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Meet Mukilteo engineer's model tanks: Herman, Helmut, Heinrich, Horst
MUKILTEO -- As soon as Dave Shultz unloaded his radio-controlled model tanks at Mukilteo's Lighthouse Park, a crowd of passersby came gawking. [More]
By Gale Fiege
Herald Writer
Drivers treat Speedway like a racetrack, Mukilteo officials say
MUKILTEO -- To the surprise of probably nobody, the Mukilteo Speedway lives up to its name. As the two-lane road shoots straight up from the ferry terminal, its long sightlines and wide shoulders offer few places for traffic cops to hide. [More]
By Chris Fyall
Herald Writer
Free vaccines for kids ending
The state program that for years has provided free vaccines for childhood immunizations to all Washington children is ending, one more victim of the state's budget cuts. [More]
By Sharon Salyer
Herald Writer
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Free lunches feed hungry kids
MONROE -- More than 100 children file into the cafeteria at Frank Wagner Elementary School. They go through the lunch line, emerging with a chicken fajita, refried beans, red Jell-O, orange wedges and cartons of low-fat milk. They spread out over 16... [More]
By Kaitlin Manry
Herald Writer
Project pushes green housing
BOTHELL -- A community near the Bothell-Everett Highway aims to push the boundaries of environmentally friendly development by building houses with rainwater recycling, solar panels and even roofs covered with grass instead of shingles. [More]
By Noah Haglund
Herald Writer
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U.S.-Russia arms control deal likely
MOSCOW -- A White House official said he expects President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to announce a deal today that could lead to a new nuclear arms reduction treaty by year's end. [More]
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Soldiers keep president of Honduras from returning
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was kept from landing at the main Honduras airport Sunday because the runway was blocked by military vehicles and groups of soldiers, some of them clashing with a crowd of thousands... [More]
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Obama won't stand in way if Israel attacks Iran, Biden says
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden signaled that the Obama administration would not stand in the way if Israel chose to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, even as the top U.S. military officer said any attack on Iran would be... [More]
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Fireworks blazes burn ranch buildings, hay
SEATTLE -- Flames from Fourth of July fireworks damaged homes across Western Washington and destroyed some ranch housing near Harrah on the Yakama Indian Reservation, causing more than $2 million in damage. [More]
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Northwest Briefly: Man killed in head-on crash on I-5
BELLINGHAM -- Alcohol is believed to be involved in a fatal head-on crash on I-5 in Bellingham. State troopers report that 22-year-old Mateo S. Gaspar Alonzo of Bellingham died in the collision at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. [More]
Poor Alaska salmon run threatens treaty
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The number of king salmon that reach the Canadian border might not satisfy a treaty agreement between Alaska and Canada despite massive cuts in subsistence fishing up and down the Yukon River in Alaska. [More]
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