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• Police: 2 wounded in drive-by shooting in North Beacon Hill

  03-01-2017 23:06
  
  The victims said they were in a car when they were shot by someone in a passing vehicle early Tuesday morning.
  
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• Seattle developer Dargey charged with fraud after collecting $150M from Asian investors

  03-01-2017 22:56
  
  Lobsang Dargey is expected to plead guilty Wednesday morning to fraud and concealing information from the government, which carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
  
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• Seattle-area developer Dargey charged with fraud after collecting $150M from Asian investors

  03-01-2017 22:56
  
  Lobsang Dargey is expected to plead guilty Wednesday morning to charges of fraud and concealing information from the government, which carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
  
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• A bright spot in Puget Sound: Sealife-nurturing eelgrass beds are holding steady

  03-01-2017 21:34
  
  A 40-year data trove shows the aquatic meadows that nurture baby salmon and herring have fluctuated in many bays, but haven’t declined overall.
  
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• Sex offender freed to attend mother’s Seattle memorial returns to custody

  03-01-2017 21:15
  
  The unusual arrangement allowed Leandre Antoine Gaines to attend his mother’s memorial service on Friday.
  
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• State’s new unemployment benefits website crashes right after launch

  03-01-2017 20:26
  
  Washington’s new unemployment benefits website launched Tuesday morning, but was immediately beset with technical difficulties and overwhelmed phone lines.
  
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• State’s new unemployment- benefits website can’t handle traffic at launch

  03-01-2017 20:26
  
  Washington’s new unemployment-benefits website launched Tuesday morning but was immediately beset with technical difficulties and overwhelmed phone lines.
  
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• Hawaii residents renew push for stricter pesticide rules

  03-01-2017 18:41
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii residents concerned about pesticide use by major agriculture companies on the islands are planning a push to strengthen regulation over chemicals they fear harm their health. The divisive issue has drawn thousands to the Legislature in recent years following incidents where schoolchildren and agriculture workers fell ill and some suspected their […]
  
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• Astronauts’ No. 1 New Year’s resolution: Ace spacewalks

  03-01-2017 18:41
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts up on the International Space Station are starting the new year with a pair of spacewalks. Commander Shane Kimbrough (KIM’-broh) says his New Year’s resolution is to ace the spacewalks to change out batteries this Friday and next week. As for ringing in 2017, the six astronauts sampled such […]
  
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• Radioactive contamination spreading in closed Hanford plant

  03-01-2017 17:54
  
  A new report recommends that $181 million be spent on interim cleanup and maintenance of the plant.
  
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• Man killed in Snohomish house fire

  03-01-2017 17:36
  
  The fire began overnight at a home on Roosevelt Road, officials said.
  
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• After financial setback, $305M Miami science museum rises

  03-01-2017 17:36
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A new science museum in Miami is on target to open in the spring after surviving financial setbacks that threatened to derail the project. Workers are putting finishing touches on the Frost Science Museum along the Biscayne Bay waterfront downtown. About a year ago, things appeared less promising. After burning through $165 […]
  
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• Driver in Green Lake fatal hit-and-run returned to scene at urging of boyfriend, records show

  03-01-2017 16:37
  
  Investigators smelled alcohol on the breath of the woman arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash near Green Lake, court documents say.
  
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• Driver arrested after pedestrian fatally struck near Green Lake

  03-01-2017 16:37
  
  Investigators smelled alcohol on the breath of the woman arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash near Green Lake, court documents say.
  
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• 105-year-old Puget Sound orca, ‘Granny,’ missing, considered dead

  03-01-2017 16:08
  
  The orca, called J2, was believed to be about 105 years old.
  
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• California snowpack surveyed as indicator of drought

  03-01-2017 15:16
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Surveyors will plunge poles into the Sierra Nevada snowpack near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, taking the season’s first measurement by hand of the snow’s water content as California flirts with a sixth year of drought. What they find in the snowpack between now and April 1 will guide state water managers […]
  
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• California snowpack starts at half of normal; storms coming

  03-01-2017 15:16
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Surveyors plunged a pole into the Sierra Nevada snowpack on Tuesday and took the first measurement of the season, finding the water content was about half of normal as California flirts with a possible sixth year of drought. Surveyors took the reading near Lake Tahoe as major storms were expected to […]
  
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• California snowpack measures low, but big storms coming

  03-01-2017 15:16
  
  PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — Surveyors plunged a pole into the Sierra Nevada snowpack on Tuesday and took the first manual measurement of the wet season, finding water content was about half of normal as California flirts with a possible sixth year of drought. Surveyors took the reading at 6,000 feet near Lake Tahoe as […]
  
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• Knitting a movement: Why you’ll see pussyhats everywhere in January

  03-01-2017 15:00
  
  Throughout the country, knitters are making Pussyhats for people to wear during the Women’s March on Washington, bright pink hats with little ears that symbolize support of women’s rights.
  
