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Pursuit of fugitive closes I-5, ends in Everett neighborhood

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When Interstate-5 closes in both directions, that’s news. When it shuts down along the greater Seattle-metro corridor during the evening rush-hour, that’s a nightmare.
Why was I-5 shutdown on Wednesday? The Seattle Times lead paragraph sums it up rather neatly:
A suspect was arrested in Everett on Wednesday night after allegedly shooting at deputies, [...]

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Father of baby found dead in fire pit no stranger to law, deportation

Father of baby found dead in fire pit no stranger to law, deportation

Update (October 3, 6:08pm PST):  “2 years in prison for man whose infant son died in fire pit” (Seattle Times)
Attorneys had said that Rios could be deported after his sentencing or could be made to serve his sentence first. Rios, who has used different aliases and birth dates in the past, already has been deported [...]

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Truth yet to surface in human feet mystery

Truth yet to surface in human feet mystery

(Update, July 9, 1:30pm PST): Breaking News: Police to hold news conference about human feet mystery
(Update, June 28, 8:59am PST):  “Pig video lends insight into B.C.’s human feet mystery”

Update:  NEWS CONFERENCE DELAYED
(June 26, 2:23am PST):  “Police delay update on feet mystery” -Seattle Times
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has delayed a news conference on the [...]

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Would your local media have chased this one?

This morning, my hat’s off to The Seattle Times. A story I read on that newspaper’s Web site last evening was still very much on my mind as I drove in this morning’s rush hour traffic in Tucson.
I never expected the story to grab my attention in the fashion it ultimately did. You [...]

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