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• Arctic researchers to study wind effects on marine life

  22-08-2017 23:19
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal research vessel will launch on a cruise this week to study how Beaufort Sea wind affects plant and animal life in a changing Arctic Ocean. The Sikuliaq (see-KOO’-lee-ak), owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, will depart Friday from Nome for the […]
  
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• Feds review annual whaling quotas for Alaska Native hunters

  22-08-2017 23:12
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal officials are reviewing annual quotas for 11 Alaska Native villages whose subsistence hunters are authorized to harvest bowhead whales. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the public has until Sept. 14 to comment on catch limits for a six-year period to begin in 2019. The International Whaling Commission, which […]
  
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• Removal of illicit skate-park bowl on Green Lake’s Duck Island expected to cost $33,000

  22-08-2017 22:24
  The skate park was built without permission, in bird habitat, after a challenge issued by Nike SB and TransWorld SKATEboarding called for fans to build a new park or expand a current one. Removal began Tuesday.
  
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• Kshama Sawant sued for defamation by 2 Seattle officers who fatally shot Che Taylor

  22-08-2017 21:51
  Officers Scott Miller and Michael Spaulding allege that the Seattle City Council harmed their reputations by saying that they had carried out a “brutal murder.” The two later were officially cleared of wrongdoing in the 2016 shooting.
  
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• Washington State Patrol criticized after recruitment ad shows up on Breitbart News

  22-08-2017 21:09
  A WSP spokesman said the ad, which originated on Facebook, follows the user and “could pop up on any website they look at.” The agency has asked that its ads not appear on the alt-right news site, but says there’s no guarantee that they won't.
  
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• 1 person reportedly stabbed in Seattle’s Chinatown ID

  22-08-2017 21:08
  Seattle police are investigating the reported stabbing of a person in the Chinatown International District. The victim was reported in stable condition and taken to Harborview Medical Center by a private ambulance, police said in a tweet. Police say one person has been detained in connection with the incident. Police initially said two people had been […]
  
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• Company behind Dakota Access oil pipeline sues Greenpeace

  22-08-2017 19:48
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company that built the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace and other groups on Tuesday, alleging that they disseminated false and misleading information about the project and interfered with its construction. In its lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in North Dakota, Texas-based Energy Transfer […]
  
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• It goes to 11: Florida lab sets new magnet strength record

  22-08-2017 19:40
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory is reclaiming its status as home to the world’s strongest magnet. Lab officials said Tuesday they tested a 41.4-tesla magnet. That beats the old mark for resistive magnets which was held by a 38.5 tesla magnet in China. A tesla is a measure of magnetic […]
  
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• 5 things to know on the day after the eclipse: Relive the moment, recycle your glasses — or plan for next time

  22-08-2017 19:22
  Seattle won't find itself in the path of totality for more than a century.
  
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• 5 things for the day after the eclipse: Relive the moment, recycle your glasses — or plan for next time

  22-08-2017 19:22
  Seattle won't find itself in the path of totality for more than a century.
  
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• Family finds motorcyclist’s body near I-5 after 3 days

  22-08-2017 17:13
  The man’s bike was found leaned against a barrier on the freeway near Vancouver last week, but Washington State Patrol troopers thought it simply had been abandoned.
  
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• Girl missing near Mount St. Helens found in good condition

  22-08-2017 17:07
  COUGAR, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old girl missing overnight near Mount St. Helens has been found and is in good condition. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says rescuers found Katrina Osborne, from the Kelso and Longview area, Tuesday morning near the Smith Creek Trailhead east of the volcano. Osborne had become separated from […]
  
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• Solar eclipse’s tides blamed for broken net, up to 305,000 Atlantic salmon dumped into waters near San Juans

  22-08-2017 16:00
  Thousands of 10-pound Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the waters between Anacortes and the San Juan Islands, and officials are asking people to catch as many as possible. Tribal fishers, concerned about native salmon populations, call the accident “a devastation.”
  
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• Solar eclipse’s high tides break net, dumping up to 305,000 Atlantic salmon into waters near San Juan Islands

  22-08-2017 16:00
  Thousands of 10-pound Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the waters between Anacortes and the San Juan Islands, and officials are asking people to catch as many as possible. Tribal fishers, concerned about native salmon populations, call the accident “a devastation.”
  
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• Please go fishing, Washington state says after farmed Atlantic salmon escape broken net

  22-08-2017 16:00
  Thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the waters between Anacortes and the San Juan Islands, and officials are asking people to catch as many as possible. Tribal fishers, concerned about native salmon populations, call the accident “a devastation.”
  
