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With son in jail after manhunt, attention turns to fugitive father (Video)

By Mark Miller and KOMO staff Published: May 18, 2013 at 7:39 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 11:06 PM PDT

After the arrest of Vincent Nutter, officers are looking for Mark Nutter, a fugitive considered armed and dangerous--and wanted in connection with firearms violations.

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FBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case (Video)

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:37 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM PDT

Few details have been released in the case, and no arrests have been made. Federal investigators have been searching for the person who sent the letters, which were postmarked Tuesday in Spokane.

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Girl who thwarted abduction recognized at safety fair (Video)

By Kara Kostanich Published: May 18, 2013 at 8:04 PM PDT

At the first annual Youth Education and Safety Fair in Renton on Saturday, children and parents gathered to learn how to recognize, prevent and stop a dangerous situation like an abduction.

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Northern Lights peek out in Eastern Washington

By Kara Kostanich Published: May 18, 2013 at 9:59 AM PDT

A faint display was also visible in Eastern Washington, where Rocky Rabell had his camera out and ready.

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Local & Regional With son in jail after manhunt, attention turns to fugitive father (Video)

By Mark Miller and KOMO staff Published: May 18, 2013 at 7:39 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 11:06 PM PDT

After the arrest of Vincent Nutter, officers are looking for Mark Nutter, a fugitive considered armed and dangerous--and wanted in connection with firearms violations.

Local & Regional FBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case (Video)

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:37 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM PDT

Few details have been released in the case, and no arrests have been made. Federal investigators have been searching for the person who sent the letters, which were postmarked Tuesday in Spokane.

Local & Regional Girl who thwarted abduction recognized at safety fair (Video)

By Kara Kostanich Published: May 18, 2013 at 8:04 PM PDT

At the first annual Youth Education and Safety Fair in Renton on Saturday, children and parents gathered to learn how to recognize, prevent and stop a dangerous situation like an abduction.

News Northern Lights peek out in Eastern Washington

By Kara Kostanich Published: May 18, 2013 at 9:59 AM PDT

A faint display was also visible in Eastern Washington, where Rocky Rabell had his camera out and ready.

Local & Regional 'Stand downs' serve vets who live in woods near Forks (Video)

By Eric Johnson Published: May 18, 2013 at 10:39 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 12:13 PM PDT

You'll find a different breed of vets at the stand down in Forks - the ones who want to be as far away from people as possible.Some have been fighting their own "personal" wars for more than four decades.

Sports Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness (Photo Gallery)

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 3:35 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 5:40 PM PDT

Oxbow led from start to finish. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and 15th Triple Crown victory, most in horse racing history.

Local & Regional Felon jailed after man is wounded in North Seattle shooting

By KOMO staff Published: May 18, 2013 at 5:13 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 5:33 PM PDT

The suspect, a 20-year-old man, was booked in the King County Jail for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm

Local & Regional Mount St. Helens' deadly eruption 33 years ago changed landscape (Video)

By KOMO staff and Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 4:06 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 6:45 PM PDT

Thirty-three years ago on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted and changed the landscape of the Pacific Northwest.

Local & Regional Thurston County woman wins $75K for dog bite

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:14 AM PDT

The woman, who was bit by a neighbor's dog, was seeking payment for medical expenses, plus pain, inconvenience, emotional stress, scaring and other general damages.

Local & Regional Man found dead, woman in hospital after boat overturns on Tulalip Bay

By KOMO Staff Published: May 17, 2013 at 11:35 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 5:33 PM PDT

A woman was rescued from Tulalip Bay Friday night but a man she was with died

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Photos: More red carpet arrivals at Cannes (Photo Gallery)

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 3:27 PM PDT

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Lawyer for accused metal singer: steroids had ill effect

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 12:04 PM PDT

The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid use.

Entertainment

'The Voice' brings back Aguilera, Cee Lo Green

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 12:13 PM PDT

The NBC singing contest said Friday that Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green will return for "The Voice" Season 5, joining Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.

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Milwaukee backs off bra ban for historic bar

By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 6:47 PM PDT

A historic Milwaukee bowling alley and bar almost went without the appropriate support after a city inspector decided dozens of bras hanging from its ceiling were a fire hazard.

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'Golden Girl' Bea Arthur topless painting fetches $1.9M

By Associated Press Published: May 16, 2013 at 7:08 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 7:37 AM PDT

A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction.

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Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator

By Associated Press Published: May 16, 2013 at 11:47 AM PDT

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials say 18-year-old Braxton Bielski bagged the record gator last week at Choke Canyon State Park, about 90 miles south of San Antonio.

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By clc1977 Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:31 PM PDT

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Coast Guard rescues teen from Oregon surf

By The Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 9:36 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 12:14 PM PDT

A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a teenage girl from the surf on the northwest Oregon coast.

