• Seattle seeing rise in “phone jackings”
• Medina installs cameras to keep track of visitors
• Police ask for help finding robbery suspects
• Kent teachers back in class

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• Kent teachers vote to strike
• Seattle library branches to close for a week
• Microsoft apologizes for changing race in photo

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• Eagles roll past Seahawks, 26-7
• Boeing strike ends!
• Gang ties suspected in shootings near Garfield High School
• Running on Poo-Poo
• Despite huge hurdles, McCain still has a shot
• In Bush’s end-game, lots of changes on environment
• Palin got PUNKED; The Palin PUNKED transcript Read more …

• Assassination plot targeting Obama disrupted
• And Then There Were 7: McCain, Obama in the Homestretch
• A bunch of 10-year-olds prove if you’ve lost money on the stock market you’re doing it wrong
• Boeing Machinists reach a tentative Agreement
• 19 locals arrested in FBI’s child sex sting
• Bad Bet: Casino mogul loses $16B
• Chinese restaurant busted while butchering deer
• Jet fuel’s down, but surcharges have stuck
• Personal finance urged for Oregon schools

• Dow jumps 936 points and S&P up 104, in the biggest point gains ever
• As economy sinks, officials fear violent solutions
• Discontent buffets the nation; Bush craters, Obama benefits
• Great Depression holds lessons for surviving tough economy
• Bristol Palin’s boyfriend says couple expects boy in December 
• Faux-mos ‘causing emotional damage’      Read more …

• Palin’s town charged women for rape exams
• Bailout: $700 Billion. Oversight: 0
• The Army’s thought control helmets. For realz.
• UW honors Gates family with degrees
• Spacecraft on collision course with Earth
• The Seahawks roll over The Rams: 37-13
• Boeing strikers encouraged to file for jobless pay
• Nude skater turns heads on OR waterfront

• Hurricane Ike: The aftermath. If you’d like to help them get back on their feet, you can donate to the Red Cross HERE
• Teachers approve contract: Bellevue schools start today after 11-day strike
• Get a flu shot
• Wall Street awakes to 2 storied firms falling
• Brain test could be next polygraph
• Blood test helps early detection of breast cancer
• State tobacco taxes blocked on Yakama reservation
• Tons of drugs dumped into wastewater
• WA could be campaign battleground state
• Forum sells ‘Obama Waffles’ with racial stereotype