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      <title><![CDATA[Worker suffers minor injury at Ore. picket line]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Portland longshoreman sustained minor injuries after getting hit by a truck while picketing at the Port of Portland.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[1 dead, 1 injured after capsize in Tulalip Bay]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>One man has died and a woman is in the hospital after their boat capsized in Tulalip Bay north of Everett.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thurston County woman wins $75K for dog bite]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Thurston County jury has awarded $75,000 to a woman bit by a neighbor&amp;#39;s dog.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former Lakewood police officer gets more jail time]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>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 case.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[WA woman arrested after boyfriend is run over]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An Arlington area woman has been arrested for investigation of vehicular assault after her boyfriend was run over by an SUV.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[WA man pleads guilty to selling illegal airbags]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A 25-year-old Vancouver, Wash., man has pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit vehicle airbags.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[FBI executes search warrant in ricin letter case]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that were intercepted this week at a post office in Washington state.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sports Minute: Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Jason Kipnis&amp;#39; three-run homer in the 10th inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners last night. Kipnis&amp;#39; home run came on an 0-1 pitch from Lucas Luetge and capped a two-out rally that...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[News Minute: Here is the latest Washington news from The Associated Press]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Today is the 33rd anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens that killed 57 people, knocked down a forest and filled the sky and rivers with volcanic ash. On the anniversary, the U. S. Geological Survey warns that...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[This Hour: Latest Washington news, sports, business and entertainment]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>After a manhunt that began with a car chase, Snohomish County, Wash., sheriff&amp;#39;s officers have arrested a 22-year-old man sought on a warrant.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Woman rescued from Wash. bay, man missing]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Coast Guard officials say a woman was rescued Friday night from Tulalip Bay near Everett, Wash., but a man who was with her is missing.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man gets 26 years in Wash. courthouse attack]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A McCleary, Wash., man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for a 2012 attack on a judge and a deputy sheriff in the Grays Harbor County Courthouse in Montesano.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wash. home intruder captured after standoff]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Everett, Wash., police have captured a home intruder who held them at bay for nearly eight hours after claiming to have a grenade.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man killed by Spokane police is identified]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Spokane police detectives say a man suspected in a fatal shooting refused to obey officers&amp;#39; commands and moved his hand toward his waistband. Police shot and killed the man.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man sought on warrant eludes Wash. manhunt]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 23:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Snohomish County, Wash., sheriff&amp;#39;s officers have lifted a neighborhood lockdown after several hours of intensive searching for a 22-year-old man sought on a warrant.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coast Guard rescues teen from Ore. surf]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a teenage girl from the surf on the northwest Oregon coast.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tiny baby finally leaves Wash. hospital]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Little Harley Gulliksen has gone home after five months in the neonatal intensive care unit at a Vancouver, Wash., hospital.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2 Spokane-area officers placed on leave]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:48:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Authorities say two Spokane-area law enforcement officers have been placed on leave after being accused of misconduct in separate cases.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seahawks, Sounders license plates on sale in Jan]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Three nonprofit groups will benefit from sales of new Seahawks and Sounders FC license plates that will be available starting in January.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Red algae blooms in Puget Sound not "red tide"]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Washington State Department of Ecology says red algae blooms currently in the Puget Sound are harmless to people.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tim Burgess exits Seattle mayor's race]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess is dropping out of the mayor&amp;#39;s race.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate majority names 33 bills for budget talks]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>As lawmakers wrap up their first week of a special legislative session, Senate majority leaders have asked that more than 30 bills be considered as part of the budget discussions.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mount St. Helens 33rd blast anniversary Saturday]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Saturday is the 33rd anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens that killed 57 people, knocked down a forest and filled the sky and rivers with volcanic ash.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cowlitz Jail inmate dies at Vancouver hospital]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An inmate who collapsed at the Cowlitz County Jail died Thursday at a Vancouver hospital.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Testimony continues in Astoria motel shooting case]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A trial is under way in Astoria for a Washington state man accused of trying to kill police officers.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spokane police chief suffers burglary]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Even the property of Spokane police chief Frank Straub isn&amp;#39;t safe.