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• Trending: Forklifts stolen twice this week to try to bump off Seattle ATMs

  30-12-2016 22:24
  
  The forklift was used to knock over and damage the machine. No suspects were identified, and bank representatives said they did not believe any money was taken.
  
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• Trending: Forklifts stolen twice this week to try to bump off ATMs

  30-12-2016 22:24
  
  The forklift was used to knock over and damage the machine. No suspects were identified, and bank representatives said they did not believe any money was taken.
  
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• Stolen forklift used in attempted theft of Ballard ATM, police say

  30-12-2016 22:24
  
  The forklift was used to knock over and damage the machine. No suspects were identified, and bank representatives said they did not believe any money was taken.
  
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• Is this a trend? Forklift stolen again in Seattle for attempted ATM theft

  30-12-2016 22:24
  
  The forklift was used to knock over and damage the machine. No suspects were identified, and bank representatives said they did not believe any money was taken.
  
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• Big blast: Space Needle prepped for New Year’s fireworks show

  30-12-2016 21:57
  
  Thousands of coordinated fireworks placed in 87 locations on the Space Needle will be synchronized with music to welcome in the new year.
  
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• Flu blamed for 4 deaths in Snohomish County

  30-12-2016 20:27
  
  The four killed include three people in their 80s and a woman in her early 50s. All had underlying health issues, officials said.
  
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• Anderson Island property acquired by Forterra in keystone move for preservation

  30-12-2016 20:23
  
  Preserving the largest protected marine park in South Puget Sound for salmon, wildlife and public access on Anderson Island.
  
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• Seattle voters will soon get $100 in ‘democracy vouchers’ to donate to candidates

  30-12-2016 19:52
  
  Seattle’s new “democracy vouchers” will be mailed out soon. Each voter will get four $25 taxpayer-funded vouchers to distribute to candidates in 2017.
  
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• Overnight snow great news for skiers and snowboarders to celebrate the New Year

  30-12-2016 19:10
  
  Another 10 to 12 inches of snow fell overnight in the northern Cascades from a fast moving weather system that left plenty of untracked powder for skiers and snowboarders. Be sure to pack along a pair of sunglasses and dress warm due to steady cold temperatures due to a brief drying trend from Friday and […]
  
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• Overnight snow great news for skiers and snowboarders to celebrate New Year’s

  30-12-2016 19:10
  
  Another 10 to 12 inches of snow fell overnight in the northern Cascades from a fast-moving weather system that left plenty of untracked powder for skiers and snowboarders. Be sure to pack along a pair of sunglasses and dress warmly for steady cold temperatures, with a brief drying trend from Friday into early Saturday. Late […]
  
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• China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017

  30-12-2016 18:13
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — China says it plans to shut down its ivory trade by the end of 2017 in a move designed to curb the mass slaughter of African elephants. The Chinese government will end the processing and selling of ivory and ivory products by the end of March as it phases out the legal […]
  
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• Plane goes missing near Hood Canal, state officials say

  30-12-2016 17:49
  
  A search is under way for a private airplane that went missing Thursday near the Dabob Bay area of Hood Canal, authorities said.
  
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• 4 found dead after single-engine Cessna crashes near Hood Canal on flight from Seattle

  30-12-2016 17:49
  
  The search began Thursday night after the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers with four people on board, authorities said.
  
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• 4 found dead after single-engine Cessna crashes near Hood Canal

  30-12-2016 17:49
  
  The search began Thursday night after the plane lost contact with air-traffic controllers with four people on board, authorities said.
  
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• As much as 3 inches of snow could fall in Puget Sound region over New Year’s holiday

  30-12-2016 15:52
  
  Bellingham and other areas in to the north of Seattle will see the most snowfall, forecasters said.
  
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• In a year of inescapable change, glimpses of Seattle’s past

  30-12-2016 15:30
  
  If there’s one thing you can count on in Seattle, it’s change. Year in and year out, old things get torn down and new things get built. Pockets of the past persist, but new buildings mean more people — and the need to move those people within this ever-growing city. These scenes from my 2016 […]
  
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• Say goodbye to 2016 with a song

  30-12-2016 15:23
  
  What song best captured 2016 for you? It was a turbulent year defined by political and environmental fights. 2016 was also marked by the deaths of many loved artists, writers, and celebrities.
  
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• Seattle’s record apartment boom is ready to explode; what it means for rents

  30-12-2016 15:00
  
  Nearly 10,000 new apartments are set to open in Seattle during 2017 — almost twice as many as in any previous year. While this could be making landlords nervous, experts say it likely will only slow rent increases, not bring down what renters already pay.
  
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• Seattle’s record apartment boom is ready to explode

  30-12-2016 15:00
  
  Nearly 10,000 new apartments are set to open in Seattle during 2017 — almost twice as many as in any previous year. While this could be making landlords nervous, experts say it likely will only slow rent increases, not bring down what renters already pay.
  
