http://www.komonews.com/news RSS Feed for KOMO - News en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:45:15 GMT http://www.komonews.com/news/49882832.html Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012. Palin, 45, kept her future plans shrouded in mystery. http://www.komonews.com/news/49891642.html Exactly one week after a 10-year-old girl vanished in this small Western Washington mill town, detectives are out in force trying to find leads to help solve her disappearance. http://www.komonews.com/news/49873927.html An electrical problem at Fisher Plaza disrupted television and radio stations that broadcast from the building near the Seattle Center and affected a server farm that provides service to multiple Web sites. http://www.komonews.com/news/49894852.html Plan to catch the Seattle fireworks show on the Fourth? You'd better head out early. Organizers of the fireworks show at Gas Works Park urge people to arrive early and to leave cars at home as 50,000 people are expected to attend the celebration. http://www.komonews.com/news/49877432.html A moderate heat wave is here just in time for the Independence Day weekend, giving plenty of sunshine for all the outdoor activities, but also making for dangerously dry conditions across the region. http://www.komonews.com/news/49877202.html A law enforcement official says the powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home. Diprivan is an intravenous anesthetic drug widely used in operating rooms to induce unconsciousness. http://www.komonews.com/news/49890042.html An inmate has died in the King County Jail in Seattle. The jail says guards found the man at 2:26 a.m. Friday during a routine security check and efforts to revive him failed. http://www.komonews.com/news/49889412.html The feisty utility that uncovered audiotapes of Enron Corp. traders discussing gouging "poor grandmothers" is hedging its bet against another energy crisis. http://www.komonews.com/news/49885577.html No one was injured when the blaze started about noon on Friday, but crews found one cat dead inside the charred building. http://www.komonews.com/news/49803497.html A woman called 911 on Thursday night and said she was being threatened by a man with a gun. Deputies arrived to find the man standing on the porch. The man was armed with a handgun and refused to cooperate, deputies said.