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• Motorists cheer restored Seattle house mural of Bettie Page and now Divine

  07-09-2016 23:51
  
  The vandalized 18-foot mural of pinup star Bettie Page on a Roosevelt-area house alongside the freeway has been restored. A 12-foot painting of drag queen Divine has joined it. Motorists have reacted by honking their horns and giving the thumbs up.
  
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• Downtown high-rise residents drop opposition to mayor’s housing plan

  07-09-2016 23:41
  
  Downtown Seattle high-rise residents who were blocking a key part of Mayor Ed Murray’s affordable-housing plan have dropped their challenge.
  
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• Ground Zero flag disappeared after 9/11, mysteriously found in Everett

  07-09-2016 23:02
  
  Three firefighters raised an American flag amid the ruins of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Soon after, the flag disappeared. How it ended up across the country in Everett is a piece of the puzzle that remains unsolved.
  
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• Ground Zero flag disappeared after 9/11, found in Everett

  07-09-2016 23:02
  
  Three firefighters raised an American flag amid the ruins of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Soon after, the flag disappeared. How it ended up across the country in Everett is a piece of the puzzle that remains unsolved.
  
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• Cord-blood transplants could be new answer for cancer patients

  07-09-2016 23:00
  
  Stem-cell transplants are the key to survival for patients with some life-threatening cancers. A new Fred Hutch study finds that results from cord-blood transplants may be as good — or better — than other types.
  
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• Cord-blood transplants a boon for patients with deadly cancers

  07-09-2016 23:00
  
  Stem-cell transplants are the key to survival for patients with some life-threatening cancers. A new Fred Hutch study finds that results from cord-blood transplants may be as good — or better — than other types.
  
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• Climate change blamed for collapse of Hawaiian forest birds

  07-09-2016 21:35
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Native forest birds on the Hawaiian island of Kauai are rapidly dying off and facing the threat of extinction as climate change heats up their habitat and allows mosquito-borne diseases to thrive, according to a study released Wednesday. Higher temperatures caused by global warming increase the spread of diseases such as avian […]
  
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• Asteroid Bennu getting first visitor in billions of years

  07-09-2016 20:12
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid that may hold the key to life is getting its first visitor in billions of years. Asteroid Bennu, a black roundish rock taller than the Empire State Building, is the intended target of a NASA spacecraft set to blast off Thursday night. Not only will the robotic probe […]
  
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• US clears way for cleanup of Colorado mine after huge spill

  07-09-2016 20:08
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado mine that spilled 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into rivers in three Western states has been designated a Superfund site. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s action Wednesday clears the way for a multimillion-dollar federal cleanup of the Gold King Mine and 47 other nearby mining-related sites. The EPA also […]
  
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• US government clears way for multimillion-dollar cleanup of Colorado mine that spilled contaminated wastewater into rivers in 3 states

  07-09-2016 20:07
  
  DENVER (AP) — US government clears way for multimillion-dollar cleanup of Colorado mine that spilled contaminated wastewater into rivers in 3 states.
  
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• Seattle’s bike czar, who led purchase of Pronto bike-share system, leaves job

  07-09-2016 19:55
  
  Nicole Freedman, who was a main force in Seattle’s purchase of the Pronto bike-sharing system, has left for a job in the Boston area.
  
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• Washington attorney general proposes assault-weapons ban

  07-09-2016 19:50
  
  Attorney General Bob Ferguson says he will propose legislation to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
  
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• State’s highest court questions how to compel state in McCleary school-funding ruling

  07-09-2016 19:48
  
  Two years after an unprecedented contempt ruling in the McCleary school-funding case, the state Supreme Court listened to arguments about whether to continue, lift or increase sanctions against the state.
  
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• State justices question how to compel state in McCleary school-funding ruling

  07-09-2016 19:48
  
  Two years after an unprecedented contempt ruling in the McCleary school-funding case, the state Supreme Court listened to arguments about whether to continue, lift or increase sanctions against the state.
  
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• Kidnapped woman called husband, police before she was found dead in car in Spokane

  07-09-2016 19:47
  
  The 47-year-old abducted woman was able to talk by cellphone with her husband and police before being found dead in the trunk of her car near the Spokane airport.
  
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• Body of kidnapped Montana woman found in car in Spokane

  07-09-2016 19:47
  
  The 47-year-old woman was abducted at a rest stop near Wolf Creek, Mont., and was found inside a car near the Spokane airport.
  
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• Rise and shine: Seattle schools launched a new year today with new start times

  07-09-2016 18:44
  
  Seattle Public Schools embarks on a new year with new start times for students, while the state Supreme Court is tackling a major education issue with its hearing on the McCleary school-funding case.
  
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• Rise and shine: Seattle schools begin a new year today with new start times

  07-09-2016 18:44
  
  Seattle Public Schools embarks on a new year with new start times for students, while the state Supreme Court is tackling a major education issue with its hearing on the McCleary school-funding case.
  
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• Minor 3.2 quake rattles area east of Bellingham

  07-09-2016 18:42
  
  More than 140 people reported feeling the quake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
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• NOAA: Global warming increased odds for Louisiana downpour

  07-09-2016 18:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Man-made climate change about doubled the chances for the type of heavy downpours that caused devastating Louisiana floods last month, a new federal study finds. Using two different sets of measurements and computer model runs simulating thousands of years, scientists found a clear sign of global warming in the rain that triggered […]
  
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• Judge wants AG’s emails in Oso landslide liability case

  07-09-2016 18:06
  
  A judge ordered the Washington Attorney General’s Office to give him internal emails that might help explain when state lawyers handling a case about liability for the devastating Oso landslide realized their expert witnesses were improperly deleting emails.
  
