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• Seattle visit could make Trump lust for a piece of boomtown

  26-08-2016 23:57
  
  The Donald Trump train is bringing its Crippled America tour through the Emerald City on Tuesday. But when he sees all those construction cranes, I bet the developer deep in his lizard brain will think “opportunity,” not “failure.”
  
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• No late start for Puyallup schools despite fire that destroyed 25 buses

  26-08-2016 23:02
  
  Puyallup schools will start as planned on Sept. 6 despite the loss of 25 school buses in Wednesday’s garage fire.
  
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• Air Force Thunderbirds take flight this weekend at JBLM show

  26-08-2016 22:57
  
  The Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airshow & Warrior Expo will be held Saturday and Sunday with the Golden Knights, Thunderbirds and Cascade Warbirds among the performers.
  
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• Alaska identifies first case of H5N2 bird flu

  26-08-2016 21:37
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The bird flu strain that wiped out millions of turkeys and chickens in the Midwest last year has been found in Alaska for the first time. State health officials say a positive sample of a highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of avian flu came from a mallard duck. It was among wild […]
  
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• Donald Trump will hold rally in Everett

  26-08-2016 20:25
  
  Donald J. Trump will hold a rally at Xfinity Arena on Tuesday.
  
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• Screening all blood donations for Zika ‘misguided,’ Seattle-area expert says

  26-08-2016 20:21
  
  The Bloodworks Northwest president objects to a federal move to recommend Zika screening of all donations in the U.S. In Washington, the mosquitoes that spread Zika haven’t been found.
  
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• Expanded Zika blood screening ‘misguided,’ Seattle-area expert says

  26-08-2016 20:21
  
  The Bloodworks Northwest president objects to a federal move to recommend Zika screening of all donations in the U.S. In Washington, the mosquitoes that spread Zika haven’t been found.
  
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• Women across U.S. got voting rights 96 years ago — 10 years after Washington state

  26-08-2016 20:13
  
  Women were granted the right to vote nationwide 96 years ago. These days, they vote in greater numbers than men.
  
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• 8 local artists in running for $25,000 Neddy Awards

  26-08-2016 19:29
  
  Cornish announced the finalists for this year’s Neddy Artist Awards, the latest news in Seattle’s art-award season.
  
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• SR 530 collision blocks all lanes of traffic

  26-08-2016 19:11
  
  A Friday collision on State Route 530 in Arlington has blocked both eastbound and westbound traffic, according to a state Department of Transportation tweet. The collision occurred near 211th Place Northeast, the department said. No additional details were immediately made available. On SR 530 eastbound & westbound just east of 211th Pl NE there is a […]
  
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• Log truck overturns in collision on Highway 530 in Arlington

  26-08-2016 19:11
  
  A Friday collision between a car and a truck loaded with logs on Highway 530 in Arlington blocked both eastbound and westbound traffic, according to tweets from the state Department of Transportation and the Washington State Patrol. The collision occurred near 211th Place Northeast, the department said. Trooper Mark Francis reported there were minor injuries in […]
  
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• Highway 530 collision in Arlington blocks all lanes of traffic

  26-08-2016 19:11
  
  A Friday collision between a car and a truck loaded with logs on Highway 530 in Arlington has blocked both eastbound and westbound traffic, according to tweets from the state Department of Transportation and the Washington State Patrol. The collision occurred near 211th Place Northeast, the department said. Trooper Mark Francis reported there were minor injuries […]
  
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• How much do you eat out? Downtown Bellevue, Queen Anne households spend the most

  26-08-2016 19:01
  
  In downtown Bellevue, the average household spends more than $4,200 per year on food at restaurants, cafes and other eating places. That pencils out to nearly half of total household food expenditures.
  
