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• Gonzaga hires professor fired after viral U. of Missouri video

  03-09-2016 22:34
  
  Melissa Click was fired from the University of Missouri after being captured on video, during a campus protest, asking for “some muscle” to chase away a photojournalist. A Gonzaga spokesman said, “we’re very confident she’s learned from her experience.”
  
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• Teenager injured in 90-foot fall from Mount Si

  03-09-2016 22:23
  
  The boy, 15, fell off a rock face while hiking with his high-school cross-country team. He was rescued by helicopter.
  
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• Teen hurt in 40-foot fall on Mount Si

  03-09-2016 22:23
  
  CPR was being administered on the teenager, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office.
  
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• Teen falls 90 feet on Mount Si

  03-09-2016 22:23
  
  The boy, 15, fell off a rock face while running with his high-school cross-country team. He was rescued by helicopter.
  
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• Invasive crab species reaches Washington’s inland waters

  03-09-2016 21:44
  
  The European green crab, an invasive species, has been found for the first time in Washington’s inland waters.
  
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• Invasive crab species makes its way to Washington’s inland waters

  03-09-2016 21:44
  
  The European green crab, an invasive species, has been found for the first time in Washington’s inland waters.
  
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• Bumbershoot 2016: Saturday evening update

  03-09-2016 20:29
  
  Pony Time, Donna Missal and Improvised Shakespeare Company were daytime highlights on Bumbershoot Saturday.
  
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• Bumbershoot 2016: Saturday afternoon update

  03-09-2016 20:29
  
  Pony Time, Donna Missal and Improvised Shakespeare Company were day-time highlights on Bumbershoot Saturday.
  
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• Bumbershoot 2016: Friday gets off to a roaring start

  03-09-2016 20:29
  
  Fetty Wap, Bryson Tiller, Halsey, Kygo, Andrew Bird and the Blind Boys of Alabama got Bumbershoot off to a good start Friday, Sept. 2.
  
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• Man, 25, fatally shot by East Wenatchee officer

  03-09-2016 20:11
  
  Few details were made available. The officer was not hurt.
  
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• Well-off Inslee, better-off challenger Bryant release tax returns

  03-09-2016 17:00
  
  Gov. Jay Inslee gets a federal pension in addition to his gubernatorial pay, his tax returns show. Meanwhile, GOP challenger Bill Bryant’s business, port-commissioner salary and investments brought in three times the governor’s pay.
  
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• Did Seattle’s downtown drug crackdown push crimes elsewhere?

  03-09-2016 17:00
  
  Calls about narcotics and other types of crime dropped dramatically in Seattle’s downtown core under the 9 ½ Block Strategy but increased in surrounding areas.
  
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• Debate peaks over vast coastal Southern California oil land

  03-09-2016 16:45
  
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The vast, dusty stretch of land in one of Southern California’s wealthiest beachfront communities is littered with rusting pipes from once-thriving oil production. Beneath its drought-stricken exterior, however, environmentalists say the Newport Beach property is teeming with life and provides critical habitat for burrowing owls and endangered San Diego fairy […]
  
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• People marvel at surf after Hawaii hurricane watch canceled

  03-09-2016 11:10
  
  WAIMANALO, Hawaii (AP) — A hurricane watch was canceled as Hurricane Lester tracked north of the Hawaiian islands and residents flocked to beaches Saturday morning to marvel at the big waves the storm created. Lester was expected to generate large and dangerous surf across exposed shorelines of the Hawaiian islands over the weekend, the National […]
  
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• Hawaii tourists salvage vacations; hurricane watches dropped

  03-09-2016 11:10
  
  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Nina Wild and Andreas Maeder were planning to go out for a nice dinner after flying to Hawaii from Switzerland. But the manager of the bed and breakfast where they stayed near Hawaii Volcanoes National Park told them that wasn’t a good idea. “She laughed and told us ‘No, no, we […]
  
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• Hermine soaks Virginia after slamming Florida

  03-09-2016 08:32
  
  Hurricane Hermine dropped to a tropical storm but then regained strength Saturday as it drenched coastal North Carolina and Virginia on a path up the East Coast. Hermine (her-MEEN) could approach hurricane intensity again Sunday as it spins over the Atlantic Ocean, lashing coastal areas as far north as Massachusetts through a soggy Labor Day […]
  
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• Hermine kills 2, ruins beach weekends in northward march

  03-09-2016 08:32
  
  Tropical Storm Hermine lost hurricane strength over land but was intensifying Saturday along the Atlantic Coast, threatening heavy rain, wind and storm surges on its northward march. Hermine (her-MEEN) already caused 2 deaths, damaged homes and businesses and left hundreds of thousands without electricity from Florida to Virginia. “This is not a beach weekend for […]
  
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• Young theater group ‘blowing them away’ in Kent storefront, drawing in people that other theaters covet

  03-09-2016 05:14
  
  While theaters around the country are scrambling to get new audiences through their doors, especially young people of color, one 25-year-old director has figured out how: staging new, professionally produced plays in a vacant storefront in Kent.
  
