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• NASA bracing for first hurricane since shuttles retired

  06-10-2016 23:47
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is bracing for its first hurricane without space shuttles to worry about. Now it’s SpaceX and Boeing fretting about hurricane-force wind and equally devastating storm surges. Before the shuttle fleet’s retirement in 2011, rollbacks from the launch pads were commonplace during hurricane season at Kennedy Space Center. Now both […]
  
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• Scientists announce discovery of Brazil’s largest dinosaur

  06-10-2016 23:41
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian scientists say they have discovered the largest dinosaur ever found in South America’s biggest country. The announcement was made Wednesday at Rio de Janeiro’s Earth Sciences Museum by its director, Diogenes Campos. He named the 25-meter-long dinosaur “Austroposeidon magnificus,” and said it belonged to the Titanosaur group of herbivores that […]
  
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• Billionaire to use winged rockets for satellite launches

  06-10-2016 23:26
  
  MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Billionaire Paul G. Allen’s Stratolaunch will use Orbital ATK Pegasus XL winged rockets for its airborne satellite launch system. The choice was jointly announced Thursday by Stratolaunch Systems of Mojave, California, and Orbital ATK of Dulles, Virginia. Stratolaunch is building a giant, six-engine jet that will release launch vehicles at high […]
  
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• Charges: Driver injected crystal meth before deadly crash into Metro bus

  06-10-2016 22:59
  
  Kevin Arrington, 39, had allegedly injected crystal methamphetamine a few hours before the crash on Capitol Hill that killed a passenger in Arrington’s car.
  
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• Ferry crashes into Bainbridge Island ferry dock, sailings canceled

  06-10-2016 22:46
  
  Two ferry sailings between Seattle and Bainbridge Island have been canceled while the damage is assessed.
  
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• Matthew may return later to Florida in ‘funky loop’ dance

  06-10-2016 22:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In what might eventually be more a psychological blow than a meteorological one, there’s a decent chance that Hurricane Matthew could loop back full circle for a second, unwelcome visit to South Florida next week, meteorologists says. If so, what arrives Tuesday would just be a weakened remnant of the monster storm […]
  
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• Professor: American killed in Ethiopia had bright future

  06-10-2016 21:50
  
  DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — A University of California, Davis professor says an American researcher killed by rocks thrown by protesters in Ethiopia was a talented scientist with a bright future. Plant Biology Department Chair Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar said Thursday that Sharon Gray was always smiling and a “slip of sunshine.” He says she was a leader […]
  
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• UW-Stanford game helps break light-rail record of more than 100,000 riders

  06-10-2016 20:15
  
  Link light-rail trains carried more than 100,000 riders in a single day for the first time.
  
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• Study says apes think like humans in an important way

  06-10-2016 20:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study finds that great apes show some key abilities to see the world from someone else’s point of view — a trait that once was considered uniquely human. An international study found that chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans seem to have this ability, even when they know that point of view […]
  
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• Seattle cop charged with groping 3 employees, suspended by department

  06-10-2016 20:14
  
  The allegations came to light during an Equal Employment Opportunity investigation into the conduct of the officer, John Knight, the department said.
  
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• No injuries in explosion, fire in Columbia City building

  06-10-2016 20:06
  
  The blast may have been centered in a kitchen in a second-floor apartment, the fire department said.
  
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• Fire, explosion reported in Columbia City

  06-10-2016 20:06
  
  Drivers are advised to avoid the area because several streets are closed.
  
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• Police seek ID of man wanted in Kirkland assault

  06-10-2016 19:53
  
  Kirkland authorities seek help in identifying a man involved in a downtown assault, police said.
  
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• Pedestrian struck by car in Bellevue dies

  06-10-2016 19:50
  
  The driver is cooperating with the investigation, police said.
  
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• Auction begins for 2 retired ferries, but buyer beware: these old boats can have haunting fates

  06-10-2016 19:47
  
  Looking for a pleasure craft that can host hundreds? Washington State Ferries has a couple of boats for you!
  
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• Airlines cancel hundreds of flights as hurricane hits US

  06-10-2016 19:20
  
  Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights as Hurricane Matthew sweeps along the Florida coast. The Fort Lauderdale airport shut down on Thursday morning, and further north the Orlando airport expected to do the same by nighttime. By midday, flight-tracking service FlightAware.com reported that nearly 1,500 flights within the U.S. had been scrapped, with the largest […]
  
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• $100,000-a-day fines over K-12 funding kept in place by state Supreme Court

  06-10-2016 19:02
  
  In its latest order on education funding, the Washington Supreme Court kept in place its $100,000-per-day sanctions against the state — but decided not to add further punishments.
  