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[States to get initial money from Japanese gift]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Monroe prison guard killer moved to Walla Walla]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Byron Scherf was sentenced to death for killing a corrections officer at the Washington state Reformatory, but there are no plans to hold him differently than any of the eight other death row inmates at the Washington state...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dark clouds hang over air shows after budget cuts]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The automatic budget cuts that grounded the Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds are taking a toll on performers, air show announcers, concessionaires, vendors and others who depend on air shows and the millions of...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tiny baby finally leaving Vancouver hospital]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>After five months in the neonatal intensive care unit at a Vancouver hospital, little Harley Gulliksen is going home Friday.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Old Tacoma totem pole 'should be laid to rest']]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A group of people helping decide what to do with a failing totem pole in Tacoma says the century-old landmark should be taken down and left to decay in a public place as part of the city&amp;#39;s living history.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tougher Washington law against drunken boating]]></title>
      <link>http://www.khq.com/story/22281835/tougher-washington-law-against-drunken-boating</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Washington&amp;#39;s boating under the influence law becomes tougher under a law signed Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pilot walks away from Lynden biplane crash]]></title>
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      <description>The pilot walked away from a small plane crash Thursday at a Lynden airfield.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lahti gives 1st interview since big win]]></title>
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      <description>Holly Lahti of Rathdrum, Idaho, won one of the biggest lottery jackpots in U.S. history, and then seemed to disappear off the face of the earth.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fresh Copper River salmon lands in Seattle]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The first planeload of Copper River salmon from Cordova, Alaska, landed Friday morning at Sea-Tac Airport and the Alaska Airlines pilots carried a large fish to waiting chefs.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serial killer Yates appealing death sentence]]></title>
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      <description>Serial killer Robert Yates, whose death sentence has been upheld by the state Supreme Court, is seeking an appeal through the federal court system.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hanford national park bill advances in US Senate]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A bill that would create a national park including Hanford&amp;#39;s historic B Reactor has advanced to the full U.S. Senate.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Driver who hit Yakima boys sentenced to prison]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A driver who was high on methamphetamine when he hit two boys waiting for a school bus in Yakima was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in prison.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Body found in abandoned Yakima house was homicide]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An autopsy showed that the body of a woman found in an abandoned house in Yakima had been shot in the head.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[3 arrested in Vancouver, Wash., bar incident]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Three Clark County, Wash., men have been arrested for investigation of felony assault and racially motivated malicious harassment in a March 18 disturbance at a Vancouver bar.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police in the Tacoma suburb of Lakewood, Wash., say a 47-year-old man is in critical condition after he was punched during a poolroom dispute and hit his head on the floor as he fell.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Soldier gets life without parole in Iraq killings]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An Army sergeant has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrest in letters that threatened Wash. officials]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police have arrested a Bellingham, Wash., man accused of writing letters to a Washington state newspaper that contained threats to kill Gov. Jay Inslee, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[WA small business health plan finder scaled back]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A new health insurance marketplace being set up in Washington state to help small businesses find insurance for their employees will not be fully operational this fall, as planned.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wash. florist sues state in gay wedding case]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A florist who is the target of lawsuits for refusing to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding has filed has own lawsuit against Washington state.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seattle has big appetite for Copper River salmon]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An annual rite of spring in Seattle - the arrival of the first planeload of Copper River salmon from Alaska - is scheduled Friday morning at Sea-Tac Airport.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DOT reopening Chinook Pass on Friday]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Transportation Department plans to reopen Chinook Pass at 10 a.m. Friday, weather permitting.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Citizenship ceremony on historic Bremerton ship]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Thirteen members of the U.S. military have a memorable location for becoming U.S. citizens in Thursday&amp;#39;s naturalization ceremony on the museum ship Turner Joy in Bremerton.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Centralia woman sentenced in daughter's death]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Centralia woman whose 2-year-old daughter was killed by her boyfriend was sentenced Thursday to a year and a day in prison for criminal mistreatment.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2 letters containing ricin in Spokane]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A postal workers union in Spokane says two letters that appeared to contain the deadly poison ricin have been found.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Relocated deer adapting in southwest Washington]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Wildlife managers say four dozen endangered Columbian white-tailed deer that were moved from a refuge near Cathlamet earlier this year are adapting to new surroundings in southwest Washington.