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12 mins ago

Boeing Co. has started "final gauntlet" testing on its first 787 jetliner, an important step before the new plane makes its first flight.

RealNetworks shares jump as VeriSign spat resolved

21 mins ago

Shares of RealNetworks Inc. soared Wednesday after investors learned that the digital entertainment company will not have to pay damages to VeriSign Inc.

Seattle seeks designs for $225M waterfront seawall

42 mins ago

Designers have been dreaming about what the shoreline on Seattle's central waterfront could look like if the Alaskan Way Viaduct and seawall were replaced.

Burn bans for Puget Sound, Cowlitz Co.

55 mins ago

The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has expanded a Stage 2 burn ban to King, Kitsap and Pierce counties,

4,000- to 7,000-year-old spear found on UW campus

57 mins ago

University of Washington freshman Ellen Van Wyk was digging up rocks from a campus garden when she made her discovery a stone spear tip that archaeologists believe was fashioned some 4,000 to 7,000 years ago.

Correction: Washington St-Town Hall story

1 hr 40 mins ago

In a Dec. 7 story about a town hall meeting on the Washington State football program, The Associated Press erroneously reported the prices for premium seats at WSU's Martin Stadium after a planned renovation.

Arraignment in Seattle police killing delayed

2 hrs 14 mins ago

The arraignment for the man accused of killing Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton on Halloween has been postponed for a third time.

Frigid cold hits new low in Seattle

2 hrs 53 mins ago

The temperature dropped to 18 degrees before dawn Wednesday at Sea-Tac Airport, setting a new record low for the date.

2 boys, 12 and 14, charged in gas station robbery

12 hrs ago

A 12-year-old boy accused of walking into a Seattle gas station, pointing a BB gun at a clerk and demanding cash has been charged with first-degree robbery.

Mayor: Seattle meets climate protection goals

19 hrs ago

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels says the city's greenhouse gas emissions last year were 7 percent below those of 1990, which meets the targets set by the Kyoto Protocol. That international agreement calls for reducing emissions by 7 percent from 1990 levels over the five-year period ending in 2012.