http://www.komonews.com/news RSS Feed for KOMO - News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:13:13 GMT http://www.komonews.com/news/69420262.html Just after a memorial service for slain Seattle police Officer Tim Brenton concluded Friday afternoon, detectives shot and arrested a suspect in the killing. Officials said a tip from a citizen involving a car parked outside the apartment led them to the location. http://www.komonews.com/news/69402962.html Officer Timothy Brenton was remembered as a hero and a teacher at a funeral attended by thousands Friday. "Timothy is a home-grown hero," said Mayor Greg Nickesl, and Gov. Gregoire said Brenton demonstrated that "putting on the uniform is an act of courage every day." http://www.komonews.com/news/69431292.html A Carnation woman accused of starving and withholding water from her 14-year-old stepdaughter in a nightmarish case of child abuse was sentenced Friday to 41 months in prison. But her daughter says that isn't long enough. http://www.komonews.com/news/69438312.html After three years without a winner in a NASA-backed competition to develop the science fiction space elevator concept, a team from Seattle on Friday collected $900,000 after its laser-powered robotic machine raced up more than 2,950 feet (nearly 1 kilometer) of cable dangling from a helicopter. http://www.komonews.com/news/69437632.html King County Public Health is offering the H1N1 vaccine at select area pharmacies to those at high risk for the swine flu. http://www.komonews.com/news/69432117.html Environmentalist Mike McGinn has widened his lead over cell phone executive Joe Mallahan to 2,384 votes in the race for Seattle mayor. http://www.komonews.com/news/69442847.html On the day Seattle police set aside to remember one of their own, a water main break unleashed an unexpected emergency. http://www.komonews.com/news/69440272.html A teenage girl was killed and another was injured when their car rolled over on Friday afternoon. The incident took place on Deming Road near Pebley Road around 3:48 p.m. http://www.komonews.com/news/69423257.html http://www.komonews.com/news/69373902.html The 39-year-old Army psychiatrist emerged as a study in contradictions: a polite man who stewed with discontent, a counselor who needed to be counseled himself, a professional healer now suspected of cutting down the fellow soldiers he was sworn to help.