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[63 fire deaths in 2012 in Washington]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The murder-suicide in which Josh Powell killed his two young sons and himself in a fiery explosion on Feb. 5, 2012, in Graham, was the worst fatal fire in the state last year.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oregon search turns up no sign of Susan Powell]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police say they have found no trace of missing Utah mother Susan Powell at a rural Oregon site after spending two days searching.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Smaller NW cherry crop expected this year]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Northwest cherry growers expect a 2013 crop of 18 million boxes, well short of last year&amp;#39;s record of 23 million boxes, but the average cherry size should be larger and the harvest is expected to start sooner.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fatal officer-involved shooting in Nine Mile Falls]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Spokane police shot and killed a man in Nine Mile Falls early Thursday when they confronted him following a fatal shooting in Spokane.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kennewick woman spots stolen car in drive-thru]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Kennewick woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later in the drive-through of the McDonald&amp;#39;s restaurant where she works.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spokane schools expand all-day kindergarten]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Spokane Public School&amp;#39;s board decided Wednesday to offer full-day kindergarten in all 34 elementary school schools this fall.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rifle missing from Grant County sheriff's office]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Grant County sheriff&amp;#39;s office says a military-style rifle is missing.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Officer-involved shooting in Nine Mile Falls]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:48:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Spokane police have been involved in a shooting in Nine Mile Falls with a suspect in a fatal shooting in Spokane.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wash. set to release draft rules for pot industry]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>They&amp;#39;ve spent nearly eight months visiting marijuana grow houses, holding public hearings, meeting with dealers and studying the science of getting high. Now, officials in Washington are taking their first stab at...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Body found in river is missing Forks, Wash., man]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Clallam County official says a body found in a river near La Push on the Washington coast has been identified as a 30-year-old Forks man missing since April 5.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[LA worst for dog attacks on mail carriers]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The U.S. Postal Service says Los Angeles was the worst American city for dog attacks on letter carriers last year. Seattle and San Antonio tied for second-worst.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fire crews rescue thunder-spooked Wash. mastiff]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Fire and rescue crews in east Pierce County, Wash., have rescued a 90-pound mastiff so spooked by Monday&amp;#39;s thunderstorms that it went down a 20-foot embankment - and couldn&amp;#39;t get back up.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2 pit bulls enter Wash. home, kill cat]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Longview, Wash., man says he was watching TV downstairs in his parents&amp;#39; home when two pit bulls he&amp;#39;d never seen before entered the home through a sliding glass door left open on a sunny morning.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man who fled before sentencing found in Nevada]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Authorities say a 33-year-old Washington state man who fled before he could be sentenced on federal child pornography counts is hospitalized in Nevada after shooting himself as sheriff&amp;#39;s deputies closed in.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Police search Ore. property for Powell remains]]></title>
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      <description>The father of missing Utah mother Susan Powell says authorities have spent two days searching a rural Oregon property for her remains.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[McKenna portrait hung alongside other former AGs]]></title>
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      <description>A portrait of former Attorney General Rob McKenna is now hanging alongside those who preceded him as Washington state&amp;#39;s top lawyer.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[EPA assesses penalties on 2 gas stations]]></title>
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      <description>The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered two gas stations to close their underground injection wells to protect drinking water on the Yakama Indian Reservation.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[10-year-old sentenced to 3-5 years]]></title>
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      <description>A 10-year-old boy who plotted to attack a classmate at Fort Colville Elementary School has been sentenced to 3 to 5 years in a juvenile detention facility.</description>
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      <description>Washington lawmakers are looking for ways to make it easier for citizens to recall elected officials.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[BC climber dies in fall near Leavenworth]]></title>
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      <description>A climber from British Columbia died in a fall Tuesday night southwest of Leavenworth.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Woman injured in Everett chase-crash dies]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A woman who was injured when a fleeing pickup truck crashed into her car in Everett has died.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Grand Mound waterpark lifeguard accused of rape]]></title>
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      <description>A lifeguard for the waterpark at the Great Wolf Lodge at Grand Mound has been arrested on suspicion of rape.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2nd case of sexual misconduct at prison?]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Authorities are investigating a second staff member at the Airway Heights prison for alleged sexual misconduct with an inmate.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seattle man posted video  before dying on highway]]></title>
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      <description>A final video of a man who was killed while attempting to dribble a soccer ball from Seattle to Brazil shows him smiling and happy on an Oregon beach on his planned 10,000-mile walk.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Norwegians moving dogs to Alaska for Iditarod]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Norwegian couple decided to compete in Alaska&amp;#39;s famous Iditarod sled dog race.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wash. April unemployment rate drops to 7%]]></title>