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• Judge hears arguments over sanctions in Oso landslide case

  07-09-2016 18:06
  
  A King County judge is hearing arguments Wednesday over whether the state should face sanctions because its experts deleted emails related to a lawsuit over liability for the devastating 2014 Oso landslide.
  
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• School district files complaint against Bothell shop teacher after story of attack

  07-09-2016 17:07
  
  Northshore School District officials say Bothell High School teacher Calvin Pygott lied about being attacked in the school’s wood shop.
  
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• Starbucks’ Howard Schultz endorses Hillary Clinton for president

  07-09-2016 15:23
  
  In a Facebook Live interview with CNN, the Starbucks’ CEO endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate.
  
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• Live updates from state Supreme Court hearing on McCleary school-funding case

  07-09-2016 15:01
  
  Seattle Times reporters will provide coverage of the state Supreme Court hearing about the McCleary school-funding case starting at 9 a.m. today.
  
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• Alaska pot regulators poised to approve retail licenses

  07-09-2016 09:48
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The board regulating Alaska’s fledgling legal marijuana industry is expected to approve licenses this week for the state’s first retail marijuana outlets. The state’s Marijuana Control Board also is expected to discuss whether certain retail stores will be given permission to have areas where customers can light up — a key […]
  
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• Olympia assault investigated as LGBT hate crime

  07-09-2016 07:04
  
  Since the Sunday morning attack, more information has come to light, leading police to investigate the incident as a hate crime involving sexual orientation or gender identity.
  
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• Stealthy destroyer ready to set sail to join US Navy

  07-09-2016 06:44
  
  BATH, Maine (AP) — The largest and most expensive destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy once headed to sea in a snowstorm during builder trials. Now, it’s heading into the remnants of a tropical storm as it leaves Maine for good. The skipper is watching the weather as the stealthy Zumwalt destroyer prepares to […]
  
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• Nation’s largest destroyer sets sail to join US Navy

  07-09-2016 06:44
  
  BATH, Maine (AP) — The nation’s largest and most technologically sophisticated destroyer will join the Navy with a crew that’s the smallest of any destroyer built since the 1930s thanks to extensive automation. The stealthy Zumwalt departed Wednesday from Bath Iron Works to head to its commissioning ceremony with a crew of 147 officers and […]
  
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• Newton on path toward Mexico’s border with Arizona

  07-09-2016 06:08
  
  CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Newton swept onto the Gulf of California after slamming the resorts of southern Baja as a hurricane before making landfall Mexico’s mainland and weakening to a tropical storm. And the storm remained on a path Wednesday morning that was expected to take it to the U.S. border with potentially […]
  
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• Hurricane Newton on path toward Mexico’s border with Arizona

  07-09-2016 06:08
  
  CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Newton swept onto the Gulf of California after slamming the resorts of southern Baja and headed on a path expected to take it to the Mexican mainland by Wednesday morning and then on to the U.S. border with potentially dangerous rains for Arizona and New Mexico. Newton came […]
  
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• Seattle City Council gets an earful as it weighs protections for homeless in camp evictions

  07-09-2016 05:47
  
  The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday to consider an ordinance that would give new protections to homeless people camping on public property.
  
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• After closure, local officials urging ITT Tech students to connect with other schools

  07-09-2016 05:24
  
  The troubled college chain is shutting down all 130 of its U.S. campuses, including those in Seattle, Everett and the Spokane area.
  
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• Refurbished Seattle elementary school is a ‘light and airy’ place to learn

  07-09-2016 05:16
  
  Arbor Heights Elementary’s new building is energy- and cost-efficient, designed to be durable and sustainable. The old building was old and worn, with half its classrooms housed in 1950s-vintage portables and a play area that students called “the jail.”
  
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• Oops! Seattle utilities try to figure out what caused flaw in new system

  07-09-2016 05:02
  
  Seattle’s utilities are still working to determine exactly what or who was responsible for the data flaw that allowed thousands of customers to view other customers’ bills Monday.
  
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• Seattle man held on $1M bail in fatal Kent shooting

  07-09-2016 02:58
  
  A 39-year-old Tukwila man was fatally shot and a 31-year-old Kent woman was wounded during a shooting early Sunday at a house party in Kent. Police have arrested a 27-year-old Seattle man.
  
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• Candidates for Washington governor, U.S. senator agree to televised debates

  07-09-2016 01:29
  
  A state coalition of civic and media organizations Tuesday announced there will be two televised debates per race for the candidates for governor and for U.S. Senate.
  
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• 4 televised debates planned for Washington governor, U.S. Senate races

  07-09-2016 01:29
  
  A state coalition of civic and media organizations Tuesday announced the televised debates for the governor’s and state U.S. Senate races.
  
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• 4 televised debates planned for WA governor, U.S. Senate races

  07-09-2016 01:29
  
  A state coalition of civic and media organizations Tuesday announced the televised debates for the governor’s and state U.S. Senate races.
  
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• Happy landings: 3 space station crew members back on Earth

  07-09-2016 00:21
  
  A record-setting American and two Russians landed safely back on Earth Wednesday after a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA’s Jeff Williams returned as the U.S. record holder for time in orbit, logging 534 days in space over four missions. Williams, Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka logged 72.8 million miles in space, circling […]
  
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• 3 space station crew members prepare to return to Earth

  07-09-2016 00:21
  
  An American and two Russians are preparing to return to Earth after a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA’s Jeff Williams will return as the U.S. record holder for time in orbit, logging 534 days in space over four missions. A Soyuz capsule carrying the trio undocked from the space station Tuesday about […]
  
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