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WEEK IN REVIEW
Saturday
Former Snohomish County planning director charged
Murder suspect James Fryberg back in custody
Shock at fish killings in Mill Creek
Friday


Breaking news: Child murder suspect Fryberg in ...
Charges filed against former Snohomish County p...
Mudslide cancels Sounder service from Seattle t...
Thursday


Special session likely to finish budget, tax in...
County to pay builders $1.7 million to settle s...
Cut through solid-white lines and it could cost...
Wednesday


New high-tech tool aids searchers after avalanches
Boeing to boost output of 787s
Everett routinely sees people break anti-dumpin...
Tuesday


Mill Creek YMCA now has twice the room to play
Report faults teacher’s actions
Marysville middle school will pick a new principal
Monday


Where do taxes go? What you're paying and what ...
Merger could make Snohomish County's largest fi...
Lynnwood faces budget worries
Sunday


Low test scores mean Totem Middle School princi...
Legislature's budget crunch hits time crunch
Right-to-die film puts former Gov. Booth Gardne...
 

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Matthew Williams / The Herald
Stillaguamish Tribe carves a link to its long-lost past

From a huge cedar log, carvers are shaping the Stillaguamish Tribe's first new dugout river canoe in more than a century. “We'll never get back to the way it was,” said Shawn Yanity, a tribal member and one of those working on the canoe. [More]





Paine Field results delayed by months

EVERETT — It will likely be a few more months before federal officials reach any conclusions regarding an environmental study of airline service at Paine Field. [More]





The Hub, a Snohomish institution, closes

SNOHOMISH — The Hub will close today, ending the restaurant’s half-century run in town. [More]





Time to dole out Cappies, despite Olympia's unfinished business

Each year I ponder what's transpired in the Legislature then bestow upon a few people a richly deserved though maybe undesired honor of my own creation — a Cappy. [More]






Jennifer Buchanan / The Herald
Teens coach seniors on getting gadgets to work

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — One could say that 12-year-old Zander Hall-Spicuzza has a knack for technology. [More]


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NATION/WORLD

Osservatore Romano / Associated Press
Vatican denies celibacy rule led to sex scandal

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on today denied that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and again defended the pope's handling of the crisis. [More]





Dems still short of health care reform votes

WASHINGTON — The House's chief Democratic headcounter said today he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House's top political adviser said he... [More]


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• Dems rule out abortion compromise on health reform
• Details of the Democrats’ current health reform plan




Northeast mops up from deadly torrential rain

EGG HARBOR CITY, N.J. — Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains. [More]



What happens in the mind of a killer whale?
China planning to enter bids on U.S. high-speed rail projects
China’s new generation is picky about factory jobs
Roiling stock markets are hard on the heart, researchers suggest
Boy Scouts create program to double numbers of Hispanics
Iraqi vote signals a shift from religious parties
Muslims in Egypt attack Coptic Christians
Stolen ancient sarcophagus is returned to Egypt
Germans free suspect in poker jackpot heist
Nation, World Briefs: Google likely to close its China search site...
 
THE NORTHWEST
FAA issues emergency inspections of some 737s

SEATTLE — The Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency airworthiness directive Friday requiring that airlines inspect certain Boeing 737s within 12 to 30 days to check a mechanism that controls the flap on the horizontal tails of... [More]





Suspect's bra padded with $26,000, Spokane deputies say

SPOKANE — A fraud bust, indeed: Spokane County sheriff’s deputies say a woman was hiding nearly $26,000 in her bra when she was booked into jail for investigation of theft. [More]





Divers lift 50 tons of fishing gear from Whatcom County’s waters

BELLINGHAM — Divers have pulled thousands of old fishing nets and crab pots from Washington’s marine waters since 2002, and they expect to finish much of the work this year thanks in part to federal stimulus dollars. [More]


Northwest Briefly: Shoreline store killing results in 21-year pris...
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