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      <description>Washington state&amp;#39;s unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent in April, the lowest it&amp;#39;s been since the end of 2008.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Starting pit ready for Seattle boring machine]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Bertha&amp;#39;s bed is ready.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bothell family hit by tree files claims with state]]></title>
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      <description>A Bothell family whose car was hit by a falling tree last December at Stevens Pass has filed six claims with the state, saying the Transportation Department should have closed Highway 2 because of heavy snow bringing down...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Not guilty plea in death of Olympia counselor]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A woman accused of killing her former mental health counselor at his home in Olympia pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a murder charge.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pasco baby bitten by bat treated for rabies]]></title>
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      <description>A Pasco baby is being treated for rabies after it was bitten by a rabid bat on the deck of her grandparents&amp;#39; home.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2 new OR trains named Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Bachelor]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Two names were favored in an online public survey to name two new Oregon Department of Transportation trains that will haul Amtrak passengers between Eugene and Vancouver, British Columbia.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[FAA OKs expansion of East Wenatchee airport]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a $30 million project to lengthen the runway at Pangborn Memorial Airport in East Wenatchee.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Franklin farmers upset by wildflower protection]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to hire a lawyer to look into suing the Fish and Wildlife Service over plans to designate critical habitat for an endangered wildflower, the White Bluffs bladderpod.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spokane sheriff reviews how 2 deputies wounded]]></title>
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      <description>Spokane Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich (kuh-NEZ&amp;#39;-oh-vich) says several errors were made in the weeks leading up to last June&amp;#39;s shootout that left two deputies wounded and the suspect dead.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jury deliberating in Wash. prison guard slaying]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A jury in Everett is deliberating whether to impose the death penalty on a Washington prison inmate who strangled a corrections officer.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Driver, 75, crashes into restaurant; no injuries]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Clark County fire official says a 75-year-old woman out to celebrate her birthday at a southwest Washington restaurant crashed into the front of the building instead but no one was hurt.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Intruder fatally stabbed in Wash. home is ID'd]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An intruder fatally stabbed by a woman in a North Bend, Wash., home as the stranger fought with her husband has been identified.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seattle recovers nearly all of $1.1M theft]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Seattle investigators have managed to recover nearly all of the $1.1 million that prosecutors say was embezzled by a former Seattle Public Utilities employee.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man dribbling soccer ball to Brazil killed by car]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Seattle man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup has died after being hit by a pickup truck on the Oregon Coast.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Apparent heart attack: Tacoma firefighter dies]]></title>
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      <description>Tacoma officials say a 59-year-old firefighter has died after suffering an apparent heart attack while working at a medical aid call.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man dribbling soccer ball to Brazil killed by car]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press A Seattle man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup has died after being hit by a pickup truck on the Oregon Coast.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man suspected in 2 Mount Vernon, Wash., robberies]]></title>
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      <description>Police in Mount Vernon, Wash., say a 38-year-old Anacortes man arrested in a bicycle theft is also believed responsible for two recent Mount Vernon robberies.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boat race to proceed after lawmaker intervention]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The U.S. Coast Guard issued a permit for a jet boat race in northern Idaho after intervention from officials including Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Agency developing pot rules appoints new director]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The agency tasked with developing a regulated marijuana system in Washington state has chosen a new director.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marine from Mayaguez incident to be buried]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Pentagon says fragmentary remains of a Marine who perished in a failed helicopter rescue of the crew of the merchant ship Mayaguez in May 1975 will be buried Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wash. gun shop fined for lead exposure to workers]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>State regulators say they have fined a Bellevue gun shop more than $23,000 for exposing workers to lead dust when it remodeled its shooting range last year.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[WSU hops researchers take turn at Calif. brewery]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Washington State University researchers who focus on production of hops in Washington state are turning more of their attention to the final product: beer.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former GOP VP pick speaking in Republic]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will give the high school commencement address in the small town of Republic on June 1.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Inslee signs bills on alcohol at theaters, markets]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a handful of measures making it easier for certain businesses to serve alcohol.