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iPhone app covers your coffee cost

Need a coffee but low on change? There's an app for that.
15 years ago

Tacoma bans electronic billboards

Electronic billboards are now banned in the City of Tacoma.
15 years ago

Mill Creek woman reads of her own murder in the newspaper

What's it like to read about your own murder in the newspaper? A Mill Creek woman found that it felt strange, when she read that of her high school graduating class of 900 in Kennewick, 80 were dead, seven were murdered, and one of those seven, was her.
15 years ago

La Conner man works to end national debt, one payment at a time

A La Conner man didn't see an end in sight for the nation's troubling debt problems, so as a beneficiary of the country's spending, he set up a non-profit organization to pay down the debt.
15 years ago

Researchers, UW scientists forecast volcano eruption

Up until now, predicting when volcanoes will erupt has been a mix of science and best guesses.
15 years ago

Former Navy SEAL: Loss of 20 will not stop SEAL Team Six

Twenty Navy SEALS were among 30 Americans and eight Afghans killed when a Taliban insurgent downed their Chinook helicopter on Saturday, but a former member of the elite fighting force says don't expect the loss to slow the remaining team.
15 years ago

Rep. Jay Inslee says 88 lawmakers stood in debt deal’s way

U.S. Congressman and Washington gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee says that some of his colleagues in congress would have had more to celebrate if the nation would have defaulted instead of coming up with a to solve the debt crisis.
15 years ago

Everett police use baseball to connect with kids

Can a kid's game create a better relationship between police officers and youngsters in Snohomish County? That's the ambition of a week-long baseball camp in Everett.
15 years ago

Trooper injured when teen driver hits patrol car

A Washington State Trooper is recovering at Harborview after being struck by a drunk driver on I-5.
15 years ago

Paul Allen continues search for aliens

Microsoft mogul Paul Allen is again searching for aliens.
15 years ago

New details of Skyway shooting that leads to citizen’s arrest

Citizen's arrests can be dangerous, but in this particular case, everything turned out alright when on man was "Johnny-on-the-spot" at the right place, at the right time, with a pair of handcuffs.
15 years ago

Burn bans take effect in King, Pierce Counties

A ban on fires took effect on Monday in King and Pierce Counties.
15 years ago

BUI arrests up from last year at Seafair

Police attribute the nice weather to the rise in intoxicated boating that happened over the weekend at Seafair.
15 years ago

Two injured in drive-by shooting on Hwy 167

Two people were injured in a drive-by shooting on SR 167 near SR 410 in Sumner early Monday morning.
15 years ago

How do you apply digital currency to mainstream products?

A new online digital currency is capturing the attention of Seattle geeks.
15 years ago

Bones in Kent could belong to missing woman

Skeletal remains found in Kent last week might be those of a woman who disappeared more than a year ago.
15 years ago

Selling your baby’s crib online may be illegal

Looking for discounts on lightly used items on online services like Craiglist.org and EBay.com can get you a bargain, but if you're not careful you could make an illegal purchase - for your brand new bundle of joy.
15 years ago

Seattle a top city for single ladies

Seattle is a great place for single women to live, according to Rent.com.
15 years ago

Paraglider killed in Issaquah crash

A paraglider was killed in a crash in Issaquah on Sunday.
15 years ago

Police search for prisoner who escaped near Forks

Police are searching for a prisoner who escaped from a minimum-security work camp near Forks over the weekend.
15 years ago

Seattle City Council debating new car tab rate increase

The Seattle City Council may not raise car tab fees as high as originally planned.
15 years ago

North Bend hydroplane driver OK after frightening Seafair flip

"I was driving angry, and when you are that angry you don't pay attention to what the boat is doing," said 23-year-old Kayleigh Perkins-Mallory, after her unlimited light hydroplane rose like a kite, pin-wheeled, then crashed, top down to the surface of Lake Washington.
15 years ago

Citizen arrests suspect in Skyway shooting

Citizen arrests can be dangerous, but in this particular case, everything turned out alright.
15 years ago

Mercer Island man builds duck boats as he plans art boat festival

Kevin Curry has dreams of an Art Boat festival, and it starts one duck at a time.
15 years ago