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Thursday, September 2, 2010 - Page updated at 10:17 a.m.

UPDATE - 9:42 AM

Death penalty sought for Monfort

The death penalty is on the table for Christopher Monfort, charged with killing a Seattle police officer, wounding another and attempting to kill others.

Cash-strapped school districts are requiring parents, and often teachers, to provide school supplies that now may include things such as dozens of pencils per child and Clorox wipes. Above, Elizabeth Lopez shops for back-to-school supplies Tuesday at the West Seattle Target store with daughters Breanna, a fifth grader, and Bianca, in kindergarten.

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Schools lengthen student supply lists to help meet higher costs

Cash-strapped school districts are requiring parents, and often teachers, to provide school supplies that now may include things such as dozens of pencils per child and Clorox wipes. Above, Elizabeth Lopez shops for back-to-school supplies Tuesday at the West Seattle Target store with daughters Breanna, a fifth grader, and Bianca, in kindergarten.

UPDATE - 10:02 AM

Gulf oil rig explodes, is burning off La. coast

An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. No one was killed, and authorities don't know whether oil is leaking from the site.

Coach says M's knew of pitcher's criminal past

Mariners executives insist they know nothing before the July 9 trade about the minor-leaguer facing felony charges in a rape and sodomy case.

Would Chihuly glass exhibit do well here?

Union backs contract for Seattle teachers

UPDATE - 9:10 AM

Man shoots gun from apartment balcony in Seattle

Forecasters expect cloudy weekend in Washington

UPDATE - 10:17 AM

Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding

UPDATE - 08:54 AM

Data shows jobless claims drop, retail sales rise

Police-shooting victim 'struggled with a lot of things'

Suspect arrested after search that closed I-5 in Everett

Sounders FC in U.S. Open Cup finals

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Seattle cop won't face hate-crime charge for kicking Latino man

Schools lengthen student supply lists to help meet higher costs

Union won't support deputy fired over jail beating

Attorney Bremner reverses course, pleads guilty to DUI

Fraser River whopper sockeye salmon run even bigger

Noted Seattle architect, activist Folke Nyberg dies at 76

Organic strawberries given a thumbs up in WSU study

NEW - 8:54 AM
Prosser principal's wife accused of sex with teen

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Average worker pays $4K of family health insurance

UPDATE - 09:27 AM
Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system

UPDATE - 10:09 AM
Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe

Tea-party success brewed by money, flurry of attack ads

UPDATE - 10:07 AM
Afghan official: Afghan govt will back Kabul Bank

UPDATE - 10:00 AM
Author Hawking says God not needed for creation

UPDATE - 10:16 AM
Chicago gang members criticize 'gang summit'

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UPDATE - 10:17 AM
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NEW - 09:30 AM
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NEW - 9/01, 10:46 PM

Brier Dudley: Starbucks announces BlackBerry app

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UPDATE - 08:36 AM
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UPDATE - 09:57 AM
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California lawsuit settlement to cost Zumiez $2.1 million

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NEW - 9/01, 04:01 PM

Police department investigates fatal shooting of homeless man

A transition in Iraq, not an exit

Standardized test results mixed for Washington's students

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Glenn Beck's creepy church picnic

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UPDATE - 9:17 AM
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Bumbershoot's here, with new Economy ticket

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NEW - 09:00 AM
American Airlines pilot cleared of alcohol

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UPDATE - 09:44 AM
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