Local & Regional Shooting suspect arrested in Mason County thanks to citizen

By KOMO staff Published: May 18, 2013 at 2:37 PM PDT

The citizen recognized suspect Aaron Smith from media reports and called the Sheriff's Office which made the arrest and took him to the Mason County Jail

Local & Regional WA man pleads guilty to selling illegal airbags

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:16 AM PDT

A 25-year-old Vancouver, Wash., man has pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit vehicle airbags.

Local & Regional Lawyer: Lakewood PD covered up alleged racial-profiling case (Video)

By Russ Bowen & KOMO Staff Published: May 17, 2013 at 11:16 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 11:54 PM PDT

A case once closed is back open again as the Lakewood Police Department is accused of destroying documents to cover-up an alleged case of racial profiling.

Local & Regional Man sentenced to 26 years in attack on judge

By KOMO Staff Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM PDT

Steven Kravetz had been convicted of first degree assault for shooting deputy Poly Davin and second degree assault for stabbing judge David Edwards when he came to her rescue.

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Authorities: Student killed by police while intruder held her (Photo Gallery)

By FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 5:53 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 8:54 PM PDT

A Hofstra University student being held at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.

National & World Teen dies after refusing to give iPad to thieves

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 7:55 PM PDT

Las Vegas police are searching for two thieves accused of running over a teenage boy with their SUV after he refused give up his iPad to them.

National & World Police call fatal NYC shooting an 'anti-gay' hate crime

By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 3:23 PM PDT

A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd

National & World Up to 60 injured after car drives into Virginia parade

By DEBRA McCOWN, Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 2:01 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 5:32 PM PDT

Witnesses said a car drove into a crowd at a parade in a small southwestern Virginia mountain town Saturday

National & World Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets

By Barbara Rodriguez, Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 2:41 PM PDT

With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot on Saturday night, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes.

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Sports

Mariners waste ninth inning rally in 5-4 loss to Indians

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 1:35 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 4:27 PM PDT

Seattle tied the score at 4-all with two-out, solo homers by Raul Ibanez and Justin Smoak off Indians closer Chris Perez in the top of the ninth but Cleveland answered

Sports Report: Michael Phelps planning comeback

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Published: May 17, 2013 at 7:56 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 8:48 PM PDT

The son of the U.S. national swim team director is reporting that Michael Phelps is planning a comeback for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Sports Seahawks DE Bruce Irvin suspended 4 games for PEDs

By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer Published: May 17, 2013 at 3:13 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 6:52 PM PDT

Irvin was suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season on Friday after the league announced he violated the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances.

Sports Seahawks, Sounders license plates on sale in Jan

By Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 3:55 PM PDT

The teams unveiled the preliminary license plate designs after Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Friday to make them available.

Sports Venturi, US Open champion and CBS analyst, dies

By DOUG FERGUSON,AP Golf Writer Published: May 17, 2013 at 4:43 PM PDT

Former U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi has died just 12 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was 82.

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Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 12:56 PM PDT

The Sunnyvale, Calif., company's board of directors will meet Sunday evening to consider approving a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing site Tumblr

Consumer

Consumer Reports rates best places to buy sporting goods (Video)

By Consumer Reports Published: May 17, 2013 at 5:58 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 7:16 PM PDT

Whether you’re outfitting yourself or getting your kids ready for their favorite sport, where you shop can make a big difference.

Health

Local researcher: Ovary removal to prevent cancer is ‘reasonable option’

By Rose Egge Published: May 17, 2013 at 12:14 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 6:47 PM PDT

A Seattle researcher says preventative ovary removal can be a reasonable option for women and has little psychological impact.

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Want a better credit score? Here's how to do it

By Herb Weisbaum Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:22 AM PDT

A good credit score will save you money. It will drive down the interest rates you pay on credit cards, home loans, even a mortgage.

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Northern Lights peek out in Eastern Washington (Photo Gallery)

By Scott Sistek Published: May 18, 2013 at 9:57 AM PDT Last Updated: May 19, 2013 at 12:55 AM PDT

As we mentioned in the blog Thursday, there's a particularly active sunspot on the sun right now.

It had, as its opening salvo while starting to face the Earth, unleashed a moderately strong solar flare that reached us late Friday, triggering a display of the Northern Lights that reached as far south as Colorado.

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Northern Lights to be visible around the Pacific Northwest soon?

By Scott Sistek Published: May 16, 2013 at 11:33 AM PDT Last Updated: May 16, 2013 at 1:58 PM PDT

The sun has been getting quite active lately, with one sun spot in particular giving off several explosive flares this week, and it could eventually bring some brilliant displays of the Northern Lights to the Pacific Northwest.

