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Two held in Capitol Hill nightclub shooting

By LEVI PULKKINEN / P-I REPORTER @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off

A King County District Court judge ordered Monday that two men accused of shooting three others at Capitol Hill’s Chop Suey nightclub each be held on $2 million bail.

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Snow closes three mountain passes

P-I STAFF @ January 1, 2009 # Comments Off

Heavy snow fall and high avalanche risk have closed three major mountain passes this morning.

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Snow closes three mountain passes

P-I STAFF @ January 1, 2009 # Comments Off

Heavy snow fall and high avalanche risk have closed three major mountain passes this morning.

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Crews work to fill potholes left in storm’s wake

By MIKE BARBER / P-I REPORTER @ December 30, 2008 # Comments Off

Road crews in the Seattle, King County and around the state are busy filling potholes, uncovered now that the ice and snow of last week has melted away.

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Flood watch canceled for most Western Washington counties

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS @ December 27, 2008 # Comments Off

The National Weather Service Saturday canceled its flood watch for 10 counties, but kept it in effect for four other counties in Western Washington.

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More rain, snowmelt; look for rising streams, water pooling in streets

The Seattle Times: Local News @ December 27, 2008 # Comments Off

An inch of rain a day is expected for the next few days in the Seattle area, and a flood watch remains in effect for most of Western Washington through Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

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Pope: Humanity must be “saved” from Gays

Seattle Gay News @ December 26, 2008 # Comments Off

Courtesy of 365Gay.com

Pope Benedict said on Monday, December 22, that saving humanity from homosexual or Transsexual behavior was just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction.

“[The Church] should also protect man from the destruction of himself. A sort of ecology of man is needed,” the pontiff said in a holiday address to the Curi

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California AG Brown files brief: Prop 8 is invalid

Seattle Gay News @ December 26, 2008 # Comments Off

by Rex Wockner - SGN Contributing Writer

In a stunning legal move, California Attorney General Jerry Brown formally urged the California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8 on December 19 because, in re-banning same-sex couples from marrying, the voter-approved constitutional amendment deprived people of an aspect of liberty that the Supreme Court previousl

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Should We Tax Our Way Out of Recession?

Seattle Weekly | News @ December 23, 2008 # Comments Off

It’s no secret that the economy is tanking, and Washington State is feeling the effects. With a projected $5 billion budget shortfall, the question in Olympia is not whether to cut programs, but rather which ones and how much. This should come as no surprise after a gubernatorial race in which Di…

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Seattle refuses to use salt; roads “snow packed” by design

The Seattle Times: Local News @ December 23, 2008 # Comments Off

Seattle’s strategy for clearing roads relies on sand and de-icer, not salt, which is a more effective method of melting ice and snow.

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