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• Legos ready to blast off with ‘Women of NASA’ set

  01-03-2017 22:52
  
  The women behind the NASA space program have made the big screen, and now they are being honored as little Lego figurines . Lego said Wednesday it had chosen the “Women of NASA” project as the winner of its fan design contest. The announcement comes on the heels of the Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures,” which […]
  
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• Floating crane breaks loose at Highway 520 bridge project

  01-03-2017 22:30
  
  For the second time, a floating crane broke loose from its tethers Wednesday and drifted from the Highway 520 bridge project toward waterfront homes on Lake Washington.
  
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• Bertha veers a few inches off course

  01-03-2017 22:27
  
  Tunnel machine Bertha has stopped for measurements and maintenance until early next week, when operators might need to correct the path
  
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• Bertha takes a break as it nears finish line in tunnel project

  01-03-2017 22:27
  
  Tunnel machine Bertha has stopped for a few days of maintenance, nearly 90 percent of the way to a spring breakout at South Lake Union.
  
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• Man badly burned in unauthorized homeless camp in Seattle

  01-03-2017 21:36
  
  His trailer caught fire Wednesday morning. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center with severe burns, a fire spokeswoman said.
  
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• Edmonds home hit by gunfire while 6 people inside

  01-03-2017 21:07
  
  A neighbor’s security camera recorded audio and video of the drive-by shooting, police said. No one was injured.
  
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• First step to help preserved organs survive the deep freeze

  01-03-2017 21:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Deep-freezing donated organs might one day help improve the transplant supply but scientists must first figure out how to thaw the delicate tissue without it cracking. Now researchers are taking a first step toward that goal, using nanotechnology to create super heaters for preserved tissue. University of Minnesota researchers call their approach […]
  
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• Tiny tubes in Canadian rock may be oldest known fossils

  01-03-2017 19:47
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tiny tubes and filaments in some Canadian rock appear to be the oldest known fossils, giving new support to some ideas about how life began, a new study says. The features are mineralized remains of what appear to be bacteria that lived some 3.77 billion to 4.28 billion years ago, the […]
  
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• Tiny filaments, tubes proposed as Earth’s earliest fossils

  01-03-2017 19:47
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tiny tubes and filaments in some Canadian rock appear to be the oldest known fossils, giving new support to some ideas about how life began, a new study says. The features are mineralized remains of what appear to be bacteria that lived some 3.77 billion to 4.28 billion years ago, the […]
  
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• Reward offered for info on killer of JBLM soldier in Burien

  01-03-2017 19:39
  
  Army Sgt. Timothy Hovey was killed Sept. 4 after he walked away from a house party in Burien, about a month before he was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq.
  
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• Old mold from penicillin discoverer auctioned for $14,617

  01-03-2017 19:39
  
  LONDON (AP) — How much is an old, dried-out piece of mold worth? Apparently more than $14,600 if it was created by the doctor who discovered penicillin. The nearly 90-year-old swatch of mold has a rather extraordinary history: It came from the laboratory of Dr. Alexander Fleming whose revolutionary discovery brought the world its first […]
  
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• Old mold cultured by discoverer of penicillin sells for $14,617

  01-03-2017 19:39
  
  How much is an old, dried-out piece of mold worth? Apparently more than $14,600 if it was created by the doctor who discovered penicillin. The nearly 90-year-old swatch of mold came from the laboratory of Dr. Alexander Fleming, whose revolutionary discovery brought the world its first antibiotic, credited with saving millions of lives.
  
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• State Senate passes bill to address ‘Hirst’ water rights decision

  01-03-2017 19:35
  
  The state Senate has approved a bill that takes aim at a recent state Supreme Court decision involving water rights and the use of domestic wells.
  
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• Classified US satellite launched from California

  01-03-2017 19:12
  
  VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A rocket carrying a classified U.S. satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office has been launched from California. The Atlas 5 rocket lifted off at 9:49 a.m. Wednesday and roared away into a clear sky over Vandenberg Air Force Base. All systems were going well when the launch webcast […]
  
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• Hotline set up to report hate crimes, harassment in Seattle

  01-03-2017 18:56
  
  The hotline is for Seattle residents and business owners who are the targets of discriminatory harassment, including threats, slurs, intimidation and cyberbullying.
  
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• Small plane crash shuts down Bellingham airport for 24 hours

  01-03-2017 18:40
  
  The crash will be investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board. The plane is registered to an address in Manitoba.
  
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• ‘The white horror’: 107 years ago today, Stevens Pass saw deadliest avalanche in U.S. history

  01-03-2017 17:59
  
  Ninety-six people were killed when an avalanche tore down a mountainside near Stevens Pass and buried two snowbound trains.
  
