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Man arrested in Barcelona for murder Mercer Island student

Police in Spain have made an arrest in the murder investigation of Mercer Island native and Dartmouth College student Crispin Scott.
15 years ago

Point Defiance Zoo pairs Sumatran tigers for mating

With the official day of love just around the corner, two tigers at the Point Defiance Zoo may soon be meeting their mate.
15 years ago

Movement launched to get Weird Al on Super Bowl half-time stage

After an article in the The New York Daily Mail pointed out the dwindling number of massive world-class rocks acts available and of appropriate caliber to play the Super Bowl half-time show, the movement to get Weird Al on stage is picking up steam.
15 years ago

Publishers pine for, bid on Amanda Knox book

Amanda Knox hasn't stepped in front of a non-paparazzi camera since she returned from Italy in October, holding a tearful press conference at Sea-Tac International Airport.
15 years ago

Gov. Gregoire signs measure legalizing gay marriage in Washington

Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a measure legalizing gay marriage in Washington state into law Monday.
15 years ago

Find your mile-high connections at WeMetOnAPlane.com

Have you ever made a connection with someone on a plane but then forgot or been too chicken to ask for their contact information?
15 years ago

Redmond man arrested for fatal house party shooting

Police have arrested a man who they believe fatally shot a woman during a house party in Redmond on Sunday.
15 years ago

Two wounded in shooting outside Everett Mexican restaurant

Police are looking for a car in which a man fled after firing shots into an Everett restaurant early Monday, wounding two men in the legs.
15 years ago

Rick Santorum visiting Washington on Monday

Washington state will be getting visits from several contenders in the presidential race in the coming weeks.
15 years ago

Norovirus cause of illnesses at cheerleading event

State health officials have now identified the illness that made hundreds of people sick last week at Comcast Arena in Everett.
15 years ago

Pilot rescued after plane crash on Mt. Baker

A 28-year-old pilot is resting at home in Bellingham after crashing a small plane on Mount Baker.
15 years ago

State Senate passes bill to rein in tax breaks

The Washington state Senate has passed a bill to rein in future tax breaks granted by the Legislature.
15 years ago

Hundreds remember Powell boys in Tacoma

Hundreds of people attended the Saturday service at Life Center Church in Tacoma, Wash. Many wore purple and blue ribbons in memory of 7-year-old Charlie and 5-year-old Braden.
15 years ago

911 dispatcher on Powell case: I wish I understood better

Questions have been raised about the way operators who handled 911 calls from a case worker and others who called in the moments before Josh Powell torched his home, killing his two sons and himself.
15 years ago

Video: Dad shoots daughter’s laptop after she acts out on Facebook

You tell you kids they’ve got to something over and over, and it seems they never listen. So how do you react? For Dori and his wife, after telling their girls to put their shoes away, and then finding 18 pairs of shoes in the entry way of the house – it was finally enough. […]
15 years ago

Man sentenced to 1 year for selling sensitive border information

A man was sentenced to a year in prison Friday, after he tried to sell sensitive government maps to drug dealers.
15 years ago

Seattle Kitchen Review: Cantinetta in Wallingford

The Seattle restaurant highlighted on this week's Seattle Kitchen show is not only being praised for the warmth of its atmosphere, but also for the hotness of its staff.
15 years ago

Zoo animals get Valentine’s love at Woodland Park

Flowers, chocolates, a Hallmark card or a love letter might be great gifts for your Valentine. Animals at the zoo will be getting love from their caregivers too.
15 years ago

Mystery twitches in New York students still being investigated

The appearance of Tourrette type symptoms in 12 formerly healthy students from the same New York school district is still being investigated.
15 years ago

Seattle’s Queen Underwood boxing her way to London

Two dozen sports pioneers will assemble near Spokane this week and many of them have dreamed of competing in the Olympics. Few of them ever thought it would be in a boxing ring.
15 years ago

Susan Powell’s friend: Josh Powell threatened loss of his kids would be over his dead body

Friends and family of missing woman Susan Powell and her late sons Charles and Braden reportedly had some new information to share in interviews with Dr. Phil McGraw that will air on the Dr. Phil show Friday.
15 years ago

Theft victim asleep in back of truck when it was stolen

Imagine falling asleep in the back of your truck, and waking up to realize it is being stolen.
15 years ago

Number sickened at Everett cheerleading event now at 229

A Washington state Health Department spokesman says there have been at least 192 reports of illness among people who attended a state cheerleading tournament last weekend in Everett.
15 years ago

Josh Powell captured on bank surveillance day before explosion

Authorities have just released an image of Josh Powell making a withdrawal at a Puyallup bank the day before he killed himself and his two sons.
15 years ago