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• Ex-Seahawk Derrick Coleman pleads guilty to vehicular assault, hit-and-run in Bellevue crash

  06-10-2016 18:38
  
  After the crash, Coleman told Bellevue police he had smoked “spice,” a synthetic designer drug with effects similar to marijuana, about an hour earlier, according to the charges.
  
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• Georgia governor orders mandatory evacuation of 500,000 along entire length of coast as Hurricane Matthew approaches

  06-10-2016 17:36
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia governor orders mandatory evacuation of 500,000 along entire length of coast as Hurricane Matthew approaches.
  
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• Wyoming man ID’d as Wal-Mart shooting suspect in Clark County

  06-10-2016 17:25
  
  No one was injured in the incident Wednesday at the Hazel Dell Wal-Mart.
  
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• Gun sales, concealed-carry permits spike after Cascade Mall shooting

  06-10-2016 17:19
  
  Concealed-carry applications are “through the roof” in Skagit County after a gunman killed five people at the Burlington mall, authorities said.
  
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• Amazon pledges $10M for new UW building that would double enrollment in computer science

  06-10-2016 17:00
  
  Amazon is donating $10 million toward the cost of a new computer-science building on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus.
  
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• APNewsBreak: California tightening rule on popular pesticide

  06-10-2016 15:03
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California will tighten rules on how much farmers can use a common pesticide listed by the nation’s most productive agricultural state as a chemical known to cause cancer, regulators told The Associated Press on Thursday. The change doesn’t ban the pesticide Telone but creates a uniform rule for its application each […]
  
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• I-1491: the drive to get guns from those deemed extreme risk

  06-10-2016 15:00
  
  An initiative on the November ballot would allow family members, law-enforcement officers and others to ask a judge to keep firearms out of the hands of someone deemed a danger to themselves or others.
  
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• Family tragedy behind Initiative 1491, to get guns from those deemed at extreme risk

  06-10-2016 15:00
  
  An initiative on the November ballot would allow family members, law-enforcement officers and others to ask a judge to keep firearms out of the hands of someone deemed a danger to themselves or others.
  
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• While people flee, others in Matthew’s path stay put

  06-10-2016 09:17
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — With Hurricane Matthew bearing down on the southeastern U.S., many coastal residents packed up and headed inland. But for some, the dangers posed by the life-threatening Category 3 storm and its 115 mph winds are exaggerated if it stays on its current path. They plan to spend the storm in […]
  
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• ‘Not going to take any chances’: Hurricane menaces Florida

  06-10-2016 09:17
  
  As Hurricane Matthew put the U.S. in its sights, about 2 million people were encouraged to head inland ahead of the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic coast in more than a decade. The storm killed at least 29 people in the Caribbean as it cut through Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas.
  
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• ‘I’ll watch it on TV’: Coastal residents fleeing hurricane

  06-10-2016 09:17
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Some 3,000 people checked into shelters across Florida, a judge in coastal Georgia suspended a murder trial and deputies in South Carolina shot and wounded a motorist during a dispute over an evacuation route as Hurricane Matthew inched closer to the Atlantic coast. On Wednesday night, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal […]
  
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• Hurricane Matthew gains new fury as it hurtles to Florida

  06-10-2016 09:17
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Matthew gained new fury as it hammered the central Bahamas early Thursday, and forecasters said the life-threatening storm is expected to strengthen as it approaches Florida’s heavily populated Atlantic coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Matthew, though still a dangerous Category 3 hurricane as the day […]
  
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• Hurricane Matthew closes in on Florida with 140 mph winds

  06-10-2016 09:17
  
  As Hurricane Matthew put the U.S. in its sights, about 2 million people were encouraged to head inland ahead of the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic coast in more than a decade. The storm killed at least 29 people in the Caribbean as it cut through Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands flee coast to escape Matthew’s fury

  06-10-2016 09:17
  
  As Matthew put the U.S. in its sights, about 2 million people were encouraged to head inland ahead of the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic coast in more than a decade. Matthew killed at least 16 people in the Caribbean as it cut through Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas.
  
