Helens explode from 11 miles away

  18-05-2016 20:39
  
  Photographers Keith Ronnholm and Gary Rosenquist were 11 miles away from Mount St. Helens when it began to erupt.
  
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• Database launched to gather, study DNA from Midwestern twins

  18-05-2016 20:36
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Researchers who study how genes and the environment influence people’s health are hoping that twins who live in the Midwest will contribute DNA to a new database that might provide insight about traits and diseases that are specific to the region. The database, known as a twin register, was launched […]
  
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• How The Seattle Times covered the Mount St. Helens eruption 36 years ago

  18-05-2016 20:33
  
  The eruption of Mount St. Helens killed 57 people and blanketed parts of the Pacific Northwest in ashen darkness.
  
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• New horned dinosaur species discovered in Montana by amateur

  18-05-2016 20:02
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A novice fossil collector’s lucky find in a remote Montana badlands more than a decade ago represents a new kind of spectacularly-horned dinosaur, researchers announced Wednesday. The bones unearthed near Winifred, Montana represent a previously-unknown species of dinosaur that lived 76 million years ago. It’s scientific name is Spiclypeus shipporum (spi-CLIP-ee-us […]
  
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• New Zealand man accused of trying to export U.S. plane parts to China

  18-05-2016 19:26
  
  A New Zealand man arrested in Seattle is accused of attempting to purchase aircraft parts in the U.S. to sell to a client in China.
  
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• 2 arrested after chase, gunshots fired in downtown Seattle

  18-05-2016 19:01
  
  Two men were arrested early Wednesday morning after shots were fired downtown and police pursued the suspects on I-5 and I-90.
  
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• Stuck on hot: Earth breaks 12th straight monthly heat record

  18-05-2016 17:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s heat is stuck on high. Thanks to a combination of global warming and an El Nino, the planet shattered monthly heat records for an unprecedented 12th straight month, as April smashed the old record by half a degree, according to federal scientists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s monthly climate calculation […]
  
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• Mars is within reach, says German tapped for space command

  18-05-2016 16:16
  
  COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Humans could set foot on Mars within decades if they wanted to, according to the German astronaut who has been tapped to become his country’s first commander of the International Space Station. Alexander Gerst said the space station offers a unique opportunity to test the technology needed to explore other planets, […]
  
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• ‘Save’ a baby bison? Visitors to our coast once ‘rescued’ a seal pup

  18-05-2016 15:15
  
  The recent incident at Yellowstone has tongues wagging about tourists’ naiveté. Park rangers and wilderness experts in the Northwest try to be sympathetic to people who are perhaps new to the outdoors. But still, they’re sometimes left shaking their heads.
  
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• ‘Down is finite, up is infinite,’ Puget Sound kids soar in rocketry

  18-05-2016 15:05
  
  Washington students have won some top honors at national space-race competitions this year.
  
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• California weighs next step for saving water in drought

  18-05-2016 08:18
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Strict rules adopted at the height of California’s drought leading many people to let their lawns turn brown may soon end as state regulators Wednesday consider letting local communities decide how to keep their own water use in check. That’s good news to Southern California landscaper Greg Gritters, who says local […]
  
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• Space shuttle external tank to be displayed in Los Angeles

  18-05-2016 08:10
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA is sending its last space shuttle external propellant tank to Los Angeles to join the retired orbiter Endeavour on display at the California Science Center. The plan is to mount the winged spaceship vertically on the massive tank as if ready for launch, complete with a real pair of solid […]
  
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• For the PNW, how costly is climate change? Experts weigh in

  18-05-2016 07:23
  
  In a discussion at the University of Washington, panelists examined ways in which the region can take steps to protect against the threats of climate change to various industries.
  
