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  • Collapsed Mount Vernon bridge built in 1955

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The Interstate 5 bridge that collapsed into the Skagit River was built in 1955 and was inspected two times last year in August and November. Transportation Department spokesman Noel Brady in Seattle says it had a sufficiency rating of 47 out of 100. The state average is 80, according to an Associated Press analysis. Brady says the bridge was 1,112 feet long and 180 ...

  • Friday Memo I-5 bridge collapse music festivals...and sunscreen use

    of relief last night as rescuers quickly discovered there were no fatalities after the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed after it ...

  • Collapsed WA bridge was used by 67000 cars a day

    The Washington Transportation Department says 67,000 vehicles a day used the stretch of Interstate 5 through Mount Vernon that is now blocked by the collapse of the Skagit River ...

  • Seattle Bridge Collapse Another Sign That America’s Infrastructure Is In Bad Shape

    an Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Seattle collapsed , sending two cars into the water and injuring three people. So far no fatalities have been reported. Authorities don't yet know what caused the collapse. Another bridge ...

  • The Lede Video of Bridge Collapse North of Seattle

    A bridge collapsed north of Seattle Thursday night, dumping two vehicles and three people into the Skagit River. Detours have been set up around a bridge on Interstate 5 north of Seattle after the bridge collapsed Thursday night, sending two vehicles into the water. Three people were rescued and taken to hospitals to be treated for injuries that were not life threatening, officials said. ...


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Movie Review

Bless the Child

Satan has been having quite a year at the movies. Coauthoring ancient texts in Roman Polanski's "The Ninth Gate" and posing in the enviable form of Elizabeth Hurley to buy Brendan Frasier's soul in Harold Ramis' upcoming remake of "Bedazzled," the Prince of Darkness has been quite busy lately. However, he makes perhaps his boldest appearance in "Bless the Child," a film in which his presence haun ... ...

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  • Bridge Collapse in Washington Cripples Highway Near Seattle

    A section of a major interstate highway bridge in Washington state collapsed yesterday, sending two vehicles into the rushing waters of the Skagit River north of Seattle. Three people were rescued and no one is believed to have died, authorities said. The bridge carried both north- and south-bound lanes of Interstate 5, which runs the length of the U.S. West Coast from Mexico to Canada. ...

  • I-5 bridge collapse caused by truck hitting span

    The Washington State Patrol chief says the Interstate 5 bridge collapse into the Skagit (SKA'-jiht) River at Mount Vernon was caused by an oversize ...

  • Seattle No. 2 for sunscreen use--and No. 1 for wishful thinking

    Photo: Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times It’s your typical spring morning in Seattle. Skies look gray. Forecast calls for cool temperatures and periods of light rain throughout the day. Throughout the week, in fact. You’re prepared, though. You always dress in layers. Your outerwear has the latest water-resistant finish. And of course, before you’re out the door, you slather ...

  • Brewers team up with beer to be released on Memorial Day to help military families

    Former major league pitcher Chris Ray pours one of his baseball-themed beers at The Diamond in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Proceeds from the specialty brew will be given to military families. (Joe Mahoney/Associated ...

  • Seattle adds 12638 people in a year

    Seattle is the 22nd-largest city in the country. The population of Seattle increased by 12,638 people from July 2011 to July 2012 to a total of 634,535, which was the 14th-largest increase of any U.S. city. According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, New York City added the most people 67,058 from July 2011 to July 2012, followed by Houston (34,625 people added), Los Angeles (34,483), ...

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