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King Tut Is Coming to Seattle!

As 11:30 approached, Governor Chris Gregoire, Larry Phillips, Richard Conlin and members of the Pacific Science Center's board of trustees took their seats on a stage in the Pacific Science Cente...

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King Tut is Coming to Seattle!

As 11:30 approached, Governor Chris Gregoire, Larry Phillips, Richard Conlin and members of the Pacific Science Center's board of trustees took their seats on a stage in the Pacific Science Cente...

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Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske's "New Direction" in Drug Policy Looks A Lot Like the Old One

A Congressional subcommittee held a hearing today entitled: "Are We Still Funding a War on Drugs?" Essentially, the answer by federal Drug Czar and former Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske was...

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Reader: Gun Rights Are Not the Same as Gay Rights

Reader John Pierce of OpenCarry.org responds to Video: "The Daily Show" on Open Carry in Starbucks and Beyond.

"I am the open carrier featured in the Daily Show piece and I thought that I would ...

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Just How "Historic" Will Chris Gregoire's Announcement Today Be?

The Pacific Science Center sent an e-blast to members of the media yesterday telling them to be at the center by 11:30 a.m. because the Governor and unnamed "other leaders" will be gathering "to ...

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Starbucks' World Domination Tour Set to Invade China

You know how China makes everything we buy and yet very little of what we make ever ends up in China, except debt? Well all that's about to change, because Howard Schultz wants Starbucks to take ...

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Restaurateur Mike McConnell Gives His Version of DUI: He Refused Shakedown

Seattle restaurateur and Cafe Vitta coffee-chain owner Mike McConnell now faces a May trial date after pleading not guilty to DUI, hit and run, and assault involving that bumper-to-bumper car acc...

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Michael McConnachie Allegedly Planned "Lakewood-Style" Killings

Maurice Clemmons Thanksgiving weekend execution of four Lakewood police officers mostly inspired grief and compassion for the victims and their families. But for Michael McConnachie it apparently...

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Amanda Stott-Smith Pleads Guilty to Throwing Her Kids Off of a 75-Foot Bridge

Amanda Stott-Smith apparently never got over her divorce. In 2008, she and husband Jason Smith separated. A year later a judge gave him custody of their two kids.

One night last May, the 32-year...

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The Five Funniest Google Super Bowl Ad Parodies

Remember this commercial? Google debuted it during the Super Bowl. It stood out because it was a refreshingly simple, sweet and pyrotechnic-free antidote to the brain-dead beers-and-brews spots ...

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