Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Head of state’s commitment center for sexual predators resigns


Mark Strong, CEO of the special commitment center on McNeil Island where Washington state houses sexual predators deemed likely to reoffend, has resigned.

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High lead levels in drinking water found in four more Tacoma schools


A day after telling Tacoma parents of high lead levels found in drinking water at two elementary schools in testing done eleven months ago, Tacoma School District announced that same testing also found lead in four more schools.

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CEO of Seattle startup Front Desk dies at 47


Jon Zimmerman co-founded the company, which develops software to help run personal services businesses, after stints at Expedia and T-Mobile.

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Lincoln Clark, Seattle Opera stage director, dies at 90


Stage director and tenor Lincoln Clark, a mainstay of Seattle Opera and who had a hand in the company’s first, famed “Ring” cycle, died on April 22 at his home in Edmonds.

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2nd Hanford tank may be leaking, officials say


Air monitors detected radiation, but a video inspection found no evidence of a leak, so the investigation goes on. A known leak of several thousand gallons of radioactive waste from a different tank was revealed earlier this month.

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In Seattle, school water tested for lead at least every 3 years


Seattle Public Schools has results from its water-quality tests online.

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Governor’s order aims to help ex-prisoners get jobs, stay out of trouble


Gov. Jay Inslee has signed an executive order to give prisoners who have done their time more support in their search for jobs.

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Troy Kelley jury agrees on only one of 15 counts against him


A jury deliberating in the federal fraud trial of State Auditor Troy Kelley says it’s been able to reach agreement on just one of the 15 counts against him.

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CO2 is making Earth greener, too bad about the rising seas

A new study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change is likely to re-energize the debate over the consequences of pumping CO2 into the atmosphere ... for about a week. And, then newest round of temperature records will be reported for April, and we'll probably be back to freaking out.



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Skeletal remains found in Renton woods



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Why won't Democrats let us count in Washington's presidential primary?



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With no notice, King County slaps ban on pot businesses


Without public notice, hearing or debate, the Metropolitan King County Council imposed an emergency moratorium on legal marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas.

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Man plans horseback trip from Washington to Michigan reunion


HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — A cancer survivor has embarked on a roughly 2,200-mile journey on horseback from Washington to his 50th high school reunion in Michigan. Vern Herrst, 67, began his trip Friday from the Methow Valley in northern Washington in hopes of reaching Howell before the reunion in August, the Livingston Daily Press & […]

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Warrant: Man wanted in couple’s killings tried to cash check


One of the brothers charged in the presumed killings of a Washington couple tried to cash a check for $96,000 before he went on the run, according to court documents filed Monday.

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DOCUMENT: Read full WIAA report on Bellevue High football violations


An investigation of the Bellevue High School football team has produced a 68-page report (posted below) found that the program violated high-school sports rules. School district officials had requested the investigation last year after a Seattle Times story detailed how many Bellevue players had actually attended a private alternative school in a local office park. […]

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Hubble Telescope finds tiny moon orbiting dwarf planet


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Chalk up a moon for the icy dwarf planet Makemake. The Hubble Space Telescope has detected a tiny, dark moon circling the dwarf planet on the frozen fringes of our solar system. Scientists announced the discovery Tuesday. It’s the same team that spotted Pluto’s smaller moons years ago. Makemake itself […]

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Bellevue football report finds coaches violated rules for years, district obstructed investigation


An independent probe of Bellevue High’s football team found “significant and long-standing violations” of state rules, including actions of celebrated head coach Butch Goncharoff. Investigators said administrators “deliberately interfered with or obstructed” the inquiry.

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April snow showers fall on flowers in northern New England


FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — It’s late April, but it’s not too late for snow in northern New England. Parts of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont were set to get a couple of inches before the snow tapered off Tuesday afternoon, according to Andy Pohl, meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Meghan McCarthy McPhaul said her […]

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Ex-Spokane Mayor Mary Verner runs for public lands commissioner



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High winds diminish after sweeping Southern California


LOS ANGELES (AP) — A blustery weather system diminished early Tuesday after sweeping across Southern California with wild winds, sleet and hail, toppling the bucket sign at a KFC restaurant and causing other damage. The powerful winds Monday also sent a heavy canopy across cars and trucks at a car wash in Valencia. The cold […]

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Ex-Pasco cop wants coroner removed from shooting inquest


The former officer, who was involved in last year’s fatal shooting of a Mexican man, cites unspecified comments the coroner allegedly has made about the death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes.

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Death investigation jams I-5 northbound



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USPS top federal agency for supplier diversity

WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service was named the number-one government agency for providing business opportunities to diverse business owners throughout the United States. The Postal Service will be honored amongst other organizations during DiversityBusiness.com’s "16th Annual National Summit", taking place today.

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T-Mobile adds 2.2 million customers, swings to quarterly profit


The Bellevue telecom posted profit of $479 million on revenue of $8.6 billion for its first quarter.

