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Wash. state woman charged with stalking Clay Aiken
A woman from Washington state has been charged with stalking singer Clay Aiken at his home in North Carolina. Barbara Jean Saylor, 57, of Kirkland, ...
An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise ...
Senate endorses Sally Jewell for interior chief
Sally Jewell, CEO of outdoor retailer Recreational Equipment Inc., won easy Senate confirmation Wednesday to be the nation's next interior secretary.
Obama budget: Spending cuts, higher smokers' taxes
Mixing modest curbs on spending with tax increases reviled by Republicans, President Barack Obama proposed a $3.8 trillion budget on Wednesday that ...
Everyone safe after rafts overturn in Wash. river
A rafting trip where 10 people fell into a raging river in the Cascade Mountain foothills briefly launched rescue officials into high alert Tuesday, ...
Seattle chief retires amid use of force order
Seattle Police Chief John Diaz retired Monday as his department faces a court-overseen monitoring plan to address the use of force by officers.
Man in Seattle terror plot gets 17-year sentence
A man who helped plot an attack with machine guns and grenades on a Seattle military complex was sentenced in federal court Monday to 17 years in ...
Amtrak train derails in Wash. state, no injuries
Mud, trees and rocks hit an Amtrak passenger train traveling through Washington state Sunday morning, causing several cars to derail, according to a ...
FAA delays closing of airport control towers
The closings of control towers at 149 small airports, due to begin this weekend because of government-wide spending cuts, are being delayed until ...
Amazon offers digital songs to vinyl record buyers
In an odd combination of old and new, Amazon says that every time a person buys a vinyl record from its online store, it will give that customer a ...
Nuclear board warns of Hanford tank explosion risk
Underground tanks that hold a stew of toxic, radioactive waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site pose a possible risk of explosion, a ...
44K season tickets requested for Seattle NBA team
The man who's trying to bring the NBA's Sacramento Kings to Seattle says fans have requested 44,000 season tickets in the event the team actually ...
Cal rallies past Georgia to reach first Final Four
California coach Lindsay Gottlieb was in elementary school the last time a West Coast women's basketball program not named Stanford reached the Final ...
Cal rallies to beat Georgia 65-62 in overtime
Layshia Clarendon moved directly to the front, the first to get her hands on the regional championship trophy. Rightfully so, after getting California ...
Easter egg hunt at Seattle zoo turns violent
One of usually peaceful springtime rituals of childhood — the Easter egg hunt — turned nasty at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Blame the moms.
Raiders acquire QB Matt Flynn from Seahawks
The Oakland Raiders are changing directions at quarterback once again. The Raiders acquired Seattle backup Matt Flynn on Monday for draft picks, ...
Boeing conducts another test flight of 787 jet
Boeing Co. conducted another test flight of its 787 passenger jet over the West Coast. The company said Monday's flight was designed to test system ...
3 killed, 1 injured at tavern south of Seattle
Three men were killed and another man was wounded early Sunday when a brawl led to gunfire outside a tavern, police said. Auburn Police Cmdr.
Cal tops LSU 73-63 to reach round of 8
A strong second half and much better free throw shooting propelled California over LSU, sending the Bears to the round of eight for the first time in ...
Georgia women rally to beat Stanford 61-59
Andy Landers looked down at the stat sheet on the table in front of him. The numbers were almost exactly what the longtime Georgia coach anticipated.
Airports suing FAA over planned tower shutdowns
Airport operators are mounting a legal challenge to the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to cut funding for 149 air traffic control towers, ...
40 years on, Laotians tell of US war legacy
Forty years after the secret U.S. bombing that devastated Laos, heirs to the war's deadly legacy of undetonated explosives are touring America to prod ...
Congressional inaction could cost college students
Congressional inaction could end up costing college students an extra $5,000 on their new loans. The rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to ...
Wash. landslide shifted massive amount of earth
Twenty properties on a scenic island hillside were damaged by the massive landslide in Washington state that displaced 200,000 cubic yards of earth, ...
AP Photos: Washington island landslide
Authorities assessed the damage and danger from a massive landslide on a scenic Washington state island as nervous residents waited for more detailed ...