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A gunman killed five people in Seattle on Wednesday - four at a cafe and another in a carjacking - before he apparently shot himself as officers closed in following a citywide manhunt, authorities said.

A gunman killed three and wounded two others at a cafe in Seattle's University District today, the Associated Press reported.

According to the Seattle Times, two people were killed and three others were injured Wednesday when a gunman opened fire in a cafe.

A man who gave his name as Justin said he used to work at Cafe Racer. He said a friend was wounded in the shooting.

I know this is an old picture, but I really wanted to change up the photos from Maui, to my backyard, which we have a lot of crazy backyard art.

This guest post is by Roger Valdez, who served as a volunteer on the Regulatory Reform Roundtable facilitated by the mayor's office.

Welcome to Microsoft Pri0: That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find here from Seattle Times technology reporter Janet I. Tu.

Mikhail Jihad is a convert to and misunderstander of Islam who apparently believes that when he converted to Islam he ceased to be an American, and came to regard American troops as his enemy.

When the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ceased its print publication in 2009, I took solace in the fact that my hometown still had one daily newspaper.

Seattle, whichA had a pretty bad weekend for violence, still doesn't hold a candle to the carnage that unfolded in Chicago, and the Jet City must now realize that their war is not against guns, but against gang bangers and other armed miscreants like the fellow who opened fire over the weekend near the Space Needle.

"Keyhole": Half gangster film, half haunted-house story, "Keyhole" isn't top-tier Guy Maddin .

Children are now permitted at powwows held in Washington state prisons to participate in the religious ceremonies for Native American inmates.

Note to Seattle Times editorial board: The concerns over arena traffic in SoDo, and its potential impact on the port, are real.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 29--Seattle school officials are preparing to ask voters for nearly $11.5 million to put wireless Internet in all of the city's public schools.

A As Seattle winds down from the Memorial Day weekend that brought more gunfire and tragedy to a city that has suddenly taken on the visage of a Milwaukee or Washington, D.C. - two cities of comparable size that have habitually eclipsed the Jet City in their body counts - the city's remaining daily print newspaper says citizens are worried.

Crews are rushing to figure out how to raise a sunken a fishing vessel that's threatening Whidbey Island's famous Penn Cove mussel beds.

Solid science education is the best inoculation against ignorance. The Inoculation Project , founded in 2009 by hyperbolic pants explosion , is a group of Kossacks who gather weekly to combat the anti-science push in conservative America by providing direct funding to science and math projects in red state classrooms.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 27--All the buzz in retail these days is about the explosive growth in e-commerce. Traditional chains such as Costco and Nordstrom have made online business a top priority as Amazon.com reigns supreme.

Jerry Brewer, the Sports columnist for The Seattle Times joins John Canzano on The Bald Faced Truth to talk Kellen Winslow and the Seahawks.

"If you are the mayor of a city, I can pretty much guarantee that you are going to be closely scrutinized by your local newspaper," said Kelly McBride , an expert on media ethics at The Poynter Institute, in response to this morning's claims by Mayor Mike McGinn's wife that he's being bullied by the Seattle Times .