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Families of Cops Killed By Maurice Clemmons Sue for $134 Million

Families of three of the Lakewood police officers murdered by Maurice Clemmons say that the deaths of their loved ones could have been prevented, if only someone had bothered to listen.

Clemmons...

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Michael McConnell, Seattle Restaurateur, Charged With DUI, Assault, and Hit-and-Run

- SeattleCrime has the scoop on Via Tribunali and Caffe Vita owner Michael McConnell, who allegedly crashed into, and assaulted, another driver near Seattle U last week.

- Now, instead of just...

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Michael McConnell, Seattle Restaranteur, Charged With DUI, Assault and Hit-and-Run

- SeattleCrime has the scoop on Via Tribunali and Caffe Vita owner Michael McConnell, who allegedly crashed into, and assaulted, another driver near Seattle U last week.

- Now, instead of just...

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Washington's Beer Tax to Be as Regressive as All the Others

For all its liberal bona fides, Washington is unrivaled when it comes to taxing the poor. And it looks like a proposed new beer burden won't buck the trend.

As Mike Lewis reports on Voracious, t...

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Seattle May *Heart* Street Food, but Neighborhoods Are Still Leery of Giving Food Trucks a Home

Casting a longing eye at Portland's many vibrant corners where burgers, gyros, and poutine are served from wagons and carts into the wee hours of the morning, the city Department of Planning and ...

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Seattle May *Heart* Street Food, But Neighborhoods Are Still Leery of Giving Food Trucks a Home

Casting a longing eye at Portland's many vibrant corners where burgers, gyros, and poutine are served from wagons and carts into the wee hours of the morning, the city Department of Planning and ...

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Science Says Seahawks Should Do Everything Possible to Trade Down in Draft

If you're a football fan, you don't need scientists to tell you the NFL draft is a crap-shoot. Thankfully, science decided to ignore you and explain anyway:If the market for draft picks were "eff...

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Taxi Driver Kidnaps 19-Year-Old Woman, Tries to Assault Her in West Seattle

Last night a 33-year-old taxi driver approached a 19-year-old woman at the intersection of 23rd and Jackson. Driving a car he said he'd recently stolen from a "friend," the cabbie told the victi...

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Reader: The Real Ugliest Statues in Seattle

Readers pParkerT and E! have alternate selections for The Ugliest Statue in Seattle.

"no, no, no and no. The ugliest statue in Seattle is the Christopher Columbus statue near the Seattle Aquariu...

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What Will Be the First Mike McGinn Scandal?

Technically, hiring a guy who lied on his resume probably counts as a scandal. (Especially in this town.) But excluding that one minor kerfuffle, P-I columnist Joel Connelly wants to know: What w...

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