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| Police ramp up patrols at Bite of Seattle Police have ramped up patrols at this weekend's Bite of Seattle festival, just months after a shooting at the Northwest Folklife Festival. The Bite of Seattle is the first major event at the Seattle Center since the shooting, on Memorial Day weekend, which injured three people. |
| Teen hit, killed by Amtrak train in Centralia A teenage boy was struck and killed by an Amtrak train Saturday afternoon in Centralia as he was crossing the tracks on his bicycle. Police said the deadly accident happened at about 4:30 p.m. in a crosswalk. |
| Lewis Co. buried in flood debris 7 months later More than seven months after epic floods devastated the region, piles of trash from damaged homes and farms still fester under the hot summer sun. The mess is overwhelming homeowners, county officials and volunteers trying to deal with it. |
| Mount Adams fire 50 percent contained A wildfire that flared up last weekend and burned through 8,000 acres of national forest land is now 50 percent contained, but fire crews are concerned that a forecast of warmer, drier weather could spell more problems ahead. |
| Longview couple rescues abused monkeys Polly Schultz of Longview devotes her life to monkeys, including an infant rhesus who sleeps in her bed. Many of them have been beaten or abandoned by owners who didn't realize the complexity of caring for a monkey. |
| First of Canada's 5 mystery feet identified; footless body reported One of the five feet that have mysteriously washed up on the shores of British Columbia over the past year has been linked to a depressed man who went missing a year ago. The discovery follows reports that a footless body turned up in Washington's San Juan Islands. |
| Man, 29, killed in Thurston Co. crash A 29-year-old Olympia man died along a lonely Thurston County roadside Saturday after crashing his Jeep at high speed in the early morning darkness. |
| Yakima-area mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus Mosquitoes trapped near Grandview this month had the potentially deadly virus, and health officials are warning the public to be vigilant as mosquito season meshes with summer weather that encourages people to get outside. |
| Biologists capture two wolves in Washington Washington state Fish and Wildlife biologists and wolf experts from Idaho captured what they believe are two wolves Friday in western Okanogan County, a development that could confirm the first wolf pack in Washington since the animals were eradicated decades ago. |
| 'It just ripped my arm right out' Ronda Petty was carrying groceries to her RV when a Rottweiler knocked her down from behind and started attacking. "And then grabbed my arm first and just started ripping it like an old rag doll," said Petty. Warning: The story contains graphic images. |
| Woman in W.Pa. baby mystery partially eviscerated An autopsy on a woman's body found in an apartment linked to a mystery newborn baby found that the woman was partially eviscerated and her uterus was cut open, authorities said Saturday. |
| Obama backs support in meeting with Afghan leaders Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met Saturday with officials of a region of Afghanistan that has been a hotbed of Taliban and al-Qaida activity, offering his support for reconstruction and security there and throughout the country. |
| Veterinarian saves shark that swallowed hook David Blyde reached between the jaws of the 10-foot gray nurse shark to dislodge the hook, which was stuck in the animal's digestive tract, leaving a long metal handle sticking from its mouth. Divers spotted the shark Monday as it swam with a group of others. |
| Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing 4 A company official says a crane collapse at a southeast Houston refinery has killed four people and injured six others. Fire Department Assistant Chief Omero Longoria says a crane several hundred feet long fell over at the LyondellBasell refinery at about 2 p.m. |
| Record number of babies born in U.S. last year More babies were born in the United States last year than ever before, according to preliminary data, but it's not another baby boom just yet. About 4,315,000 children were born in 2007, about 15,000 more births than the peak time of the baby boom in 1957 |
| Fla. police officer, suspect killed in shooting A former missionary turned police officer was shot and killed along with a suspect after police were called to a disturbance outside a downtown nightclub early Friday. |
| U.S., Iraq seek 'general time horizon' on troop cuts Iraqi officials, in a sign of growing confidence as violence decreases, have been pressuring the United States to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw U.S. forces. |
| Park tests hybrid buses in McKinley's shadow The 230-horsepower hybrid bus - white and sporting pictures of Denali on its sides - went on a drive in the park Thursday. |
| Skydiver crashes into band at Fort Riley ceremony A parachutist went off course Thursday at the start of a military review and dropped feet-first into the 1st Infantry Division's band, injuring three players. |
| Army to shoot live pigs for medical drill Despite opposition by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Army is moving forward with its plan to shoot live pigs and treat their gunshot wounds in a medical trauma exercise Friday. |
| Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever The price of oil recorded its biggest weekly drop ever, and a gallon of gas finally pulled back from its record high. So is it time to declare the energy bubble popped? Experts won't go that far just yet. |
| Tomato growers: Salmonella scare damages industry Since the government announced it was investigating whether tomatoes caused the outbreak that began in April, the nation's tomato industry estimates it has lost more than $100 million. |
| Chinese broker tried in insider trading The former president of a major Chinese stock brokerage has gone on trial on insider-trading charges in connection with the company's 2006 stock market debut, a state news agency reported Saturday |
