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Mount Vernon teen arrested after Facebook school threat

Mount Vernon Police believe they may have prevented the "unimaginable" from taking place on the first day of school.
14 years ago

SEAL book contains military secrets; will leak pose threat to service members?

A former Navy SEAL's insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains classified information, the Pentagon said Tuesday, and the admiral who heads the Naval Special Warfare Command said details in the book may provide enemies with dangerous insight into secretive U.S. operations. But just how much danger actually comes from this leak?
14 years ago

Seattle City Council approves Yesler Terrace redevelopment

What was once Seattle's first public housing project will be redeveloped and by the end, Yesler Terrace will look a little different.
14 years ago

Naked man leads police on chase at Green Lake

It was no ordinary afternoon at family-friendly Green Lake in North Seattle. Following an assault on two teens, a naked man led police on a chase that covered both land and water.
14 years ago

More of us crossing state lines for booze

Liquor stores just south of the border are making serious profit on voters' decision to privatize the booze business.
14 years ago

Study author says organic food headlines not the whole story

Results from a recent Stanford study are spawning headlines saying organic food is not healthier than non-organic food options, but one of the lead researchers in the study says there's a little more to it than that.
14 years ago

King County one of best places in world to have a heart attack

King County is one of the best places in the world to have a heart attack. While survival rates for heart attacks in other parts of the U.S. are around 10 percent, chances of surviving in King County are at 52 percent.
14 years ago

North Seattle resident injured in home invasion

One man was injured in a home invasion robbery in north Seattle on Monday.
14 years ago

Bicycle cops shoot at car prowler outside Bumbershoot

Seattle police say they shot at a known car prowler in a parking lot near Seattle Center and the Bumbershoot music festival on Monday afternoon.
14 years ago

Lake City drive-by shooting may have been caused by road rage

Seattle Police now say the shooting death of a 42-year-old man near Lake City Friday night might have been directly related to a road rage incident.
14 years ago

Four Seattle WWII veterans knighted in France

In a ceremony Saturday, France presented four local World War II veterans with the Legion of Honor, its highest award, in recognition of their service to the country.
14 years ago

Man dies in Lake City drive-by shooting

The Seattle Police Department is looking for a suspect involved in a deadly shooting Friday night in the Roosevelt neighborhood, near the 7500 block of 15th Ave. NE.
14 years ago

Tacoma man killed in officer involved shooting

A man was shot and killed by police in Tacoma Friday afternoon. Officers were responding to a domestic violence call, says KING 5. The incident at S. 8th St. and S. M St. is being classified as an officer involved shooting, but the victim was not a police officer.
14 years ago

Olympia lake contaminated with fecal bacteria

Think twice before dipping your toe in Olympia's Ward Lake this Labor Day weekend.
14 years ago

Missing 10-day-old infant found by police

Police have found the infant said to be at risk by child protective services.
14 years ago

Airplane makes emergency landing on I-5 near Bellingham

An airplane had to make an emergency landing on the interstate Friday, when it experienced engine trouble.
14 years ago

Road to gambling addiction may begin in childhood

Chuck E. Cheese might not be smiling if he scored a bunch of points on skee ball but only got four tickets. (Image courtesy Chuck E. Cheese Facebook) Looking back on his childhood, Luke Burbank thinks his fondness for gambling could have begun in front of a skee ball machine. As a kid, Luke lived […]
14 years ago

Tom Douglas hosting salmon bake at Mariners game

Seattle Kitchen host Tom Douglas is used to cooking for the masses that visit his 13 restaurants around the Seattle area, but now he's taking on a stadium-sized crowd at Safeco Field.
14 years ago

Hood Canal is more than just a canal

After a brief but thoroughly enjoyable stay at the Alderbrook Resort and Spa, we now have a new definition for "canal": It's a really cool place to build a resort.
14 years ago

GeekWire’s app of the week: Slices for Twitter

GeekWire's app of the week promises "a completely new way to experience Twitter."
14 years ago

Iron Springs: Escape to a not-so-rustic cabin

The best resort locations are always the first ones built on, and that means that you sometimes have a spectacular view property occupied by aging or even dilapidated buildings. So you have to choose: great location or great new facility.
14 years ago

New way to get to West Seattle Bridge

The Spokane Street Viaduct opened to drivers Friday morning, allowing westbound drivers another option without having to get onto Highway 99 or I-5.
14 years ago

No rain makes for driest August on record

No rain has fallen this month at Sea-Tac Airport and the National Weather Service forecasts none on Friday, setting a record for the driest August.
14 years ago

Gig Harbor teacher in trouble before hazing

A Gig Harbor middle school teacher at the center of a hazing controversy caught on camera has been in trouble with the district before.
14 years ago