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• Chains, Whips and Misery: Studying and Preserving Old ‘Lunatic’ Asylums

  29-09-2016 23:22
  Several exhibitions and books, including “Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond” at the Wellcome Collection in London, document the terrors experienced by patients.
  
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• Suspect tried to buy handgun at store just before mall shooting, owner says

  29-09-2016 21:05
  
  “As soon as he came in the door, I decided we weren’t going to be selling him a gun,” the store’s owner says of Arcan Cetin, charged with killing five people at a Skagit County mall. ”It just didn’t feel right.”
  
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• Flooding closes roads and schools along mid-Atlantic coast

  29-09-2016 20:20
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Some schools are closed and many roads are impassable after heavy overnight rains deluged parts of Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. National Weather Service Meteorologist Lyle Alexander said Thursday that 5 to 8 inches of rain have fallen. Most of it was concentrated around Salisbury, Maryland. Alexander said the tides are higher […]
  
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• Suspicious package prompts evacuation at Edmonds Community College

  29-09-2016 20:06
  
  The Washington State Patrol’s bomb squad has been called in to examine the suspicious device.
  
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• Suspicious device prompts evacuation at Edmonds Community College

  29-09-2016 20:06
  
  The Washington State Patrol’s bomb squad was called in to examine the suspicious device. The investigation prompted nearby evacuations. It’s unclear what exactly the package was.
  
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• U.S.-based forecasters say Matthew has strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean

  29-09-2016 19:41
  
  MIAMI (AP) — U.S.-based forecasters say Matthew has strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean.
  
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• ‘Plan ahead, be ready’: Friday’s UW-Stanford rush-hour kickoff to be traffic challenge

  29-09-2016 19:21
  
  Husky Stadium will be packed Friday afternoon, and so will the rush-hour roadways.
  
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• APNewsBreak: California to ban some pesticides near schools

  29-09-2016 19:06
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California is moving to ban farmers from spraying pesticides into the air near schools and day care centers under a newly proposed rule that will be among the nation’s toughest, regulators told The Associated Press on Thursday. Crop dusters flying over fields, air-blasters spraying orchards and fumigants that risk blowing onto […]
  
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• Scientists: World likely won’t avoid dangerous warming mark

  29-09-2016 18:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of top scientists is telling world leaders to stop congratulating themselves on the Paris agreement to fight climate change because if more isn’t done, global temperatures will likely hit dangerous warming levels in about 35 years. Six scientists who were leaders in past international climate conferences joined with the Universal […]
  
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• Watch: Amanda Knox talks about new Netflix documentary on Good Morning America

  29-09-2016 17:59
  
  Seattle's Amanda Knox appeared on Good Morning America to talk Netflix documentary "Amanda Knox."
  
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• Study: Police using body cameras see huge drop in complaints

  29-09-2016 17:08
  
  LONDON (AP) — A Cambridge University study of British and U.S. police shows a 93 percent decrease in the number of complaints made against officers when they are using body cameras — pivotal findings that suggest the simple devices could reduce conflicts between police and the public. The idea behind the study is simple: people […]
  
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• Hazen High classes to resume after threat on Instagram

  29-09-2016 16:00
  
  Police are working with the Renton School District to investigate the threat against the high school.
  
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• Classes canceled at Renton’s Hazen High School after threat on Instagram

  29-09-2016 16:00
  
  Police are working with the Renton School District to investigate the threat against the high school.
  
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• Classes canceled at Renton’s Hazen High School after social-media threat

  29-09-2016 16:00
  
  Police are working with the Renton School District to investigate the threat against the high school.
  
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• Scientists bid farewell to Rosetta space probe before crash

  29-09-2016 15:44
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists began saying their final farewells to the Rosetta space probe Thursday, hours before its planned crash-landing on a comet, but said that data collected during the mission would provide discoveries for many years to come. The spacecraft, launched in 2004, took a decade to reach comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it released a […]
  
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• Scientists bid farewell to comet probe, eye more discoveries

  29-09-2016 15:44
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists are saying their final farewells to the Rosetta space probe ahead of its planned crash-landing on a comet. The probe was launched in 2004 and took a decade to reach comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it released a lander in November 2014. Both Rosetta and its lander Philae have gathered a wealth of […]
  
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• Train plows into New Jersey station; 1 dead, 100-plus hurt

  29-09-2016 15:13
  
  A commuter train from New York barreled into a New Jersey rail station without stopping and crashed. Witnesses reported seeing many people bleeding after the New Jersey Transit train crashed at the Hoboken station.
  
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• Train crashes at New Jersey station; 1 dead, 74 hospitalized

  29-09-2016 15:13
  
  A commuter train from New York barreled into a New Jersey rail station without stopping and crashed. Witnesses reported seeing many people bleeding after the New Jersey Transit train crashed at the Hoboken station.
  
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• 1 dead, over 100 hurt in train crash at New Jersey station

  29-09-2016 15:13
  
  A commuter train from New York barreled into a New Jersey rail station without stopping and crashed. Witnesses reported seeing many people bleeding after the New Jersey Transit train crashed at the Hoboken station.
  
