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  • Horrified trucker watches I-5 bridge collapse behind him

    A dented upper right corner and a scrape along the upper side are visible on the "oversize load" equipment casing being hauled a truck parked southbound on Interstate 5 south of the collapsed portion of the highway bridge at the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine ...

  • Police Alert witness bad driving foil young car thieves

    SEATTLE -- An alert witness and some pretty bad driving foiled a couple of young car thieves Thursday night in West Seattle, according to the Seattle Police Department. A witness called 911 around 11:15 p.m. to report a teen jumping a fence in the 5400 block of Delridge Way Southwest to let a second teen into a parking garage. According to police, the witness went down to the garage and ...

  • 3 survive Seattle-Vancouver bridge collapse

    MOUNT VERNON, Washington -- v The four-lane Interstate 5 bridge -- more than half a century old -- collapsed about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. It was caused by an oversize truck hitting the span, the Washington State Patrol chief ...

  • Truck driver had oversize-load permit ‘no damage to truck’

    William Scott, the Canadian truck driver who police say hit the Interstate 5 bridge near Mount Vernon on Thursday night, saw the bridge go down in his rearview mirror, he told his ...

  • ‘Movie about movies’ shows power of film to unite

    The power of films to bring people together is what inspired two local filmmakers to make "Finding Hillywood," the story of a traveling Rwandan film festival. The movie premieres at the Seattle International Film Festival next ...


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Message in a Bottle

"Message in a Bottle" is a somewhat unwieldy romantic film that teeters constantly even though it is built on the solid foundation of timeless romantic notions: endless love that extends beyond death, broken people learning to love again, the power of honest, heart-rending prose to reduce even the strongest, most independent sort to a weeping puddle, and the idea that a love letter can float throu ... ...

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  • Mariners minor-league report and exclusive audio of Mariners discussing first-base transition with Jesus Montero

    how to play first base. Through sources, I was able to obtain audio of the first conversation among Woodward, Mariners’ GM Jack Zduriencik, and Montero: <a ...

  • A-Rod Sells Miami Beach Home for $30M

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  • State pushes for more Amtrak train service in wake of I-5 bridge collapse

    An Amtrak Cascades train in Seattle. The Washington State Department of Transportation is trying to add additional Amtrak Cascades train service to the route between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, to help travelers circumvent the collapsed Interstate 5 bridge at Mount Vernon. Currently Amtrak Cascades operates four trains daily on the route two northbound and two southbound and a ...

  • Wash. gov declares state of emergency for bridge

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency in three counties around a collapsed Interstate 5 bridge. Inslee said in his proclamation Friday that the bridge collapse has caused extensive disruption, impacting the citizens and economy in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties. The governor is instructing the emergency management division of the ...

  • I-5 bridge collapse hits Skagit County as economy shows more life

    Washington State Employment Security Department chart The collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over Skagit River comes at a time when Mount Vernon and Skagit Countys stubborn unemployment rate has recently shown signs of real improvement. Skagit Countys unemployment rate for April was 8.3 percent, according to the states Employment Security Department. Thats an improvement from 9.2 percent in ...

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