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UW expands online courses, this time from Harvard, MIT

2013-05-21T12:27:50+00:00

The University of Washington is growing its presence in the world of online course offerings by joining with edX, a course platform pioneered by Harvard and MIT.

Marshawn Lynch only healthy Seahawk missing from first workout

2013-05-21T10:34:00+00:00

No reason was given for the absence of Seahawks All-Pro running back Marshawn Lynch from voluntary workouts, but coach Pete Carroll says Lynch is healthy.

Albertsons employees honored for rescuing boy from rape attempt

2013-05-21T08:18:54+00:00

Police say the child did the right thing by screaming and yelling, and what the Albertsons store employees did next earned them high honors.

Video surfaces of downtown Seattle beating

2013-05-21T08:18:17+00:00

Fishing vessel catches fire off Washington coast with 120 on board

2013-05-21T08:03:49+00:00

The U.S. Coast Guard says it is helping a fishing boat that caught fire off the Washington coast.

Witness to Downtown attack: ''I was just yelling 'Stop! Stop!' ''

2013-05-21T07:15:38+00:00

Cell phone video has surfaced of a brutal assault that occurred near Pike Place Market Friday night.

Now is not the time for Mariners to trade talent like Hisashi Iwakuma

2013-05-21T06:17:34+00:00

Over the past decade, the words “rebuilding” and “Mariners” have been as inseparable as “it’s” and “raining” in Seattle. The five-year rebuilding plan that has been incessantly fed to fans year after year is now going on a decade. Any struggles at the big-league level are drowned by praise for...

West Seattle Crime Watch: Then, now, and tomorrow

2013-05-21T06:15:57+00:00

First – before two reader reports – here’s something that likely would have topped West Seattle Crime Watch 52 years ago: Anne Higuera from longtime WSB sponsor Ventana Construction was working on a project in Ballard when that West Seattle story from a 1961 edition of the Seattle P-I, stuffed in...

West Seattle businesses: Christopher’s Salon announces closure

2013-05-21T05:17:33+00:00

Via the WSB Forums: Christopher’s Salon and Massage in south Morgan Junction has announced that it’s closed after 10 years in business. The announcement cites the owner’s health challenges. (Our archives show that four years ago, then-neighboring business owners announced a benefit on his behalf.) The salon was at 7009...

Records: Slain intruder showed signs of mental illness

2013-05-21T04:30:30+00:00

Kenneth Boonstra, the intruder who was killed May 13 when he broke into a North Bend home, seemingly lived a hermitlike existence, becoming increasingly estranged from his family and exhibiting signs of a mental breakdown.

UW Medicine, Catholic health system to have ‘strategic affiliation’

2013-05-21T04:18:13+00:00

In the latest affiliation between secular and religious health-care systems, UW Medicine and PeaceHealth, a Catholic health-care system, announced Monday they plan to create a “strategic affiliation,” with details to be worked out over the summer.

Merchants sing blues over Seattle waterfront projects

2013-05-21T04:17:35+00:00

Owners of the Highway 99 Blues Club, under the Alaskan Way Viaduct, fear that the nearby seawall replacement will drive away their clientele this fall.

West Seattleites behind the scenes at NW Folklife Festival

2013-05-21T03:45:28+00:00

(Photo courtesy Folklife: Programmers and WS residents Debbie Fant, Michelle Shaevitz, Kelli Faryar) Going to Seattle Center for the Northwest Folklife Festival next weekend? Though it’s not happening in West Seattle, three West Seattleites are involved in making it happen, as we recently found out. One of them – Deputy Director...

Pete Carroll on Seahawks' off-field problems: "It's real serious"

2013-05-21T03:31:26+00:00

News that backup QB Josh Portis' had been charged with DUI on May 4 follows Friday's announcement of Bruce Irvin being suspended four games for using performance-enhancing drugs.

Snohomish, Pierce County transits say no to gun control ads

2013-05-21T03:15:47+00:00

Gun control group Washington Ceasefire tried to put the ads on buses in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties, but only got the green light in King County.

IRS dispute: Q & A

2013-05-21T02:31:29+00:00

Questions and answers on the IRS’ alleged targeting of political groups.

Former Mountlake Terrace H.S. coach who resigned was about to be fired

2013-05-21T02:30:08+00:00

A former teacher's aide and assistant football coach at Mountlake Terrace High School was about to be fired when he resigned in January, and the school district says it all began when a student accused him of making inappropriate sexual comments.

Percy Harvin playing up to the hype

2013-05-21T02:16:34+00:00

In his first practice with the Seahawks – even if it was only an OTA session – Percy Harvin displayed the explosive quickness and lightning speed that prompted the team to acquire him in a trade with the Vikings.

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

2013-05-21T02:16:33+00:00

White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama's spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named...

Massive expansion to The Bellevue Collection gets green light

2013-05-21T02:15:28+00:00

One of the most ambitious development projects in years means the skyline is about to grow in Bellevue, as the long-awaited expansion of The Bellevue Collection gets the nod to move forward.

No coal trains, no export ports, say Northwest Indian tribes

2013-05-21T02:15:05+00:00

Fossil fuels should not be transported through the Pacific Northwest and exported out of ports in Washington and Oregon, according to a resolution adopted late last week by the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, representing 57 Native American groups in the region. The Affiliated Tribes, in a statement Monday,...

Obama pledges help after Oklahoma tornado

2013-05-21T02:01:30+00:00

President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City suburbs.

Police give details in Powell disappearance case

2013-05-21T01:19:41+00:00

For the first time, Utah police said they believe Susan Powell's brother-in-law was "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body.

Hansen congratulates Sacramento on keeping Kings

2013-05-21T01:19:25+00:00

Chris Hansen is not going away in his pursuit of bringing the NBA back to Seattle

Smokey, spare that lookout — Washington lawmakers to Forest Service

2013-05-21T01:17:21+00:00

The Green Mountain Lookout should be let stand in its present perch, atop a popular Snohomish County hiking trail, and not be moved or removed, according to a tough-worded letter sent to the U.S. Forest Service by Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and U.S. Reps. Rick Larsen...