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Seattle City Council leaders Monday dealt Mayor Mike McGinn an election-year rebuff, saying they would not recommend funding for one of his signature issues - studies of a light-rail crossing of the Ship Canal.

Oregon police have filed charges against the driver who allegedly struck and killed a Seattle man who was dribbling a soccer ball to Brazil.

3:18 PM: Our crew at the scene says a car hit a pole and hydrant on the west side of the road a short distance north of Highland Park Way.

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The statue was recast in bronze in 2007 after vandals tore the spikes off her crown and twisted off her arm .

"Spotlight on Seattle," 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, and "Inter National Series," 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Raisbeck Hall/Cornish College of the Arts, 2015 Boren Ave., Seattle; tickets and info: www.SeattleIDF.org.

Ending a long-running legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a case in which the City of Seattle spent nearly $600,000 to challenge a lawsuit and $1 award to a man who was held at gunpoint by an off-duty police officer.

Next time the Southwest Design Review Board meets, on June 27th, its second round of "Early Design Guidance" for 3210 California SW will be on the agenda .

A doggie door gave a burglar easy access to a home in Ballard. Seattle police say the thief squeezed through the tiny door - then scooped up electronics and jewelry.

Janet Stadt's family runs Flour City Pasta, which for four years has been a staple at the Rochester Public Market, Lori's Natural Foods and other places.

Rio "The Rocket" Valdez, 7, of Seattle reads in the back of his father Frank Valdez Jr.'s 1962 Chevy Impala SuperSport during the Show and Shine car show at Festival Sundiata at the Seattle Center on Father's Day Sunday June 16, 2013.

A Seattle police officer shot an unleashed pit bull twice while responding to a disturbance in Lake City on Sunday.

FINALLY CLOSER TO OPENING? There's a sign the new restaurant planned for the former Bohemian location at 3405 California SW might finally be approaching its opening, almost two years after it was sold .

Taxis can pick up people who flag them from the street or call for service. There are 688 taxi cabs legally operating in Seattle.

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has acknowledged recent discussions with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.

Joe Neverkewitz, owner of Spirit World, a Lake Stevens liquor store, just launched an ambitious reward fund, hoping to find justice for a teenage girl.

Call it a sign of things to come. The curtains never rose for Saturday's midnight showing of the classic Casablanca at the old Masonic temple that has become Capitol Hill's Egyptian Theatre .

Arlington Police say just after 10 a.m., a 16-year-old boy from Victoria BC, described as a "novice rider," was riding with his mother and uncle.

A van crashed in Lester Stocker's Covington yard a few feet from the home where he slept with his infant son.

At first Andy Denzel felt a little thrill of the chase. Like some private eye, he was solving the crime that had been committed against him.