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• 8-year-old critical after Wash. school shooting

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 6:39 pm

  An 8-year-old girl was in critical condition Wednesday after she was shot in the abdomen at her elementary school near Seattle, and one of her classmates was detained, authorities said Wednesday. Read more...
  

• Calif. pledges better mobile privacy disclosures

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 6:01 pm

  California is clamping down on nosy mobile applications, telling them they must give people advance warning if they want to keep pulling sensitive information from smartphones and computer tablets. Read more...
  

• Refinery fire could boost gas prices in Washington

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 5:43 pm

  The longer the BP Cherry Point refinery at Blaine is out of service because of fire damage, the higher gasoline prices will go for drivers in Washington, said Tim Hamilton, executive director of the Automotive United Trades Organization, an association of independent dealers. Read more...
  

• Calif. pledges better mobile privacy disclosures

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 5:29 pm

  California is clamping down on nosy mobile applications, telling them they must give people advance warning if they want to keep pulling sensitive information from smartphones and computer tablets. Read more...
  

• Fantasy camp for those who love to fly

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 5:13 pm

  Eric Mueller's vacation started when his plane filled with smoke. Soon, people slid down an emergency chute, inflated life vests and climbed into a raft. Read more...
  
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  Seattle police declare 'public safety emergency'

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 6:56 pm

  The Seattle Police Department declared a 'public safety emergency' Wednesday, amid a drastic increase in the number of homicides and violent crimes. Read more...
  

• Flooding W. Washington rivers cresting

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 4:57 pm

  Three to 7 inches of rain in the Cascades and melting snow overflowed some Western Washington rivers, but the National Weather Service says they'll soon be returning to their banks. Read more...
  
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  Judge says Wash. can't make pharmacies sell Plan B

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 4:32 pm

  Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state's true goal was to suppress religious objections by druggists _ not to promote timely access to the medicines for people who need them. Read more...
  
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  Suspicious substance sent to Sen. Patty Murray's Seattle office

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 5:05 pm

  A Seattle Federal building has become the latest to report a suspicious substance in their mail room, Wednesday. Read more...
  

• 1 student injured in WA elementary school shooting

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 1:55 pm

  One student appears to have been injured in a shooting at a Bremerton elementary school. Read more...
  

• Seattle Elks lodges attracting younger members

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 1:18 pm

  When a friend invited him to watch last year's Super Bowl at the Seattle Elks Lodge, Jesse Calixto admits, he never had heard of the nearly 150-year-old fraternal club. Read more...
  

• WA officer fired for DUI may regain job, back pay

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 1:10 pm

  A Spokane police officer fired in 2009 after driving drunk while off duty, hitting a pickup with his truck and leaving the scene of the collision is likely to be rehired and get more than two years of back pay _ totaling about $275,000. Read more...
  
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  Student shot at Bremerton elementary school

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 7:22 pm

  A female student has been shot at Armin Jahr Elementary School in Bremerton. A firearm was found in a classroom and a 9-year-old boy was detained. Read more...
  

• Police: Sequim homicide suspect kills self

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 12:15 pm

  A suspect in two homicides in the Sequim (skwim) area has apparently killed himself following a standoff with police. Read more...
  

• Everett mudslide hits railroad tracks

  Wednesday, Feb 22, 11:37 am

  Amtrak and Sound Transit trains won't travel to Everett until Friday morning as a safety precaution, following two mudslides that hit the railroad tracks early Wednesday in the city. Read more...