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• Two dozen children sickened by suspected norovirus at Everett preschool

  25-08-2016 22:59
  
  A possible outbreak of highly contagious norovirus has led to the voluntarily closure of the preschool.
  
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• 2 dozen children sickened by suspected norovirus at Everett preschool

  25-08-2016 22:59
  
  A possible outbreak of highly contagious norovirus has led to the voluntarily closure of the Starbright Early Learning Center in Everett.
  
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• Washington woman gets life in prison for drowning 2-year-old daughter at Oregon resort

  25-08-2016 22:44
  
  Jessica Smith attacked her two daughters as she and her husband were divorcing amid a custody dispute. Her teenage daughter survived.
  
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• Trump to visit state Tuesday, but no details on where fundraiser, rally will be held

  25-08-2016 22:38
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will visit Washington on Tuesday for a fundraiser and public rally, the director of his state campaign confirmed.
  
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• Crafty! Beer-testing lab helps students learn chemistry

  25-08-2016 22:09
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine professor is hoping to brew interest in her chemistry class by keeping the topic on beer. University of Southern Maine professor Lucille Benedict tells the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/2biPO5C ) it can be challenging to keep students engaged in chemistry, so she started using beer as a testing medium. […]
  
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• FBI arrests Washington man on bomb-making charge stemming from May Day search

  25-08-2016 22:07
  
  The FBI revealed little about the man’s arrest, but confirmed it was related to the search of a Central Washington home on May Day.
  
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• FBI arrests man on bomb-making charge stemming from May Day search

  25-08-2016 22:07
  
  The FBI revealed little about the man’s arrest, but confirmed it was related to the search of a Central Washington home on May Day.
  
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• FBI arrests man accused of receiving bomb-making parts

  25-08-2016 22:07
  
  The FBI revealed little about the man’s arrest, but confirmed it was related to the search of a Central Washington home on May Day.
  
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• Bothell High teacher says he made up story of attack

  25-08-2016 21:08
  
  In the shop teacher’s initial account, he woke up in a pool of blood with a zip tie around his neck after being struck unconscious from behind in the school’s wood shop. A fellow teacher later found him lying on the ground outside the classroom.
  
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• Bothell High teacher made up story of attack, police say

  25-08-2016 21:08
  
  In the shop teacher’s initial account, he woke up in a pool of blood with a zip tie around his neck after being struck unconscious from behind in the school’s wood shop. A fellow teacher later found him on the ground outside the classroom.
  
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• Bothell High School teacher admits he made up story of attack

  25-08-2016 21:08
  
  The Bothell High School shop teacher who reported in May that he had been attacked on the school’s campus made up the story, according to a news release posted on the City of Bothell website. Calvin Pygott, 63, admitted to fabricating both the story of the assault and evidence left at the scene in a […]
  
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• Robot babies that schools use to discourage teen pregnancy may do opposite, study finds

  25-08-2016 21:00
  
  Infant simulators — robotic babies given to teenage students in classes in many Seattle-area school districts — might not be effective in reducing teen pregnancy, according to a study from Australia.
  
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• Robot babies schools use to discourage teen pregnancy may do opposite, study finds

  25-08-2016 21:00
  
  Infant simulators — robotic babies given to teenage students in classes in many Seattle-area school districts — might not be effective in reducing teen pregnancy, according to a study from Australia.
  
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• Wolf advocates outraged that state preparing to kill entire pack

  25-08-2016 20:56
  
  The state is preparing for the second time to exterminate an entire wolf pack for preying on livestock in Northeast Washington. About 90 wolves live in Washington, and this pack is 12 percent of that population.
  
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• Wolf advocates angry that state preparing to kill entire pack

  25-08-2016 20:56
  
  The state is preparing for the second time to exterminate an entire wolf pack for preying on livestock in northeast Washington. About 90 wolves live in Washington, and this pack is 12 percent of that population.
  
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• Son of Russian Parliament member convicted in massive hacking, ID-theft scheme

  25-08-2016 20:37
  
  A Seattle jury convicted Roman Seleznev of stealing thousands of credit-card numbers from U.S. businesses, including restaurants in Washington.
  
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• Seattle jury convicts Russian man of massive business hacking, ID theft scheme

  25-08-2016 20:37
  
  Roman Seleznev is the son of a member of the Russian Parliament.
  
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• Man attacks 3 people with bat near Seattle’s Westlake Park

  25-08-2016 19:47
  
  Police say they’ve had “numerous previous contacts” with the suspect, who appears to have mental-health issues.
  
