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Local pit bull still giving love even after brutal attack, cancer (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Eric Johnson Published: May 13, 2013 at 4:15 PM PDT Last Updated: May 14, 2013 at 7:05 AM PDT

Jewels the dog has been through a lot in her life, but her owners say the horrible cruelty she's experienced hasn't made her lose trust in people.

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Thousands still without power in W. Wash. after thunderstorms (Photo Gallery)

By KOMO Staff Published: May 14, 2013 at 6:52 AM PDT Last Updated: May 14, 2013 at 7:22 AM PDT

Thousands of homes around the Puget Sound region remained without power Tuesday as crews continued to clean up from Monday's thunderstorms.

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Local man charged with smuggling endangered turtles

By Michael Harthorne Published: May 9, 2013 at 1:51 PM PDT

A local man has been charged with helping Chinese nationals smuggle more than 160 endangered Eastern Box turtles and one Gila monster into Hong Kong in boxes labeled everything from "boots, clothes, belts" to "T-shirts and used wrist watch."

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Auburn police seek missing 20-year-old man

By KOMO Staff Published: May 8, 2013 at 10:10 AM PDT Last Updated: May 8, 2013 at 10:27 AM PDT

Police are seeking the public's help in finding a missing Auburn man who was last seen more than three weeks ago before setting out on a walk to his friends' house.

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Late-night gardener foils neighborhood burglars

By Michael Harthorne Published: Apr 23, 2013 at 3:48 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:32 PM PDT

A Renton man's late-night gardening put him in the perfect position to foil a pair of neighborhood burglars Monday night.

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King Co. fire chief offers gloomy assessment if levy fails (Video)

By Kara Kostanich Published: Apr 21, 2013 at 5:28 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:02 PM PDT

Voters in King County have just a couple of days to mail in their ballots for the maintenance and operational levy that would help restore lost revenue to several fire districts.

Communities 7-year-old Auburn boy accidentally shoots sister in the leg

By KOMO Staff Published: May 1, 2013 at 10:38 PM PDT Last Updated: May 2, 2013 at 9:46 AM PDT

A 9-year-old Auburn girl is recovering in a Seattle hospital after her 7-year old brother accidentally shot her in the leg Wednesday night.

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'It's breathtaking, actually': Burien's dead whale draws a crowd (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Kristen Drew Published: Apr 14, 2013 at 6:12 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:30 PM PDT

Hundreds of people showed up Sunday to get a good look at a dead fin whale that washed ashore at Seahurst Park in Burien.

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Could that home for sale have housed a meth lab? (Video)

By Kara Kostanich Published: Apr 4, 2013 at 5:54 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:17 PM PDT

The DEA has created a list of homes across the state that once used to make the dangerous and deadly drug methamphetamine. But some homes on the list are for sale without records revealing that sordid history.

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McDonald's night to benefit Auburn boy with leukemia (Audio)

By Carleen Johnson Published: Apr 4, 2013 at 9:13 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:17 PM PDT

Schoolteachers will be working the drive-through and taking orders at a McDonald’s restaurant in Auburn later Thursday. McTeacher night is a benefit for a little boy fighting leukemia.

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Federal hate crime indictment filed in 'savage' attack on cab driver

By KOMO Staff & Associated Press Published: Apr 2, 2013 at 1:10 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:56 PM PDT

A 49-year-old Federal Way man now faces a federal hate-crime charge in an attack on a Sikh cabbie last October.

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Voters set to decide the fate of local fire district (Video)

By Denise Whitaker Published: Apr 23, 2013 at 7:01 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:17 PM PDT

A local fire district is facing a dire situation, and the only people who can save it are the citizens who the firefighters are protecting.

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Dispute over dance sparked deadly shooting at Auburn tavern (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Associated Press & KOMO Staff Published: Apr 1, 2013 at 7:03 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:17 PM PDT

Auburn Police Cmdr. Mike Hirman said dozens of people were leaving the Sports Page Tavern in Auburn at closing time early Sunday when two groups began fighting in the parking lot.

Communities Man hit and killed by train in Auburn

By Associated Press Published: Apr 15, 2013 at 11:00 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:17 PM PDT

An Auburn police spokesman says a northbound Amtrak train struck and killed a man Monday night.

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Washington jury awards $26M over plane crash deaths

By Associated Press Published: Apr 8, 2013 at 4:53 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:17 PM PDT

A jury has awarded $26 million to the families of three people killed when a small plane crashed near Arlington in 2008.

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