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• Ailing humpback whale stuck on New York sandbar euthanized

  23-11-2016 21:03
  
  EAST MORICHES, N.Y. (AP) — An ailing humpback whale that became grounded on a sandbar in a bay was euthanized on Wednesday, three days after rescuers first tried to set it free. The death of the whale, which weighed between 15 and 20 tons and was about 33 feet long, angered some environmentalists and locals […]
  
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• Ailing humpback whale stuck in New York bay is euthanized

  23-11-2016 21:03
  
  EAST MORICHES, N.Y. (AP) — An ailing 25-foot humpback whale that became grounded on a sandbar off New York has been euthanized. Officials with the Riverhead Foundation of Marine Research and Preservation and others say the whale died Wednesday afternoon. The whale weighed between 15 and 20 tons. It got stuck in Long Island’s Moriches […]
  
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• ‘It’s OK to whine’: 1,500 gather to mourn slain police dog in Boise

  23-11-2016 20:33
  
  Jardo, a Belgian Malinois, was shot Nov. 11 along with two Boise police officers by a parolee who was wanted in connection with a double shooting and carjacking.
  
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• Crystal and Mt. Baker open Friday for winter season, more could follow if Thanksgiving storm dumps enough snow

  23-11-2016 20:23
  
  Skiers and snowboarders looking for a post-Thanksgiving journey to the hillsides will have some options locally as well as  to the north in British Columbia and to south in Oregon. Crystal Mountain Resort and Mount Baker Ski Area announced their official opening date is Friday, and other areas are banking the upcoming Thanksgiving storm will […]
  
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• Sweat it out! Skin patch aims to test sweat for health

  23-11-2016 20:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Breaking a sweat? Researchers are creating a skin patch that can test those droplets while people exercise and beam results to their smartphones, possibly a new way to track health and fitness. The experimental gadget goes well beyond activity monitors like the Fitbit. A little larger than a quarter, it’s almost like […]
  
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• Man fatally shot on Capitol Hill is identified

  23-11-2016 20:09
  
  The 31-year-old man died from multiple gunshot wounds a day after he was shot on a Seattle street corner.
  
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• Egyptian archaeologists uncover Pharaonic village, tombs

  23-11-2016 19:16
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian archeologists have discovered a Pharaonic village and cemetery once used by officials tasked with building royal tombs. The Antiquities Ministry said Wednesday that the find in the ancient city of Abydos dates back to the Early Dynastic Period, more than 4,500 years ago. Hani Aboul-Azm, a ministry official, says around 15 […]
  
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• Men robbed after using social apps to meet a young woman

  23-11-2016 18:49
  
  The victims both agreed to meet a woman they met online at a Vancouver school, where they were robbed.
  
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• Pronto bike share will be gone soon, so what’s next?

  23-11-2016 18:45
  
  City officials are negotiating with a new bike-share company that provides electric bikes.
  
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• Nooksack Tribe says it’s booted 289 people off rolls

  23-11-2016 18:35
  
  A lawyer for the people who were kicked off membership rolls says the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs won’t recognize the disenrollment because the Tribal Council lacked a quorum.
  
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• Nooksack Tribe says it has booted 289 people off membership rolls

  23-11-2016 18:35
  
  A lawyer for the people who were kicked off membership rolls says the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs won’t recognize the disenrollment because the Tribal Council lacked a quorum.
  
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• Man who shot 9 nails into woman’s head in suicide pact gets prison

  23-11-2016 18:09
  
  The 31-year-old woman sustained permanent brain damage but survived.
  
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• Extra DUI patrols on tap for Black Friday

  23-11-2016 17:30
  
  Troopers will focus on interstates 90, 5 and 405 and Highway 520 near Seattle, according to the State Patrol.
  
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• In a pond called Wreck, a new creation helps fish breed

  23-11-2016 15:20
  
  SPRING LAKE, N.J. (AP) — For years, the conflicting goals of protecting the environment and some of the Jersey shore’s priciest real estate from storms have bedeviled New Jersey’s Wreck Pond. Storms sometimes open a channel between the 48-acre tidal pond and the ocean, but governments keep sealing it shut to protect homes from flooding. […]
  
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• Guest essay: End separate classes for highly capable students at Seattle’s Ingraham High

  23-11-2016 15:02
  
  Teacher and parent Richard Truax shares his concerns about the way thehighly capable program is handled at Ingraham High in Seattle.
  
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• News analysis: Theater as safe space? History tells a different story

  23-11-2016 15:01
  
  In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion, via Twitter, that theater should be a safe space, many in the local theater community point out that theater and politics go back to the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, and even curtain-call speech has precedent.
  
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• ‘Hamilton’-Pence hubbub: Theater as a safe space? History tells a different story

  23-11-2016 15:01
  
  In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion, via Twitter, that theater should be a safe space, many in the local theater community point out that theater and politics go back to the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, and even curtain-call speech has precedent.
  
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• Love you, hate your politics: Readers share postelection Thanksgiving plans

  23-11-2016 15:00
  
  “We all circle, hold hands and pray, and I don’t know how I can do that,” one woman said of her annual Thanksgiving dinner. Friends and relatives across the state say their relationships have changed since Trump’s election ... just in time for the holidays.
  
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• Love you, hate your politics: Readers share post-election Thanksgiving plans

  23-11-2016 15:00
  
  Friends and relatives across the state say their relationships have changed since Trump’s election ... just in time for the holidays.
  
