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Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, dies

SEATTLE (AP) — Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist, technology investor and owner of several professional sports teams, has died. He was 65. He died Monday in Seattle, according to his company Vulcan Inc. Earlier this month Allen announced that the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that […]

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Mom charged with choking 6th-grade player during girls' basketball game

SEATTLE (AP) — A suburban Seattle mother has been charged with felony assault following an attack last year on a sixth-grade girl at a basketball game between two Catholic schools. Authorities say 38-year-old Monique Altheimer of Kent got onto the basketball court during a December game in Seattle and choked the child who had fought […]

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Henry ‘Hank’ L. Filliettaz

1933 – 2015 HAMPDEN — Henry “Hank” L. Filliettaz, born March 14, 1933, the fifth child of Brig. Gen. Charles M. and Catherine F. (Conley) Filliettaz, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Sept. 22, at his home, with his loving family by his side. Henry was born and raised in Lewiston, graduating from Lewiston High School in […]

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Live video: Shooting reported at high school near Seattle

MARYSVILLE, Wash. — Police responded Friday to a high school north of Seattle after it was locked down amid reports of a shooting. The Marysville School District said in a statement that “Marysville Pilchuck High School is currently in lock down due to an emergency situation. Police and emergency services have responded.” The district said further […]

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Red Sox crumble in ninth, fall to Mariners, 5-3

Red Sox closer Koji Uehara (5-4) held a 3-0 lead with two outs and a runner on first before the Mariners broke loose. Seattle ended a nine-game losing streak at Fenway Park. Jackson’s drive down the left-field line drove in two runs, Dustin Ackley followed with a two-run single to give the Mariners the lead […]

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Marijuana’s march toward mainstream confounds feds

WASHINGTON — It took 50 years for American attitudes about marijuana to zigzag from the paranoia of “Reefer Madness” to the excesses of Woodstock back to the hard line of “Just Say No.” The next 25 years took the nation from Bill Clinton, who famously “didn’t inhale,” to Barack Obama, who most emphatically did. And […]