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Wash. Senate starts clearing way for tax hikes
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The Washington state Legislature's Democratic majority started clearing the way for tax increases Tuesday with its first major vote to brush aside Tim Eyman's tax-limiting Initiative 960....

Police round up Crips in Tacoma gang sweep
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Police say a round up of gang members that began at 4 a.m. Tuesday in Tacoma aims to arrest 32 people on 51 charges....

Winter Olympics torch visits US at Blaine
BLAINE, Wash. (AP) -- The Winter Olympics torch made its only visit to the United States for a ceremony Tuesday at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine....

Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' captain dies
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The Discovery Channel says the captain of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie has died....

Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' captain dies
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A spokesman for The Discovery Channel says the captain of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie has died....

Soldier's family brings pup home from Afghanistan
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) -- The family of a 5th Stryker Brigade soldier has found a way to bring a stray dog rescued in Afghanistan home to Washington state....

Cat wanders into police parking lot, is euthanized
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- An Everett family is upset after learning a local animal shelter euthanized their family cat after the pet wandered into an Everett police department parking lot and was captured....

Pickup crashes into Wash. convenience store
COVINGTON, Wash. (AP) -- A Kent Fire Department spokesman says a pickup truck has crashed into the front of a convenience store in the south King County community of Covington but no one was injured....

Alaska Air resumes serving Coca-Cola on flights
SEATTLE (AP) -- Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air will resume serving Coca-Cola beverages on flights starting March 1....

Visitors spent $14B in last year in Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- A study finds that visitors spent $14.2 billion last year in Washington....