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• Postcard from Burlington

  29-09-2016 15:00
  
  Burlington is a railroad town where you can hear the trains whistle when they go by, writes Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario, who this week visited the small Skagit Valley town for the first time.
  
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• Thailand suspends seahorse trade amid conservation concerns

  29-09-2016 13:14
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thailand, the world’s biggest exporter of seahorses, is suspending trade in the animal because of concern about threats to its wild population. The decision was announced at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. Dr. Amanda Vincent, a seahorse expert at […]
  
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• 32 people missing in China landslides following typhoon

  29-09-2016 08:29
  
  BEIJING (AP) — At least 32 people were reported missing Thursday after rain-saturated hillsides collapsed onto villages in southeastern China following a typhoon. A rescue operation was underway in Sucun village in China’s Zhejiang province, south of the financial hub of Shanghai, after it was hit by a landslide on Wednesday evening, leaving 26 missing, […]
  
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• ‘All My Children’ creator Agnes Nixon dies at 93

  29-09-2016 07:23
  
  Agnes Nixon had just completed her memoir, “My Life to Live.”
  
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• Before Cascade Mall shootings, witness saw suspect near theater

  29-09-2016 06:17
  
  Scores of detectives are still investigating the suspected gunman who is accused of killing five people during a shooting rampage at Cascade Mall on Friday. Meanwhile, a Mount Vernon woman recalled a random encounter 20 minutes before gunfire erupted.
  
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• DEA moves to ban the herb kratom, frustrating both scientists and users

  29-09-2016 06:14
  
  The DEA says it will put kratom, a leaf indigenous to Southeast Asia, on its list of most severely prohibited drugs. But scientists and users — who say kratom has helped them kick opioid addictions — think that’s a mistake.
  
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• DEA moves to ban kratom, frustrating both scientists and users

  29-09-2016 06:14
  
  The DEA says it will put kratom, a leaf indigenous to Southeast Asia, on its list of most severely prohibited drugs. But scientists and users — who say kratom has helped them kick opioid addictions — think that’s a mistake.
  
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• New federal nursing-home standards preserve patients’ right to sue

  29-09-2016 05:43
  
  An agency within the Health and Human Services Department has issued a rule that bars any nursing home or assisted-living facility that receives federal funding from requiring that its residents resolve any disputes in arbitration instead of in court.
  
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• Feds give nursing-home patients right to sue over safety, care

  29-09-2016 05:43
  
  An agency within the Health and Human Services Department has issued a rule that bars any nursing home or assisted-living facility that receives federal funding from requiring that its residents resolve any disputes in arbitration instead of in court.
  
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• Monroe prison guard charged with smuggling contraband into facility

  29-09-2016 05:17
  
  The FBI conducted a six-month investigation into his conduct, finding that he was allegedly accepting bribes of up to $1,000 to bring in prohibited goods such as tobacco, officials said.
  
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• Displaced by apartment fire, Delridge neighbors have ‘no choice’ but to carry on

  29-09-2016 04:50
  
  For an Ethiopian mom making $13.80 an hour as a senior living housekeeper, losing her Delridge apartment in a fire means losing all her possessions. There are nearly 50 more people in the same situation.
  
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• Race for Washington lieutenant governor a study in contrasts

  29-09-2016 04:25
  
  The race for lieutenant governor in Washington state pits a progressive Democratic legislator and law professor against a conservative Republican pastor and talk-show host with no experience in elected office.
  
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• Police think there might be more to road-rage killing of young dad in Federal Way

  29-09-2016 03:18
  
  Police say they don’t want to discount the possibility that Dennis Sloboda could have been the victim of an unusual road-rage incident. But they’re still investigating.
  
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• Supplement giant NBTY agrees to genetic testing of its herbal products

  29-09-2016 02:32
  
  The agreement affects several popular brands, including Solgar, Nature’s Bounty and Sundown Naturals.
  
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• Snohomish River opens for coho Thursday after run size deemed strong enough

  29-09-2016 02:32
  
  The Snohomish from mouth at Burlington-Northern Railroad bridges up to confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie opens for coho from Thursday through Sunday, and Oct. 6-9. Daily limit is two coho with a minimum size limit of 12 inches. Fishing was originally closed to protect coho salmon, but state and tribal fish managers agred the […]
  
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• Mayor’s group rejects commercial rent control

  29-09-2016 02:05
  
  A committee convened by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray recommended several steps that could help small businesses find affordable space in the city, but it opposed the idea of commercial rent control floated by some on the city council.
  
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• Our political divide makes dialogue crucial, but difficult

  29-09-2016 02:01
  
  At a Seattle Town Hall forum with local scholars, some acknowledged polarization driven by rapid social change makes good politics difficult.
  
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• Skagit River coho opener Wednesday was good, and updated run size is almost four times larger than forecasted

  29-09-2016 00:44
  
  The Skagit and Cascade coho opener on Wednesday started off on a high note for the anglers who had the day off or either snuck away from work, and the updated run size is almost four times larger than expected. “They smacked the fish pretty good (Wednesday morning) on the lower river, and I know […]
  
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• Too tired to work out? High- and low-tech tips for getting off the couch

  29-09-2016 00:23
  
  Try these solutions to overcoming an exercise lull, from meditation to finding a workout buddy.
  
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