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Motocross racer dies when thrown from bike

57 min 32 sec ago
An 18-year-old man competing in a tournament at Washougal Motocross Park in southwest Washington was fatally injured Saturday when he was...

Auburn teen dies from stab wounds

1 hour 6 min ago
The King County Sheriff's Office reports a 16-year-old Auburn boy was fatally stabbed and another boy was wounded during a fight between...

Coast Guard tows disabled Seattle cruise ship

1 hour 8 min ago
The Coast Guard is towing a disabled Seattle-based cruise ship to Juneau's Auke Bay. The Coast Guard cutter Liberty is assisting the 143-foot...

One dies following chase, plunge into Tacoma marina

5 hours 44 min ago
A Tacoma man is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase and driving a stolen car into a marina, killing his passenger. Just before 10 p.m...

Yesler Terrace man and woman stabbed

9 hours 48 min ago
A man and a woman each suffered life-threatening stab wounds in an apparent domestic-violence incident early this morning in Seattle's Yesler...

Bomb comment shuts down ferry

19 hours 9 min ago
Ferry service was disrupted on the Kingston-Edmonds route Saturday morning for about an hour after a ferry commuter overheard a man mention...

Ill child rushed from boat to shore at Maritime Festival

20 hours 53 min ago
Seattle's Maritime Festival got an extra dose of drama Saturday when firefighters took a 4-year-old girl off her tour boat and rushed her across Elliott Bay after she suffered a severe allergic reaction.

No damage from small fuel spill on Seattle waterfront

21 hours 28 min ago
Fewer than 5 gallons of fuel spilled at Seattle's waterfront Saturday evening; it was quickly cleaned up and no damage was reported.

Federal Way officer fires at suspect

21 hours 28 min ago
A Federal Way police officer fired at a suspected car prowler after the man pointed a gun at him during a chase.

The painful cost of booming growth

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:56pm
The loggers arrived in July, toppling 35 acres of Douglas firs and cedars. The bulldozers and excavators followed, scraping away the topsoil...

Introduction | How we're still failing our Sound

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:42pm
I f you want to see where Puget Sound's fate is being decided, turn your back to the water. Look instead at the once-forested hillsides...

Shining light on "real" Belltown

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:23pm
She is the buzz of Belltown, though almost no one knows her name. Depending on whom you ask, she's courageous for staring into Seattle's...

How your U.S. lawmaker voted

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:21pm
Here's how the state's members of Congress voted on major roll calls in the week ending Friday. House Federal mortgage relief By a vote...

Sick 4-year-old rushed to shore

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:19pm
The Maritime Festival got an extra dose of drama Saturday when Seattle firefighters took a 4-year-old girl off her tour boat and rushed...

Lot of life to live for tug called "Grandma"

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:19pm
It was love at first sight when the stubborn Irish gal met the 93-foot tug. Andrea McDonald was on the water near Poulsbo, working a night...

Young, evangelical ... for Obama?

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:18pm
College-age evangelicals are leaving the GOP, looking outside the party — sometimes outside both parties — for a match with their socially conservative yet globally aware leanings.

Group Health trolling cyberspace to learn what patients think

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:14pm
E-mails between doctors and patients are de rigueur at Group Health Cooperative. But there's another way the two sides keep in touch: via...

Victory is relative; pantsuits are forever

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:06pm
More fun with the dancing primary-night clowns on CNN: Tuesday, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-Pantsuits, clinging by her fingernails...

Motocross racer dies after crash at Washougal

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 7:09pm
An 18-year-old man competing in a tournament at Washougal Motocross Park in southwest Washington was fatally injured Saturday when he was thrown from his bike during a practice run.

Toddler suffers no major injuries in Seattle apartment fall

Sat, 05/10/2008 - 1:12pm
A 21-month-old boy plunged from a second-story apartment window to the ground 20 feet below, but appeared to suffer no major injuries. The accident happened at...

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