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16-year-old girl arrested in Motel 6 shooting

The King County Sheriff's Office says a 16-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 47-year-old man at a SeaTac motel earlier this month.
14 years ago

Seattle area braces for weekend road closures

The 520 bridge and Mercer Street ramps will be closed for construction all weekend.
14 years ago

Alert: The Tacoma Narrows bridge hasn’t melted

Apple has a new map system all its own. But, there have been a few problems with the new maps.
14 years ago

Safety concerns prompt closure at Eastside Catholic School

A threat against a fellow Sammamish school served as a wake-up call of sorts for Eastside Catholic School.
14 years ago

Interview: Paul Ryan and Romney’s ‘pro-growth plan’

Continuing down the long and winding campaign trail, Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan told Michael Medved they'll be able to turn the economy around after the election.
14 years ago

Let’s Eat: Places to take out-of-town foodie guests

When guests come to town you want to show them the best Seattle has to offer. This week, Let's Eat host Terry Jaymes and Seattle Times restaurant critic Providence Cicero worked out a list of Seattle eateries than will impress even the most discriminating foodie guests.
14 years ago

Zillow believes home values have bottomed out

Home values in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties bottomed-out, according to Zillow.com.
14 years ago

Puyallup Fair changing name to Washington State Fair

The Puyallup Fair wraps up a 17-day run on Sunday for the last time with that name. Next year the fair will be called the Washington State Fair.
14 years ago

Council committee approves caps on towing fees

A Seattle City Council committee has passed a measure limiting the amount tow companies can charge for cars towed from private property.
14 years ago

Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison to appear on VH1’s ‘Couples Therapy’

She grabbed headlines by marrying an actor almost three times her age, now Ocean Shores own Courtney Stodden is starring in her first TV show.
14 years ago

Police searching for man that raped Shoreline woman in bed with kids

Police are asking for the public's help to find a man who raped a Shoreline woman while her two children slept beside her.
14 years ago

Faster than light travel: Pure fantasy to scientific possibility

A scientist at NASA is making the dreams of Sci-Fi loving nerds everywhere come true. We may be able to one day travel faster than the speed of light.
14 years ago

‘Top Chef: Seattle’ to premiere on Bravo in November

Bravo and the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau were tight-lipped about the filming of "Top Chef: Seattle."
14 years ago

Tolls for SR-99 tunnel a balancing act

An advisory committee tasked with helping to set tolls on the Highway 99 tunnel without sending downtown Seattle into gridlock will meet Wednesday to weigh their options.
14 years ago

Spend your afterlife on the old 520 bridge

A Washington State University architecture graduate student wondered how the state will dispose of the old 520 bridge pontoons when the new bridge comes in in in 2014.
14 years ago

Freedom of speech means video, cartoon creators get a voice

A French magazine is standing by its decision to publish cartoon images that depict the prophet Mohammed in a satirization of a video that has inspired deadly violence regardless of warnings that the move might incite even more unrest. The editorial director defends the decision citing freedom of the press. Dave Ross points out freedom of the press requires we allow everyone, even those we don't agree with, the freedom to publish or speak what they wish.
14 years ago

Toddler wanders out open door, drowns in lake

The Pierce County Sheriff's Office says a 21-month-old boy wandered out of his home and drowned in nearby Spanaway Lake.
14 years ago

Hundreds of shovels break ground on new Seattle zoo exhibit

The shovels looked a little different Tuesday as they broke ground on the newest exhibit at Woodland Park Zoo.
14 years ago

Daddy-daughter dances ended by political correctness

It's not a scene that they'll see in Cranston, Rhode Island any longer. Girls dressed up to go to their first dance - and not their first boy-girl dance where the genders spend three hours staring at each other from walls on opposite sides of the room. No, these dances are for bonding with their dads.
14 years ago

‘Hulk’-like suspect rips off car’s spoiler to wield at victims near Mukilteo

A woman sped away from the scene of a road rage incident just as a man threw the spoiler of her own car through her broken back window.
14 years ago

Teacher of the Year has novel idea on how to improve education

The man selected as Washington's Teacher of the Year says he's not the only good teacher out there, and a big part of improving education might be to recognize the good work happening in schools.
14 years ago

Three injured when SUV, pickup crash into Belltown building

Three people were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a pickup truck and an SUV crashed into an apartment building in Belltown Tuesday morning.
14 years ago

SPD launching ‘Who killed me?’ campaign

Murder victims will soon be appearing on buses and billboards around the Seattle area.
14 years ago

Police fire at man allegedly charging police in vehicle

Kirkland police fired a shot at a man they say charged their officers in a vehicle Monday night.
14 years ago