Boeing management warned workers Thursday that employment will fall in 2009 and that layoffs are possible, an ominous sign that even the previously booming aerospace sector is staggering from the...

Authorities have broken up a gang of gym thieves they say was responsible for using stolen credit cards to buy computers and other electronic equipment, which was then sold for millions of dollars on...

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Thursday that one of the reasons he is willing to take another chance on Adam "Pacman" Jones is because he feels partly to blame for the cornerback's latest...

The Steelers honored defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau with a pregame ceremony for his 50 years as an NFL coach and player. His league-best defense...

SEATTLE — Jon Brockman stomped and snarled. He grabbed teammates. At times it looked like he needed something to punch. All he really needed was to turn Washington's slogging night over to...

Oregon state officials placed six children in protective custody Thursday after following up on a neglected and starved horses complaint near Foster...

NEW YORK — For more than three decades, George Steinbrenner's imprints were all over the New York Yankees. Blockbuster trades, pricey signings, hirings, firings - they all needed his OK. No...

Washington State quarterback Kevin Lopina has been cleared to play and will start the Apple Cup game against Washington on Saturday, coach Paul Wulff said...

NEW YORK — CC Sabathia will have a deadline to accept the New York Yankees' contract proposal. "We've made him an offer. It's not going to be there forever," Hal Steinbrenner said Thursday...

April Cook scored 18 points to lead Washington State to an 85-76 victory over Boise State on Thursday night, snapping the Broncos' 19-game home winning...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — The house along Interstate 90 where Joseph Edward Duncan III killed three members of a family and kidnapped two others will be demolished soon. Attorneys say they no...

Jon Brockman stomped and snarled. He grabbed teammates. At times it looked like he needed something to punch. All he really needed was to turn Washington's slogging night over to guards Justin...

RENTON — There is one big reason why Seattle is allowing 7.5 points more this season than a year ago, the largest increase of any team in the league. Well, it's a bunch of big reasons,...

Washington's new academy of sciences will offer technical advice to policymakers grappling with some of the region's toughest and most controversial...

Federal prosecutors say a U.S. government worker from Southern California helped himself to some perks from his job illegally — including a plane, yachts and heavy-duty...

PORTLAND — The Rose Garden fans got their first regular-season look at center Greg Oden, and he did not disappoint. His "Thank You" was a two-handed dunk off a pass from Steve Blake moments...

NEW YORK — Mike Mussina took a secret to the ballpark every day this season. Maybe that's why he was so successful on the mound, so jovial in the clubhouse. From Day One of spring training, he...

Bail was set at $15,000 Thursday for a former Bellevue teacher who was arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. Deene S. Juncker, 47, a teacher at the Forest...

MILWAUKEE — Former Green Bay Packers cornerback Bob Jeter, the father of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball coach Rob Jeter, has died. Wisconsin-Milwaukee spokesman Kevin O'Connor said Rob...

Not coincidentally, the area's two Class 4A girls' basketball teams that appeared in a national preseason poll this week also had multiple players commit to Division I schools during the early...

The New York Jets showed the nation last Thursday night that the acquisitions of Kris Jenkins, Alan Faneca and Brett Favre, among others, have made them a legitimate playoff...

Previously, the CDC recommended vaccination for children 6 months to 5 years and for children with chronic illnesses. Then Marija passed away — the same month 7-year-old Sarah Horner of Kent,...

A group of King County cities has begun looking for a possible jail site in Bellevue, downtown Seattle, Shoreline and an unincorporated area near Kirkland and...

The Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday it will spend $71.4 million to renovate the aging VA medical center in Walla Walla, Wash., that serves veterans from three...

Three-time All-Star Chase Utley, who anchored the middle of the lineup for the World Series champion Phillies, will have surgery and may not be ready for the start of the 2009 regular...

NEW YORK — There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that...