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chinook season cut short on Umatilla River]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>State officials have cut short the chinook salmon season on the Umatilla River in eastern Oregon because fish numbers fell below estimates.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Charges filed against prison therapist]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Spokane County Prosecutor&amp;#39;s Office has filed charges against a former Airway Heights Corrections Center sex therapist for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a prisoner.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jury deliberating in Wash. prison guard slaying]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A jury has begun deliberating whether to impose the death penalty on a Washington prison inmate who strangled a guard.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2 arrests for drive-by that wounded Othello child]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Adams County authorities say they have arrested two men in connection to a drive-by shooting that left a 4-year-old child with a bullet fragment in his head.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge: No settlement money for Hanford worker]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A judge has ruled that a former worker convicted of time card fraud at the Hanford nuclear reservation will not receive any money from a government settlement.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Some may see lower rates under Obama health law]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Some Washington residents may see lower insurance premiums under President Barack Obama&amp;#39;s health care law.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate committee OKs tougher impaired driving law]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Senate committee has approved a plan to make changes to the state&amp;#39;s impaired driving laws, including making driving under the influence a felony on the fourth conviction, rather than the current law that has it at five...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NMFS announces proposed sea lion protections]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The National Marine Fisheries Service is taking public comment on proposed revisions to Steller sea lion protections in the western Aleutian Islands that could lead to more commercial fishing of Pacific cod, pollock and Atka...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Washington megaprojects study could cost $475,000]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Washington could pay as much as $475,000 for an outside study of three Transportation Department megaprojects - the new Highway 520 floating bridge and the Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle and a new Interstate 5 bridge across...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Medical problems delay Lewis County rape trial]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Lewis County deputy prosecutor says rape charges may have to be dismissed because the victim suffered a heart attack two weeks ago and her doctor says testifying could trigger another heart attack.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[WWU teaching assistant jailed in shooting]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Western Washington University teaching assistant is accused of shooting another man in Bellingham.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pullman police nearly done with case]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Pullman police are ready to close the investigation into the assault of Washington State University instructor David Warner.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[$300,000 damage in Port Angeles bulldozer rampage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.khq.com/story/22246532/300000-damage-in-port-angeles-bulldozer-rampage</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Damage is estimated at $300,000 at a subdivision near Port Angeles where a man destroyed three houses with a bulldozer, damaged another home and crushed two sheds, a pickup truck, lawn mower, fences and other property in a...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Officials ID man killed in motorcycle crash]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Missoula County officials have released the name of a man who died after his motorcycle struck a city bus in Missoula.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Heart attack apparently caused Yakima Valley crash]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 08:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Washington State Patrol says a Yakima man who died in a crash into a home near Terrace Heights Monday afternoon apparently left the road because of a heart attack.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Passenger goes berserk on Washington ferry]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 08:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Seattle police officer was bitten while arresting a man who threatened passengers with a knife on a state ferry from Bremerton.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spokane shooting case goes to prosecutors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.khq.com/story/22244043/spokane-shooting-case-goes-to-prosecutors</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 08:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police now have toxicology and ballistics tests that complete their investigation into a shooting in March in Spokane where the owner of a car shot killed a suspected thief as he drove away.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Car hits 2 pedestrians in downtown Spokane]]></title>
      <link>http://www.khq.com/story/22243590/car-hits-2-pedestrians-in-downtown-spokane</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police say two pedestrians suffered minor injuries when they were hit by a car Monday evening in downtown Spokane.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Justices review $100M award for home care workers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.khq.com/story/22243077/justices-review-100m-award-for-home-care-workers</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Justices on the Washington Supreme Court on Tuesday are considering whether a $100 million verdict against the state should be allowed to stand.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Biotech apples may be harbinger for Simplot spuds]]></title>
      <link>http://www.khq.com/story/22242744/biotech-apples-may-be-harbinger-for-simplot-spuds</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>As Idaho&amp;#39;s J.R. Simplot Co promotes its genetically engineered potato, a tiny Canadian apple breeder is working on a similar product that could provide a glimpse of how consumers react.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Scientists monitoring Alaska&amp;#39;s volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations that provide real-time tracking of eruptions and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts - moves that could mean...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Twelve years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads]]></title>