| Bank stocks look cheap, but buyers remain cautious In spite of a nearly 400-point surge in the Dow Jones industrials this past week, the market is expected to remain on edge for the foreseeable future. |
| Microsoft stock drops 5 percent on 'disappointing' earnings Shares of Microsoft Corp. sank more than 5 percent on Friday, a day after the company missed Wall Street's earnings forecast by a penny, and issued softer-than-expected guidance for the current first quarter. |
| Google stock plummets on disappointing earnings Google Inc. shares tumbled more than 9 percent in early trading Friday after the Internet search leader's second-quarter earnings missed analysts' expectations. |
| Citigroup posts $2.5 billion loss, but beats expectations Citigroup posted another loss and laid off more employees in the second quarter as it struggled with surging loan defaults, but the shortfall was smaller than Wall Street anticipated. |
| Jury rules Bratz dolls conceived at Mattel Barbie and Bratz dolls are sisters, a jury has decided in a major victory to Mattel Inc., the world's largest toymaker, in its copyright infringement lawsuit against rival MGA Entertainment Inc. |
| Satellite radio saga takes unexpected turn Jonathan Adelstein , told The Associated Press on Thursday that he would support Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s $3.1 billion buyout of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. if the companies agree to a six-year price cap. |
| IBM 2Q profit soars on services strength IBM Corp.'s earnings, used to gauge the health of global technology spending, were a bright spot in an otherwise dreary economic landscape. |
| Shannen Doherty back in '90210' 'hood this fall Brenda Walsh is coming back to ''Beverly Hills 90210,'' and she's arriving in style. Shannen Doherty will reprise her role as Walsh in CW's new version of the 1990-2000 series, with her character now a famous director. |
| 'Dark Knight' sets box office record with $66.4M Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, ''The Dark Knight'' set a one-day box office record with $66.4 million on opening day. |
| Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins. Before dawn Saturday, the Hollywood superstar and her newborn twins left the French Riviera hospital where she gave birth a week ago, the hospital said in a statement. |
| Ledger's compelling Joker thrills, saddens fans "Heath Ledger is going to have the same impact on our culture as James Dean did," said Chris Finegan, one of many fans across the country who were both awed and saddened by Heath Ledger's performance in "The Dark Knight." |
| Spears granted additional visitation with boys Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday. |
| Salma Hayek, Pinault call off their engagement Salma Hayek has called off her engagement to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, her representative said Friday. The couple initially announced their plans to wed in March 2007. |
| 'Desperate Housewives' creator says end in sight "Desperate Housewives" creator and executive producer Marc Cherry told a meeting of the Television Critics Association on Thursday that he plans to end the ABC series after seven seasons. |
| Woman sues Spitzer call girl over 'Wild' video A New Jersey woman is suing the call girl linked to the downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer because she says Ashley Dupre used her lost driver's license to appear on a "Girls Gone Wild" video. |
| Exhibit marks Bruce Lee's death Bruce Lee fans are marking the 35th anniversary of his death with an exhibit featuring movie posters, magazine covers and books about the action star. |
| Analysis: 'The Wire' gets one final Emmy snub The Emmys said goodbye to "The Wire" with the same lack of respect that it showed the HBO drama during its acclaimed five-season run. |
| Food safety worries change buying habits Troubled by the tainted tomato scare, nearly half of Americans are concerned they may get sick from eating contaminated food and are avoiding items they normally would buy, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll has found. |
| Parents of blinded Calif. girl lose Motrin suit A jury refused to award damages Thursday to a couple who sued drug maker Johnson & Johnson for $1 billion, claiming its Children's Motrin nearly killed their daughter and left her legally blind. |
| FDA declares it's OK to eat tomatoes again The U.S. government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak - while not over - may finally be slowing. |
| CDC: Mississippi remains most obese state Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reported Thursday. More than 30 percent of adults in each of the states tipped the scales enough to ensure the South remains the nation's fattest region. |
| Merck to fund Vioxx settlement in August Drugmaker Merck & Co. will start cutting checks for former users of its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx next month, after announcing Thursday that it will fund a $4.85 billion settlement expected to resolve roughly 50,000 lawsuits alleging harm from Vioxx. |
| Cleveland Clinic taking kidneys through navel Brad Kaster donated a kidney to his father this week, and he barely has a scar to show for it. The kidney was removed through a single incision in his bellybutton, a surgical procedure Cleveland Clinic doctors say will reduce recovery time and leave almost no scarring. |
| Report: Invest $10 a person for better health Investing just $10 per person - roughly the price of a six-pack of beer and some chips - could greatly fuel community programs that get couch potatoes moving, prevent smoking and improve nutrition, researchers say. |
| Low-carb diet found best for weight, cholesterol The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all: A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet. |
| When a child becomes a teen, sluggishness sets in One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do. |
| U.S. ban on visitors with HIV could end soon A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor areas of the world. |
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