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Groping suspect arrested Fri, 23 May 2008 04:53 GMT
The man arrested Thursday on suspicion of forcefully groping a woman in South Seattle last week and charged with fourth-degree assault is a registered sex offender with a previous conviction for molesting a teenage girl, according to court documents.

Whidbey bomb disposers pay high price to protect troops Fri, 23 May 2008 04:45 GMT
These Whidbey Island sailors are coveted by troops in Iraq. They dispose of the bombs that are the leading killers in the war.

U.S., Canada agree to cuts in two major salmon fisheries Fri, 23 May 2008 04:49 GMT
Against a worrisome backdrop, negotiators for the United States and Canada on Thursday announced steep cuts in two major salmon fisheries, one Canadian and one American.

Did gunman know right from wrong? Fri, 23 May 2008 05:27 GMT
King County jurors must now decide if accused gunman Naveed Haq was an angry, suicidal man who planned the Jewish Federation shootings with the intent to kill and deliver a message -- or if he was criminally insane.

Corrosive ocean water moving inland Fri, 23 May 2008 04:47 GMT
The ocean is getting more corrosive, closer to shore, decades earlier than anyone expected, thanks in large part to all of the carbon dioxide being pumped into the air, according to new research from scientists in Seattle.

Police raid pot house on Beacon Hill Thu, 22 May 2008 23:57 GMT
Seattle police raided a suspected marijuana grow operation early Wednesday morning at a Beacon Hill home, where they seized 244 plants.

Under The Needle: Fuel costs driving truckers into red Fri, 23 May 2008 04:12 GMT
For independent truckers, these are trying times. Many are under contracts that force them to absorb soaring fuel costs.

Five corrections officers suspended for sharing porn Fri, 23 May 2008 04:18 GMT
King County has ordered five corrections officers at the jail to be suspended for three days each after they were caught sharing pornographic images with each other through the county e-mail system.

Patrol cracks down on sale of cars that are a piece of work Fri, 23 May 2008 04:40 GMT
The State Patrol has begun cracking down on scam artists selling cars with troubled histories. So far this year, $200,000 in fines have been issued against the scam artists, dubbed curbstoners.

Spring marches in with the Rainbow City Band Fri, 23 May 2008 03:33 GMT
The Rainbow City Band, a predominantly gay and lesbian band made up largely of musicians long past their high school band days, practices in the Central Area.

Council debates extending tax break to ease housing costs Fri, 23 May 2008 04:54 GMT
Aiming to encourage construction of housing affordable to middle- and low-income Seattleites, officials might soon to make it easier for developers to qualify for a tax break.

Drug conviction tossed out over illegal police frisking Fri, 23 May 2008 03:44 GMT
OLYMPIA -- In another nod to the Washington Constitution's broad privacy protections, the state Supreme Court has thrown out the drug conviction of a man who was searched by police solely because of his weird behavior.

'Cowboy Mike' guilty in rape, murder Fri, 23 May 2008 04:37 GMT
OLYMPIA -- Jurors have convicted a former country singer known as "Cowboy Mike" of rape and first-degree murder in the death of a Lacey woman.

Body found in North Seattle; police investigate homicide Fri, 23 May 2008 01:11 GMT
Seattle police are investigating a homicide after a man's body was found in the View Ridge neighborhood of North Seattle.

Boats may idle awhile under Spokane St. Bridge Fri, 23 May 2008 04:13 GMT
Seattle has asked the Coast Guard to keep the low-level Spokane Street Bridge over the Duwamish River open to vehicle traffic during peak commuting hours, a move that would close the span to marine traffic four hours each weekday.

We're stuck with nation's worst road funding gap Fri, 23 May 2008 04:14 GMT
Seattle-Puget Sound area has the largest gap between transportation infrastructure needs and secured funding than any metropolitan area of the country, according to a study.

Plan to camp this weekend? Call first Fri, 23 May 2008 04:13 GMT
Memorial Day weekend is a great time to go camping -- if you can find a place to camp. Late snow and spring flooding have closed many campgrounds across Washington state. Most of the sites not affected by the weather are reserved for the weekend.

Thieves cut down more than 20 maple trees Fri, 23 May 2008 04:03 GMT
BREMERTON -- Two old maple trees -- one nearly 4 feet across -- were cut down at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds and more than 20 other large maples were removed from the Bremerton watershed.

Seattle's historic INS building sold Fri, 23 May 2008 03:59 GMT
INS Holdings LLC of Seattle has purchased the old Immigration and Naturalization Service building on Airport Way South for $4.4 million and plans to use it as office space, a company spokesman said Thursday.

Death of work-release inmate under investigation Fri, 23 May 2008 02:16 GMT
Corrections officials are investigating the death of a 51-year-old man on work release.

Area home prices up 2.8% from year ago Fri, 23 May 2008 04:55 GMT
The typical Seattle-area house was worth 2.8 percent more in this first quarter of 2008 than it was in the first three months of 2007, but 0.4 percent less than in the final quarter of last year, according to a new report.

Ambulance struck by wrong-way driver Thu, 22 May 2008 17:06 GMT
Two women were badly hurt when their car crashed head-on into a King County Medic Unit late Wednesday night.

Pedestrian hit, driver arrested Thu, 22 May 2008 17:08 GMT
Seattle police arrested an allegedly impaired driver after he drove into a pedestrian Wednesday afternoon.