      <link>http://www.khq.com/story/22241182/big-4-cellphone-carriers-unite-on-anti-texting-ads</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The country&amp;#39;s four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&amp;amp;T&amp;#39;s "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Police: Covington adult man beat teenager to death]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Investigators say a 26-year-old Covington man beat a teenage boy to death and has been ordered held on a $1 million bail.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oregon National Guard to shows off drones]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Oregon National Guard will be showing off four new drones that are based at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Child, 4, wounded in Othello drive-by shooting]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Authorities say a bullet fragment got lodged in a 4-year-old child&amp;#39;s head after a drive-by shooting in Othello.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man held on $1M bail after Wash. bulldozer rampage]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A judge has set bail at $1 million for a man accused of destroying three homes with a bulldozer during a rampage on Washington&amp;#39;s Olympic Peninsula.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Army won't kill gulls to help salmon-eating terns]]></title>
      <link>http://www.khq.com/story/22238955/army-wont-kill-gulls-to-help-salmon-eating-terns</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided that it is not going to continue killing gulls that have been eating all the baby Caspian terns at a nesting colony at the mouth of the Columbia River.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sex offender arrested in Aberdeen assault]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police received a call over the weekend that a man was dragging a heavily intoxicated woman under a bridge in Aberdeen.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wash. tribes combat youth suicide]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Suicide stalks Indian Country, claiming more lives of native youth than those in any other population, not only in Washington, but nationally.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Online contributors save Shelton drive-in]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A drive-in theater at Shelton has been saved by $40,000 in online donations through the Kickstarter website.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Richland freshman vies in national science fair]]></title>
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      <description>A freshman from Richland High School is competing this week in a national science fair in Phoenix.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pierce County needs security help for 2015 US Open]]></title>
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      <description>Pierce County plans to ask other local governments and public agencies to help cover the cost of security for the U.S. Open in June 2015 at Chambers Bay Golf Course.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big decisions involving Fairchild AFB]]></title>
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      <description>Some big decisions that could help decide the future of Spokane&amp;#39;s Fairchild Air Force Base are expected in coming weeks.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man who killed Wash. prison guard could face death]]></title>
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      <description>The same jury that convicted a Monroe Reformatory inmate of aggravated murder for strangling a prison guard starts work Monday in Everett on the penalty stage of the trial to determine whether Byron Scherf will be executed.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vancouver apartment fire kills woman]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A woman who was pulled from her burning apartment in Vancouver has died at a Portland hospital.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AAA: Average price of gasoline in Washington $3.91]]></title>
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      <description>The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $3.91.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vilsack, Jewell tour fire center amid 2013 fears]]></title>
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      <description>With another extreme Western fire season predicted, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell are visiting the National Interagency Fire Center to discuss what their agencies are doing to...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thunderstorms possible in Eastern Washington]]></title>
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      <description>The National Weather Service says thunderstorms are possible in Eastern Washington Monday afternoon as a cold front sweeps through the Inland Northwest.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crucial decision in Iraq murders court martial]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 08:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A military judge at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington could decide Monday whether an Army sergeant who fatally shot five fellow service members in Iraq acted with premeditation.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man injured in Airway Heights stabbing]]></title>
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      <description>Police and Spokane County sheriff&amp;#39;s deputies are investigating a stabbing in Airway Heights.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Intruder stabbed to death at North Bend home]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 08:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An intruder was stabbed to death in a struggle with residents of a home in North Bend.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stolen pickup truck crashes in Everett]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 08:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A stolen pickup chase ended in Everett where the truck knocked a car into a natural gas line that caught fire.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[This is election filing week in Washington state]]></title>
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      <description>This is election filing week in Washington state.</description>
