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Local & Regional Wash. woman wins $75K for dog bite
By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 1:55 PM PDT Last Updated: May 19, 2013 at 1:00 AM PDT
The woman, who was bit by a neighbor's dog, was seeking payment for medical expenses, plus pain, inconvenience, emotional stress, scaring and other general damages.
Weather Blog Northern Lights peek out in Eastern Washington (Photo Gallery)
By Scott Sistek Published: May 18, 2013 at 9:57 AM PDT Last Updated: May 19, 2013 at 12:55 AM PDT
As we mentioned in the blog Thursday, there's a particularly active sunspot on the sun right now.

It had, as its opening salvo while starting to face the Earth, unleashed a moderately strong solar flare that reached us late Friday, triggering a display of the Northern Lights that reached as far south as Colorado.
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Offbeat Milwaukee backs off bra ban for historic bar Milwaukee backs off bra ban for historic bar
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 6:47 PM PDT
A historic Milwaukee bowling alley and bar almost went without the appropriate support after a city inspector decided dozens of bras hanging from its ceiling were a fire hazard.
Offbeat Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator
By Associated Press Published: May 16, 2013 at 11:47 AM PDT
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials say 18-year-old Braxton Bielski bagged the record gator last week at Choke Canyon State Park, about 90 miles south of San Antonio.
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YouNews Funnel cloud? Funnel cloud?
By Jenkbaby Published: May 17, 2013 at 9:08 PM PDT
From St. Helens looking NNE. Possible funnel cloud? Looked like there was rotation. Photo taken 5/17/13 between 7:45 - 8:00 (?).
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National & World Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:55 AM PDT
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.
National & World Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
By Barbara Rodriguez, Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 2:41 PM PDT
With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot on Saturday night, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes.
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Sports Ducks blank Badgers 3-0 to win NCAA regional Ducks blank Badgers 3-0 to win NCAA regional (Video)
By Oregon Media Services Published: May 18, 2013 at 8:18 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 8:40 PM PDT
The #3 seed University of Oregon softball team (49-9) celebrated its fourth straight Super Regional bid with a 3-0 win over No. 25 Wisconsin (44-13) Saturday afternoon at Howe Field.
Sports Moore and company shut out Ducks 9-0
By OSU Media Services Published: May 18, 2013 at 8:03 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 8:43 PM PDT
Andrew Moore tossed a two-hit shutout and Michael Conforto and Ryan Barnes each hit solo home runs to send the sixth-ranked Oregon State baseball team to a 9-0 win over No. 10 Oregon Saturday afternoon at PK Park.
Sports Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness (Photo Gallery)
By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 4:25 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 5:40 PM PDT
Oxbow led from start to finish. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and 15th Triple Crown victory, most in horse racing history.
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Home Navy launches drone from aircraft carrier Navy launches drone from aircraft carrier
Published: May 17, 2013 at 12:24 PM PDT
A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could open the way for the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft from just about any place in the world.
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Politics Dems cast aside proposed tax increases, PERS cuts to move budget Dems cast aside proposed tax increases, PERS cuts to move budget
By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 6:38 PM PDT
The Democrats in charge of writing a new state budget said Friday they're casting aside proposed tax increases and public-employee pension cuts and will begin advancing early pieces of a spending plan for the next two years.

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Weather Blog Northern Lights to be visible around the Pacific Northwest soon? Northern Lights to be visible around the Pacific Northwest soon?
By Scott Sistek Published: May 16, 2013 at 11:53 AM PDT
The sun has been getting quite active lately, with one sun spot in particular giving off several explosive flares this week, and it could eventually bring some brilliant displays of the Northern Lights to the Pacific Northwest.

Since Monday, Sunspot AR1748 has already given off four "X-class" solar flares -- X being the most powerful class of flares that have potential to disrupt radio and satellite signals. In fact, that flare has given off more X-class flares than every other sunspot of the past year combined, according to spaceweather.com.

Up to this point, the spot has been on a part of the sun not directly facing Earth, so the flares have been directed away from our planet and not really giving us much of an effect.

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Technology 4 Lulzsec hackers jailed for cyberattacks
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:20 AM PDT
Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday.
Technology 'Sonic the Hedgehog' games coming to Nintendo
By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:19 AM PDT
Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the popular blue critter on Nintendo platforms. The first title will be called "Sonic Lost World" and is set for release on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS later this year.
Technology Labor group says Apple making progress at Foxconn
By Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:17 AM PDT
A labor group Apple Inc. joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are improving. But employees are still working more hours than the country's legal limit.
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Politics Why there are no anti-fluoride arguments in some voters' pamphlets (Video)
By Ian Parker, KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 17, 2013 at 5:50 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 6:12 PM PDT
Some voters might have noticed that in the Washington County voter guide there are no arguments listed against the fluoride measure, even though there are many arguments for it. That has people asking why, including one viewer who wrote to ask us on Facebook.
Politics WA Senate majority names 33 bills for budget talks
By Mike Baker, Rachel La Corte Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 4:31 PM PDT
As lawmakers wrap up their first week of a special legislative session, Senate majority leaders have asked that more than 30 bills be considered as part of the budget discussions.
Politics Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 4:23 PM PDT
Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.
Politics Badgered: Obama acts, but Republicans unsatisfied
By Julie Pace, AP White House Correspondent Published: May 16, 2013 at 9:09 PM PDT
President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service Thursday and pressed Congress to approve new security money to prevent another Benghazi-style terrorist attack.
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Business Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town
By MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer Published: May 18, 2013 at 2:56 PM PDT
Fremont, Calif., a nondescript suburb of 217,000 tucked in the high-tech region between San Francisco and the Silicon Valley is where something unique is happening: manufacturing.
Business Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 9:43 AM PDT
Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee debate on farm legislation that for decades has propped up traditional crops and largely ignored organics.
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Entertainment Emma Watson revels in post-'Potter' freedom (Photo Gallery)
By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 16, 2013 at 11:15 AM PDT
The 23-year-old "Harry Potter" actress stars in Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," which premiered Thursday at the French Riviera festival. The British actress plays a celebrity-obsessed, thickly accented Los Angeles teenager who, with a group of friends, burgles Hollywood stars such as Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.
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