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• Businesses evacuated after gas leak in West Seattle

  26-08-2016 18:08
  
  A reported natural gas leak just after 8 a.m. near the 4600 block of 37th Ave. S.W. in West Seattle drew a large response from the Seattle Fire Department, which evacuated nearby businesses for about an hour as a precaution. One of those, the West Seattle YMCA, tweeted that contractors doing road work had hit […]
  
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• Goodbye, herring? Biotech bait gives lobstermen alternative

  26-08-2016 16:43
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fisheries for lobsters and crabs are grappling with a shortage of bait, but the answer could be coming in the form of a synthetic alternative. The National Science Foundation has funded the efforts of a Greensboro, North Carolina, firm that has invented a product called OrganoBait. The product mimics bait’s ability […]
  
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• Feds expand Zika testing to ‘entire blood supply’ in U.S.

  26-08-2016 16:35
  
  WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus. Friday’s advisory means all U.S. states and territories will need to begin testing blood donations for Zika. Previously, the FDA had limited the requirement […]
  
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• FDA expands Zika screening to all US blood centers

  26-08-2016 16:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government told all U.S. blood banks Friday to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus. Previously, blood testing was mostly limited to parts of Florida and Puerto Rico, where there is local transmission. Screening will initially extend to states along […]
  
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• A teardown a day: Bulldozing the way for bigger homes in Seattle, suburbs

  26-08-2016 15:00
  
  Home demolitions have altered residential neighborhoods across King County, as small bungalows are replaced by large, boxlike houses that on average cost about three times as much.
  
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• Thousands of mussels wash up on shores of Long Island

  26-08-2016 13:43
  
  JAMESPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Thousands of dead mussels have washed up this week on the shores of Long Island. A Stony Brook University marine science professor says he examined the blue mussels that have come ashore in Jamesport and says the die-off could have to do with the hot summer. Professor Christopher Gobler says the […]
  
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• SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth with station science, gear

  26-08-2016 12:20
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth on Friday with scientific gifts from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins waved goodbye as the Dragon slowly flew away Friday morning. Six hours later, the spacecraft parachuted into the Pacific, just off Mexico’s Baja California coast. It’s loaded with 3,000 […]
  
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• SpaceX Dragon heads back to Earth with station science, gear

  26-08-2016 12:20
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX Dragon capsule is on its way back to Earth with a load of science experiments and gear. Astronauts at the International Space Station used the big robot arm to release the capsule Friday morning. SpaceX is aiming for a splashdown in the Pacific, just off Mexico’s Baja California […]
  
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• SpaceX Dragon heads back to Earth with science experiments, gear

  26-08-2016 12:20
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX Dragon capsule headed back to Earth on Friday with a load of science experiments and gear from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins waved goodbye as the Dragon slowly flew away, aiming for a splashdown in the Pacific, just off Mexico’s Baja California coast. It’s loaded […]
  
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• Flood waters stabilize in India, but thousands evacuated

  26-08-2016 08:37
  
  VARANASI, India (AP) — An official says nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated in India’s remote northeast after an artificial lake created by a landslide threatened their lives even as flood water levels stabilized in the worst-hit areas of the north. Rakesh Ranjan, a National Disaster Response Force official, says the rescue this week was […]
  
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• Indonesia steps up fire response as haze blankets Singapore

  26-08-2016 07:26
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Six Indonesian provinces have declared states of emergency as forest fires blanket a swath of Southeast Asia in a smoky haze. Singapore’s air quality deteriorated to unhealthy levels on Friday as winds blew smoke from fires on Sumatra across the city-state and southern Malaysia. The number of hotspots detected by weather […]
  
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• EpiPen maker increases copay, stands firm on high price

  26-08-2016 06:37
  
  The maker of EpiPens offered patients more help to pay for its costly emergency allergy shots but didn’t budge Thursday on the $608 price. The announcement from Mylan triggered a new round of condemnation from consumer groups and politicians, who accuse the company of price-gouging on a potentially lifesaving treatment. Critics stressed that insurers, employers […]
  
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• 3 rescued from capsized vessel in Oregon; boy, 6, was trapped under hull

  26-08-2016 06:33
  
  Coast Guard officials say a boat crew responded Thursday afternoon to a disabled 21-foot pleasure boat that was unable to anchor in the area of Winchester Bay. The boat had reportedly run onto a jetty and capsized.
  
