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• Arizona man suspected in wife’s 1987 disappearance arrested in King County

  13-09-2017 23:59
  Police say 22-year-old Donna Mae Jokumsen was last seen on July 5, 1987, two days after she telephoned her father in Washington state to say she was returning home with her two children. She never arrived.
  
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• They’ve been there: Marysville district sending help to the latest school traumatized by a shooting

  13-09-2017 23:49
  In 2014, a student opened fire on classmates at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, killing four and wounding a fifth. Now, Marysville officials plan to use the knowledge they gained in the wake of that tragedy to help Freeman High School, where four students were shotWednesday.
  
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• Irma’s life and demise: 2 weeks of destruction and fear

  13-09-2017 23:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Irma, which flattened some Caribbean islands and enveloped nearly all of Florida in its fury, no longer exists. The open Atlantic’s most powerful hurricane on record finally sputtered out as an ordinary rainstorm over Ohio and Indiana. Irma’s confirmed death toll is 61 and still rising, 38 in the Caribbean and 23 […]
  
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• US West’s wildfires spark calls to thin tree-choked forests

  13-09-2017 23:23
  Wildfires that are blackening the American West in one of the nation's worst fire seasons have ignited calls, including from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, to thin forests that have become so choked with trees that they are at "powder-keg levels."
  
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• Sewer in London’s East End menaced by giant fatberg

  13-09-2017 22:54
  What has been named the Whitechapel fatberg is a rock-solid agglomeration of fat, disposable wipes, diapers, condoms and tampons. It was discovered to the east of the city’s financial district, occupying a sixth of a mile of sewer.
  
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• Scientists hope to restore extinct Galapagos tortoise

  13-09-2017 22:21
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Scientists in Ecuador’s Galapagos islands are hoping to restore a tortoise species believed extinct since the 1800s. The Chelonoidis elephantopus lived on Floreana Island and was captured by seamen in large numbers for food during long journeys across the Pacific. The species is thought to have disappeared shortly after Charles Darwin’s […]
  
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• Goodbye Cassini: Saturn spacecraft gets funny opera send-off

  13-09-2017 21:52
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is getting a grand but hilarious opera send-off before it plunges through Saturn’s atmosphere and vaporizes Friday. An actor from TV’s old “Star Trek: Voyager” series, Robert Picardo, said he dashed off the lyrics in about a minute, several weeks ago. He collaborated with the creative director […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Walruses in Alaska may have died in stampede

  13-09-2017 21:23
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of Pacific walrus are coming to Alaska’s northwest shore again in the absence of summer sea ice and not all are surviving. A survey Monday of a mile of coastline near the Inupiaq Eskimo village of Point Lay found 64 dead walruses, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told The […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Stampede suspected in dozens of walrus deaths

  13-09-2017 21:23
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of Pacific walrus are coming to Alaska’s northwest shore again in the absence of summer sea ice and not all are surviving. A survey Monday of a mile of coastline near the Inupiaq Eskimo village of Point Lay found 64 dead walruses, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told The […]
  
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• City Council President Bruce Harrell becomes Seattle’s 54th mayor; Ed Murray steps down

  13-09-2017 21:21
  Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell took the oath of office Wednesday afternoon, a day after a fifth man accused Mayor Ed Murray of child sexual abuse dating back several decades.
  
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• Bruce Harrell to take oath Wednesday as Seattle mayor

  13-09-2017 21:21
  Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell will take the oath of office Wednesday afternoon, as Mayor Ed Murray’s resignation becomes effective.
  
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• Mount Rainier’s Sunrise and White River areas reopen as fire danger drops

  13-09-2017 20:25
  Fire danger remains, but popular sector of park opens again for September visitors. Some trails remain closed on the park's east side.
  
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• Robot conducts tenor Bocelli, orchestra in Pisa

  13-09-2017 19:50
  PISA, Italy (AP) — Tenor Andrea Bocelli has brought down the house at Pisa’s Teatro Verdi by performing with an unusual conductor: a robot. The white, two-armed YuMi robot, designed by the Swiss company ABB for factory assembly lines, led Bocelli and the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra in Verdi’s “La Donna e Mobile” on Tuesday night […]
  
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• Shooting at Spokane-area high school leaves 1 dead, three wounded

  13-09-2017 19:47
  A suspect, identified as a student at the school, has been taken into custody. The three wounded students' ages and their injuries weren’t immediately known, but the hospital's website identifies them as "pediatric" patients and lists them in satisfactory condition.
  