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• Auction house to sell composite skeleton of a dodo bird

  25-08-2016 18:34
  
  LONDON (AP) — The dodo bird is extinct — but one collector can now have their own dodo skeleton. Summers Place Auctions is selling what it describes as a rare composite skeleton of a dodo bird, a creature once found on the island of Mauritius. It comes from a collector who compiled the bones from […]
  
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• Weather helps crews make progress against Eastern Washington wildfires

  25-08-2016 18:09
  
  At least 18 homes have burned this week in a series of wildfires in Eastern Washington.
  
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• 3 new cheap-eats spots you should definitely try

  25-08-2016 17:20
  
  Magical grilled cheese in Interbay. Promising ramen in Issaquah. And a winning cafe/bike-shop combo in the Central District.
  
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• Rosetta space probe sees bright flares, landslide on comet

  25-08-2016 17:13
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency’s Rosetta space probe has captured images of a bright burst of light on the comet it is orbiting, apparently caused by a landslide. The dramatic light flashes were recorded Feb. 19 and accompanied by rising temperatures and sharp increases in dust, gas and plasma released from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. […]
  
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• Woman drives through store after refused gift card purchases

  25-08-2016 16:57
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — Employees of an Oregon grocery store are cleaning up after a police say a woman drove her SUV into the store and down the aisles. Springfield police say a 43-year-old Glenwood woman tried to purchase $2,200 of gift cards and became upset when her check bounced and Safeway employees would not […]
  
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• Arlington woman dies after crash with motor home on I-5

  25-08-2016 16:51
  
  The 45-year-old woman was a passenger in a vehicle that was struck from behind by a motor home, according to the Washington State Patrol.
  
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• Hot weather is back in Western Washington — for now

  25-08-2016 15:16
  
  Enjoy it while it lasts. Temperatures are expected to cool off again this weekend.
  
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• Tiger taken from ‘world’s worst zoo’ arrives in South Africa

  25-08-2016 15:06
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Bengal tiger rescued from what activists have called “the worst zoo in the world” arrived in South Africa for a new home Thursday, after living in a small cage in Gaza alongside another tiger’s stuffed corpse. The nine-year-old male, known as Laziz, arrived by plane. His handlers said he was in […]
  
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• GOP annoyed Gov. Inslee is taking credit for college-tuition cuts

  25-08-2016 15:00
  
  As he stumps for re-election, Gov. Jay Inslee is taking credit for a popular legislative act that has slashed tuition for public-college students. That annoys Republicans, who proposed the idea.
  
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• Mylan boosts EpiPen patient programs, doesn’t budge on price

  25-08-2016 13:30
  
  Mylan is bulking up programs that help patients pay for its EpiPen emergency allergy treatment after weathering heated criticism about an average cost that has climbed more than 600 percent over the past decade. But the drugmaker didn’t budge on its price, which has drawn ire both in Congress and from families that have had […]
  
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• Rain from storm causes rivers to surge in Dominican Republic

  25-08-2016 11:05
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Rivers surged across a large section of the Dominican Republic on Thursday as a broad area of low pressure headed east to the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas, officials said. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the system’s strongest winds were below tropical storm strength but that it […]
  
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• Hurricane Gaston expected to weaken in the Atlantic

  25-08-2016 11:05
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Gaston is expected to weaken to a tropical storm in the Atlantic. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm’s maximum sustained winds early Thursday are near 75 mph (120 kph) with weakening forecast during the next day or so. The hurricane is centered about 1,225 miles (1,970 kilometers) east of […]
  
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• Cruise line CEO details Alaska bear mauling of 2 workers

  25-08-2016 10:32
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A bear that mauled two cruise ship wilderness guides during a hiking excursion in Alaska attacked so quickly that there was little time to defend against the animal, the CEO of the cruise ship company said. The attack occurred after the guides and a group of hikers from the cruise vessel […]
  
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• Sea Shepherd Australia says will continue South Ocean whaling confrontations

  25-08-2016 09:37
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sea Shepherd Australia said Thursday that a legal settlement involving the conservation group’s U.S. founder will not affect its anti-whaling campaign in the Southern Ocean. Spokesman Adam Burling said the Australian arm of the group has been deliberately independent from the U.S. organization since the court case began several years […]
  
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• Watch: Starbucks blown over in EF3 tornado in Indiana

  25-08-2016 08:23
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A wave of severe storms produced at least a dozen tornadoes in Indiana and Ohio, damaging homes and businesses but causing no serious injuries, authorities said Thursday, as crews worked to restore power and remove fallen trees. The National Weather Service said an EF3 tornado hit the south side of Kokomo, Indiana, […]
  
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• At least 12 tornadoes strike Indiana, Ohio; no bad injuries