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• Chicago’s lack of snow in 2017 sets 146-year record

  01-03-2017 17:30
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago hasn’t logged any snow on the ground in January or February for the first time in the 146 years that the National Weather Service has been keeping track. Traces have fallen, but not enough to record. The weather service takes measurements at 6 a.m. at O’Hare International Airport, which means small […]
  
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• Washington is best West Coast state in new national ranking — and 5th overall

  01-03-2017 17:24
  
  "The Best State Report" by U.S. News and World Report ranks Washington state as the fifth-best in the nation for how well states are serving their citizens. The ranking compared health care, education, infrastructure, crime and more.
  
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• Federal 2017 quake forecast highlights Oklahoma, California

  01-03-2017 17:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal scientists forecast that Oklahoma will continue to have the nation’s biggest man-made earthquake problem but it probably won’t be as shaky as recent years. In its annual national earthquake outlook, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Wednesday that a large portion of Oklahoma and parts of central California have the highest risk […]
  
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• Meet the 2017 Education Lab Student Voices columnists

  01-03-2017 15:01
  
  Over the next six months, we'll be publishing stories about education by 11 talented young students from around the state.
  
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• The squeeze is on: Tax bills soar at Seattle’s old apartment buildings

  01-03-2017 15:00
  
  Property-tax bills are soaring on Seattle’s old-school apartment buildings, where tenants can least afford to pay higher rents. This is how gentrification happens.
  
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• Seattle promised a manual for traffic meltdowns after fish-truck crash, but it doesn’t exist

  01-03-2017 15:00
  
  Nineteen months after Seattle promised a written policy manual for dealing with major traffic incidents, the city has not yet completed that manual.
  
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• California snowpack could bring 5-year drought to its knees

  01-03-2017 07:25
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The massive snowdrifts in the Sierra Nevada could finally bring the California drought to its knees and keep skiers on the slopes long enough to celebrate the Fourth of July. Winter snowfall on California’s 400-mile mountain range provides roughly one-third of the water used in the nation’s most populous state as […]
  
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• Airports, lawyers brace for new Trump travel ban

  01-03-2017 06:40
  
  At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, officials have drawn up plans for crowd control after thousands crammed the baggage claim area to protest the original ban.
  
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• Evanger’s expands recall because dog food may contain euthanasia drug

  01-03-2017 06:22
  
  More dog food has been recalled because it may contain a deadly drug.
  
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• Father of detained ‘Dreamer’ charged with immigration crime

  01-03-2017 04:28
  
  The father of a so-called Dreamer, whose arrest by immigration officials drew a national outcry, has been charged with entering the country illegally in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
  
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• Washington Senate approves REAL ID compliance bill

  01-03-2017 03:19
  
  The Senate has approved a measure that seeks to bring Washington state into compliance with federal identification requirements.
  
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• Trump sons open hotel tower in Vancouver, B.C., as officials boycott event

  01-03-2017 02:27
  
  President Donald Trump’s sons said Tuesday that it was “so fitting” to see the Trump brand in Vancouver, ignoring protests, claims their newest real- estate venture clashes with Canadian values and a no-show mayor who tried to change the tower’s name.
  
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• Wells Fargo to Seattle: Take your money and go now

  01-03-2017 02:22
  
  Now that it is free to go — will city walk on Wells Fargo?
  
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• Wells Fargo to Seattle: Take your money and go

  01-03-2017 02:22
  
  Now that it is free to go — will city walk on Wells Fargo?
  
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• Zika may be spread by 35 species of mosquitoes, researchers say

  01-03-2017 02:18
  
  Most scientists, including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, believe Zika is primarily spread through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus species of mosquito.
  
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• Seattle picks final route for missing link in Burke-Gilman Trail

  01-03-2017 02:00
  
  Seattle has announced an agreed-upon route for the missing link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, ending decades of dispute between the cycling community and the Ballard maritime industry.
  
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• Rainier Beach man, 95, charged with manslaughter in ‘negligent’ shooting

  01-03-2017 01:13
  
  The 95-year-old Seattle man armed himself with a revolver and fired a round through his screen door, killing another man in June, prosecutors say.
  
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• State Senate confirms new transportation secretary

  01-03-2017 00:30
  
  Washington Department of Transportation Secretary Roger Millar has been unanimously confirmed by the state Senate.
  
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• Colorectal cancer rare but rising among millennials, Gen X

  01-03-2017 00:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorectal cancer mostly strikes middle-aged and older people, but new research shows a disturbing rise in cases among young adults. Tuesday’s study by the American Cancer Society is a reminder that while this type of cancer is rare in the young, no one should ignore symptoms just because the person is a […]
  
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• Some salmon forecasts like Puget Sound coho show an upswing from last year

  01-03-2017 00:22
  
  State Fish and Wildlife unveiled salmon forecasts to a packed house in Olympia on Tuesday, and as usual there are some highlights mixed in with lowlights as the first steps are taken in this lengthy process of setting fishing seasons. The good news is a Puget Sound forecast of 559,045 coho (267,745 wild and 291,301 […]
  
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