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A former CIA officer tells KIRO Radio the site of the Boston Marathon bombing and advanced technolo...
Josh Kerns

Ex-CIA investigator expects Boston Marathon bomber to be found quickly

Amidst conflicting reports that a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing had been identified, a former CIA officer tells KIRO Radio he's not surprised if investigators have found a suspect.
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Rich Meyer, a back country ski guide and avalanche educator, says to avoid avalanche conditions all...
Alyssa Kleven

How to save yourself from an avalanche

On Tuesday, the search for Mitch Hungate was postponed indefinitely. The 60-year-old man had been hiking with two other friends when he was caught in one of two avalanches near Snoqualmie Pass on Saturday.
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Brandi Kruse

No justice for hit and run victims as cases languish

Steve Rogers thought deputies had all the evidence they needed to build a case against the person who hit him with a truck last summer.
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A Redmond woman has been arrested for stealing from her elderly parents and keeping her mother pris...
Tim Haeck

Redmond woman arrested for holding elderly mother prisoner

A Redmond woman has been arrested for stealing from her elderly parents and keeping her mother prisoner in the couple's home.
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KIRO Radio Staff

Bomb squads respond to Forest Service office, Bremerton naval base

Bomb squads were called to Naval Station Bremerton and the U.S. Forest Service Office in Sedro-Woolley on the report of suspicious items left at both locations.
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MyNorthwest.com

Anti-drone march, rally to disrupt downtown Seattle traffic

An anti-drone rally at Westlake Center Wednesday afternoon will spill-over into downtown Seattle streets around 5:30 p.m.
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KIRO Radio Staff

Toledo couple discovers box of explosives on their property

If you found a half-buried box on your property labeled "rocket ammunition with explosives" would your first instinct be to dig it up and kick it?
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The ACLU in Seattle has been an opponent of surveillance cameras due to privacy concerns, as were a...
MyNorthwest.com

Boston’s use of surveillance video may reignite debate in Seattle

Surveillance video is one of the tools the FBI is using in Boston to track down the person or people responsible for the marathon bombings - and that is reigniting a public debate on surveillance cameras and drones in Seattle.
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MyNorthwest.com

Police investigate suspicious suitcase in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood

Police responded to a call about a suspicious suitcase in SoDo early Wednesday morning.
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Allied Waste/Republic workers are on strike in Youngstown, Ohio, and Wednesday morning they set up ...
Chris Sullivan

Ohio garbage strike cuts off Seattle area service

There will be no garbage or recycling pick-up today for Allied Waste customers in the Seattle-area. Local union workers are honoring a picket-line set-up by workers from Ohio.
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A task force examining the Woodland Park Zoo’s elephants and exhibits will meet for the first...
Josh Kerns

Task force to begin probe of Woodland Park Zoo elephants

A diverse panel of noted community and business leaders and animal experts will come together this week in Seattle for the first time to begin examining the future of elephants at Woodland Park Zoo.
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A Seattle woman was killed in a crash with a wrong-way driver on Highway 520 near the University of...
Tim Haeck

New DUI laws in Washington call for alcohol monitoring, more jail time

Longer jail sentences and the option of around-the-clock alcohol monitoring are part of a package of tough, new drunk driving laws just introduced in the Washington state Legislature.
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Washington officials are warning people to look out for fake charity scams int eh wake of the Bosto...
Jamie Skorheim

Watch out for charity scammers following Boston tragedy

Washington state officials are warning people to watch out for scams in the wake of the tragic bombings in Boston.
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Seattle photographer Chase Jarvis wants to unleash the world’s creativity. (Image courtesy Fa...
Jamie Skorheim

Seattle photographer on mission to unleash world’s creativity

When Seattle photographer Chase Jarvis decided to make a pivot in his life, scrapping a PhD for a career in photography, he says he wasn't sure where to turn.
14 years ago
Troopers responded to reports of a white Geo Metro heading northbound in the southbound HOV lane of...
Brandi Kruse

Wrong-way driver arrested for DUI had ‘blank stare’

A man arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence had a "blank stare" on his face as he sped the wrong-way down I-5, according to the Washington State Patrol.
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Investor Chris Hansen has reached agreement to manage and invest millions in KeyArena, and won a bi...
Josh Kerns

NBA Sacramento decision not coming this week

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn says NBA commissioner David Stern is reiterating a vote on the sale of the Sacramento Kings likely won't come until at least next week, as he announced a deal with investor Chris Hansen to run and improve KeyArena.
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Tim Haeck

Seattle, King County settle pollution complaint

Seattle and King County will pay millions of dollars to reduce the amount of polluted water that enters Puget Sound under a settlement with the federal government.
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Seattle runner Trish Keaton was just yards from the second explosion as she was finishing the Bosto...
Josh Kerns

Seattle runner’s Boston Marathon shattered by blasts, blood

Seattle runner Trish Keaton says she'll never forget the blasts, or comforting a young man covered in blood with his clothes virtually blown off.
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Karina Schulte and her newborn son Elias are shown in this family Facebook post just days before a ...
Ursula Reutin

Mom, infant injured in north Seattle DUI crash showing some signs of improvement

The newborn critically injured after a suspected drunk driver plowed into a family in north Seattle turned one month old on Monday.
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Tim Haeck

State investigates wrongdoing at Cheney crime lab

The manager of a state crime laboratory in eastern Washington has resigned during an investigation that he mishandled case files and failed to complete lab work.
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MyNorthwest.com

Report: Search called off indefinitely for hiker missing in avalanche near Snoqualmie Pass

The search for a missing hiker has been called off indefinitely due to dangerous conditions, according to reports.
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Boston police officers keep a perimeter secure in Boston’s Copley Square Tuesday, April 16, 2...
Alyssa Kleven

Seattle’s signature events on mind of Mayor McGinn following Boston bombings

Still reeling from the information he was learning about the terror attack in Boston on Monday, Mayor Mike McGinn began reflecting on Seattle's own signature events.
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Neighbors hug outside the home of the Richard family in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Tues...
Kim Shepard

Talking with kids about the tragedy in Boston

Broaching the topic with your younger family members might be hard, but one psychologist says it's the right thing to do.
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NBA owners meet Wednesday to begin deciding whether to approve the sale of the Sacramento Kings to ...
Josh Kerns

Is Hansen’s ‘shot across the bow’ enough to sway NBA owners?

Is Chris Hansen's increased offer for the Sacramento Kings enough to seal the deal? At the very least, it's a significant "shot across the bow," KING 5 reporter Chris Daniels told the Bob and Groz Show Monday.
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