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WEEK IN REVIEW
Monday
Lynnwood to hire auditor to look at finances
House OKs money to improve Frontier Village in...
Legislature OKs ban on BPA in baby bottles
Sunday


Low test scores mean Totem Middle School princi...
Legislature's budget crunch hits time crunch
Right-to-die film puts former Gov. Booth Gardne...
Saturday


Edmonds man goes from outsider to council chief
Waste alleged in ferry system
Cougar reports unnerve some in north county
Friday


Community Transit slashing bus service in Snoho...
Everett's Rev. Paul Stoot Sr. won't face charges
Assisted suicide: 36 lethal doses taken in Wash...
Thursday


Family of victim in fatal wreck waits for answers
Verizon asks cities for $2 million in refunds
To spur construction, builders seek delay to pa...
Wednesday
Soil cleanup to cost Everett $1.9 million
New prescription paper to resist tampering
Book celebrates Whidbey Island's many charms
Tuesday


Lynnwood pastor uses martial arts to reach athl...
Police explain why fatal Everett crash suspect ...
Early spring raises concern for summer wildfires
 

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LOCAL NEWS
Boeing's tanker rival quits Air Force bidding

EVERETT — The U.S. Air Force's decadelong effort to replace its aerial refueling tankers took a new twist Monday when the Boeing Co.'s rival dropped out of the competition. [More]






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Mill Creek YMCA now has twice the room to play

EVERETT — Albert Sanchez is impressed. He has more room to work out in an expanded and renovated Mill Creek Family YMCA. [More]





Report faults teacher’s actions

EVERETT — A Cascade High School teacher said he was just joking around when he grabbed a student by the neck in the locker room the day before Christmas break. [More]





Marysville middle school will pick a new principal

MARYSVILLE — Principal Judy Albertson will be replaced at Totem Middle School this fall, but she’ll still be a part of efforts to increase learning on the campus. [More]





Local flooding remains a risk this month

EVERETT — Much of Snohomish County is flood country, and this year’s mild winter has many people thinking they caught a break. Not just yet, officials say. [More]



Kids and Stanwood seniors pair perfectly
Monroe to discuss city staffing plan that saves $196,000
Give Everett feedback on Riverfront Development
Help's on the way for Lake Stevens traffic
Woman seriously injured in crash on Highway 9
Mountlake Terrace puts some plans on hold
Legislature OKs golf carts on roads
Truck catches fire, snarls traffic on I-5
Class will help families keep land after deaths
Political FYI: Democratic district caucus set for Sunday
Mukilteo Historical Society meets Thursday
Around the County
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Front Porch: USS Abraham Lincoln lands in spotlight

NATION/WORLD

Associated Press
Not more earthquakes, just more people in quake zones

First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot. It’s not. [More]


Related: 
• U.S. troops pull out of Haiti, leaving residents fearful
• Cheap U.S. rice hurts poor Haitian farmers
• Some lights come back on in Haiti





Associated Press
Supreme Court to rule if funeral picketers can be sued

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the outer limits of free-speech protection for protests and to rule on whether a dead soldier’s family can sue religious protesters who picketed near their son’s funeral... [More]






Associated Press
Rapper Lil Wayne begins 1-year jail term

NEW YORK — After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus. [More]



Health bill takes clearer shape as negotiations continue
U.S. officials doubt American al-Qaida is arrested
How ‘Hurt Locker’ bested ‘Avatar’
Japanese town slams ‘Cove’ Oscar win
U.S. explosives-disposal units in Iraq bask in Oscar attention
French Resistance heroine Andree Peel dies
Nation/World Briefly: Middle-aged women who drink lightly gain les...
 
THE NORTHWEST
Soldier accused of killing two colleagues to face court-martial

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD — An Army specialist accused of killing two fellow soldiers, trying to burn their bodies with acid and kidnapping their baby could face the death penalty if convicted in her upcoming court-martial. [More]





Search for missing Portland hiker will continue

STEVENSON — Two helicopters from the Coast Guard and Washington National Guard helped in Monday’s search for a 24-year-old Portland woman missing near Bonneville Dam in Skamania County. [More]





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