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• Convicted killer who escaped from work release captured in South Dakota

  14-06-2016 23:35
  
  Jake Lee Eakin was 12 when he and another boy killed a teen in Ephrata.
  
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• Deschutes County site in running for national geothermal lab

  14-06-2016 23:15
  
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy is considering a site in Oregon’s Deschutes County for a national geothermal research lab. The land near Newberry Volcano is leased by Seattle-based geothermal firm AltaRock Energy Inc., which performs testing there. It’s one of several locations under consideration for the proposed Frontier Observatory for Research […]
  
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• Canada seeking extradition of Seattle man in slaying of Edmonton limousine driver

  14-06-2016 23:08
  
  Jason Steadman had spent time in prison for sending threatening letters containing a white powder to The Seattle Times.
  
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• Parents of suspect in slaying of Arlington couple arrested; murder charges against 2nd son dropped

  14-06-2016 22:29
  
  The parents of slaying suspect John B. Reed were arrested Tuesday for allegedly rendering criminal assistance to help the son flee to Mexico, where John Reed remains at large. Meanwhile, murder charges against another son, Tony C. Reed, has been dropped.
  
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• Parents of Arlington murder suspects arrested for allegedly helping sons flee

  14-06-2016 22:29
  
  The parents of murder suspects John and Tony Reed were arrested Tuesday for allegedly rendering criminal assistance to help their sons flee to Mexico, where John Reed remains at large.
  
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• Another lawsuit filed over last year’s deadly Ride the Ducks crash

  14-06-2016 21:52
  
  The family of a Japanese student killed when a Ride the Ducks tourist vehicle crashed into a charter bus on the Aurora Bridge last year has sued over the deadly collision.
  
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• Police: Driver who rammed Boise police cars fatally shot by officer

  14-06-2016 20:52
  
  The suspected drunken driver had reportedly assaulted a police officer with a sharp tool.
  
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• Boise police shoot man who they say attacked officer, rammed police cars

  14-06-2016 20:52
  
  The suspected drunken driver had reportedly assaulted a police officer with a sharp tool before he was shot to death.
  
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• Archaeologist claims he’s found ancient Greek kings’ throne

  14-06-2016 18:39
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek archaeologist believes he has found a fragment of the lost throne of the rulers of Mycenae, famous from ancient myth and the story of the Trojan War. Christofilis Maggidis, who heads excavations at the site in southern Greece, says the chunk of worked limestone was found two years ago, […]
  
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• Columbia River sockeye return still on a record pace not seen since 1938

  14-06-2016 17:46
  
  The Columbia River sockeye return continues to arrive on a record pace  dating back at least 78 years ago. Through Monday, June 13, a total of 33,496 sockeye have been counted at Bonneville Dam, the highest count through that date since at least 1938 – the previous record was 24,728 sockeye last year. “Will this […]
  
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• Man shot during South Seattle break-in

  14-06-2016 17:26
  
  Deputies are investigating an early-morning shooting in Skyway that left one man with life-threatening injuries.
  
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• Man shot during break-in in South Seattle

  14-06-2016 17:26
  
  Deputies are investigating an early-morning shooting in Skyway that left one man with life-threatening injuries.
  
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• Passer-by rousts Port Orchard family from burning home

  14-06-2016 17:14
  
  Three adults escaped a burning Port Orchard house after being alerted by a passer-by early Tuesday morning.
  
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• London mayor bans Tube ads that promote unhealthy body image

  14-06-2016 17:04
  
  LONDON (AP) — Advertising that promotes an unhealthy body image will be banned on London’s subway network, in a move that signals a backlash against suggestive marketing in public places. Starting next month, Transport for London will not allow ads that cause pressure to conform to “unrealistic or unhealthy body shape,” London Mayor Sadiq Khan […]
  
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• Higher bar for diplomas may bring trimester system to Seattle high schools

  14-06-2016 15:02
  
  A Seattle Public Schools task force recommends that high schools switch to a trimester system and five-period days starting with the 2017-2018 school year.
  
