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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 09:23 am

King County News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

19 hrs ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Therapist's license suspended after sexual misconduct charges

A Mercer Island social worker's license was suspended this week after allegations of sexual misconduct involving a 15-year-old autistic boy he was counseling.

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Related Topix: Mercer Island, WA, Medicine, Massage Therapy, Health, Seattle Metro

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Tri-cityherald.com

Mercer Island WA house nearly destroyed by fire

A 7,390-square-foot waterfront home on Mercer Island that was last valued by the King County assessor at $5 million has been nearly destroyed by fire.

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Related Topix: Bellevue, WA, Mercer Island, WA, Seattle Metro, Seattle, WA

Tacoma News Tribune

Family seeks answers in Federal Way stabbing death

Baerbel Roznowski was planning to sell her Federal Way house, get away from her longtime boyfriend and move to the Los Angeles area this summer to be close to her daughters.

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Related Topix: Federal Way, WA

Fri Jul 04, 2008

KREM-TV Spokane

Mudslide caps off wild WA weather

A severe thunderstorm moved through the Eastside along the I-405 corridor Thursday morning, sweeping the region from Renton to Monroe with lightning, hail, strong winds and heavy rains.

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Related Topix: Renton, WA, Monroe, WA, Bellevue, WA, Seattle Metro, Bellingham, WA

Seattle Times

3 killed, 5 injured in Burien fire

This is the view from the back of the apartment building at 429 S.W. 155th St. in Burien, where three people were killed in an early-morning fire.

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Related Topix: Normandy Park, WA, Burien, WA

The Auburn Reporter

Congressional candidate's house fire ignited accidentally

Investigators said the fire that destroyed the Ames Lake home of Eighth Congressional District candidate Darcy Burner was caused by a malfunctioning electrical device, according to Sgt.

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Related Topix: Ames Lake, WA, Carnation, WA

Thu Jul 03, 2008

KATU-TV Portland

Severe thunderstorms rock Puget Sound Region

I guess if Oklahoma is going to take Seattle's basketball team, it only figures we take some of their weather in return... A series of strong to severe thunderstorms rolled through the Puget Sound region ...

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Related Topix: Weather, Enumclaw, WA

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sexual misconduct charge at juvenile detention center

This report just in from P-I Legal Affairs Reporter Tracy Johnson : A staff member of a state juvenile detention center was charged Wednesday with first-degree custodial sexual misconduct amid allegations that ...

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Related Topix: Snoqualmie, WA

Tri-cityherald.com

WA drunken driver gets 9th conviction

A 45-year-old man has received his ninth drunken driving conviction, a conviction that could send him to prison for six years.

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Related Topix: Bothell, WA, Seattle Metro

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Tacoma News Tribune

Drinking preceded Federal Way tot's death in fire pit

After an evening of drinking, partying and celebrating the completion of a construction job, Alberto C. Rios went to sleep with his 7-month-old son on his chest next to his backyard fire pit, Federal Way police ...

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Related Topix: Federal Way, WA

KING5 Seattle News

Investigators probe 'suspicious' Burien fire

Federal investigators were back in Burien Monday to search for the cause of the fire that killed three people, left 50 others homeless and damaged three buildings.

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Related Topix: Burien, WA, Seattle, WA

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Prosecutor fears breaking a record in slaying cases

King County prosecutors this year already have filed as many homicide cases as they did for all of 2007.

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Related Topix: Kirkland, WA, Carnation, WA, Tukwila, WA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Suspect in Carnation slayings seeks death

In a bizarre twist, the woman accused of killing six members of her family in Carnation on Christmas Eve defied a judge's order and called a Seattle television station Wednesday from jail, confessed to the ...

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Carnation, WA, Violent Crime

Fire Engineering

Blaze that killed 3 people was arson

The fire that raced through two Burien apartment complexes, killing three people early Sunday morning, was intentionally set, officials said Monday.

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Related Topix: Burien, WA

Mon Jun 30, 2008

KIRO-TV Seattle

Apartment Fire That Killed 3 Ruled Arson

The King County sheriff's office said the Burien apartment fire that killed three people was arson.

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Related Topix: Burien, WA

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Burien fire update

A team from the King County Fire Investigation Unit will return Monday morning to the site of Burien's deadly weekend fire, working to find out what started the swiftly-moving blaze.

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Related Topix: Burien, WA

Sun Jun 29, 2008

KOMO

3 killed, 6 injured in Burien apartment complex fire

Three people were killed and six injured after a raging three-alarm fire swept through a Burien apartment complex early Sunday, fire officials said.

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Related Topix: Burien, WA, Tukwila, WA

Sat Jun 28, 2008

KIRO-TV Seattle

Boy Falls 12 Feet From Baring Window

A 5-year-old boy is in critical condition after falling 12 feet out of a window onto concrete in the King County town of Baring in the Cascade Mountains.

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Related Topix: Baring, WA, Index, WA

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Three bank robberies Monday in King County

The FBI is investigating three bank robberies Monday in King County. The same man committed two of them.

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Related Topix: US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News, Renton, WA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

KIRO-TV Seattle

Police: Casino Fight May Have Led To Fatal Hit-And-Run

A disturbance at a Seattle casino may have led to a 22-year-old Renton man being struck and killed as he walked in the roadway in the Boulevard Park neighborhood of unincorporated King County Wednesday night, ...

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Renton, WA

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