Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - Page updated at 12:34 a.m.
TRAFFIC ALERTS: Northbound I-5 at the King-Snohomish county line is closed until 4:30 a.m. this morning. The Mercer Street on- and off-ramps to I-5 in downtown Seattle are also closed until 5 a.m. this morning for cleaning.
UPDATE - 11:34 PM
Teen beaten in bus tunnel; Metro Transit to review policies
The beating last month of a girl, 15, in the transit tunnel at Westlake Center as security personnel watched without intervening is prompting a review of King County Metro's security policies for unarmed guards.
UPDATE - 12:15 AM
School levies passing in most area districts
Partial returns from Tuesday's special election favored passage of billions of dollars in levy and bond measures to operate, maintain and build schools.
State Senate clears way for tax increases
Medical pot exceeds law, but no charges
NEW - 10:39 PM
Two names dominate as Seattle begins police-chief search
Husky Stadium, Safeco Field cut out of tax plan... for now | Politics NW
The sting of a broken system | Danny Westneat
Exec charged with lying to grand jury to get out of jail
NEW - 11:37 PM
Obituary | Phil Harris, 53, of 'Deadliest Catch,' dies
Washington women recruits who left have no regrets
NEW - 10:35 PM
Anti-Olympic protesters converge on Vancouver
Interactive Map | Whistler's new digs
• Ron Judd | Let the Northwest's Olympic Games begin
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Blogs:Ron Judd's Olympics Insider|Olympic Outsiders
Series homeExploiting the aged and frail in Washington's adult family homes
Part 1: The Owners | Part 2: The Homes | Part 3: The Exodus
"It just breaks my heart that he had to go through that."
UPDATE - 10:47 PM
King County library measure ahead by slight margin
Seattle physician Brian Krabak will do more than treat injuries at Winter Olympics
Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons
Celebrate Lunar New Year at Hing Hay Park | Seattle Sketcher
FBI, local police conduct gang sweep in Tacoma | The Blotter
Former jail bookkeeper charged with stealing from inmates | The Blotter
High-speed rail: spend $50 billion? | Politics Northwest
Olympia man averts robbery by pocket-dialing 911 | The Blotter
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Central District News | New city studies give negative marks to streetcar on 12th
Capitol Hill Seattle | Legal expert and city weigh in on Broadway Steps lawsuit
West Seattle Blog | 2 days before Admiral Safeway's design review, see the new plan
UPDATE - 12:08 AM
Round 2: Snow slams Mid-Atlantic, points north
Doctors may alter psychiatric diagnoses
Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans
Haiti raises earthquake's death toll to 230,000
Lots of Buzz over Google latest bid at social networking
Minn. bridge collapse widow adopts Haitian twins
Dubai tower shut after visitors stuck in elevator
NY governor says he'll step aside only 'in a box'
It's a wrap! Hospitals test new, more modest gown
TV show fined for killing, eating rat — with risotto
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Jackson doctor out on bail, back for April hearing
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