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  • FBI executes search warrant in Spokane ricin letter case

    SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant Saturday in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that were intercepted this week at a post office in Washington state.Police say the investigation has focused on a neighborhood near downtown Spokane.The FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Spokane police are involved, but ...

  • Worker suffers minor injury at Ore. picket line

    PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland longshoreman sustained minor injuries after getting hit by a truck while picketing at the Port of Portland. Jennifer Sargent, a spokeswoman for the International Longshore & Warehouse Union, says the worker is recovering at home after injuring his knee, elbow and back. She declined to release his identity. The union says the incident occurred Thursday when ...

  • Former Lakewood police officer gets more jail time

    A former Lakewood police officer previously convicted for stealing from a fund to benefit the families of four officers shot in 2009 has pleaded guilty to more charges related to that ...

  • Chargers Freeney agree to 2-year deal

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Chargers have agreed to a two-year deal with star pass rusher Dwight Freeney that could be worth $13.35 million.The deal to bring Freeney to the Chargers came four days after outside linebacker Melvin Ingram tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a padless practice.The addition of Freeney also helps cushion the loss of outside linebackers Antwan Barnes ...

  • Game thread Can Safeco Joe expand his Mariners contribution

    Joe Saunders is trying for his first road win of the season at Progressive Field today. Saunders is 0-4 with a 12.54 ERA on the road this season. Not a good start ...


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Sunset Boulevard [Blu-Ray]

On the short list of great Hollywood films about Hollywood, Billy Wilders Sunset Boulevard is the greatest. Produced in 1949 and released in 1950, just as television was beginning its incursion into American popular culture and only two years after the Pa ... ...

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  • Thurston County woman wins $75K for dog bite

    OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Thurston County jury has awarded $75,000 to a woman bit by a neighbor's dog. The Olympian ( http://is.gd/OvULOb) reports the woman was seeking payment for medical expenses, plus pain, inconvenience, emotional stress, scaring and other general damages. After a weeklong trial, the jury voted 10-2 to award Linda Astorga more than $25,000 for past and future economic ...

  • WA woman arrested after boyfriend is run over

    EVERETT, Wash. — An Arlington area woman has been arrested for investigation of vehicular assault after her boyfriend was run over by an SUV. The Daily Herald ( http://is.gd/cbU6oL) reports the Marysville man suffered a broken ankle and severe "road rash. Court papers say those injuries are consistent with being dragged by a vehicle and having skin scraped off along the pavement. ...

  • Pacers not saying whether Hill to play vs. Knicks

    New York Knicks guard Raymond Felton, left, fouls Indiana Pacers guard George Hill during the second half of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series, in Indianapolis on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael ...

  • Ore. timber country ponders future with fewer logs

    O'BRIEN, Ore. -; Jennifer Phillippi's grandparents started producing lumber in this corner of Oregon timber country in 1922, when a man could set up a mill, log the trees within range of a team of horses and move the mill to a new stand when those trees ran ...

  • Seattle Symphony concert lives up to ‘spectacular’ title | Classical review

    A review of Seattle Symphony’s "Russian Spectacular" concert, on May 17, 2013, featuring Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, performed by Julian ...

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