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  • Scammers targeting Seattle City Light customers

    SEATTLE -- At least 15 Seattle City Light customers have been targeted by scammers threatening to cut off their power in order to steal money this week. According to City Light, the scammers appear to be targeting Asian small businesses. They call the business claiming to work for City Light, say the account is overdue, and threaten to disconnect the business' electricity unless they get ...

  • Hwy. 520 bridge toll going up July 1 more hikes to follow

    PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (AP) - The state Transportation Commission approved an increase in Highway 520 floating bridge tolls at Wednesday's meeting in Port Townsend.New peak rates taking effect July 1 will be $3.70 for drivers with Good To Go accounts and $5.25 to pay by mail.This year's increase is the second of four annual 2.5 percent rate increases. A 15 percent increase is planned in ...

  • Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visiting Portland

    PORTLAND, Ore. — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is visiting Portland this week for what will be her first West Coast trip since she was sworn in last month. The Department of the Interior says Jewell and Portland Mayor Charlie Hales on Thursday will announce nearly two dozen conservation projects to help boost youth employment. On Friday, she, Gov. John Kitzhaber and a representative ...

  • Northern Whatcom County beaches closed to recreational shellfish harvesting

    The state Department of Health has closed beaches in northern Whatcom County to recreational shellfish harvesting because of unsafe levels of the biotoxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning. The ban affects beaches from Point Whitehorn north to the Canadian border, including Point Roberts. Molluscan shellfish such as clams, mussels, oysters and scallops shouldn't be harvested until ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 22

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...


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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster [DVD]

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster [DVD]

Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky have a way of making something extraordinary out of virtually nothing in their documentary films, and one has to wonder if the metal band Metallica had an inkling of this when they asked Berlinger and Sinofsky to film them cutting a new album in e ... ...

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  • Robber fires shot during bank hold-up in South Seattle

    SEATTLE - Police are looking for a robber who fired a shot during a bank hold-up Wednesday afternoon in South Seattle, then fled.No one was hit by the gunfire.Officers responded to the scene, a branch of Washington Federal Credit Union in the 9300 block of Rainier Avenue, after receiving a report of an armed robbery. Nearby schools are sheltering students in place while police look for the ...

  • Storm water pond dedicated in memory of woman who drowned

    SEATTLE -- A ribbon cutting marks the completion of a storm water pond. But this particular one includes a sculpture dedicated to the memory of Kate Fleming.As her partner of 10 years, Charlene Strong, arrived for the ribbon cutting, she stopped to lay flowers on the memorial to Fleming.Known professionally as Anna Fields, Fleming was one of the country's most talented narrators of audio ...

  • Seattle police dog Jaeger brings down wanted felon

    SEATTLE -- A wanted felon is behind bars thanks to all four fleet feet of the Seattle Police Department's Jaeger. According to police, officers and detectives were attempting to arrest a 46-year-old man with a warrant out on him as he was getting out of a car parked near North 113th Street and Corliss Avenue North around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. When the man saw police, he reportedly took ...

  • Tax hike on garbage transfer stations to go to new Ferndale library

    FERNDALE - The City Council raised the solid-waste utility tax from 12 to 12.5 percent on Monday, May 20, to help cover $1.05 million it has agreed to pay for construction of a new library west of City Hall. The tax hike takes effect in 2014. The 7-0 vote was taken after Ferndale voters on April 23 approved a $550,000 bond to fill a funding gap in the $5.4 million library project. The tax ...

  • Seattle card counter develops Google Glass app to beat the house

    Colin Jones of Seattle is no stranger when it comes to casinos. Now he's developing a Google Glass app to teach people to count cards like a pro. G oogle Glass isn't even out yet and already, some casinos have banned it. They've done the same thing to Colin Jones. Now, the Seattle entrepreneur is illustrating just why the casinos have taken both actions. A professional card counter, ...

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