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• Kansas, Missouri storms lead to water rescues, 1 death

  22-08-2017 15:13
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities blamed flash-flooding Tuesday for the death of a man whose car was swept away by a torrent linked to thunderstorms that pummeled portions of Kansas and Missouri, prompting numerous rescues of stranded motorists and others who scrambled to safety atop a roof and tree. Sheriff’s officials in Kansas’ Miami […]
  
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• Heavy rains lead to water rescues in Kansas City area

  22-08-2017 15:13
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities have rescued more than a dozen stranded drivers after heavy rains soaked parts of Kansas City, Missouri, and its suburbs. Flash flood warnings have been issued across the area. Local television station KCTV reports that police and fire crews plan Tuesday to go door-to-door in one area of southern Kansas […]
  
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• Taxing foreign homebuyers in Seattle would be illegal, could stoke anti-Asian prejudice, officials say

  22-08-2017 15:00
  A candidate for Seattle mayor says the city should consider taxing nonresident homebuyers and a City Council member has looked into it. But city lawyers say it would be illegal and the King County assessor says it could stoke discrimination.
  
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• Some want Seattle to tax foreign homebuyers, vacant properties; others say that’s illegal, discriminatory

  22-08-2017 15:00
  A candidate for Seattle mayor says the city should consider taxing nonresident homebuyers and a City Council member has looked into it. But city lawyers say it would be illegal and the King County assessor says it could stoke discrimination.
  
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• Proposed Seattle taxes targeting foreign buyers, investment properties take fire

  22-08-2017 15:00
  A candidate for Seattle mayor says the city should consider taxing nonresident homebuyers and a City Council member has looked into it. But city lawyers say it would be illegal and the King County assessor says it could stoke discrimination.
  
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• A gentleman’s game: Chinese chess on South King Street

  22-08-2017 15:00
  Competitors and spectators gather almost daily under the shade of a tree across from Seattle's Wing Luke Museum to play Chinese chess.
  
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• Man shot at Sodo homeless camp, police say

  22-08-2017 14:55
  Police said they are searching for two suspects following the early morning shooting Tuesday.
  
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• Man fatally shot at Sodo homeless camp, police say

  22-08-2017 14:55
  Police said they are searching for two suspects after the early-morning shooting Tuesday.
  
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• Researchers: Ask ‘what’s right?’ — not ‘what’s wrong?’ — with kids from poor, stressful backgrounds

  22-08-2017 14:00
  A new, peer-reviewed paper suggests children who grow up in stressful environments may have strengths that educators and society are overlooking.
  
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• Where’s the kelp? Warm ocean takes toll on undersea forests

  22-08-2017 06:20
  APPLEDORE ISLAND, Maine (AP) — When diving in the Gulf of Maine a few years back, Jennifer Dijkstra expected to be swimming through a flowing kelp forest that had long served as a nursery and food for juvenile fish and lobster. But Dijkstra, a University of New Hampshire marine biologist, saw only a patchy seafloor […]
  
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• Vanishing kelp: Warm ocean takes toll on undersea forests

  22-08-2017 06:20
  APPLEDORE ISLAND, Maine (AP) — When diving in the Gulf of Maine a few years back, Jennifer Dijkstra expected to be swimming through a flowing kelp forest that had long served as a nursery and food for juvenile fish and lobster. But Dijkstra, a University of New Hampshire marine biologist, saw only a patchy seafloor […]
  
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• Eastside Catholic to delay first day of school after staff shake-up

  22-08-2017 06:00
  The shake-up included the firing of two principals, which led to a public outcry and teacher resignations. The principals have since been invited back.
  
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• Medical examiner identifies two victims fatally shot at bowling alley in Skyway last week

  22-08-2017 05:27
  The King County Medical Examiner has identified Kenneth Gantz, 59, and Dennis Robinson, 24, as the two men killed early Friday in the bar area of Skyway Park Bowl. Both died from multiple gunshot wounds.
  
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• Police: Elderly Seattle brothers spent lifetime collecting sexual images of children, sexually abusing young girls

  22-08-2017 02:43
  Three elderly Seattle brothers were charged Monday with possessing images of child-sex abuse, with police still investigating them for allegedly sexually abusing and killing young girls, according to King County prosecutors.
  
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• Police: Elderly brothers spent lifetime collecting sexual images of children, sexually abusing young girls

  22-08-2017 02:43
  Three elderly Seattle brothers were charged Monday with possessing images of child-sex abuse, with police still investigating them for allegedly sexually abusing and killing young girls, according to King County prosecutors.
  
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• Eclipse watchers: ‘Really, really, really awesome’

  22-08-2017 00:50
  Reaction to the total solar eclipse in the U.S.: “The show has just begun, people! What a gorgeous day! Isn’t this great, people?” — Jim Todd, a director at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Salem, Oregon. “It made me all teary-eyed. It was just so momentous. Just really cool — and very […]
  
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