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  • 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 ...

  • Fake cop targeting Seattles elderly in cash scam

    SEATTLE -- A man going by Capt. Jack Truska, Sgt. Drumbowski or "some other gruff TV cop name" is targeting elderly women and scamming them out of tens of thousands of dollars, according to the Seattle Police Department. According to police, the con artist has targeted at least six women between the ages of 78 and 90 and stolen more than $75,000 from five of them. The man ...

  • Collapsed I-5 bridge was used by 71000 cars a day detours set up

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Transportation Department says 71,000 vehicles a day used the stretch of Interstate 5 through Mount Vernon that is now blocked by the collapse of the Skagit River bridge.Mount Vernon is about 60 miles north of Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canada Border. The roadblock on both directions of I-5 is expected to cause a major disruption in trade and ...

  • Seattles pot pigs go high on hog

    a video advertising a March ';Pot Pig'; dinner where the pigs were reputedly eaten . The point was to add fiber and flavor to the animals; the four pigs invoved, apparently, gained more weight than the norm (and were mellower too?) The story has gone viral worldwide, ...

  • SWAT justified in fatal Hoquiam shooting

    The Grays Harbor County prosecutor says Thurston County SWAT officers were justified in fatally shooting a man during a standoff in March in ...


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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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  • Kitsap jury clears robot maker in botched surgery

    PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A Kitsap County jury decided the maker of a surgical robot was not to blame for a botched prostate operation on a Bremerton man. The jury said Thursday that Intuitive Surgical Inc. had given surgeon Scott Bildsten adequate training. He was conducting his first solo operation with the device in 2008 at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton when he encountered ...

  • Con man posing as Seattle cop scams 5 women out of more than $75K

    Seattle police say a con artist posing as a cop has scammed at leastfive elderly women out of more than $75,000. According to police, the man phoned the victims at their homes and identified himself as "Capt. Jack Truska," or "Sgt. Drumbowski," or some other name. Heclaimedto be investigating banks for passing counterfeit money to customers. After questioning the victims ...

  • Detour route already crowded avoid it or leave early officials say

    detour route around the collapsed Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River - and could grow worse over the weekend - state transportation officials said. "It’s going to be slow going out there," said Washington State Department of Transporation spokesman Mike Allende. "We’re advising people to stay home if they can, or leave as early as possible." The estimated ...

  • McCoy out 6-9 months with Achilles tear

    first reported by USA Today . The Seahawks since confirmed the news. McCoy was apparently injured during Monday’s OTA, which was open to the media. He went down late in the practice with the injury. McCoy was slated to be the backup tight end ...

  • I-5 truck driver had clean record company exec says

    The truck driver whose oversized load caused an Interstate-5 bridge to collapse on Thursday had an excellent driving record, according the Canadian trucking company he works for. Mullen Trucking LP, based in Aldersyde, Alberta, has had no problems with driver William Scott during his eight or nine years with the company, said Ed Scherbinski, Mullen's vice president of operations. "He ...

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