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• For the Kermit Sutra? New mating position reported for frogs

  14-06-2016 14:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — This just in from the Department of Amphibian Philandering: For years, scientists have thought frogs and toads used only six positions to mate. It turns out they may be wrong. In a forest in India, researchers say, they’ve documented a seventh. This latest entry in the Kermit Sutra is called the […]
  
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• UN weather agency warns of more global warming in May

  14-06-2016 13:16
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is warning of “fundamental change” afoot in the global climate and continued warming, accompanied recently by unusually high rainfall in parts of the US and Europe. The World Meteorological Organization was pointing Tuesday to data released by NASA a day earlier showing that this May was the hottest […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: National Aquarium to move dolphins into refuge

  14-06-2016 09:12
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Eight dolphins that have spent their lives swimming in tanks will be retired from the National Aquarium in Baltimore into a seaside sanctuary. By announcing plans to move its dolphins into a protected habitat by the end of 2020, the aquarium sails into uncharted waters for the marine mammal industry. SeaWorld, which […]
  
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• Scientific robots to swim in Bay of Bengal in monsoon study

  14-06-2016 08:01
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — In an effort to better understand and predict South Asia’s seasonal monsoon, British scientists are getting ready to release robots into the Bay of Bengal in a study of how ocean conditions might affect rainfall patterns. The seasonal monsoon, which hits the region between June and September, delivers more than 70 […]
  
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• Everett crew finds bow of shipwrecked Andrea Doria breaking off

  14-06-2016 05:38
  
  An Everett-based company spent two days at the wreck earlier this month capturing sonar images of the liner, which sank in 1956.
  
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• Police: Pedestrian suffers serious injuries in Seattle hit-and-run

  14-06-2016 05:32
  
  The driver fled the scene, officers tweeted, but was later found.
  
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• Police: Pedestrian suffers serious injuries in hit-and-run collision in Seattle

  14-06-2016 05:32
  
  The driver fled the scene, officers tweeted, but was later found.
  
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• Bird vs. bird in aerial skirmish over Alki

  14-06-2016 05:09
  
  Crows in Seattle will go after just about anybody and anything.
  
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• Michu Meszaros, diminutive performer who played ‘ALF,’ dies

  14-06-2016 05:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Michu Meszaros, a former circus performer who played “ALF” in the popular NBC sitcom, has died, according to his manager, Dennis Varga. Meszaros, who died Sunday, had been rushed to a Los Angeles hospital several days ago after he was found unresponsive in his home, and had been in a coma […]
  
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• Seattle’s ice-cream czarina Molly Moon Neitzel to address D.C. women’s summit

  14-06-2016 04:47
  
  Molly Moon Neitzel will be telling the White House Summit on the United State of Women that tending to women’s issues in the workplace is taking care of people in general.
  
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• Student credited with possibly preventing shooting at Rainier Beach High

  14-06-2016 03:47
  
  A man was arrested after police say he threatened to shoot his ex-girlfriend at the school, her family members and others.
  
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• Animal remains mistaken for missing Olympia woman

  14-06-2016 03:01
  
  Thurston County sheriff’s officials said Monday they are still looking for 60-year-old Gail Doyle of Olympia.
  
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• Seattle PrideFest director: ‘That could have been anywhere in the U.S.’

  14-06-2016 02:44
  
  PrideFest organizers are working closely with the Seattle Police Department as they continue to host celebrations throughout the month, including a parade and festival on June 26.
  
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• Man who killed Ephrata teen at age 12 escapes work release

  14-06-2016 02:08
  
  Jake Lee Eakin is one of two boys who were believed to be the youngest murder defendants to be charged as adults in state history.
  
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• Judge blocks Seattle from revealing locations of FBI’s hidden cameras on utility poles

  14-06-2016 01:24
  
  Federal judge issues a restraining order to prevent Seattle City Light from turning over information about FBI surveillance cameras hidden on some of the city’s utility poles.
  
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• Judge blocks Seattle City Light from disclosing locations of FBI surveillance cameras

  14-06-2016 01:24
  
  Federal judge issues a restraining order to prevent Seattle City Light from turning over information about FBI surveillance cameras hidden on some of the city’s utility poles.
  
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• Crisis lines, support groups: What’s available for LGBT people and Muslims who feel targeted after Orlando shooting

  14-06-2016 00:37
  
  For LGBT people mourning this weekend’s attack on their community in Orlando, and for Muslims facing backlash over the extremist who committed the massacre, support exists in many forms.
  
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• School district to appeal Bellevue football sanctions

  14-06-2016 00:34
  
  The school district said it has filed an intent to appeal after last week’s ruling that banned the program from competing in postseason for the next four years.
  
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• Ex-state Rep. Graham Hunt’s effort to clear his name raises new accusation

  14-06-2016 00:18
  
  Former state Rep. Graham Hunt has released new military records in an effort to clear his name. But the effort led a top GOP political operative to lob a new accusation of lying by the former lawmaker.
  
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