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• How to help all kids succeed: Pedro Noguera to share ideas

  03-01-2017 15:00
  
  Pedro Noguera, an education professor who has studied and written about race and equity in public schools, will speak at a sold-out event on Jan. 10 at the University of Washington.
  
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• Amazon Echo search warrant could spur new prosecution methods, expert says

  03-01-2017 15:00
  
  The Arkansas investigators who asked Amazon.com for data from an Echo device are unlikely to find much. But the request raises the prospect of authorities harnessing digital assistants in order to prosecute suspects in novel and controversial ways.
  
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• Months-long dry spell ends in Pakistan with rain, snowfall

  03-01-2017 12:29
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior meteorologist says the first rain and snowfall of the winter season have come to Pakistan, ending a months-long dry spell which caused breathing problems and water shortages. Mohammad Hanif said Tuesday’s drizzle in the capital, Islamabad, and elsewhere prompted many residents to rush outside and enjoy the weather. More rain […]
  
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• South bracing for more severe storms, rain

  03-01-2017 07:35
  
  Parts of the South are bracing for more rain Tuesday, a day after severe storms killed four people in Alabama. The line of severe thunderstorms spawned several possible tornadoes, and the threat continued into early Tuesday for southern Alabama, southwest Georgia and the Florida Panhandle. Four people were killed Monday evening when a tree fell […]
  
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• Quick decisions meant life or death in Southeastern storms

  03-01-2017 07:35
  
  As an apparent tornado bore down on them, seven people in a mobile home in southeast Alabama made a life-or-death decision: Three ran into one bathroom for shelter and four ran in the opposite direction to another room seeking safety. The three, including Lawana Henrich, survived without a scratch, according to Coroner Robert Byrd. But […]
  
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• Cleanup begins in wake of severe storms that kill 5 in South

  03-01-2017 07:35
  
  Crews were assessing damage Tuesday in the aftermath of storms that killed at least five people and brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Southeast. The line of severe thunderstorms spawned several possible tornadoes as the storms moved across Alabama, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle. The worst of the storms had passed through the […]
  
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• Washington death-row inmate dies of cardiac arrest

  03-01-2017 06:56
  
  Dwayne A. Woods was convicted in 1997 of killing two women in Spokane Valley.
  
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• It’s not the heat, it’s the humanity: the weather report with Cliff Mass

  03-01-2017 04:48
  
  Despite some dire predictions — droughts, fires, windstorms, the warm-water ocean “Blob” wreaking long-term ecological havoc — local meteorologist Cliff Mass says the weather of 2016 was tame.
  
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• Scenes from a sunny winter day

  03-01-2017 04:14
  
  The sun was out even as temperatures dipped into the 30s on this January afternoon.
  
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• Child killed when tree falls on vehicle in Olympic National Park

  03-01-2017 04:08
  
  Five people, including three children, were in the car when the tree fell.
  
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• Tallying winter’s wings: cormorants, crows, mallards and more

  03-01-2017 03:29
  
  Christmas was over, but the Christmas Bird Count was not. On New Year’s Eve, anything with feathers and a pulse was counted by about 200 birders from dawn until almost dusk. The epicenter was downtown Seattle, with the count radiating out 15 miles. Results go to the National Audubon Society to build a census. Most […]
  
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• Dungeness crabbers continue strike from California to Canada

  03-01-2017 03:16
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dungeness crab fishers from Northern California to the Canadian border are vowing to continue their strike over the purchase price. Ken Bates, vice president of Humboldt Fishermen’s Marketing Association, says that as of Monday the Dungeness crab fleet is tied up from Morro Bay, California to Westport, Washington. In Washington state, […]
  
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• Airlines get ahead of weather, complaints by letting fliers change their own travel plans

  03-01-2017 02:21
  
  Airlines are making it easier for passengers to make no-cost changes to their itineraries on their own, without speaking to a representative, with “weather waivers” issued in advance of a possible storm. Passengers benefit and so do the airlines.
  
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• SpaceX finds source of rocket explosion, plans new launch

  03-01-2017 00:39
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — SpaceX says it plans to resume flights as early as next week after finding the cause of an explosion that destroyed a rocket and satellite on a Florida launch pad in September. The Los Angeles Times reported Monday (http://lat.ms/2irBTvc) that the Hawthorne company is aiming for a Sunday flight from Vandenberg […]
  
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