Since Monday, Sunspot AR1748 has already given off four "X-class" solar flares -- X being the most powerful class of flares that have potential to disrupt radio and satellite signals. In fact, that flare has given off more X-class flares than every other sunspot of the past year combined, according to spaceweather.com.

Up to this point, the spot has been on a part of the sun not directly facing Earth, so the flares have been directed away from our planet and not really giving us much of an effect.

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Entertainment 'American Idol' finale draws record low ratings

By Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 11:49 AM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 2:00 PM PDT

Ratings for the "American Idol" finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show.

Entertainment Justin Bieber will have to pay for German monkey business (Photo Gallery)

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 7:19 AM PDT

Justin Bieber has just hours to reclaim his pet monkey from the animal shelter where it has been since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday, but he will have to pay thousands for the two-month stay even if he doesn't take the animal back.

Entertainment 'Avengers' star Clark Gregg on his move to 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'

By Hanna Brooks Olsen Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:01 AM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 10:22 AM PDT

This week, ABC announced a slew of new programming -- including "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," a Joss Whedon-helmed superhero drama that they're anchoring their Tuesday night primetime schedule around. In the center of the show is Clark Gregg, a relative newcomer to Whedon's inside circle, who says he's blessed to have found a place alongside with the cult favorite.

Entertainment Voters crown a new 'American Idol'

By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 16, 2013 at 7:42 PM PDT

Candice Glover was crowned the new "American Idol" on Thursday after defeating country singer Kree Harrison.

Entertainment Emma Watson revels in post-'Potter' freedom (Photo Gallery)

By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 16, 2013 at 11:15 AM PDT

The 23-year-old "Harry Potter" actress stars in Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," which premiered Thursday at the French Riviera festival. The British actress plays a celebrity-obsessed, thickly accented Los Angeles teenager who, with a group of friends, burgles Hollywood stars such as Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.

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Technology

Technology 4 Lulzsec hackers jailed for cyberattacks

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:20 AM PDT

Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday.

Technology 'Sonic the Hedgehog' games coming to Nintendo

By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:19 AM PDT

Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the popular blue critter on Nintendo platforms. The first title will be called "Sonic Lost World" and is set for release on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS later this year.

Technology Labor group says Apple making progress at Foxconn

By Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:17 AM PDT

A labor group Apple Inc. joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are improving. But employees are still working more hours than the country's legal limit.

Technology NASA craft's planet-hunting days may be numbered

By ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer Published: May 16, 2013 at 8:23 AM PDT

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system.

Technology Apple says App Store hit 50 billion downloads

By Associated Press Published: May 16, 2013 at 8:22 AM PDT

Apple Inc. said Thursday that the 50 billionth download was a game called "Say the Same Thing" by Space Inch.

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Business

Business Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

By MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer Published: May 18, 2013 at 2:56 PM PDT

Fremont, Calif., a nondescript suburb of 217,000 tucked in the high-tech region between San Francisco and the Silicon Valley is where something unique is happening: manufacturing.

Business Politics, bribery charges swirl around Ugandan oil

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 3:49 PM PDT

Uganda, which has confirmed oil deposits of about 3.5 billion barrels, wants to extract at least 1.2 billion barrels over the next three decades.

Business Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 9:43 AM PDT

Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee debate on farm legislation that for decades has propped up traditional crops and largely ignored organics.

Business Bernanke forecasts long-term economic gains from computer tech

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER ,AP Economics Writer Published: May 18, 2013 at 1:08 PM PDT

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong.

Business Seattle's Tableau Software raises $254.2M in IPO

By Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 9:48 AM PDT

Shares of Tableau Software Inc., which provides software that helps businesses convert data into visual presentations, soared Friday.

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Offbeat Now Venezuela is running out of toilet paper

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ, Associated Press Published: May 16, 2013 at 8:00 AM PDT

First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities - toilet paper.

Offbeat Protesters picket Barbie-themed house in Berlin (Photo Gallery)

By Associated Press Published: May 16, 2013 at 8:46 AM PDT Last Updated: May 16, 2013 at 11:36 AM PDT

Feminist protesters burned a doll on a cross and left-wing demonstrators shouted "pink stinks" at the Berlin opening of a life-sized Barbie house Thursday.

Offbeat McDonald's employee spots her stolen car in drive-thru

By Associated Press Published: May 16, 2013 at 6:58 AM PDT

A Kennewick woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later - in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works.

Offbeat Deer smashes Pennsylvania bus windshield, takes short ride

By Associated Press Published: May 15, 2013 at 9:40 PM PDT

A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus.

Offbeat Chef planning to feast on invading cicadas

By Associated Press Published: May 15, 2013 at 7:54 AM PDT Last Updated: May 15, 2013 at 8:32 AM PDT

A chef in Connecticut is looking forward to the upcoming cicada invasion, and the chance to try out a few recipes for the insects.

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