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Case of the curious juror: when the Web invades the courtroom
Last week, in King County Superior Court, a jury foreman sat before a judge, hands clasped, and tried to explain. He had violated her orders not to do any research on the case. She wanted to know why....
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‘Kitty Genovese’: the untold story of a shocking 1964 murder
‘Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America’ by Kevin Cook WW. Norton, 288 pp., $25.95 It’s possible that without what happened to Kitty Genovese in New York City 50...
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Recent saturation of rain likely built up to fatal mudslide
Saturday’s fatal mudslide between Arlington and Darrington can likely be traced to the large amount of rain that Snohomish County has received this month, saturating the ground and making the terrain...
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‘Raising Steam’: a train is a’comin to Discworld
‘Raising Steam’ by Terry Pratchett Doubleday, 384 pp., $26.95 “Raising Steam,” Terry Pratchett’s 40th — 40th! — installment in his Discworld series, is a lovely homage to the courage at the core of...
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Site has long history of slide problems
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Risk of slide ‘unforeseen’? Warnings go back decades
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State allowed logging on plateau above slope
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State used outdated data to allow logging on slope
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Worried about possible deaths, county weighed buying out homes
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Log wall at base of mudslide hill required repeated repairs
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Signature drive to start for $15-wage vote
An organization urging adoption of a $15-per-hour minimum wage voted Saturday to begin gathering signatures to get a Seattle City Charter amendment on the November ballot, a move it hopes will provide...
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Feds keep popular campground open despite risk of devastating landslide
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State: Review now required before logging near risky landslide areas
Timber companies that want to harvest near potentially dangerous landslide areas will now have to conduct geologic reviews before getting a logging permit from the state, officials said Friday. Under...
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‘The Rise & Fall of Great Powers’: search for a true past
‘The Rise & Fall of Great Powers’ by Tom Rachman Dial Press, 384 pp., $27 When a writer’s debut novel is as captivating as Tom Rachman’s 2010 book, “The Imperfectionists,” the arrival of novel No....
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Oso neighborhood never should have been built
The Steelhead Haven neighborhood near Oso that was destroyed by this year’s landslide should never have been built. The developer failed to secure a required flood plain permit, avoiding a process that...
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After landslide took cherished cabin, family finds solace in song
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View ArticleDenis Johnson’s ‘The Laughing Monsters’: an African nightmare
“The Laughing Monsters” by Denis Johnson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 240 pp., $25 Half his family from Georgia, half from Denmark, raised in Switzerland, a resident of Amsterdam, Roland Nair is a...
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Why the Seattle Sounders game March 7 went on despite coronavirus emergency
As virus fears grew, public officials and sports execs debated health risks — and PR messages — but let 33,000 into a March 7 Sounders match. At what cost?
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