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Five Things To Know About The 2016 NFL Draft: Schedule, Picks, Where To Watch & More

Find the 2016 NFL Draft schedule, picks, television, radio, and online streaming information right here.

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‘Viadoom’ the sequel, coming Friday to a Seattle street near you


In October 2011, as part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct was torn down, commuters endured a nine-day shutdown. It started OK, then got really bad. As another shutdown looms, know this: Seattle has gained about 45,000 people since 2011.

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Could marijuana help treat painkiller and heroin addiction?


CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The growing number of patients who claim marijuana helped them drop their painkiller habit has intrigued lawmakers and emboldened advocates, who are pushing for cannabis as a treatment for the abuse of opioids and illegal narcotics like heroin, as well as an alternative to painkillers. It’s a tempting sell in New […]

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Police chase ends at Broadmoor Golf Club sand trap



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A lucrative new computer degree program is coming to Renton Tech


Renton Technical College will receive federal money to begin developing a new bachelor's degree in computer network architecture.

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A look at the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in numbers


CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Telling the story of Chernobyl in numbers 30 years later involves dauntingly large figures and others that are even more vexing because they’re still unknown. A look at numbers that hint at the scope of the world’s worst nuclear accident, the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on […]

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UK junior doctors walk off the job in all-out strike


LONDON (AP) — Thousands of junior doctors posted picket lines outside hospitals around England on Tuesday in the first all-out strike in the history of Britain’s National Health Service. The two-day strike marks the first time that vital NHS emergency services have been affected by an industrial action. The strike reflects the impasse between the […]

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Monday, 25 April 2016

Brother’s mental illness influenced John Kasich’s outlook


The Kasich brothers have taken vastly different paths from their hometown, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, an industrial suburb of Pittsburgh.

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NASA solves a mystery in a beautiful photo

Not all geological mysteries facing NASA are on Pluto or the dwarf planet Ceres or even Mars. There's one right here on good ol' Earth that got the agency and its followers on Twitter all pressing for answers.



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Bertha’s breather to end Friday


Tunnel machine Bertha is to resume digging beneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct on Friday.

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Did Canada brand Bellingham woman ‘terrorist’ to impress U.S.?

A Canadian attempt to impress the U.S. government broke a Washington business and destroyed the reputation of a Bellingham woman, then an expecting mother and burgeoning entrepreneur.



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High levels of lead found in water at 2 Tacoma schools


While two Tacoma elementary schools were found to have high levels of lead in the water, Seattle officials continue to say the city’s drinking water is safe.

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Running through paradise: Spike in day use is damaging the Enchantment Lakes



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Seattle City Council approves hiring more aides for members


Eight of nine Seattle City Council members voted Monday for an ordinance allowing them each to hire an additional aide. Councilmember Tim Burgess opposed it, saying it likely will cost $500,000 per year.

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New 520 bridge opens in both directions


Eastbound lanes opened Monday morning on the new Highway 520 bridge.

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Photos: Going underground with Bertha in the Alaskan Way tunnel

A tour inside the under-construction Alaskan Way tunnel showed a cavernous area made smaller only by masses of steel forms and Bertha's trailing parts.



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Bicyclist hospitalized after hitting school bus in Everett


The bus was carrying 25 high school students, none of whom were injured.

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Gaming the system for economic justice -- our $15 an hour minimum wage fight



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The Seahawks’ Best Draft Picks Under John Schneider and Pete Carroll

Who have been the Seahawks' best picks in each round of the NFL draft under Pete Carroll and John Schneider?

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Prosecutor: No charges in case of KKK robe left at Redmond dress shop


Prosecutors determined there is insufficient evidence to show the robe was an intentional threat against the shop’s owner, who is black, according to Redmond police.

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Troy Kelley jury continues deliberations; may be deadlocked


The jury in the theft, fraud and money-laundering trial of State Auditor Troy Kelley concluded a third full day of deliberations Monday without reaching a verdict, and indicated through a question they may be deadlocked on one or more counts.

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Man accused of using broken window glass in Ballard attack ordered held in jail


A man accused of slashing two people with a shard of glass after breaking a window at a Ballard restaurant has been ordered held on probable cause for investigation of assault and malicious mischief.

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Federal agency defends decision not to protect Montana fish


HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A judge should uphold a 2014 decision that a fish found in southwestern Montana streams doesn’t need special protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, government fisheries officials said. U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon is expected to make a decision sometime after June in a lawsuit over the U.S. Fish and […]

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Teen killed, another loses hand in wreck after Kent street race

A Seattle-area man accused of killing one passenger and maiming a second in a crash after a Kent street race. Passenger Paije Glover, 18, of SeaTac, died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle a day after the wreck, which occurred in the early hours of Dec. 26. She suffered a severe head injury and never regained consciousness. 



