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Paul Allen gives another $300 million to brain research

Paul Allen is putting another $300 million into brain research.
15 years ago

Charge: Convicted sex offender posed as teen girl to ‘sext’ with boys

A sex offender convicted in Idaho is accused of contacting several boys in Seattle and at least one in Burien for naked photos.
15 years ago

Benefits dispute could lead to strike at Anacortes refinery

A dispute over benefits could lead to a strike at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes.
15 years ago

The Star Wars dream was available for just $150

You can live out some of your Star Wars’ fantasies with a TIE fighter in your driveway. Now for sale on Craigslist. UPDATE: The TIE fighter has been sold. Do you dream of living a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away? Is a wookie your best friend and your girlfriend looks pretty […]
15 years ago

Arena investor doesn’t want to root for other NBA franchises to fail

Investor Chris Hansen speaks to 710 ESPN's Kevin Calabro.
15 years ago

Seattle cop acquitted of assault charge

A Seattle police officer accused of kicking a handcuffed man following an off-duty fight outside a bar has been acquitted of a fourth-degree assault charge.
15 years ago

Gig Harbor principal arrested for DUI after hit-and-run

The Gig Harbor High School principal was arrested Tuesday morning for suspicion of drunk driving following a hit-and- run accident.
15 years ago

Living in Seattle is probably stressing you out

If you white-knuckle it across the West Seattle Bridge at 5:30 p.m. you might be stressed out.
15 years ago

Seven Marysville boys face felony sex charges

Police in Marysville say the assault on a 13- year-old girl on a school bus was a sex crime.
15 years ago

Is it sad that offering someone a ride can get you arrested?

After a father of three was charged with disorderly conduct for offering a ride to two teenage girls in the snow, some are saying it's sad that a potential good deed goes punished because of society's perhaps overblown fears of creeps.
15 years ago

Kent racetrack gets green light to expand

For more than half a century, Pacific Raceways in Kent has been home to stock car clubs and drag racing events. Under a plan finally approved by King County government, the site will become like a racing mini-city.
15 years ago

Alcohol may have been factor in fatal wrong-way crash on I-5

One person was killed in a wrong-way head-on collision on I-5 near downtown Seattle.
15 years ago

John Henry Browne questions evidence against client in Afghan killing case

The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians is questioning the quality of the evidence against his client and trying to paint a different picture of the man accused in the killings.
15 years ago

Tacoma man claiming to have AIDS bites state trooper

A Tacoma man who claimed to have AIDS reportedly bit a state trooper who was trying to make him take a sobriety test.
15 years ago

Sky Metalwala’s father gains full custody of daughter

A missing 2-year-old boy's father gained full custody of his daughter on Tuesday.

15 years ago

Seattle makes list of ‘smart cities’

A new list, from Green Chip Stocks, says that Seattle is smart too, which for them means we're making headway with green technology.
15 years ago

Fifth grader gets in trouble at school for NCAA pool

North Carolina’s P.J. Hairston, right, John Henson, center, and Stilman White, left, joke on the bench during the second half of a third- round NCAA tournament college basketball game against Creighton in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, March 18, 2012. North Carolina won 87-73. Max has North Carolina going all the way. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) When Max […]
15 years ago

Bellevue software manager wins $1.3 million in World Poker tournament

A Bellevue man said winning the $1.3 million pot at a World Poker competition in Los Angeles is "an absolute fantasy come true."
15 years ago

Five people arrested in Renton drug bust

Police and federal drug agents have arrested five people in an ongoing investigation targeting marijuana distribution.
15 years ago

Is this the cruelest thing ever?

At first this young husband seems polite introducing the woman to his right as "his beautiful wife Chelsea," but then he films her for over four minutes stuck on the question: "If you are traveling 80 mph, how long does it take you to travel 80 miles?"
15 years ago

Seattle chef Tom Douglas finalist for James Beard Award

Seattle chef and 97.3 KIRO FM host Tom Douglas has just been named a finalist for one of the highest honors in food.
15 years ago

Lawyer: Suspect in Afghan killings does not remember shooting rampage

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales remembers little about the night he is accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage, his lawyer says.
15 years ago

Bremerton ‘cluckers’ have to fight for their chicks

Bremerton cluckers, who were the driving force behind a November 2010 ordinance that legalized the keeping of chickens within city limits, have to take up the fight again.
15 years ago

Triple shooting prompts school lockdowns in Lacey

A suspect in a triple shooting in Lacey has surrendered to police.
15 years ago