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Top 10 items found during 2012 coastal cleanup

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 19:01
The Ocean Conservancy, a Washington DC-based environmental organization, released its 2012 list of trash collected during its International Coastal Cleanup. More than 10 million pounds of debris was collected, with nearly 1.5 million pounds in California alone. The top items found during the cleanup:

Jury in Arias case gives up after no consensus

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 19:01
As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry."

I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on'

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:59
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."

I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on'

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:59
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."

Berlusconi looms large in Rome mayor election

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:23
Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend, even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running.

Suicide bomber kills 3 in northwest Pakistan

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:17
Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, killing three people.

Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:16
The forecast for summer travel, 2013: Partly sunny.

Obama addressing Naval Academy graduates 2nd time

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:16
A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders who could help carry it out in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy graduates.

Text of President Obama speech on terrorism

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:16
Text of President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House:

Obama's drone policy at a glance

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:16
President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out for Congress and the public the standards that the U.S. will use before carrying out drone attacks.

Counting US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:16
President Barack Obama said Thursday that he will engage Congress in exploring a number of options for increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.

Tea party vs. old guard in GOP Senate rift

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:16
A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of overplaying their hands and tempting Democrats to change Senate rules that protect the minority party.

Milestones for Guantanamo Bay detention center

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:16
President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his 2008 campaign promise to close the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terror suspects have been held since 2002, and begin the transfer of some prisoners to other countries. A look the facility's history:

Older brother held in deaths of 2 younger siblings

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:16
A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.

Some unions now angry about health care overhaul

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:01
When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters.

Obama sketches more targeted anti-terror plan

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:01
Out with the global war on terror. In with more narrowly targeted counterterrorism policies that persistently zero in on violent extremists at home and abroad.

What's a drone? How is US drone policy changing?

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:01
President Barack Obama defended America's drone attacks as legal, effective and necessary in America's campaign to counter terrorism.

2 full-time rangers added to patrol Capitol Hill, Pioneer Square parks

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:01
Seattle will add rangers to Cal Anderson and Occidental parks after a recent spate of violence.

Servia, team preparing for final race of 2013

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 18:01
When Oriol Servia arrived at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and heard the slogan, he thought it was intended for him.

Czech police say US suspect in 4 murders arrested

Seattle Times Headlines - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 17:30
An American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, police said Friday.