Seattle police look for carjacking suspect Thu, 22 May 2008 17:09 GMT
A woman called Seattle police early Thursday to report a man had slugged her, then stolen her car.

Patrol car struck by speeding driver Thu, 22 May 2008 17:10 GMT
A State Patrol trooper escaped injury because he was out of his vehicle when a speeding driver crashed into it Wednesday night.

King County Deaths Fri, 23 May 2008 02:31 GMT

Closing arguments begin in Naveed Haq murder trial Fri, 23 May 2008 04:57 GMT
Closing arguments have begun in the Seattle trial of the man accused of killing a woman and wounding five others at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle's downtown office.

Interstate accident spills 200 gallons of fuel into Duwamish Thu, 22 May 2008 07:08 GMT
An accident on Interstate 5 punctured a semi truck's fuel tank, draining about 200 gallons of fuel into a freeway storm drain that empties into the Duwamish River.

Restaurant menu promises buried in calories, fat Thu, 22 May 2008 14:56 GMT
Dishes targeted to health conscious consumers at popular chains contained as much as twice the calories and eight times the grams of fat than the restaurants claimed in their published nutrition information, a Scripps investigation revealed.

Any change from Bush's fundamentalism will do Thu, 22 May 2008 15:53 GMT
The world is desperate for a change of tone and course from the U.S. of George W. Bush. Nothing short of a revolution will do.

Enron parable haunting GOP again Thu, 22 May 2008 18:17 GMT
Due to unexpected Republican congressional losses in special elections in Mississippi and Louisiana, the elephants now fear that they are headed for a further stripping away of their tusks come the fall.

Iraq War: Haphazard fight Thu, 22 May 2008 23:27 GMT
P-I Editorial: A U.S. sniper used the Quran -- a holy book to an estimated billion Muslims -- for a target. The act itself was abhorrent and offensive. It also gives fuel to terrorist groups trying to present the occupation of Iraq as a war on Islam.

Climate Change At Home: A time to thrive Thu, 22 May 2008 23:27 GMT
P-I Editorial: A bit of resilience goes a long way. As King County already realizes, that's especially true in facing climate change.

Congressional Republicans seem clueless about political woes Thu, 22 May 2008 21:51 GMT
Like addicts in denial, Republicans in Congress haven't hit bottom yet. If this year's special elections are any indication, come November, perhaps they will.

Why bananas are a parable for our times Thu, 22 May 2008 19:38 GMT
The story of how the banana rose and fell can be seen a strange parable about the corporations that increasingly dominate the world -- and where they are leading us.

Bring on the final act Thu, 22 May 2008 15:51 GMT
The question now is whether the American electorate will prefer age or relative youth; experience or promise. Let the next act in this enthralling drama begin.

Hopeful glimpse of China's future in wake of quake Thu, 22 May 2008 18:16 GMT
In the aftermath of the great Sichuan earthquake, we've seen a hopeful glimpse of China's future: a more open and self-confident nation, and maybe -- just maybe -- the birth of grass-roots politics.

Balance of power tips away from U.S. Thu, 22 May 2008 23:28 GMT
The next president may discover how few countries are waiting around for us to call. It is hard to remember a time when more shifts in the global balance of power are happening at once -- with so few in America's favor.

Race for presidency ignores arms race Thu, 22 May 2008 23:29 GMT
Amy Goodman: From nuclear proliferation to the use of cluster bombs -- coverage of the presidential campaign should focus more on the arms race, less on the horse race.

Massachusetts faces new political calculus Thu, 22 May 2008 21:52 GMT
Whenever Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat opens up, it will cause a dramatic shifting of the political planets in Massachusetts.

Polar bear decision rife with flaws Thu, 22 May 2008 23:36 GMT
Jay Inslee and Carl Pope: Listing the polar bear as threatened and then sending oil drills into its home is like diagnosing a patient with lung cancer and then handing him a lit cigarette.

Vice presidency no place for a novice Thu, 22 May 2008 23:30 GMT
Albert R. Hunt: What both McCain and Obama want is a selection that will be viewed as uplifting and address a potential vulnerability.

Reel grrls make films about real girls Thu, 22 May 2008 23:34 GMT
Sarah McCormic: When I was a junior in high school, a teacher gave us a cool assignment. We were supposed to work in groups to film our own sitcoms. My group of four -- three girls and one boy -- wrote a rough script, borrowed a video camera and gathered at my house over the weekend to do the filming.

Letters to the Editor Thu, 22 May 2008 23:26 GMT

More Letters to the Editor Thu, 22 May 2008 23:25 GMT

ESA acquires unlimited application Wed, 21 May 2008 22:59 GMT
Now that polar bears are wards of the government, and now that it is a legal doctrine that humans are responsible for global warming, the Endangered Species Act has acquired unlimited application.

Woman president: Not yet, but soon Wed, 21 May 2008 23:00 GMT
Ruth Marcus: Hillary Clinton isn't going to be elected the first woman president -- not this year, anyway. The reasons for this outcome have gratifyingly little to do with her gender. It may not seem that way right now to her seething supporters.

Afternoon Snark: How many voters? Local cllimate change, Military snipers plus P-I Endorsements; Sau Thu, 22 May 2008 11:55 GMT
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