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Seager Drives in 3 as Mariners Beat Rangers 7-3
2 weeks ago
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kyle Seager drove in three runs with three doubles, Christian Bergman pitched effectively into the sixth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 on Sunday.
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Sword Fern Deaths in Washington State Park Mystify Experts
2 weeks ago SEATTLE (AP) — About a third of the sword ferns in a northwestern Washington state park have died and it's not clear why.
Officials tracking the forest dwelling sword ferns in the 300-acre (121-hectare) Seward Park in Seattle say the ferns have been dying at an accelerating rate in the last few years...
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4 Who Died Among 19 Honored by Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
2 weeks ago PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Colorado physician who was fatally shot while trying to help his neighbor after she was wounded in a domestic shooting is one of 19 people being honored by the Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund Commission...
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Launch of Nevada’s Recreational Pot Sales May Hinge on Court
2 weeks ago CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada regulators are working against a fast-approaching deadline to launch recreational marijuana sales July 1.
The startup could hinge on a court decision on whether the liquor industry should be guaranteed a piece of the pot pie before tourists and residents can light up...
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Modern Family: More Courts Allowing 3 Parents of 1 Child
2 weeks ago NEW YORK (AP) — Courts or legislatures in at least a dozen states have declared that some children have three parents. It's an arrangement sometimes called "tri-parenting...
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Woman Faces Murder Charge After Falsely Accusing 2 Men
2 weeks ago EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Washington woman who falsely accused her former boyfriend and a roommate of a crime has been charged with murder.
The Daily Herald reports 54-year-old Tammie Peterson was charged on Friday in the death of Deborah Jeanneret...
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1 Killed, 1 Awaiting Rescue After SUV Falls Off Cliff
2 weeks ago BUCKLEY, Wash. (AP) — One man has died and another woman was awaiting rescue after an SUV went off a cliff near Mount Rainier National Park...
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Woman Killed by Police Identified by Relatives
2 weeks ago SEATTLE (AP) — A 30-year-old woman who Seattle police say they shot and killed after she came after officers with a knife has been identified by relatives as Charleena Lyles, the Seattle Times reports...
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State Settles Prison Death Lawsuit for $1.5M
2 weeks ago MONROE, Wash. (AP) — The state Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a man who was stomped to death in state prison in Monroe...
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Bookkeeper Gets 5 Years in Prison for Embezzling $720,000
2 weeks ago KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — A bookkeeper who embezzled about $720,000 over a four-year period from the Richland doctor's office where she worked has been sentenced to five years in prison...
