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• Veteran NASA spacewoman getting 3 extra months in orbit

  05-04-2017 23:07
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s oldest and most experienced spacewoman is getting three extra months in orbit. NASA announced Wednesday that astronaut Peggy Whitson will remain on the International Space Station until September. The 57-year-old astronaut arrived last November and was supposed to return to Earth in June. But under an agreement between […]
  
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• Nordic Heritage Museum building for the future

  05-04-2017 22:37
  
  With the bigger, 57,000-square-foot structure in Ballard, the new museum will be able to showcase a broader range of the Nordic experience.
  
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• Bald eagles make big comeback in San Francisco Bay Area

  05-04-2017 21:37
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Endangered bald eagles are making a comeback in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of a national boom following decades of environmental investment. Nineteen nests have been tallied in eight Bay Area counties, including at Stanford University, a mall and a water park, The Mercury News in San Jose reported […]
  
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• Ebola treatment unit torn down as Liberians recall outbreak

  05-04-2017 20:49
  
  PAYNESVILLE, Liberia (AP) — Bulldozers cleared the remains of a once busy Ebola treatment unit in Liberia on Wednesday, as health care workers, officials and some who were treated there gathered to mark the center’s last day and official decommissioning. Music echoed near the gathering at the former ELWA Treatment Center in Paynesville, Liberia, the […]
  
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• Unusually large swarm of icebergs drifts into shipping lanes

  05-04-2017 20:28
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More than 400 icebergs have drifted into the North Atlantic shipping lanes over the past week in an unusually large swarm for this early in the season, forcing vessels to slow to a crawl or take detours of hundreds of miles. Experts are attributing it to uncommonly strong counter-clockwise winds that […]
  
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• Young salmon risk ‘gas bubble trauma’ on trip to ocean

  05-04-2017 19:56
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Young salmon and steelhead migrating from the Columbia River Basin in unusually high flows face a potentially lethal problem in spillways at dams where increased nitrogen in the water can cause tissue-damaging trauma. However, managers of fisheries say special features at dams meant to reduce nitrogen will help the fish make […]
  
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• Young salmon risk ‘gas bubble trauma’ at Columbia River dams

  05-04-2017 19:56
  
  BOISE, Idaho — Juvenile salmon and steelhead migrating out of the Columbia River Basin in unusually high flows this year face a potentially lethal problem in spillways at dams where increased nitrogen in the water can cause tissue-damaging gas bubble trauma. But fisheries managers say special features at dams meant to reduce nitrogen will help […]
  
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• Washington state lawmakers move to secure internet privacy after changes to federal law

  05-04-2017 18:53
  
  Almost half of Washington’s state lawmakers have signed on to support proposals aimed at securing internet privacy after changes to federal law.
  
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• Mexico to start vaquita capture, rescue program in autumn

  05-04-2017 18:37
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s environmental department says the plan to capture and enclose the few remaining vaquita porpoises won’t begin until autumn because waters in the Gulf of California will be calmer then. The population of the reclusive porpoises has dropped to about 30, in part because they get caught in nets set for […]
  
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• Watch: Drone video of Bertha gives close-up view of breakthrough

  05-04-2017 17:08
  
  Crews will remove steel-support braces and begin cutting Bertha into pieces.
  
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• Senators want more details on Corps’ Dakota Access decisions

  05-04-2017 16:48
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. — Two Democratic U.S. senators want the chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to explain the agency’s decision-making that ultimately paved the way for completion of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline. Delaware Sen. Tom Carper and Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell are ranking Democratic members on Senate environment and energy committees. They […]
  
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• Cantwell, Del. senator seek details on federal Dakota Access decisions

  05-04-2017 16:48
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. — Two Democratic U.S. senators want the chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to explain the agency’s decision-making that ultimately paved the way for completion of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline. Delaware Sen. Tom Carper and Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell are ranking Democratic members on Senate environment and energy committees. They […]
  
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• Everett fights inmate’s request for videos of bikini baristas

  05-04-2017 16:37
  
  The videos were gathered as part of an investigation into prostitution and public corruption at espresso stands in Everett. The inmate is serving two life terms in Walla Walla for sex crimes.
  
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• Dozens of University of Washington programs make top 10 in new global ranking

  05-04-2017 16:04
  
  Forty-five programs offered by the University of Washington ranked in the top 10 globally, according to a new report.
  
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• Fishing-industry groups blast Inslee over his picks for federal council

  05-04-2017 16:00
  
  Gov. Jay Inslee faces backlash from North Pacific fishing-industry groups over his handling of the nomination process for a seat on a federal council.
  
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• Al Talley Sr., longtime Renton School Board member, mentor and ‘Renton icon,’ dies

  05-04-2017 16:00
  
  Albert Talley Sr., a longtime Renton community leader, died at Harborview Medical Center after a stroke.
  
