Coast Guard tries to ID radio call
SEATTLE (AP) -- A radio distress call from a young girl who identified herself only as "Kelsey" remains a mystery, and the Coast Guard has suspended a search in the waters around Fox Island in south Puget Sound. A Coast Guard spokesman, Jeff Poolinger, said Wednesday tha... |
Brush fire subsides in central Washington
QUINCY, Wash. (AP) -- Brisk winds fanned a wildfire across more than 2.3 square miles of sagebrush in central Washington, at one point threatening several dozen homes and resulting in the brief evacuation of up to 300 people. The fire, pushed by 25 mph winds with higher... |
Gates, Bloomberg pool riches to fight smoking
NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money and pouring $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. The billionaire philanthropists, who have a combined worth of more than $70 billion, said Wed... |
Getting healthy foods to poor people a struggle
SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle is teeming with healthy foods, sold from farmer's markets and high-end grocery stores. But not in Robert Jeffrey's neighborhood. Crime and housing foreclosures abound in the city's Central District, and the best-known eating spot is a fried chicke... |
Authorities close to ID on canal shooting victim
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Yakima County investigators say they are close to identifying a woman found dead of a shotgun blast to her torso. The body of the 18- to 25-year-old woman was found floating in a canal in Sunnyside on July 4. Coroner Maurice Q. Rice said Tuesday he... |
Woman killed near Springdale, ex-boyfriend jailed
SPRINGDALE, Wash. (AP) -- A missing woman has been found dead after an intense search near Springdale, northwest of Spokane, and her former boyfriend is in jail for investigation of first-degree murder. Stevens County Sheriff Craig Thayer says 28-year-old Cheryl Lynn Hay... |
Boeing's 2Q profit falls 19 percent on charge
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Boeing Co., the world's second-largest commercial airplane maker, on Wednesday said second-quarter earnings fell 19 percent due to a previously disclosed $248 million charge for delays in fulfilling a defense contract. Shares of the Chicago-based compa... |
Costco sees 4Q, full-year profit below estimates
NEW YORK (AP) -- Costco Wholesale Corp., which had been one of the few bright spots in retailing, said Wednesday that its earnings will miss Wall Street expectations, as it struggles with higher energy costs that are crimping its bottom line. Shares in the nation's no. 1... |
Seattle Mariners designate no-peanut zone
SEATTLE (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners are declaring two sections of Safeco Field no-peanut zones for a couple of games this summer. The AL club announced the move Wednesday to make the ballpark safer for children and grown-up fans with peanut allergies. Special cleaning i... |
WA state to revoke license of CA mortgage company
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Washington state plans to revoke the license of a California mortgage broker. The state Department of Financial Institutions says an investigation has found Paramount Equity Mortgage, Inc. engaged in deceptive lending practices. In a statement issu... |
WA long-term care initiative challenged in court
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Opponents of an initiative to boost training for home health-care aides are challenging the measure's misprinted petitions in court. Supporters of Washington Initiative 1029 want their measure on the November ballot. But the petitions that voters s... |
Hearing set in challenge to emergency grazing
SEATTLE (AP) -- A federal judge has set a hearing for Thursday to discuss limits to an emergency federal program that allows farmers and ranchers around the country to make hay or graze their cattle on private conservation land. U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour (KO... |
Seattle spammer gets nearly 4 years in prison
SEATTLE (AP) -- A Seattle man once known as the "spam king" has been sentenced to three years and 11 months in prison for mail fraud, e-mail fraud and tax evasion. Robert Alan Soloway was arrested last summer. Prosecutors said he made hundreds of thousands of dollars sel... |
Washington Mutual posts 2Q loss of $3.3 billion
NEW YORK (AP) -- Washington Mutual, the Seattle-based bank known for its buoyant advertising slogan, "Whoo hoo!," had little to cheer about as it reported a staggering $3 billion loss - the biggest quarterly loss in its history. The nation's largest savings and loan incr... |
Amboy man pleads guilty to child rape
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- Prosecutors say an Amboy, Wash., man who fled to Canada with his wife and children amid sex abuse allegations last year should serve nearly 10 years in prison. 41-year-old James Spady pleaded guilty to first-degree child rape and second-degree cu... |
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