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      <description>Washington lawmakers are returning to the Capitol for a special legislative session to try and come to an agreement on a two-year state budget.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[JBLM trial ends, ruling expected this week]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 14:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The court-martial trial for Army Sgt. John Russell has concluded.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[UW students suggest tuition hike to pay faculty]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 12:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A University of Washington student-led group says if the state doesn&amp;#39;t give the school money to give their teachers a raise, they&amp;#39;re willing to pay higher tuition to cover the cost.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wash. prison brings together solitary inmates]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 10:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Several inmates at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla are taking part in a new program to try to ease violence and reduce the number of inmates in solitary confinement.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AP Exclusive: Mont. goes its own way on marijuana]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>If American society&amp;#39;s tolerance for marijuana is growing, then what happened in Montana illustrates just what can happen when the government decides things have gone too far.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wash. lawmakers return to Capitol to finish budget]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 15:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Washington lawmakers return to the Capitol Monday to finish their work on a two-year state budget. But with no deal reached during their two-week break, the special legislative session could take its full allotted 30 days,...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kincaid to get 6 miles of new mountain bike trails]]></title>
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      <description>About six miles of new mountain biking trails are set to be built this summer at Kincaid Park in West Anchorage.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-teacher at Seattle private school charged]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 13:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A former teacher at a Seattle private religious school has been charged with four counts of first-degree child molestation.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man hit by vehicle as he ran into traffic on I-405]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 13:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A man in his 20s was struck by a vehicle and critically injured when he ran into traffic in Bellevue on Interstate 405.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Missing Yakima man's girlfriend charged with fraud]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 12:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The girlfriend of a man missing from Yakima for nearly three and a half years has been charged with welfare fraud.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Moving filming in Everett benefiting local economy]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 12:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Aspiring film stars in Everett may have their chance at fame this next week as the crew working on a new movie seeks locals to fill out the scenes.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Western regional wildfire outlook planned Monday]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 12:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell plan to offer a regional outlook next week for the upcoming fire season across the West. Agency experts forecast above normal fire potential across...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yakima Co. residents want to curb manure spraying]]></title>
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      <description>A group of Yakima Valley residents want to limit dairy operators from spraying manure on fields when air quality is poor.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lynden man pleads guilty to touching girl]]></title>
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      <description>A 30-year-old man previously jailed for raping a goat has pleaded guilty on Thursday to touching a girl.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boeing plans to shed 1,500 IT jobs in Wash.]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Boeing Co. plans to shed 1,500 information-technology jobs in Washington state over the next three years.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Truck driver indicted in death of firefighter]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A McLean County grand jury has indicted the driver of a semi-trailer truck that struck and killed a Hudson firefighter.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man destroys 2 Wash. homes with logging machine]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Neighbors say a man went on a rampage with a bulldozer-like piece of logging machinery on Washington&amp;#39;s Olympic Peninsula, destroying two homes and knocking out power to thousands of people.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judicial Conduct Commission admonishes 2 judges]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Washington&amp;#39;s Judicial Conduct Commission has issued admonishments to one current and one former district court judge.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man runs over sister at Renton accident scene]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police say a 77-year-old driver accidentally ran over his sister after she got out to direct traffic following a minor fender-bender in Renton.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man found dead on Spokane railroad tracks]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Spokane County medical examiner&amp;#39;s office identified the man found dead on railroad tracks in Spokane Thursday as 40-year-old William L. Waters.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aberdeen High School student falls through ceiling]]></title>
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      <description>A student fell through a ceiling Friday at Aberdeen High School.</description>
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      <description>A northern Idaho judge has rejected a request by a Moscow man charged with helping another man kill his wife to be released on his own recognizance or have bail set.</description>
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      <description>Forecasters say Washington can expect another warm, sunny day or two in a dry start to the month of May, but it&amp;#39;s likely to change by Mother&amp;#39;s Day.</description>
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      <description>A northern Idaho man who crashed his powerboat into a moored sailboat on Lake Pend Oreille has pleaded guilty to simple negligent operation of a vehicle.</description>
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      <description>A northern Idaho judge has declared a mistrial after the jury deadlocked in a case involving a Montana man charged with rape.</description>
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      <description>Four environmental groups are asking a federal judge to order the temporary shutdown of a sheep research station on the Idaho-Montana border they say is harming the region&amp;#39;s grizzly bear population.</description>
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      <description>State veterinarians have been sent to examine bison carcasses north of Yellowstone National Park amid concerns the bison might have acquired a deadly disease from domestic sheep.</description>
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