You have to feel sorry for Don Quast - his 38-year-old son Devron, a family man with two little girls, is going to be in jail for a long time. The Abbotsford man pleaded guilty in Seattle today to...

Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Eddie Goodridge Jr., 33, pleaded guilty to trafficking in contraband cigarettes and agreed to repay the state $25.7 million he'd failed to collect in state...

SEATTLE -- Brenden Foster spoke, and hundreds answered. Touched by a young boy with an old soul, kind hearts answered Brenden's urgings to feed the homeless and took part in KOMO's Stuff the Truck...

WASHINGTON — Gilbert Arenas is already thinking about the possibility of a last-place finish for his Washington Wizards - and finding the silver lining. With Arenas still working his way back...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A lawyer for a 16-year-old girl who accused a Spokane high school basketball coach of inappropriate conduct now says no such contact occurred. Ferris High School boys coach...

SEATTLE -- For the first time since the state announced a growing shortfall, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday talked about cuts and layoff she's prepared to make. The governor began by announcing her...

Caregiver held on assault charge A man is being held on $200,000 bail for allegedly assaulting a quadriplegic man he was hired to care for. Brett William Sahs, 40, was charged Thursday in King...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Coach Bill Laimbeer has been re-signed to a two-year contract by the WNBA champion Detroit Shock. The team is not releasing terms of the deal announced Thursday. The...

The Seattle police officer who unsuccessfully tried to handcuff a man who plunged from the Aurora Bridge defended his actions Thursday, saying he had no choice because the man was beginning to lose...

Washington State head coach Paul Wulff, center, reacts after Louis Bland was penalized for a personal foul in the fourth quarter of a NCAA college football game against Arizona Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008...

You've heard the horror stories of identity thieves hijacking your credit, your name and your livelihood. But what about your medical records? What happens if they get into the wrong hands?What we...

The three owners of the Blue Stilly smoke shop pleaded guilty Thursday to selling more than $55 million of cigarettes and not collecting more than $25 million in state sales taxes. Edward Leverne...

ASHBURN, Va. — Add Jim Zorn to the list of people who think Mike Holmgren won't be able to stay away from football. The Washington Redskins coach, who worked for Holmgren for seven years as...

A federal jury has ruled that a Normandy Park detective used excessive force when he used a Taser on a man who tried to force his way to the police chief's office to complain about the detective's...

The state Department of Transportation has a Web site — www.wsdot.wa.gov — that will provide the best times to travel the state's highways over the Thanksgiving weekend. Most highways and...

KCPQ/13; KIRO-AM/710 The Seahawks' all-time leading rusher returns to the scene of his prime Sunday as the third-string -- and possibly inactive -- running back for the Washington Redskins when they...

PULLMAN -- Louis Bland plays on a 1-10 football team, but no one has ever accused the Washington State linebacker of being a loser. Not only is Bland starting in the Pac-10 as a true freshman, but...

The University of Washington could ask lawmakers to remove a cap on tuition increases and community colleges may be forced to lay off faculty and turn students away because of anticipated funding...

Washington athletic director Scott Woodward interviewed Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Haywood on Thursday for the Huskies head coaching vacancy, several sources close to the football program...

Four years spent working with former Texas Rangers manager Buck Showalter helped Don Wakamatsu get the Mariners' managerial post. Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said his discussions with...

Justin Dentmon scored 21 points and freshman Isaiah Thomas added 19 as UW survived an off night from star Jon Brockman and a halftime deficit to beat Florida International...

The state Supreme Court says a convicted child molester can be permanently banned from contacting his wife, even though the woman was not a direct victim of his...

The Mariners on Thursday announced seven transactions affecting their 40-man roster, and the club also named Paul Gibson its Eastern cross-checker scout. Right-handers Stephen Kahn, Gabby...

Friday's first Class 3A girls' soccer state semifinal features teams with a combined two losses. But Everett and Kennedy couldn't be on more opposite ends of the tradition...