Prime responsibility awaits I Corps in Iraq
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Five large projection screens displayed a schedule, a map of Iraq, flowcharts and a live broadcast of MSNBC. Soldiers sat in front of computer monitors, typing constantly and receiving updates from around Iraq. Over the public-address system, a voice announced news of a suicide bombing in Mosul, followed by an ambush by insurgents firing rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. The target: the mayor and the police chief.
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A day they all should have slept in
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In a 39-minute span Thursday, a Gig Harbor bank was robbed, police chased a suspect through parts of Tacoma, two patrol cars collided and one man was taken into custody near the Puyallup River.
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Kandle Park likely site for new pool
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The Tacoma Metro Parks board will vote next month on replacing Titlow Pool with one at Kandle Park in Tacoma’s West End.
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Car crosses I-5 median, causes crashes that kill two
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A man and a woman were killed and at least two other people were seriously injured Thursday in a multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Federal Way, the Washington State Patrol reported.
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Post office used open bin for ballots
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Postal Service workers in University Place left several absentee ballots unattended Saturday, but none appear to have been tampered with, officials say.
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Man pleads not guilty in hotel robberies
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Pierce County prosecutors charged a 22-year-old man Thursday with four counts of robbery in connection with a series of holdups that targeted hotels along the Interstate 5 corridor.
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Marine unit back from duty in Iraq
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There was no band. No speeches. The members of the Marine Corps Reserve unit based at Fort Lewis stepped off the bus and walked directly into the arms of their family members.
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Mount Tahoma High locked down after fight
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Tacoma police and school officials locked down Mount Tahoma High School for several hours Thursday after a fight and reports that one student might have had a gun.
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Students bring to light story of old massacre
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Abbi Wonacott used to ride the school bus past the Mashel River near Eatonville and as a young girl heard the story of a group of men from Oregon who came up and killed Indian women and children by the river in spring 1856.
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Tales of visions, voices in the Pantages Theater
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Nobody has to convince the head carpenter at the Pantages Theater that there may be ghosts wandering about the theater late at night. Warren Crain, 47, of Tacoma said he has seen the same man twice standing amid the seats as he is about to close up the theater after a show.
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