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• Women for Trump Cabinet: Haley picked for UN, DeVos for Ed

  23-11-2016 13:05
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Injecting the first diversity into his Cabinet-to-be, Donald Trump selected two Republican women on Wednesday who had unflattering things to say about him during the presidential campaign: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and charter school advocate Betsy DeVos to lead the […]
  
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• Trump taps SC Gov Haley and charter school backer DeVos

  23-11-2016 13:05
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and prominent charter school advocate Betsy DeVos as his secretary of education, the first women selected for top-level administration posts in his new administration. Both Cabinet-level positions require Senate confirmation. While […]
  
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• Trump chooses women for Cabinet: Haley for UN, DeVos for Ed

  23-11-2016 13:05
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Injecting the first diversity into his Cabinet-to-be, Donald Trump selected two Republican women on Wednesday who had unflattering things to say about him during the presidential campaign: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and charter school advocate Betsy DeVos to lead the […]
  
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• Rare thunderstorm asthma kills 4 people in Australian city

  23-11-2016 10:17
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma sent hundreds of people to hospitals in Australia’s second-largest city, and four deaths had been confirmed by Wednesday. Family confirmed Clarence Leo, a nightclub bouncer and father of two, died at home early Tuesday morning after the wild thunderstorm in Melbourne on Monday night […]
  
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• Drugs, alcohol not involved in bus crash that killed 5 kids

  23-11-2016 09:44
  
  Thirty-five children had been riding on a Chattanooga, Tenn., school bus police said was traveling too fast when it veered off a narrow road and crashed on the way home from elementary school. Five children died, and 23 were taken to area hospitals.
  
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• Doctor: Some school bus crash survivors ‘too dazed to talk’

  23-11-2016 09:44
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The injured children were so young that many couldn’t spell their names. Some couldn’t remember their birthdays or their parents’ names — just “Momma” when asked. As survivors of a Chattanooga school bus crash began to arrive in the pediatric emergency room, Dr. Darvey Koller could see the devastation in their […]
  
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• Boy killed in bus crash a jokester; girl liked dress-up

  23-11-2016 09:44
  
  Thirty-five children had been riding on a Chattanooga, Tenn., school bus police said was traveling too fast when it veered off a narrow road and crashed on the way home from elementary school. Five children died, and 23 were taken to area hospitals.
  
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• Trump Justice Dept. could shift drug prosecution policies

  23-11-2016 09:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An Obama administration Justice Department that emphasized the need to be “smart on crime” is being replaced with a Trump presidency that campaigned on being “tough on crime.” The difference between those two philosophies remains to be seen, but one area where the divide is likely to be felt most acutely is […]
  
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• Unusually late TS Otto takes aim at Central America

  23-11-2016 06:12
  
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — An unusually Tropical Storm Otto swirled over the Caribbean just off Central America on Wednesday heading toward a possible landfall as a hurricane in Costa Rica, which hasn’t seen such a storm since reliable record-keeping began in 1851. Heavy rains from the storm were blamed for three deaths in Panama, and […]
  
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• Unusually late Hurricane Otto takes aim at Central America

  23-11-2016 06:12
  
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — An unusually late Hurricane Otto swirled over the Caribbean just off Central America, heading toward a possible landfall in Costa Rica, which hasn’t seen such a storm since reliable record-keeping began in 1851. Heavy rains from the storm were blamed for three deaths in Panama on Tuesday, and officials in Costa […]
  
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• 2 Qatari sisters robbed of millions in highway heist near Paris

  23-11-2016 05:43
  
  The heist is the latest in a series of robberies targeting wealthy tourists and famous visitors in and around Paris, to the dismay of many working in a tourism industry that was already suffering from the effects of last year’s terrorist attacks.
  
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• Watchdogs get a win, too, from Trump victory

  23-11-2016 05:26
  
  Talk about a “Trump effect”: Support to groups pledging to watchdog the new administration have gone off the charts since the election.
  
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• Trump victory translates to ‘silver lining and hope’ for watchdog groups

  23-11-2016 05:26
  
  Talk about a “Trump effect”: Support to groups pledging to watchdog the new administration have gone off the charts since the election.
  
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• Everett lawyer accused of violating campaign finance rules

  23-11-2016 02:26
  
  The Washington Attorney General’s Office has charged an Everett lawyer with campaign finance violations, saying that from 2012 to 2015 he concealed the source of at least $16,000 in political contributions.
  
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• Suspect in fight dies after Hoquiam police use Taser, handcuffs

  23-11-2016 01:56
  
  Police used a Taser on the 35-year-old woman after she became combative at a Hoquiam group home.
  
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• Seattle City Council advances a cap on renters’ move-in fees

  23-11-2016 01:53
  
  A proposed ordinance that cleared a Seattle City Council committee Tuesday would cap the move-in money that landlords charge and give renters the right to pay their move-in costs in installments. A final vote is set for Dec. 12.
  
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• Washington state youth sue government over climate change

  23-11-2016 00:36
  
  The petitioners, between 12 and 16 years old, are heading back to court in Seattle Tuesday afternoon to ask a state judge to step in and order the state Department of Ecology to do a better job of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
  
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• Juvenile activists sue government over climate-change policy

  23-11-2016 00:36
  
  The petitioners, between 12 and 16 years old, are heading back to court in Seattle Tuesday afternoon to ask a state judge to step in and order the state Department of Ecology to do a better job of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
  
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• GOP-Democratic split in state Legislature stays almost the same

  23-11-2016 00:00
  
  Next year’s Washington state Legislature will look much like this year’s Legislature, with a narrow Democratic majority in the House and an even slimmer Republican majority in the Senate.
  
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