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His idea was crazy, but his support and the outpouring of grief after Richard Swanson's death last Tuesday is far from insane.

Who needs abstract art when you can buy a rocket instead? Billionaire Paul Allen pocketed more than $43 million selling a painting earlier this week, and now we know what he did with some of the money.

King County search and rescue crews were headed to Mount Si on Sunday afternoon to help an injured hiker.

Seattle Police are investigating a hit-and-run fatality collision that occurred at 12th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street early Sunday morning.

The Olympian reports the woman was seeking payment for medical expenses, plus pain, inconvenience, emotional stress, scaring and other general damages.

The street had been scheduled to stay closed until 5 a.m. Monday morning but it reopened at 8 a.m. Sunday because crews quickly completed prep work for the west phase of Mercer corridor project.

A leading music school in Washington State, The Academy of Music Northwest provides different levels of rigorous college-prep music classes and extensive performance opportunities for talented young musicians between the ages of 4 -18. Day and night our luxury service connects all of Bellevue, Seattle, and Tacoma.

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

Click that map for a larger version, showing the plan along Alki for this morning's West Seattle 5K , followed by the Summer Streets festival .

Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown. Oxbow led from start to finish.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists who are forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong.

Got your ticket? Tonight's Powerball lottery drawing for $600 million is the largest-ever Powerball jackpot and the second-largest world jackpot of all time.

SPD Blotter reports the arrests are in connection with a shooting earlier today in South Seattle.

News about Seattle City Hall, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Seattle and King County government and more Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess, a front-rank candidate for Seattle mayor, on Friday took his name out of the race less than four hours before the deadline for filing.

There's something freewheeling and fancy-free about the music of Pokey LaFarge-the sort of feel-good Americana you can't help but warm to.

Police in the Tacoma suburb of Lakewood, Wash., say a 47-year-old man is in critical condition after he was punched during a poolroom dispute and hit his head on the floor as he fell.

The author of "NOS4A2" will appear at 4 p.m. Saturday, University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle; free .

After a search in rural Oregon failed to yield any trace of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, authorities say they may close the investigation.

Driving around Seattle this weekend will be trickier than normal. The Seattle Department Of Transportation plans to close parts of Aurora and Mercer Street around South Lake Union as part of the effort to convert Mercer into a two-way street.

Unico Properties bought this building on Seattle's waterfront this week for $32.5 million.