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• Shooting at Spokane-area high school leaves 1 dead, several wounded

  13-09-2017 19:47
  A suspect has been taken into custody after the shooting at Freeman High School south of Spokane.
  
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• Sen. Pete Domenici dies; power broker in U.S. Senate for more than 30 years

  13-09-2017 19:19
  The longest-serving senator in New Mexico’s history was the Albuquerque-born son of Italian immigrants who carried a consistent message of fiscal restraint from 1972 until leaving office in 2009.
  
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• Study: Asia’s glaciers face massive melt from global warming

  13-09-2017 19:10
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say one-third of the ice stored in Asia’s glaciers will be lost by the end of the century even if the world manages to meet its ambitious goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, affecting water supplies for millions of people on the continent. In a paper published Wednesday […]
  
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• South Seattle gang member hurt in drive-by shooting gets 8 years for gun conviction

  13-09-2017 18:45
  Samuel Rezene was involved in two drug robberies of rival gang members. In retaliation, court records say, Rezene, was wounded in a drive-by shooting in Renton.
  
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• Hurricane’s strike brought particular risks to the oldest

  13-09-2017 17:58
  ATLANTA (AP) — Like clockwork, stories of suffering by the oldest residents in the line of hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and other natural disasters seem to follow. Regulations dictate nursing homes and other facilities must have preparation plans in place, but the realities of how older Americans cope with a storm go beyond any piece of […]
  
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• Impasse means Gov. Inslee will choose GOP commissioner for Spokane County

  13-09-2017 17:55
  SPOKANE, Wash. — Republican Spokane County commissioners have voted to let the Democratic governor fill a vacant seat after they deadlocked. The open seat belonged to Shelly O’Quinn, who resigned in July to lead a local nonprofit. Republican Party precinct committee officers in August nominated three people that the commissioners could pick to replace O’Quinn. […]
  
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• Edith Windsor remembered as ‘great’ pioneer for gay rights

  13-09-2017 17:18
  Edith Windsor, who in her 80s took her fight for equality to the Supreme Court and paved a path toward legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, died Tuesday in New York at age 88.
  
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• See Everett’s ‘sample outfits’ allowed under bikini-barista dress code

  13-09-2017 16:12
  Everett police handed out a flier showing "sample outfits" that would be allowed under the new bikini-barista law, with imaging shows two people wearing tank tops and shorts.
  
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• Massachusetts study: Climate change threatens birds

  13-09-2017 16:01
  LINCOLN, Mass. (AP) — A new report warns that more than 40 percent of the most common breeding species of birds in Massachusetts are considered “highly vulnerable” to climate change. The Mass Audubon State of the Birds report released this week says many of the 143 species of birds in the study could decline further […]
  
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• Sen. Patty Murray is working with Republicans on Obamacare fix

  13-09-2017 15:00
  If Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander are successful in reaching a bipartisan health-care agreement, it could show the U.S. that Congress is capable of fixing problems.
  
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• How to help students who struggle with ‘executive function’ skills? Education Lab IQ has answers.

  13-09-2017 15:00
  Some students struggle more than others with organizational, planning and other skills known as “executive function.” How to help those who need to boost those skills? Education Lab IQ has answers.
  
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• Calling baloney on all that: Our town naysayer was right all along about the stadium swindle

  13-09-2017 15:00
  Powerful people were highly annoyed around here for two decades at the agitations of anti-stadium activist Chris Van Dyk. But recent events have proved him right.
  
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• Bill Gates: Global-health cuts would increase AIDS deaths

  13-09-2017 15:00
  Joined by former President Barack Obama, the Microsoft co-founder will make the case for spending on development and health at the U.N. next week.
  
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• An Outdoor Wonderland Around the Washington-Idaho Border

  13-09-2017 13:00
  A fishing expedition was part of a cheap getaway that centered around the states’ spectacular natural beauty — with some quality food in the mix.
  
