June 19

• Russia reacts coolly to Obama's nuclear proposals
• Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
• Slim Whitman, country yodeler, dies at age 90
• GOP targets high-speed rail, transportation grants
• Afghans quit talks with Taliban before they begin
• Parents' Facebook ruse snares man wooing teen daughter
• FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa's remains ends
• FBI uses drones in domestic surveillance, Mueller says
• Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
• China, North Korea hold strategic talks in Beijing
• Former TWA Flight 800 crash investigators want new probe
• Energy secretary says new plan coming for Hanford problems
• Secret hearings debated in Guantanamo 9/11 case
• Study: Half of Canada's aboriginal children poor
• Neighbors: Couple killed waited for order to leave
• World Food Prize goes to 3 biotech scientists
• Thousands of dead bumble bees found in Oregon
• Feds: 2 N.Y. men tried to make X-ray weapon
• Front Porch: Learn how to backpack
• Renton man pleads guilty to selling fake Chihulys
• Ore. Legislature approves vaccine education bill
• Jury tells WSU Tri-Cities to pay former worker $100,000
• Port Angeles woman sentenced for role in killing
• Ocean Shores surf fisherman died of heart problem
• Walla Walla sweet onion harvest begins
• Gray whale seen in south Puget Sound
• Tacoma hopes to sell naming rights to Tacoma Dome
• Temperatures hit 80 in Anchorage as heat hits Alaska
• Truck falls 65 feet off I-84 overpass in Portland
• Man rescued from river throws punch at officer
• Driver, 79, crashes into Seattle building
• Closing arguments held in public defense trial
• Not guilty plea in Nine Mile slaying
• Spokane Valley metal thefts put buildings at risk
• State farm workers entitled to know wages, judge rules
• Lakewood police kill suspect holding gun
• New Whatcom Humane Society shelter opens
• Thieves take 5 tons of watermelon from Ore. stores
• Anchorage residents make run on mosquito products
• Man drowns chasing fishing pole into Ore. river

June 18

• Suspect sought in Edmonds assault, robbery
• Positive revenue forecast may help avert state shutdown
• Racers compete in Soap Box Derby in Stanwood
• Mukilteo police seek Cadillac involved in hit-and-run
• Army Corps won't do overall study of coal exports
• U.S., Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war
• NTSB: Bad eyesight likely caused Okla. train crash
• House, Senate on diverging paths on agency budgets
• Report faults teacher training programs
• Skagit River bridge on I-5 to reopen Wednesday
• Woman at Ferndale barbecue killed by stray bullet
• Corrections officer who assaulted co-worker resigns
• Iraqi suicide bombers hit Baghdad mosque, kill 34
• Health costs break from economic trend as Obama law gains speed
• Toddler's first steps on prosthetics
• FBI digging at former home of famed NY mobster
• Fighters in Nigeria attack school, kill 9 pupils
• G-8 advances on Syrian peace talks, tax evasion
• Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decades
• Zimmerman trial attorneys pick 40 potential jurors
• IRS worker: No political bias against tea party
• Search continues for Hoffa's body; concrete slabs unearthed, source says
• Russia to ban adoptions to gay couples
• Bill would honor Buffalo Soldiers' role in parks
• Shipwreck might be 17th century
• 8 million would gain legal status in Senate bill
• House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
• 15-month sentence in crash that killed teacher
• Report: U.S. adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent
• Tacoma zoo's leopard cub now on public exhibit
• Italy top court faults Amanda Knox acquittal
• New trial granted in 2002 Burkheimer killing
• Edmonds sister city group gets grant
• Cascade High School graduation photos
• Lynnwood High School graduation photos
• Marysville reserve center recognizes family sacrifices
• Front Porch: Girl Scout troop's garage sale Friday and Saturday in Marysville
• More affordable housing for Mill Creek
• Around Snohomish County
• EPA report critical of oversight at Hanford