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• Feds may back away from deals with troubled police departments; here’s how they’ve worked out

  05-04-2017 15:52
  
  Officials say federal oversight benefited Seattle’s police, who were too quick to use force in many low-intensity situations. Meanwhile, the Trump administration plans to back away from reform consent decrees.
  
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• Paul Allen’s latest science project: a psychedelic way to peer inside cells

  05-04-2017 15:30
  
  With fluorescent stem cells and an online portal, the Allen Institute for Cell Science is delving into life’s basic building blocks to boost the quest for cures.
  
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• ‘They are a truly Seattle band’: Pearl Jam to check off another achievement — induction into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

  05-04-2017 15:00
  
  Even when the band hit it big, members resisted the trappings of fame and never left Seattle.
  
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• In Bellevue, worries that homeless shelter would bring Seattle ‘scourge’

  05-04-2017 15:00
  
  The proposal to site a permanent men’s homeless shelter in Bellevue has touched off an uproar from neighbors who worry about crime, public safety and questions about how the shelter would be funded and operated.
  
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• In Bellevue, worries that homeless shelter would bring crime, Seattle ‘scourge’

  05-04-2017 15:00
  
  The proposal to site a permanent men’s homeless shelter in Bellevue has touched off an uproar from neighbors who worry about crime, public safety and unanswered questions about how the shelter would be funded and operated.
  
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• ‘Addiction is love gone awry’: We shouldn’t shame drug users, says best-selling author

  05-04-2017 15:00
  
  Shaming, punishing and forcing heroin users into treatment doesn’t work, says Maia Szalavitz, a former addict and author of a New York Times best-seller that views addiction more like a learning disorder than a moral failing.
  
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• Innovative training program places more teachers of color in Seattle’s public schools

  05-04-2017 13:00
  
  With 74 graduates teaching in 31 schools, the Seattle Teacher Residency is helping improve teacher retention and diversity rates in Seattle Public Schools.
  
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• Innovative training program places more minority teachers in Seattle’s public schools

  05-04-2017 13:00
  
  With 74 graduates teaching in 31 schools, the Seattle Teacher Residency is helping improve teacher retention and diversity rates in Seattle Public Schools.
  
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• Alaska pot regulators poised to resume onsite use debate

  05-04-2017 11:57
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska marijuana regulators will resume the on-again, off-again debate over onsite pot consumption in retail stores Wednesday amid a rejection of the concept from the state’s top medical officer. The Alaska Marijuana Control Board began mulling — and preparing for — onsite use of marijuana in 2015, following voter approval of […]
  
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• What luck: We dithered so long, Bertha’s tunnel now makes more sense

  05-04-2017 04:09
  
  We’ve been debating variations of Bertha’s tunnel under downtown for so long — since 2001— that Seattle is a much different city now than when this project was first conceived. Most important: Downtown moved.
  
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• Outdoors enthusiast Mary Anderson, who co-founded REI, dies at 107

  05-04-2017 03:32
  
  As co-founder with her husband, Lloyd, of the consumer co-op, she helped lay the groundwork for an enterprise that enabled millions to enjoy hiking and climbing.
  
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• Psychiatric board drops lawsuit against Oregon newspaper

  05-04-2017 01:45
  
  The tiny newspaper, Malheur Enterprise, sought public records about a man charged in the kidnapping and killing of his ex-wife.
  
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• Sex offender charged with gunning down man in Seattle in January

  05-04-2017 01:25
  
  A 36-year-old Seattle man was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in connection with a drug-related killing in late January. Information from an informant, video-surveillance footage, cellphone records and Facebook videos led to his arrest.
  
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• Grand opening (and sniffing) at Amazon Spheres dog park

  05-04-2017 01:00
  
  Amazon opens its new off-leash dog park in downtown Seattle to barks and maybe a howl or two. The small park is open to well-behaved dogs belonging to employees and the public.
  
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• Small businesses protest Seattle mayor’s plan for tax on sugary sodas

  05-04-2017 00:49
  
  A battle is bubbling up between campaigns for and against Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s proposed tax on sugary beverages.
  
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• Small businesess protest Seattle mayor’s plan for tax on sugary sodas

  05-04-2017 00:49
  
  A battle is bubbling up between campaigns for and against Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s proposed tax on sugary beverages.
  
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• Merchants protest Seattle mayor’s plan for tax on sugary sodas

  05-04-2017 00:49
  
  A battle is bubbling up between campaigns for and against Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s proposed tax on sugary beverages.
  
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• Merchants protest Seattle mayor’s plan for tax on sodas

  05-04-2017 00:49
  
  A battle is bubbling up between campaigns for and against Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s proposed tax on sugary beverages.
  
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