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Start your morning with Here and Now -- tidbits to help you survive and thrive in the Northwest. You'll find major roadway updates, local event listings and reminders of Northwest news that made headlines. Compiled by news assistant Allison Espiritu.
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- Agency set to investigate handling of 911 call about Josh Powell
- Proposal to link Market, aquarium may be too ambitious for Seattle
- Chilling 911 tapes reveal pleas for help to go to Josh Powell home
- UW's Shawn Kemp Jr. makes own way despite familiar name, number | Steve Kelley
- State Medicaid program to stop paying for unneeded ER visits
- NBA's David Stern open to league returning to Seattle
- Prosecutor: Powell's final act ends doubt he killed wife
- Was idea of court-ordered test too much for Josh Powell?
- Local aerospace suppliers say they feel squeezed by Boeing
- California gay-marriage ruling may affect Washington
- State Medicaid program to stop paying for unneeded ER visits
- 3 big health insurers stockpile $2.4 billion as rates keep rising
- Here it is: The secret to stir-fried chicken | Taste
- Local aerospace suppliers say they feel squeezed by Boeing
- Dicks channeled federal money to Puget Sound project his son ran
- Buttoned Up: Nine immutable laws of time management
- 'Gauguin and Polynesia': dazzling mix-and-match | Art review
- Happy Hour: French-accented charm at Gainsbourg
- Gay-marriage bill passes House, awaits Gregoire's signature
- One man's audacious pursuit of sailing history