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• Oregon county says no to Nestle water-bottling plant

  18-05-2016 06:50
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in an Oregon county imposed a ban on commercial water bottling on Tuesday, killing a plan in which Nestle would have built a water-bottling plant in the job-scarce town of Cascade Locks in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. Those who supported Measure 14-55, which sought the ban on the production […]
  
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• Explorers plan June mission to Andrea Doria shipwreck

  18-05-2016 06:27
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Nearly six decades after 46 people died when the Andrea Doria sank to the sea floor following a violent collision with another ocean liner south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, explorers are preparing to do what 16 people have lost their lives attempting: get a good look at the wreckage. A Washington state-based ocean […]
  
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• Explorers from Everett plan June mission to Andrea Doria shipwreck

  18-05-2016 06:27
  
  An Everett-based ocean exploration company is planning the first manned submersible expedition to the wreck in 20 years
  
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• Too many ‘dead white dudes’? Seattle U students protest program’s curriculum

  18-05-2016 05:08
  
  A sit-in over the Matteo Ricci College stretched into its seventh day, with students demanding the dean’s resignation and Seattle University’s president promising action.
  
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• Ferry for sale: charmer with room for 199

  18-05-2016 04:55
  
  The M/V Hiyu, the smallest ferry in the Washington State fleet, is retired and going up for sale.
  
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• Airline wars wound Seattle pride parade marchers

  18-05-2016 04:54
  
  Can’t we all get along? Alaska Airlines employees won’t be marching in Seattle’s gay Pride Parade this summer because the parade cut an exclusive sponsorship deal with rival Delta.
  
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• Gig Harbor man is ‘person of interest’ in 1982 N.Y. ax slaying

  18-05-2016 03:35
  
  Police from Brighton, N.Y., spoke to the man last month and describe him as the only person of interest in the case.
  
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• In neighbor’s garage sale: foreclosed home’s belongings

  18-05-2016 03:24
  
  A Spokane Valley woman stopped to check on her house Friday afternoon and saw some of her belongings for sale in her neighbor’s driveway. The neighbor says she was “helping out.”
  
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• NOAA: Dungeness crab in peril from acidification

  18-05-2016 02:45
  
  As levels of carbon dioxide rise in the atmosphere due to fossil fuel burning and other human-caused pollution, it changes water chemistry, hurting survival of crab larvae.
  
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• Man allegedly steals medical vehicle, leads police on chase

  18-05-2016 02:30
  
  The 23-year-old man reportedly took a Seattle Fire Department aid vehicle after officers responded to a report of him jumping out of a hotel window, according to police.
  
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• City charges 8 illegal pot couriers

  18-05-2016 02:27
  
  Eight illegal pot-delivery couriers were charged with misdemeanors by Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes after King County’s top prosecutor declined to file felony charges against them.
  
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• 6 new sex-abuse lawsuits filed against Seattle Archdiocese

  18-05-2016 02:09
  
  Attorneys say more survivors came forward after the Catholic church released the names of 77 people against which credible allegations were made.
  
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• For much of world, painkiller problem is absence, not abuse

  18-05-2016 01:34
  
  Many ill people with a legitimate need for drugs like oxycodone and other narcotics known as opioid analgesics cannot get them and are suffering and dying in pain, according to health officials, doctors and patients’ rights advocates.
  
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• Seattle’s pared-down Bicycle Master Plan frustrates backers

  18-05-2016 00:59
  
  Bicycle and street-safety advocates rallied at Seattle City Hall Tuesday and shared disappointment that the city’s Bicycle Master Plan has been scaled back and delayed over the next five years.
  
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• Seattle police identify ‘man bun’ of interest in May Day assault

  18-05-2016 00:18
  
  Seattle police say they have identified a person of interest in the throwing of a Molotov cocktail at officers during May Day violence.
  
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• Happy Norway Day!

  18-05-2016 00:11
  
  The official National Day of Norway has a special meaning in Seattle, where many people from Norway and other parts of Scandinavia settled more than one hundred years ago. Ballard, the Seattle neighborhood best known for its Norwegian heritage, has been celebrating a parade on this date since 1974. Are you planning to be there? […]
  
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