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• Young theater group ‘blowing them away’ in Kent storefront

  03-09-2016 05:14
  
  While theaters around the country are scrambling to get new audiences through their doors, especially young people of color, one 25-year-old director has figured out how: staging new, professionally produced plays in a vacant storefront in Kent.
  
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• Theater crowds in Kent? Young group draws audiences with new plays, low-cost tickets

  03-09-2016 05:14
  
  While theaters around the country are scrambling to get new audiences through their doors, especially young people of color, one 25-year-old director has figured out how: staging new, professionally produced plays in a vacant storefront in Kent.
  
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• Kent theater production draws a new audience

  03-09-2016 05:14
  
  While theaters around the country are scrambling to get new audiences through their doors, especially young people of color, one 25-year-old director has figured out how: staging new, professionally produced plays in a vacant storefront in Kent.
  
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• Northgate to UW tunnel boring complete for southbound

  03-09-2016 04:59
  
  The Sound Transit tunnel boring machine has completed mining the southbound tunnel shaft from Northgate to the University of Washington Station.
  
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• Northgate to UW tunnel boring complete

  03-09-2016 04:59
  
  The Sound Transit tunnel boring machine has completed mining the southbound tunnel shaft from Northgate to the University of Washington Station.
  
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• Weather’s mixed, but Bumbershoot crowds don’t seem to mind

  03-09-2016 03:45
  
  The music and arts festival opened Friday afternoon to decent crowds and some popular performers.
  
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• Collision on southbound I-5 in Federal Way closes most lanes

  03-09-2016 03:39
  
  It’s unclear how many vehicles were involved in the crash or what led to it. Transportation officials are urging drivers to avoid the area.
  
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• Collision on I-5 in Federal Way sends child to Harborview

  03-09-2016 03:39
  
  A 6-year-old boy was seriously injured in the crash and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, a Washington State Patrol trooper said.
  
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• 4-vehicle collision on southbound I-5 in Federal Way area causing traffic congestion

  03-09-2016 03:39
  
  A 6-year-old was seriously injured in the crash and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, a Washington State Patrol trooper said.
  
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• Labor Day: What’s closed, what has changed schedules

  03-09-2016 03:17
  
  Many businesses and public services will be closed or operating on different schedules Monday for Labor Day.
  
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• Lake Sammamish beach reopened after investigating for water contamination

  03-09-2016 03:03
  
  Public-health officials temporarily closed Tibbetts Beach to swimming earlier this week after 15 people reported becoming ill after going into the water.
  
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• Seattle man sentenced to nearly 23 years for strangling ex-girlfriend

  03-09-2016 02:02
  
  A King County judge on Friday sentenced Burrell Cushman for strangling his ex-girlfriend in her Kirkland home in January 2014. A jury found Cushman, 30, guilty of second-degree murder and violating a no-contact order in July.
  
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• SpaceX scouring data for clues to launch pad explosion

  03-09-2016 01:53
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is scouring computer and video data for clues to the devastating launch pad explosion that destroyed a rocket and satellite. Thursday’s accident occurred during a prelaunch test, eight minutes before the engines on SpaceX’s Falcon rocket were supposed to briefly fire. On Friday, SpaceX said it has begun reviewing […]
  
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• Rash of unsolved homicides puts people on edge in Anchorage

  03-09-2016 01:29
  
  Adding to the feeling of vulnerability among residents, Anchorage has had 25 homicides this year. That’s the same number the city had for the entire year in 2015.
  
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• Homeless to end campout protest in Seattle plaza, move to reopened shelters

  03-09-2016 00:31
  
  King County has agreed to pay $50,000 to help reopen homeless shelters, but Catholic Community Services, not SHARE, will handle the money.
  
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• Homeless to end camp-out protest in Seattle plaza, move to reopened shelters

  03-09-2016 00:31
  
  King County has agreed to pay $50,000 to help reopen homeless shelters, but Catholic Community Services, not SHARE, will handle the money.
  
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• Homeless to end camp-out protest in county plaza, move to reopened shelters

  03-09-2016 00:31
  
  The county has agreed to pay $50,000 to help reopen shelters for the protesters, who set up their camp in March, and their advocacy organization has found an ally in Catholic Community Services, which will serve as its fiscal trustee.
  
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• Former Seattle charter school cuts back, sheds grades 2-5

  03-09-2016 00:14
  
  First Place Scholars, in Seattle’s Central District, will focus on early learning this year because of budget issues.
  
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• First Place Scholars cuts back, shedding grades 2-5

  03-09-2016 00:14
  
  The Central District school will focus on early learning this year because of budget issues.
  
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• NASA spacecraft beams back close-up views of Jupiter’s poles

  03-09-2016 00:02
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A NASA spacecraft has captured the best views of Jupiter yet, revealing turbulent storms in the north pole. Jupiter’s northern polar region is stormier than expected and appears bluer than the rest of the planet, said mission chief scientist Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. “This image […]
  
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