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• Seattle fire crews douse large apartment fire in Delridge

  27-09-2016 23:53
  
  No injuries were reported after a fire swept through a large apartment building Tuesday afternoon in Delridge. The building is owned by the Seattle Housing Authority.
  
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• Seattle fire crews battle large apartment fire in Delridge

  27-09-2016 23:53
  
  The building is owned by the Seattle Housing Authority.
  
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• Tech worker, actress on moving to Seattle: ‘Amazon employees are individuals, too’

  27-09-2016 23:51
  
  New to Seattle: A Q&A with Varsha Raghavan, an actor, singer and Amazon employee who recently moved to Seattle from Chicago. So far, what does she think?
  
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• Tech worker, actor on moving to Seattle: ‘Amazon employees are individuals, too’

  27-09-2016 23:51
  
  New to Seattle: A Q&A with Varsha Raghavan, an actor, singer and Amazon employee who recently moved to Seattle from Chicago. So far, what does she think?
  
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• Blessed are the animals

  27-09-2016 23:48
  
  Seattle’s First United Methodist Church held its Blessing of the Animals service on Sunday.
  
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• SpaceX chief envisions 1,000 passenger ships flying to Mars

  27-09-2016 23:28
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX founder Elon Musk envisions 1,000 passenger ships flying en masse to Mars within a century, “Battlestar Galactica” style. During a speech Tuesday in Mexico, Musk outlined his plan to establish a city on Mars. He wants to make humans a multi-planetary species, and says the best way to do […]
  
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• Man guilty in slayings of woman, child at East Bremerton mobile home

  27-09-2016 22:04
  
  Jurors deliberated for three days before finding Gerardo DeJesus guilty of two counts of murder in the March 2015 shooting at Kariotis Mobile Home Park.
  
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• Who won the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton?

  27-09-2016 21:40
  
  Did either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump shine during the first presidential debate? Who won the debate?
  
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• Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars. Watch how he plans to do it.

  27-09-2016 21:04
  
  Elon Musk's SpaceX released an animated simulation of how the aerospace company plans to land humans on Mars.
  
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• Spate of whale entanglements could inform regulations

  27-09-2016 20:42
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal authorities say a recent wave of entanglements of rare whales off of New England could help inform future regulations to preserve the animals. A North Atlantic right whale was found dead about 12 miles off the Maine coast over the weekend, entangled in fishing gear. Two other right whales were […]
  
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• Motorist uses cardboard Trump head in HOV lane. Sad!

  27-09-2016 19:21
  
  A Washington motorist was pulled over for driving in the HOV lane with a yuge, shouting Donald Trump cardboard cutout as his passenger. The offense carries a $136 fine.
  
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• New father was on his way to see baby boy when shot dead in road-rage incident, family says

  27-09-2016 18:16
  
  A gunman followed the man to a Federal Way apartment, his brother said.
  
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• New dad, on way to see baby, shot dead after road-rage incident, family says

  27-09-2016 18:16
  
  A gunman had followed Dennis Sloboda to a Federal Way apartment Monday night, his brother said, and later the victim was fatally shot in his car on Hoyt Road Southwest, about five minutes away.
  
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• Journalist Maureen O’Hagan speaks with KUOW about Lori Ruff

  27-09-2016 18:14
  
  Maureen O'Hagan speaks with KUOW about the mysterious story of Lori Ruff.
  
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• Unhappy Target customers send strong message on pill bottles

  27-09-2016 16:59
  
  Longtime customers of Target’s pharmacies are finding a change in pill bottle design hard to swallow. After CVS began operating Target’s drugstores earlier this year, distraught customers have been asking — in some cases begging — the drugstore chain to bring back the retailer’s red prescription bottles, which came with color-coded rings, labeling on the […]
  
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• Target customers don’t like pill bottles that came with CVS takeover

  27-09-2016 16:59
  
  Longtime customers of Target’s pharmacies are finding a change in pill bottle design hard to swallow. After CVS began operating Target’s drugstores earlier this year, distraught customers have been asking — in some cases begging — the drugstore chain to bring back the retailer’s unique red bottles, which came with color-coded rings, labeling on the […]
  
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• Colleges lavishing more financial aid on wealthy students

  27-09-2016 16:51
  
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Spencer Mulligan knew his family could pay for his college education, even without loans or grants. So when the University of Connecticut offered a merit award of $20,000 over four years, he saw it as a bonus. As a discount on in-state tuition, it brought the cost well below half of […]
  
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• ‘This was preventable:’ Heart-transplant patient to sue UWMC over Legionnaires’ disease

  27-09-2016 16:00
  
  A 32-year-old woman from Washington state had a heart transplant Aug. 8 at the University of Washington Medical Center, and later learned she was part of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. She plans to sue.
  
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• Skagit Strong: Tokens of support grace impromptu Cascade Mall memorial

  27-09-2016 15:00
  
  Sketched Sept. 26, 2016 Three days after five people were killed by a gunman inside Cascade Mall in Burlington, an impromptu memorial for the victims shined brightly by the east entrance of the shopping center Monday afternoon. The scene couldn’t have been any more warm and colorful. Red and blue balloons billowed over the green […]
  
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• FACT CHECK: The truth behind claims in the Inslee vs. Bryant debate

  27-09-2016 15:00
  
  Education, mental health, highway tolling: In Monday’s debate, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and challenger Bill Bryant traded many accusations. We checked the accuracy of some of those claims.
  
