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Updated: 5 weeks 10 hours ago Search continues for source of boating distress callTwo flares shot off on Tuesday evening near the suspected origin of a distress call from a 6-year-old girl prompted the Coast Guard to send out an airplane to search the south Puget Sound area.
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Stanwood residents advised to boil their waterA pump failure may have allowed contaminants into the water system affecting 360 homes in Stanwood. Residents are advised to boil their water before use.
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Council members reject plan to save boating programs at Magnuson ParkCity Council members nixed a critical Magnuson Park lease agreement aimed at saving boating recreation programs.
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Fresh scent may hide toxic secretFabric sheets make your shirts smell fresh and clean, and air fresheners fill your home with fragrances of apple-cinnamon or country gardens. But those household items are potentially exposing your family and friends to dangerous chemicals.
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Apology 64 years in the making for black soldiers wrongly convictedCeremonies this week at Discovery Park will honor 28 Army soldiers wrongly convicted of the 1944 riot and lynching at Fort Lawton. The trip -- and the lodging -- will have special meaning for Samuel Snow.
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Meeting focuses on pedestrian safetyAbout 45 community members from different Seattle areas attended a City Hall pedestrian-safety meeting sponsored by Councilman Nick Licata and Safe Walks, a coalition of residents, and neighborhood and advocacy groups.
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Sound Transit plan is expected to be approved for ballotA 15-year Sound Transit expansion plan that includes adding 34 additional miles of light rail is expected to be discussed and approved Thursday for placement on the November ballot
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Sound Transit plan is expected to be approved for ballotA 15-year Sound Transit expansion plan that includes adding 34 additional miles of light rail is expected to be discussed and approved Thursday for placement on the November ballot
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'Spam King' gets nearly 4 years in prisonU.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ended the reign of the so-called "Spam King," who earned his title by sending out millions of unwanted e-mails, by sentencing the Seattle man to nearly fours years in prison on Tuesday.
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Port commission approves more funds for cruise ship berthFor the second time in four months, the Port of Seattle staff has asked the commission to approve millions of dollars to help hurry the development of a cruise terminal at Interbay's Terminal 91.
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300 Oregon National Guardsmen to be trained to fight forest firesPORTLAND -- The Oregon National Guard plans to activate more than 300 Guard members for forest fire training at three sites in Oregon so they can be used if needed to back up regular contract crews.
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Oregon says plan for dams lacks salmon protectionSALEM, Ore. -- Oregon filed a supplemental complaint Tuesday against the latest federal proposal for operating Columbia and Snake river dams, seeking withdrawal of a plan submitted in May by Columbia River tribes and the Bonneville Power Administration.
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Grocery bag fee headed to full councilSeattle city officials moved a step closer Tuesday toward becoming one of the few major American cities to discourage paper and plastic bags in favor of reusable bags, and to ban polystyrene food and drink containers.
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ACCESS clients stranded when buses don't showJo Sheely, who lives with her daughter on Kent's East Hill, knows what it's like to have disability rob you of the ability to get around on your own.
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King County DeathsCategories: Regional
Nothing is predictable in VP searchThe vice presidency: Nothing is predictable, except for occasional disasters.
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Suicide prompts UW Medical Center lawsuitThe 2005 suicide of a 23-year-old University of Washington student has prompted a lawsuit against the UW Medical Center, alleging the hospital's emergency-room physicians failed to properly treat the admittedly disturbed student.
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Hanford reactor recommended for historic landmark designationYAKIMA -- The National Park Service's advisory board has recommended designating the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor, which produced plutonium for one of two bombs dropped on Japan during World War II, as a National Historic Landmark.
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Police giving out more cell-phone breaks than ticketsData the State Patrol released this week show officers are giving more breaks than tickets for violations of the "hands-free" cell phone law.
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Repairs halt sewage spill at Edgewater HotelBroken brackets allowed a section of pipe also to break, causing a sewage spill from the Edgewater Hotel on Friday. The damage was repaired on Monday.
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