  25-08-2016 08:23
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A wave of severe storms produced at least a dozen tornadoes in Indiana and Ohio, damaging homes and businesses but causing no serious injuries, authorities said Thursday, as crews worked to restore power and remove fallen trees. The National Weather Service said an EF3 tornado hit the south side of Kokomo, Indiana, […]
  
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• Quake damages scores of Myanmar’s heritage Bagan temples

  25-08-2016 08:05
  
  BAGAN, Myanmar (AP) — It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of Bagan built more than 10,000 magnificent religious monuments. The stupas, temples and monasteries became the defining emblems of […]
  
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• For 10 years, possibly biggest pearl was hidden under bed

  25-08-2016 06:52
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino fisherman in western Palawan island has found possibly the world’s biggest pearl, but he didn’t know it. For 10 years, the 34-kilogram (75-pound) pearl was hidden in a bag under a bed. The fisherman’s family would rub it with their hands before going out to sea in the belief […]
  
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• Filipino fishermen find possibly world’s biggest pearl

  25-08-2016 06:52
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A tourism official says a Filipino fisherman in western Palawan island has found possibly the world’s biggest pearl, which he had hidden under a bed for 10 years as a lucky charm. Aileen Amurao, Puerto Princesa city’s tourism officer and the fisherman’s relative, said Thursday the man gave her the 34-kilogram […]
  
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• Pasado’s Safe Haven takes in 92 rescued chickens

  25-08-2016 04:58
  
  Pasado's Safe Haven in Monroe takes in 92 chickens from a California-based animal rescue.
  
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• The mystifying calculus behind prescription-drug pricing in the U.S.

  25-08-2016 04:42
  
  There is a lot of outrage but no simple answers about prescription-drug pricing in the U.S.
  
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• Olympia city income-tax measure invalid, judge rules

  25-08-2016 03:48
  
  The measure — which sought a 1.5 percent tax on household income in excess of $200,000 — sought to raise an estimated $3 million a year for a public-college tuition fund to help all Olympia public high-school graduates and GED recipients.
  
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• Chinatown International District’s decrepit, historic Publix Hotel rejuvenated as apartments

  25-08-2016 03:22
  
  The new building is 60 percent leased, with market rents as cheap as $1,175 for a studio and 20 percent of the units rent-restricted for tenants earning less than the area’s median income.
  
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• Bellevue College’s interim chancellor is Jill Wakefield, formerly of Seattle Colleges

  25-08-2016 02:36
  
  Jill Wakefield, the former chancellor of Seattle Colleges, is coming out of retirement to lead Bellevue College for a year.
  
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• Study: Some breast-cancer patients can skip chemo

  25-08-2016 02:09
  
  The so-called genomic test measures the activity of genes that control the growth and spread of cancer, and can identify women with a low risk of breast-cancer recurrence and therefore little to gain from chemo.
  
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• Proposal to Seattle City Council seeks to further limit homeless sweeps on public land

  25-08-2016 02:05
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and other organizations that advocate for the rights of homeless people are proposing a city ordinance protecting those in unsanctioned encampments.
  
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• Proposal asks Seattle City Council to OK new limits on homeless sweeps on public land

  25-08-2016 02:05
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and other organizations that advocate for the rights of homeless people are proposing a city ordinance protecting those in unsanctioned encampments.
  
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• How does the legacy of 9/11 continue to affect you or those close to you?

  25-08-2016 01:58
  
  To mark the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks, The Seattle Times would like to hear from people in the Puget Sound region and the broader Pacific Northwest.
  
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• Bellevue football coach Butch Goncharoff plans to sue after being removed from job

  25-08-2016 01:55
  
  Goncharoff, who is on “non-disciplinary” leave, filed a tort notice against Bellevue High School, the Bellevue School District, the WIAA, Sea-King District 2 and the KingCo Conference, alleging he was banned from coaching without due process.
  
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• State Fish and Wildlife suspends license sales due to possible breach in computer system

  25-08-2016 01:53
  
  State Fish and Wildlife has temporarily stopped sales of fishing and hunting licenses after their outside vendor license sales system could’ve been hacked in several states. A state Fish and Wildlife news release sent out on Wednesday indicated the breach, which is being jointed investigated with the state Office of Cyber Security (OCS). Both parties […]
  
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• Cancer surpasses heart disease as leading cause of death in Washintgon, 21 other states

  25-08-2016 00:46
  
  Among some groups of Americans, cancer now claims more lives than any other cause of death.
  
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• Cancer overtakes heart disease as top cause of death in Washington, 21 other states

  25-08-2016 00:46
  
  Among some groups of Americans, cancer now claims more lives than any other cause of death.
  
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