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• Typhoon kills 7 people in southeastern South Korea

  06-10-2016 08:20
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A typhoon that battered South Korea this week killed seven people and left three others missing, the country’s safety agency said Thursday. Typhoon Chaba caused strong winds and heavy rain in southeastern South Korea and the southern resort island of Jeju on Tuesday and Wednesday. The storm later dissipated after […]
  
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• Typhoon kills 6 people in southeastern South Korea

  06-10-2016 08:20
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A typhoon that battered South Korea this week has killed six people and left four others missing, the country’s safety agency said Thursday. Typhoon Chaba caused strong winds and heavy rain in southeastern areas in South Korea and the southern resort island of Jeju on Tuesday and Wednesday. South Korean […]
  
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• Research group confirms white shark nursery off Long Island

  06-10-2016 06:56
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A privately funded great white shark research group has confirmed the waters off Long Island’s Montauk Point are a “nursery,” a first in the study of great whites in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, the organization and other leading scientists say. But the OCEARCH expedition, which is wrapping up months of work in […]
  
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• Hurricane death toll jumps sharply in hard-hit Haiti

  06-10-2016 06:03
  
  At least 16 deaths in the Caribbean have been blamed on the storm. The death toll in Haitiwas raised to 10 by the country's civil protection agency, but the number was expected to rise.
  
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• Hard-hit Haiti starts to measure scale of hurricane disaster

  06-10-2016 06:03
  
  At least 16 deaths in the Caribbean have been blamed on the storm. The death toll in Haitiwas raised to 10 by the country's civil protection agency, but the number was expected to rise.
  
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• Faith, U.S. Constitution justify Malheur takeover, Bundy testifies

  06-10-2016 05:53
  
  Ammon Bundy, testifying in his own defense, said his religion and the U.S. Constitution helped guide his actions in the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
  
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• Faith, U.S. Constitution justify Malheur takeover, Ammon Bundy testifies

  06-10-2016 05:53
  
  Ammon Bundy, testifying in his own defense, said his religion and the U.S. Constitution helped guide his actions in the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
  
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• Authorities investigating fatal crash near Duvall

  06-10-2016 05:50
  
  The King County Sheriff’s Office responded, along with Woodinville Fire Department. No details on the deceased were immediately available.
  
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• Help for Haiti? Seattle man just does it

  06-10-2016 03:45
  
  Greg Bennick decided to create his own aid program, One Hundred for Haiti, a nonprofit run by a handful of volunteers in an entirely informal way.
  
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• Bellevue game maker Valve ordered to end support of black-market gambling

  06-10-2016 03:18
  
  The Washington state gambling commission’s action is the first time a U.S. regulator has attempted to crack down on a multibillion-dollar online gambling market that uses virtual items earned in video games as currency.
  
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• Woman struck by car in Bellevue, suffers life-threatening injuries

  06-10-2016 02:57
  
  Medics took the woman, whose age is unknown, to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment, police said. The crash remains under investigation.
  
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• 3 dead in Oregon shooting; appears to be murder-suicide

  06-10-2016 02:44
  
  BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say two children and an adult were killed in a shooting at an apartment complex near Portland, Oregon. KATU reports ( http://bit.ly/2cTA0pg ) that a police spokesperson in Beaverton, Oregon, says the incident appears to be murder-suicide. No other information was immediately available. Beaverton is about 8 miles west of […]
  
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• 3 dead in Oregon shooting; appears to be homicide-suicide

  06-10-2016 02:44
  
  BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Two young children and their 36-year-old father died Wednesday in an apparent homicide-suicide at an apartment complex near Portland, Oregon, authorities said. Beaverton police spokesman Mike Rowe told The Associated Press that officers responded to the apartment around 4:30 p.m. after a female relative called saying three people were possibly dead […]
  
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• Research suggests humans have built-in age limit

  06-10-2016 01:24
  
  The question is not just how to do lengthen human lives but whether there is a limit to how long humans could be made to live.
  
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• Authorities recover body from Lake Ballinger in Mountlake Terrace

  06-10-2016 01:19
  
  It’s unclear what circumstances led to the person’s death. Police say the body appeared to have been in the water “for some time.”
  
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• Charge dismissed against former suspect in bizarre Redmond shoplifting case

  06-10-2016 00:43
  
  The King County Prosecutor’s Office says “new information” calls into question the charges against Ernest Price in the November incident.
  
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