Charges filed against former Snohomish County planning director

EVERETT — Snohomish County's former planning director Craig Ladiser is now facing two misdemeanor charges for a drunken incident June 24 on a Redmond-area golf course. [More]

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Mudslide cancels Sounder service from Seattle to Everett

This afternoon's service from Seattle to Everett on the Sounder commuter train has been cancelled because of a mudslide on the tracks south of Edmonds. [More]

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Told there's no buyer for pea crop, farmers adjust

Rick Williams' family has been on the Thrudvang Farm for four generations. Williams, 59, hasn't slept well lately. He's gearing up for 100-hour work weeks, trying to schedule what he'll plant instead of peas. [More]

By Gale Fiege, Herald Writer


Alerted by alarm, Edmonds man escapes fire

EDMONDS — A smoke alarm alerted a man to a fire in his home at about 12:15 a.m. today, Snohomish County Fire District 1 spokeswoman Leslie Hynes said. [More]

By Andy Rathbun
Herald Writer


Bill passes making cell phones, texting while driving primary offense

Police may soon be able to pull over those cars whose drivers are talking on a handheld cell phone. The House reversed course Thursday night and, in an agreement with the Senate, approved a bill to make such behavior a primary offense. [More]

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Details of the Democrats’ current health reform plan

President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as early as next week. Democrats are awaiting cost assessments from the Congressional Budget Office... [More]

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Why did the Census Bureau send you that letter?

Q: Chris R. of San Francisco wants to know why the U.S. Census Bureau bothered sending him a letter telling him to expect a census form in the mail in a week or so. [More]

San Francisco Chronicle



Suicide bombs kill 43, wound 100 in Pakistani city

LAHORE, Pakistan A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack... [More]

By Babar Dogar and Munir Ahmed
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Update: Seattle police arrest man with device taped to body

SEATTLE — A man wrapped in duct tape alarmed people in downtown Seattle Friday morning by making threats and walking around with a pipe taped to his arm. [More]

By Donna Gordon Blankinship
Associated Press


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