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• In Washington and Idaho, Fishing and Feasts

  13-09-2017 12:09
  A fishing expedition was part of a cheap getaway that centered around the states’ spectacular natural beauty — with some quality food in the mix.
  
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• Study linking flu vaccine, miscarriages prompts calls for closer look

  13-09-2017 10:05
  A puzzling study of U.S. pregnancies found that women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had back-to-back annual flu shots that included protection against swine flu. Vaccine experts think the results may reflect other miscarriage risks for the women, and not the flu shots.
  
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• Irma spawns unusual storm surges on both Florida coasts

  13-09-2017 09:38
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Irma’s devastating storm surge came with weird twists that scientists attribute to the storm’s girth, path and some geographic quirks. A combination of storm surge, heavy rains and swollen rivers sent some of the worst flooding into Jacksonville, Florida, even though Irma roared into the opposite end of the state, […]
  
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• Florida swelters and asks: When will power and AC be back?

  13-09-2017 09:27
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a state built on air conditioning, millions of Florida residents now want to know one thing: When will the power come back on? Hurricane Irma’s march across Florida and into the Southeast triggered one of the bigger blackouts in U.S. history, plunging as many as 13 million people into the dark […]
  
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• Jenny Durkan, Cary Moon square off in Seattle mayoral debate overshadowed by Murray’s resignation

  13-09-2017 07:50
  The “Changing Seattle” was the first major clash between the candidates for mayor in the Nov. 7 general election, and was supposed to spotlight issues related to growth, affordable housing and homelessness.
  
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• Jenny Durkan, Cary Moon square off in Seattle mayoral debate overshadowed by Ed Murray’s resignation

  13-09-2017 07:50
  The “Changing Seattle” was the first major, head-to-head clash between the candidates for mayor in the city’s Nov. 7 general election and was supposed to spotlight issues related to growth, housing affordable housing and homelessness.
  
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• Woman wanted in connection with fatal hit-and-run in Kent arrested in Colorado

  13-09-2017 05:36
  The 20-year-old woman suspected of being the driver in the crash that killed D’maine Dugar, 29, was arrested in Glendale, Colo., on an unrelated crime
  
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• Tacoma scrambles to make bid for second Amazon headquarters

  13-09-2017 04:28
  Seattle-based Amazon has announced it is looking to build a second headquarters. Landing the tech giant would be a game changer in Tacoma, where housing prices have barely bounced back from before the recession.
  
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• Tacoma scrambles to make bid for 2nd Amazon headquarters

  13-09-2017 04:28
  Seattle-based Amazon announced last week it was looking to build a second headquarters. Landing the tech giant would be a game changer in Tacoma, where housing prices have barely bounced back from before the recession.
  
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• Timeline of child sex-abuse allegations against Mayor Murray

  13-09-2017 03:49
  A look at the accusations involving Seattle Mayor Ed Murray.
  
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• WATCH: Jenny Durkan, Cary Moon tackle a changing Seattle in mayoral debate

  13-09-2017 03:30
  Seattle mayoral candidates Jenny Durkan and Cary Moon address Seattle's explosive growth, housing affordability, and homelessness in their first head-to-head debate since moving on from August's primary.
  
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• Outdoors enthusiasts hear whispers of fall

  13-09-2017 03:03
  The end of summer draws Seattle residents out of doors.
  
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• Will Mayor Ed Murray’s resignation affect the Seattle arena process?

  13-09-2017 02:57
  With Murray’s resignation, there is a new dynamic in a seemingly open path to a revamped KeyArena. Most likely, that still will be the outcome. But if people were wondering what a successful Hail Mary scenario for Chris Hansen’s rival arena group could look like, this is it.
  
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• Hate crimes, bias incidents increase in Seattle, police say

  13-09-2017 01:50
  The Seattle Police Department counted 178 reports of bias incidents, including 62 hate crimes, during the first half of 2017.
  
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• Boston University to study brain of ex-NFL linebacker

  13-09-2017 01:36
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The brain of former University of Colorado and NFL football player Drew Wahlroos, who killed himself earlier this month, has been donated to Boston University. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Tuesday that Wahlroos’ brain will go to researchers at the university who have conducted extensive studies on traumatic […]
  
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