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• An aerial adventure, minus takeoff

  26-08-2016 05:32
  
  Wings Over Washington, a “flying theater” ride that takes guests over scenic spots in Washington state, opened to the public Thursday at Miners Landing on Pier 57.
  
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• Profanity Peak wolf pack in state’s gun sights after rancher turns out cattle on den

  26-08-2016 04:59
  
  The state is going to wipe out the Profanity Peak wolf pack because they are killing cattle, but a WSU researcher monitoring the den says the conflict is predictable and avoidable.
  
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• Bloom and doom: Pokémon Go-like art project explores climate change

  26-08-2016 04:27
  
  ‘Gardens of the Anthropocene’: Artist Tamiko Thiel, with help from University of Washington scientists, wrangles with climate change and plant species through augmented-reality art.
  
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• Bloom and doom: Pokemon Go-like art project explores climate change

  26-08-2016 04:27
  
  ‘Gardens of the Anthropocene’: Artist Tamiko Thiel, with help from University of Washington scientists, wrangles with climate change and plant species through augmented-reality art.
  
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• Renton police arrest martial-arts instructor on suspicion of child-sex abuse

  26-08-2016 04:12
  
  The man allegedly sent inappropriate Snapchats and texts to teenage students, including one with whom he had multiple sexual encounters, police records say.
  
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• Judge dismisses racketeering lawsuit against former Mars Hill Church pastor

  26-08-2016 03:36
  
  As a judge dismisses the racketeering lawsuit against former Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll, a former executive elder says he’s willing to answer questions about the church’s financial dealings.
  
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• Your coffee habit may be written in your DNA

  26-08-2016 03:21
  
  Researchers describe the discovery of a gene variant that appears to limit coffee drinking in a new paper published in Scientific Reports.
  
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• Elections watchdog investigates complaint that Sound Transit’s email release was no accident

  26-08-2016 03:13
  
  A Tacoma political consultant filed a complaint last week with the state’s Public Disclosure Commission after reading a Seattle Times story about Sound Transit’s disclosure of ORCA cardholders’ email addresses to the Mass Transit Now! campaign.
  
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• DOJ: Vet’s Purple Heart lies cost Washington state, federal government $752,000

  26-08-2016 02:54
  
  Darryl Wright, a former Idaho National Guardsman, appeared for sentencing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, where Judge Benjamin Settle said he wanted to hear additional testimony about Wright's mental health before issuing punishment.
  
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• DOJ: Vet’s Purple Heart lies cost government $752,000

  26-08-2016 02:54
  
  Darryl Wright, a former Idaho National Guardsman, appeared for sentencing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, where Judge Benjamin Settle said he wanted to hear additional testimony about Wright's mental health before issuing punishment.
  
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• Pike Place Market gets Native-owned shop and maybe a dose of ‘stereotype busting’

  26-08-2016 02:44
  
  Local artist Louie Gong has run an online shop with Native-made products for years but now hopes to help break stereotypes with his store at Seattle’s famed tourist attraction.
  
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• Pike Market gets Native-owned shop and maybe a dose of ‘stereotype-busting’

  26-08-2016 02:44
  
  Local artist Louie Gong has run an online shop with Native-made products for years but now hopes to help break stereotypes with his store at Seattle’s famed tourist attraction.
  
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• Bones found at Gig Harbor construction site

  26-08-2016 02:15
  
  Authorities provided few details but said they don’t believe they’re part of a Native American burial site.
  
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• Judge awards $260K in legal expenses in Seattle police chief retaliation case

  26-08-2016 01:24
  
  A King County judge awarded the sum after a jury found last month in favor of two of three Seattle police officers who alleged their transfers out of the South Precinct were retaliatory.
  
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