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  • As Mercer work continues expect big delays on Monday

    SEATTLE--Big delays are expected on Monday as the City of Seattle's Mercer Street construction continues.Thousands of people trying to get through the Mercer Street corridor experienced delays this weekend.Some of that work wound down on Sunday, but new closures and reconfigurations will affect the Monday morning commute so expect big delays.Here's what awaits drivers who travel ...

  • Fluoridated water Not all Portlanders will drink to that

    Portland residents will vote Tuesday on a ballot measure to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water - a debate that has turned the city’s traditional liberal politics on its ...

  • Cheerleader beats cancer with help from drug developed locally

    PUYALLUP, Wash.-- Emerald Ridge High School cheer coach Kaitie Johnson has good reason to count her blessings. The young woman was sidelined by a cancer diagnosis, but she is alive today thanks to a new drug developed by Seattle Genetics in Bothell.The former cheerleader now a coach at her alma mater, says she's also alive thanks in part to the team. "I was diagnosed the summer before ...

  • Twins Drop Fifth Straight 5-1 To Red Sox

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Twins have lost five straight and are a season-worst four games under .500. Facing a nine-game road trip, starting with a three-game interleague series against first-place Atlanta on Monday, things could quickly get out of hand if they don’t rediscover their offense. ';It’s tough to win a ballgame when you don’t have any clutch ...

  • Rainiers win on Triunfels homer in ninth

    TACOMA — Carlos Triunfel's tiebreaking, one-out home run in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Tacoma Rainiers a 6-5 Pacific Coast League victory over Memphis on Sunday before 5,341 at Cheney Stadium. Triunfel is batting .458 (11 for 24) in his past seven games. Nate Tenbrink and Mike Zunino also homered for the Rainiers ...


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Movie Review

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Tim Burton's "reimagining" of Planet of the Apes is not particularly good science fiction, but it is a well-crafted, atmospheric action movie that pits humans against simians in a battle for supremacy. What is ultimately disappointing about Burton's film is not what he has brought to the movie, but what he has left out, namely any sense of the artistry and unique voice that one would expec ... ...

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  • Research morsels Swallow with care

    Before I had my first white hair, I took good health for granted, but I’ve since developed a taste for health tips extracted from the latest scientific research. It seems that recreational marijuana use, newly legal in Washington, might also be medically beneficial in ways we hadn’t anticipated. Researchers from several institutions collaborated on a discovery published in the ...

  • More than 3000 customers without power in West Seattle

    Seattle City Light is reporting that about 3,140 customers are without power in an outage that started at 6:12 p.m. Sunday. The utility service is still investigating the cause of the outage, and does not yet have a time estimate for when the power will be back ...

  • Pick your quake from host of scenarios in state

    scenarios developed by state and federal geologists makes it clear that no part of the state is immune to seismic mayhem. From Tacoma to the Tri-Cities, the scenarios lay out potential impacts from a major earthquake on each region’s most dangerous fault. "Some level of earthquake damage is very plausible virtually anywhere in Washington," said Tim Walsh, geologic hazards chief ...

  • Spurs start strong rout Grizzlies 105-83 in Western Conference finals opener

    The Spurs' Kawhi Leonard scored as the Grizzlies' Jerryd Bayless looked on during the second half in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Sunday. The Spurs won ...

  • Report Canadians boosting e-commerce in Whatcom County

    BLAINE, Wash. (AP) -- A new report from the state Department of Revenue shows that online commerce is a big boon for the Whatcom County towns of Blaine and Sumas on the Canadian border.The Bellingham Herald reports that many Canadians can save money on shipping costs by having items they order on Amazon.com and other sites shipped to mailboxes on the U.S. side of the border. A number of mailbox ...

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