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• Seattle, housing activists vastly at odds over impact of U District upzone

  30-12-2016 15:00
  
  Proponents and opponents of a University District upzone are telling very different stories about potential displacement. One is comforting, while the other is frightening. Both deserve asterisks.
  
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• Politics podcast: 2016’s biggest stories and local politicians’ New Year’s resolutions, on The Overcast

  30-12-2016 15:00
  
  We rehash 2016's top stories in local politics, including a state Department of Corrections controversy, Seattle feeling the Bern and a $54 billion mass-transit measure.
  
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• Politics podcast: 2016’s biggest stories and local politicans’ New Year’s resolutions, on The Overcast

  30-12-2016 15:00
  
  We rehash 2016's top stories in local politics, including a state Department of Corrections controversy, Seattle feeling the Bern and a $54 billion mass-transit measure.
  
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• Be our editor: Which of this year’s top Washington education stories will continue into 2017?

  30-12-2016 15:00
  
  Have you ever felt like we've had a cliffhanger story? Wondering whatever happened to a principal or student we've profiled? Here's your chance to push those stories forward.
  
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• Winter storm clobbers northern New England, knocks out power

  30-12-2016 13:08
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A winter storm brought more than 2 feet of snow to parts of northern New England overnight, and more than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power by Friday morning in hard-hit Maine. In the region’s first major storm of the season, the National Weather Service received multiple reports of snow […]
  
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• ‘Turbocharged’ storm clobbers northern New England with snow

  30-12-2016 13:08
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The most powerful nor’easter in nearly two years brought heavy snow, powerful winds and even thunder and lightning to northern New England, leaving tens of thousands of people in the dark Friday and burying some towns under 2 feet of snow. More than 100,000 homes and businesses in Maine were without […]
  
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• Northern New England feeling effects of powerful nor’easter

  30-12-2016 13:08
  
  Northern New England is feeling the effects of a powerful nor’easter that is dumping a foot or more of snow on some parts of the region and making travel treacherous. The storm, which also is bringing drenching rains and damaging winds and even thundersnow to some areas, is expected to continue through Friday. Officials in […]
  
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• New wood technology may offer hope for struggling timber

  30-12-2016 08:12
  
  RIDDLE, Ore. (AP) — John Redfield watches with pride as his son moves a laser-guided precision saw the size of a semi-truck wheel into place over a massive panel of wood. Redfield’s fingers are scarred from a lifetime of cutting wood and now, after decades of decline in the logging business, he has new hope […]
  
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• Gov. Inslee grants reprieve in child killer’s death sentence

  30-12-2016 04:25
  
  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee formally granted the reprieve to Clark Elmore Thursday. He was convicted of raping and killing his then-girlfriend's daughter, Kristy Ohnstad, in 1995.
  
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• States face off over future of Obama global-warming plan

  30-12-2016 04:22
  
  Democratic attorneys general in 15 states, including Washington state, plus four cities and counties sent a letter to Donald Trump asking him to preserve Obama’s Clean Power Plan, officials announced Thursday.
  
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• ‘Wishing Trees’ speaks to dreams, hopes of passers-by

  30-12-2016 04:17
  
  A “Wishing Tree” along Seattle’s Ship Canal Trail just west of the Fremont Bridge invites anyone who passes by to write down wishes, tie them to the tree and wait for them to come true.
  
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• ‘Wishing Tree’ speaks to dreams, hopes of passers-by

  30-12-2016 04:17
  
  A “Wishing Tree” along Seattle’s Ship Canal Trail just west of the Fremont Bridge invites anyone who passes by to write down wishes, tie them to the tree and wait for them to come true.
  
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• Alaska village pins hopes for road through federal refuge on Trump

  30-12-2016 03:19
  
  The community of King Cove, near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, for decades has sought a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, an internationally recognized haven for migratory waterfowl.
  
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• Did Debbie Reynolds die of a broken heart?

  30-12-2016 02:42
  
  By all accounts, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher were very close in recent years, and death from a broken heart is a well-established occurrence, both in medical literature and throughout the folklore of the earliest human communities.
  
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• Barbara Tarbuck of ‘General Hospital’ dies at 74

  30-12-2016 02:06
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbara Tarbuck, a stage and screen actress who played Jane Jacks on “General Hospital” and Mother Superior Claudia on “American Horror Story: Asylum,” has died. She was 74. Tarbuck died Monday at her Los Angeles home, said her daughter, producer Jennifer Lane Connolly. Tarbuck suffered from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disorder, a rare, degenerative […]
  
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• Four Washington ‘faithless electors’ to be fined $1,000 each for not casting Clinton votes

  30-12-2016 01:26
  
  Three voted instead for former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell, while a fourth voted for Faith Spotted Eagle, a Native American activist and tribal elder from South Dakota.
  
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