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ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) — An 18-year-old man was killed and four other young adults were injured in a crash Sunday on I-90 in Kittitas County, 17 miles east of Ellensburg.

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A suburban Portland mall remains closed while crime scene experts detail the shooting Tuesday that left three people dead and one wounded and sent Santa and thousands of shoppers running. Clackamas County sheriff's Sgt

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies say there has been a shooting in a shopping mall near Portland, Ore.

One witness at the Clackamas Town Center told television station KATU at least two people were shot, and he saw sheets put over them

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Same-sex couples in Washington state started taking their wedding vows Sunday on the first day they could marry after the state's new voter-approved law allowing gay marriage took effect this week

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Thurston County authorities say more teenagers are shoplifting liquor that's now available at grocery stores.

The Olympian reports that at least 20 teenagers have been charged with stealing spirits from Thurston County grocery stores, but that tally doesn't include charges of minors in possession, which can be leveled when a teen has alcohol on them, but hasn't left the store

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SEATTLE (AP) — Nearly 400 marriage licenses had been issued to gay couples in Seattle by noon Thursday, just 12 hours after the state of Washington began allowing gay marriages.
King County opened the doors to its auditor's office in Seattle just after midnight to start distributing marriage licenses

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YAKIMA, Wash. - A 14-year-old Toppenish boy has pleaded guilty to groping a woman in a Catholic church and a scantily clad barista.

The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the boy was 13 at the time of the attacks

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New approved form retains “bride” and “groom” and adds gender-neutral option

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Revisions to Washington’s marriage certificate to conform with the new same-sex marriage law gives couples a full range of options — gender-neutral or gender-specific terms. The new

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ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) — A chimpanzee at Central Washington University who learned to use American Sign Language has died at the age of 36.

Dr. Mary Lee Jensvold says the chimpanzee, Dar, died Saturday morning of unknown causes

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SEATTLE (AP) — Pollster Matt Barreto says Latino and Asian-American voters were the deciding factors in Governor-elect Jay Inslee's win over Republican candidate Rob McKenna.

Barreto estimates that about 140,000 Latinos voted in these past elections. Whi

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