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• WHO: Excessive air pollution affects 92 percent of people

  27-09-2016 08:44
  
  GENEVA (AP) — More than nine out of 10 people worldwide live in areas with excessive air pollution, contributing to strokes, heart disease, lung cancer and other problems, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The U.N. health agency said in a new report that 92 percent of people live in areas where air quality exceeds […]
  
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• Strong winds from typhoon hit Taiwan, killing at least 4

  27-09-2016 08:25
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Strong winds knocked down people and scattered debris as a massive typhoon crossed over Taiwan on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring more than 260, officials said. Typhoon Megi’s bands of heavy rain and 162-kilometers- (100 miles-) per-hour sustained winds blanketed the island by midafternoon as the eye of […]
  
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• Strong winds from island-wide typhoon hurt dozens in Taiwan

  27-09-2016 08:25
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Strong winds felled trees and scattered construction debris that injured dozens of people Tuesday as a large typhoon crossed over Taiwan. Typhoon Megi’s bands of heavy rain and 162-kilometers- (100 miles-) per-hour sustained winds had blanketed the island by 3 p.m. as the eye of the storm reached Hualien county on […]
  
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• Inslee, Bryant square off in 2nd gubernatorial debate

  27-09-2016 07:49
  
  Gov. Jay Inslee and his Republican opponent Bill Bryant sparred Monday night over education, taxes and government oversight in their second debate.
  
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• Taiwan closes schools, offices ahead of island-wide typhoon

  27-09-2016 07:26
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Schools and offices have been closed on Taiwan and people in dangerous areas have been evacuated as a large typhoon with 162 kilometers- (100 miles-) per-hour winds approaches the island. National Fire Agency Director-General Chen Wen-lung said authorities are on high alert because Typhoon Megi is expected to cover the entire […]
  
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• Man charged with vehicular homicide in deadly Renton crash

  27-09-2016 07:26
  
  After being asked what led to the crash, the man told an investigator that he was “driving like an idiot” and had been drinking, charging papers say.
  
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• Small but mighty youth-arts group TeenTix is getting a new leader

  27-09-2016 05:27
  
  TeenTix, which has partnered with over 60 arts organizations to allow teens to buy tickets to events for $5 — from fringe theaters to Seattle Opera — introduces a new, 28-year-old director.
  
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• Homeless deaths often unnoticed, but not all

  27-09-2016 05:23
  
  Maybe a half-dozen homeless residents die each year in Deschutes County, in central Oregon, commonly without family to be notified or anyone to claim the body. Sally Lybarger, though, she had friends.
  
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• Tribe raises noise concerns over JBLM rocket testing

  27-09-2016 04:07
  
  The Army wants to shift training on the HIMARS rocket system from the Yakima Training Center to JBLM, and will conduct test firing this week, which has spurred noise concerns from the Nisqually Indian Tribe.
  
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• Seattle to get lower speed limits

  27-09-2016 03:45
  
  An ordinance to lower central-city speeds to 25 mph unanimously passed Seattle City Council on Monday.
  
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• New Seattle utilities director confirmed; council considers increasing pay range to $334K

  27-09-2016 02:34
  
  The Seattle City Council confirmed a new director of Seattle Public Utilities and is considering a change that would allow her to earn up to $334,000 per year.
  
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• Airlines back climate plan that could cost them $24 billion

  27-09-2016 02:29
  
  Trade groups representing United, Boeing and other industry leaders are pushing nations to support the United Nations proposal, which would require companies to offset their emissions growth by funding environmental initiatives.
  
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• Man Charged With Murder in Shooting of 5 at Mall in Washington State

  27-09-2016 02:17
  No motive was disclosed as Arcan Cetin was formally charged in the killings at the Cascade Mall, north of Seattle.
  
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• Painful kidney stone? Roller-coaster ride may spell relief

  27-09-2016 02:02
  
  In a bit of medical research inspired by strange and remarkable patient accounts, a urologist reports that riding a medium-intensity roller coaster can result in the painless passing of small, and even a few large, kidney stones.
  
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• Colorado combats a new breed of drug traffickers

  27-09-2016 01:30
  
  As Colorado is increasingly seen as the Napa Valley of cannabis, authorities say they are squaring off against a new breed of drug traffickers who are establishing a new front in the drug war — the Rocky Mountains.
  
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• What’s scarier than crossing over — politics? Ask John Edward

  27-09-2016 01:14
  
  Nicole Brodeur talks with psychic John Edward about energy, signs of the zodiac and of course, politics. Edward will be in Seattle on Oct. 2.
  
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• Entire Oregon coast closed for razor clam digging after marine toxin levels skyrocket

  27-09-2016 01:12
  
  Oregon Fish and Wildlife announced the entire Oregon coast from Columbia River south to the California border is closed for razor clams and mussel after the Department of Agriculture found unsafe levels of domoic acid. Test results showed levels of domoic acid – a natural toxin produced by certain types of marine algae, can be […]
  
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• UW Medical Center, Overlake report new Legionnaires’ disease cases

  27-09-2016 00:08
  
  A fifth patient has been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease at the University of Washington Medical Center and, in an unrelated case, a patient was confirmed to have the disease at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue.
  
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• Providence, Premera reach insurance contract agreement

  27-09-2016 00:05
  
  Providence Health & Services and Premera Blue Cross have overcome an earlier impasse that threatened to affect hundreds of thousands of state residents.
  
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