Washington mom rescues tot from washing machine
A Washington state woman used a wrench to break the window of a running washing machine and rescue her 5-year-old daughter at a Laundromat in Okanogan. The Okanogan County sheriff's office says the...
View ArticleGov. contender Inslee follows racy site in Twitter incident
OLYMPIA, Wash. — This isn't exactly the type of working Washington that Jay Inslee is seeking to build. Campaign officials for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate said Thursday that a technical...
View ArticleDog eats tickets to Masters tournament; tickets recovered
Russ Berkman's dream came true when he won a lottery for four passes to Wednesday's practice round at the Masters golf tournament. But the Seattle-area resident's stomach turned when he found his dog,...
View ArticlePuyallup 'loose tiger' still a mystery, continues to tweet on the run
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer says there have been no new reports Friday morning of a tiger on the loose near Puyallup. However, the reputed tiger is still posting away...
View ArticleMan files $20,000 insurance claim for dead cat ... but cat wasn't dead or real
OLYMPIA, Wash. – A Tacoma man is facing attempted theft and insurance fraud charges after filing a $20,000 claim for a fictitious dead cat, using pet photos he lifted off the internet, according to a...
View ArticleBizarre incidents at Washington and Oregon state capitols
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington and Oregon state capitols have been the scenes of two bizarre incidents in recent days. Both involved apparently mentally unstable men. One had a gallon of gasoline, the...
View ArticleUpdate: Bobcat that broke into Washington prison will be OK
The bobcat that suffered razor-wire cuts breaking into a Washington state prison at Monroe is going to be OK. A spokeswoman for the Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital in Snohomish says the animal has been...
View ArticleOld military bomb found in potato bin in Quincy
QUINCY, Wash. — Police say an explosive found in a potato bin at a processing plant in Quincy Wednesday morning was an old military device that was apparently left over from practice bombing runs years...
View ArticleWhy King County nixed woman’s marriage to a corporation in Seattle
A woman married a corporation in Seattle yesterday, and today King County says it was all a mistake. “It was just an error,” a King County spokesperson said of why the woman was allowed to get a...
View ArticleStudy: Coastal Oregon waters slightly caffeinated
The Northwest is known for its love of coffee. Now evidence of that is showing up in the Pacific Ocean. Researchers have found low levels of caffeine at half a dozen locations on the Oregon Coast....
View ArticleWho's making 'mysterious' crop circles near Wilbur, Wash.?
The hotspot for "mysterious" crop circles in the Northwest is Wilbur, an eastern Washington town of about 1,000 humans surrounded by wheat fields. This summer, you can add to the town’s stats: The...
View ArticleNot a hallucination: 7-foot python lost in Seattle park
A Seattle Animal Shelter spokeswoman says a 7-foot-long python has been reported lost in a city park.
View ArticleEverett man arrested in fatal parrot stabbing
EVERETT, Wash. — An Everett man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend's parrot to death with a serving fork.
View ArticleShooting bulletproof glass injures man at Lyman
LYMAN, Wash. — A man found out what happens when you shoot bulletproof glass after he tried it near Lyman. Shotgun pellets ricocheted and hit him in the face, arm and stomach. Skagit County sheriff's...
View ArticleDon't blame fish for West Seattle hum
Don't blame a fish mating call for the humming noise that annoyed West Seattle residents over the Labor Day weekend. A University of Washington associate professor who studies the Midshipman fish says...
View ArticleHuman finger in Idaho trout belongs to wakeboarder
SPOKANE, Wash. – A human finger found inside a fish at Idaho's Priest Lake has been traced to a wakeboarder who lost four fingers in an accident more than two months earlier. Fisherman Nolan Calvin...
View ArticleSeattle's No.2! Bloomberg Businessweek ranks U.S. cities
Seattle is the second-best city in the country, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The news org evaluated and ranked the largest 100 U.S. cities and published its results today. San Francisco grabbed...
View ArticleWashington family reunited with missing python
VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver, Wash.-area family has been reunited with a 4-foot-long pet python inadvertently left behind in a move two months ago. KATU-TV reports (http://is.gd/TEWv1E) that the...
View ArticleMan dies after live roach-eating contest in Florida
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Authorities say the winner of a roach-eating contest in South Florida died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms. The grand prize in Friday night's...
View ArticleShark falls from sky onto California golf course
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. — Golf club employees in Southern California came to the rescue when a shark dropped out of the sky and flopped around on the 12th tee. San Juan Hills Golf Club operations...
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