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  • Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll going up in July

    TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington state Transportation Commission approved a pair of increases Monday for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll.The toll will go up 25 cents on July 1 and another quarter on July 1, ...

  • Plans for natural gas power plant at Kalama stall

    LONGVIEW, Wash. — Plans for a $400 million natural gas-fueled power plant at Kalama are on hold after one of the partners dropped out of the project. Energy Northwest says it's looking for another company to replace Canada-based Veresen, which withdrew last month due to market conditions. The Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/10MepAQ) the uncertainty prompted Williams Northwest to ...

  • Light rail train hits pedestrian in Seattle

    SEATTLE — A Sound Transit light rail train hit a man Tuesday morning in Seattle's SODO neighborhood, south of downtown. The transit agency initially said injuries appeared minor. But the fire department said the man in his 50s suffered heavy trauma and was taken to Harborview Medical Center with life threatening injuries. Central Link light rail service was interrupted for the ...

  • V-2 rocket on display at Everett aviation museum

    One of the V-2 rockets that Nazi Germany used to rain terror on London during World War II is now on display at Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field in ...

  • WSU president upset about enrollment

    SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane will have a four-year medical program with or without the help of the University of Washington. That's according to Washington State University president Elson Floyd. The Spokesman-Review reports that Floyd is disappointed that fewer second-year medical students are enrolled at WSU's budding Spokane campus than expected. He blames UW for failing to ...


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War of the Worlds (2005)

War of the Worlds (2005)

In a seemingly benign, yet ultimately ominous line of dialogue early in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, the ex-wife of Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise), a New York dock worker and generally deadbeat dad, says to him after dropping off their two kids for the weekend, "Take c ... ...

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  • Colangelo out as Raptors GM still president

    Bryan Colangelo is still president of the Toronto Raptors, but he's no longer the club's general manager.The Raptors announced Tuesday that while Colangelo's contract as team president is being extended, a new general manager will be hired within the next 30 days.The changes were announced by Tim Leiweke, who is the incoming CEO of team owner Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. ...

  • Falcons get $200 million NFL loan for stadium

    NFL owners approved a $200 million loan Tuesday for the Atlanta Falcons to build a new stadium.The multipurpose stadium could cost as much as $1 billion, with team owner Arthur Blank committed to funding most of it.Blank, speaking at the NFL's spring meetings, called the decision by the team owners an "important milestone" in moving the project forward."The NFL has supported ...

  • Utah man brother suspects in wifes disappearance

    This undated photo released by the West Valley City Police Department shows Susan Powell. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspect. The announcement came after police spent two days searching in rural Oregon last week for any trace of Powell's ...

  • Man struck by light rail train near SODO station

    SEATTLE - A man suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday morning when he was struck by a Sound Transit light rail train in Seattle's SODO District, officials said.Police and medics responded to the scene, at 5th Avenue and South Holgate Street, at about 7:15 a.m. after receiving a report of a pedestrian hit by a train.The victim, a man believed to be in his 50s, suffered heavy trauma and ...

  • Man wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting 6-year-old girl

    KENT, Wash. -- Detectives are looking for the man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl Sunday afternoon in a Kent Dollar Tree. According to the Kent Police Department, the man exposed himself and touched his genitals in front of the girl around 1:30 p.m. at the business located at 23406 Pacific Highway S. The man was able to escape before officers arrived. But, he was caught on ...

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