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See 360-degree views of Pike Place Market's new $74M addition
At 110 years old, the Pike Place Market has survived and thrived. It still pulls on the emotions of Seattleites of all stripes. Now, a new project is mingling with the old magic on the Market's northern side. VIEWTimes Watchdog
Name change for prostitution charge in Seattle brings errors in background checks
Two years ago the city of Seattle changed the name of the misdemeanor crime of patronizing a prostitute to sexual exploitation. The change has gotten at least one man fired from a job after a faulty background check. For an immigrant, says his lawyer, it could mean deportation.
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![Stephen Arnold with the crew of a WWII B-24 Liberator bomber rides atop the fuselage guiding the pilot taxing to the Museum of Flight. He’s watches the wheels and the wingtips communicating with the pilot who cannot see them. This plane, a B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-25 Mitchell, and a dual-control TP-51D Mustang fighter aircraft are on the national “Wings of Freedom Tour” sponsored by the non-profit Collings Foundation. Flights are available for a cost through Sunday.
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World War II-era aircraft at Boeing Field this weekend VIEW
![Dozer the male walrus at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is distinguished by his size and 17-inch tusks. Kulu CQ, left, approaches him in their 120,000-gallon pool.
Friday June 16, 2017](http://web.archive.org./web/20170627195752/https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bc195cfc-56be-11e7-87e8-cc86ff726e8b-780x501.jpg)
The wooing walrus at Point Defiance Zoo is not just another pretty face WATCH
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Men steal a balky Honda, lead police on wild chase, authorities say
The owner of a stolen Honda told a sheriff’s deputy his car would often die and need to be restarted. So authorities had little trouble keeping up — until one suspect bailed and stole a Ford F-150, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff’s office.
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Study links Washington state's legalized pot with rise in car-crash claims
DENVER (AP) — A recent insurance study links increased car crash claims to legalized recreational marijuana. The Highway Loss Data Institute, a leading insurance research group, said in study results released Thursday that collision claims in Colorado, Washington, and Oregon went up 2.7 percent in the years since legal recreational marijuana sales began when compared...
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Multibillion-dollar contract for Los Alamos lab up for bid
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The competition for a multibillion-dollar contract to manage the U.S. laboratory that created the atomic bomb is beginning as criticism intensifies over the troubled safety record of Los Alamos National Laboratory. The National Nuclear Security Administration on Tuesday posted online its intent to conduct a competition for the management and operation...