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Lonesome Larry lives on in salmon rebound

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Only one fish — Lonesome Larry — completed the final climb to Redfish Lake Creek in Idaho in 1992. He became the symbol of the entire Snake and Columbia salmon-restoration program. Charles Ray, Jamie Lee Curtis and 9-year-old Allyson Coonts release sockeye into the lake in 1993.

Police: Guns more than gangs fueling city's violence

Police officials said that while gang activity has played a role in the 20 percent jump in homicides this year, the common denominator is guns.

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Who else in the Republican Party combines a tea-party tone with a relatively moderate public record? What other choice would cause Republicans to pray for 10 vice-presidential debates?

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Do it for the children. Do it for the families. And yes, do it for the inmates. Why should they be cut off, yet again, from their roots? Prison is punishment enough -- no need to give up every shred of one's self.

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Kayak surfing

Kayak surfers Rob Casey and Mark Volkert spend Wednesday afternoons chasing waves from regularly-scheduled tugboats just off Magnolia at Shilshole Bay. Sometimes the surfers wait for big container ships.