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Old boy network gets a challenge in SW Washington legislative district



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Funding cut threatens biology museum’s specimen collection


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A museum at the University of New Mexico contains the world’s largest archive of frozen tissue samples, but the future of the half-million biological specimens stored there is at risk. Last month, the National Science Foundation indefinitely suspended a program that funds the maintenance of biological research collections like the one […]

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Southern Illinois University leader condemns racist video


CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Racial tension on the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale campus is high after a series of recent incidents that include an anonymous video posted on YouTube that called for the lynching and beating of black students. The video drew condemnation from the university’s leader, and YouTube removed it Monday for violating […]

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Want to vote in state primary? Today is deadline to register online


Monday is the deadline to register online (or by mail) to vote in the May 24 presidential primary. You can register in person through May 16, though.

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Lack of jurors delays trial for ex-lawmaker accused of slapping boy on bus


The misdemeanor assault trial for former Des Moines City Council member Jeanette Burrage was postponed Monday after not enough people showed up for jury duty.

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Wonder why Harriet Tubman looks a little miffed?


The decision to put a woman on the $20 bill was almost an afterthought. And now we’re supposed to be grateful.

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SPD: Woman hits building, cars in erratic driving spree



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New twist on T-cell therapy puts leukemia patients in remission


Scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have refined a cancer immunotherapy treatment, resulting in no detectable disease in 27 of 29 patients who had been given months to live, a new study shows.

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Seattle photographer’s Yellowstone bison photo to appear on postage stamp


Prolific Seattle photographer Art Wolfe’s picture of two bison backlit in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley has been chosen to represent the park in a series of stamps celebrating national parks.

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Old tests found lead in 2 Tacoma elementary schools


SEATTLE (AP) — Two public elementary schools in Tacoma found high levels of lead in their drinking water last May, but the Tacoma Public School district announced the results and informed parents on Monday. District officials on Friday night reviewed the past tests that found “higher than accepted” levels of lead at Mann and Reed […]

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Cruz-Kasich alliance doesn’t apply to Washington, Cruz campaign says


Ted Cruz’s deal to “clear the path” for John Kasich in Oregon — part of their joint effort to deny Donald Trump the GOP nomination — will not extend to Washington’s upcoming Republican primary, Cruz’s state chairman says.

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Seattle man claims wife has gone missing during trip to Mexico

A Seattle man is desperate for answers about what happened to his wife after he says she went missing during a recent trip to Mexico.



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2016 NFL Draft Preview: Do the Seahawks Need to Find Russell Wilson’s Backup?

A look at where the Seahawks' roster currently stands at quarterback, and at some of the top prospects in this year's draft.

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Plane in deadly Cowlitz County crash piloted by Woodinville man


A Woodinville man was piloting the plane that crashed last week in Cowlitz County, killing a passenger.

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Six Seahawks Earn Spots on NFLPA's Top 50 Player Sales Year-End List

Russell Wilson, Richard Sherman, Marshawn Lynch, Jimmy Graham, Kam Chancellor, and Earl Thomas rank in the Top 50 of the NFLPA's Player Sales Year-End List.

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Illinois impasse sparks fears of the unthinkable: No school


HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — The economic hard times that have hit this Illinois coal town are particularly visible inside its 113-year-old high school, where cracks in the walls and holes in the ceiling go unfixed and paint is peeling off the purple lockers lining the hallways. But lately a greater worry is weighing on Superintendent […]

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Monday Round-Up: The Seahawks Best Draft Class of All-Time

A daily link round-up of what's "out there" about the Seattle Seahawks.

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Washington taxes more like Florida, Nevada than our neighbor to the south


When it comes to how we tax ourselves, Washington and Oregon couldn’t be more different — except in each being heavily dependent on one main source of revenue.

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Tony Ventrella with take on six-term U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert



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On this date: Referendum 48 passes

A look at some memorable moments in Seahawks history that occurred on April 25.

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Wildfires leave gaps in famed Pacific Crest Trail


Several Southern California segments of the 2,650-mile trail are closed. Long-distance "thru hikers" must shuttle around by van.

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Spokane Taco Time offers Johnny Manziel a job



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We spent two days riding Seattle’s Metro buses and here are the characters we met


King County Metro riders share the pleasures and frustrations of taking the bus, in animated portraits and audio interviews.

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New 520 Bridge opens



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What’s the purpose of our Bill of Rights? Most eighth graders have no idea


To show kids why their voices matter, Seattle will amp up voter-education lessons for all grade levels.

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Q&A: A look at nonverbal autism, facilitated communication


Benjamin Alexander, the first student with nonverbal autism to attend Tulane University in New Orleans, is an English major and a writer who’s had essays published locally. He uses a form of facilitated communication, or supported typing, and hopes to educate others about living with autism. Here are some questions and answers about nonverbal autism […]

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‘I am here’ – Silenced by autism, young man finds his voice


METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Though he cannot speak, Benjamin Alexander has much to say, one typed word at a time. Ben was diagnosed with nonverbal autism and epilepsy a few months before his third birthday. Now 22, he is a writer and a student at Tulane University in New Orleans with a GPA of 3.7. […]

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