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Lottery Millionaire Janitor Buys Track for School

Tyrone Curry recently gave his boss $40,000. The janitor and track coach, who became a millionaire five years ago thanks to a $3.4 million lottery ticket, sweeps the floors at Evergreen High School, just outside Seattle. He recently donated the large sum toward a new track for the school district. "Ten years ago, I said...

VW Van Transforms Into Ultimate Traveling Elvis Museum

Men constantly working on their cars isn't a new concept, but if that car happens to be a mobile shrine to Elvis Presley, it takes a lot more work than just a little tuneup in the driveway. For the past year, a Seattle-based fine artist known as JoDavid has been slowly transforming his 2001 VW camper van into the Elvis...

Graphic Photos of US Troops With Dead Afghans Published in Germany

SEATTLE -- Graphic photos showing U.S. troops and dead Afghans that the Army was keeping under wraps for a war crimes probe were carried by a German news organization Monday, with one showing a soldier smiling as he posed with a bloodied and partially clothed corpse. The photos published by Der Spiegel were among several...

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Seattle's Cycling Mayor Mike McGinn Victim of Bike Theft

Seattle's cycling mayor, Mike McGinn, was the victim of bike theft, but the unfortunate incident turned out to be doubly so for McGinn because it wasn't even his own bike -- it was his wife's. "Peg is pissed," McGinn tweeted Wednesday evening. The mayor had ridden the bike to work earlier in the day, according to the...

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Ian Lee Stawicki Reported Dead: Alleged Seattle Gunman Kills 5 Before Shooting Self To Death

A gunman killed four people at a popular Seattle cafe on Wednesday then fled to a downtown parking lot where he killed a fifth person and stole her car before shooting himself in the head as police closed in, authorities said.

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Seattle Cafe Shooting Leaves 2 Killed, 3 Wounded; Gunman On The Loose

A gunman opened fire at a cafe in Seattle's University district Wednesday, killing two people and critically wounding three others.

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Seattle City Council Opposes Coal-Export Ports

The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday opposing the development of coal-export terminals in Washington state after raising concerns about increased train traffic and potential harm to health and the environment from transporting coal across the state.

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Antsy Toddler Kicked Off Alaska Airlines Flight At Seattle Airport

A 3-year-old boy who refused to use his seatbelt never got off the ground when he and his father boarded an Alaska Airlines flight at an airport in Seattle.

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Real Life Supervillain Rex Velvet Continues His Viral War Against Phoenix Jones [Video]

The surreal (and, yet, more real than most) battle for Seattle continues, it seems, as Seattle's self-styled super villain Rex Velvet has released another video teasing an upcoming showdown between good and evil... and, apparently, cats.

Seattle News From the Web

06/01/12 'Hero' Of Seattle Shootings: 'I Just Threw The... Source: KDNK - Carbondale CO Lawrence Adams doesn't want to be called a hero, but many in Seattle are saying that's just what he is.
06/01/12 BLOG: Counting my blessings Source: Northwest Asian Weekly - Seattle WA Seattle's weather has been so nice the last few days that I feel sorry for those who live on the East Coast and in the South who were affected by the heat wave.
06/01/12 Seattle City Council Votes Against Coal-Export... Source: Triple Pundit There's still time to sign up for our GRI certification in sustainability reporting in Seattle June 11-12th.
06/01/12 Police: 'Hero' saved others in Seattle shootings that... Source: FOX News The man had been banned from the artsy cafe for acting out, but that didn't stop him from walking in, taking a seat at the bar and trying to place an order.
06/01/12 520 Bridge to close this weekend Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle WA The State Route 520 Bridge will close this weekend so crews can demolish an Eastside overpass and install 34 girders that will support a new lid over the highway in Medina.

Background on Seattle

Seattle ( or ) is the county seat of King County, in the U.S. state of Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States.

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