Tacoma

Over One Thousand Mourn Powell Boys

AP | By RACHEL LA CORTE | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Chuck Cox, Crime, Steve Powell, Kirk Graves, Josh Powell, Tacoma, Video, Braden Powell, Charlie Powell, Powell Family, Susan Powell, Powell, Kristie King, Life Center Church, Dean Curry, Crime News

TACOMA, Wash. -- More than a thousand people mourned the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell at a public funeral Saturday, nearly a week after the you...

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Roasting by an Open Fire: Eco-Friendly or Health Threat?

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Tacoma, Biofuel, Air Quality, Puget Sound, Pollution, New York City, Wood Stoves, Cookstoves, Epa, Seattle, Pacific Northwest, United Nations Global Alliance, Particulate Pollution, Indoor Smoke, Fireplace, Lewa, Yule Logs, Green News
Carol Pierson Holding

Some of our local experts see wood as a future fuel, a serious source of biomass energy. But the realities and science of air quality could cause us to question some of our long held assumptions about the wholesomeness of a fire.

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David Lohr

DNA Evidence Fails To Link Missing Girl To Notorious Serial Killer Ted Bundy

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Video, Serial Killer, Tacoma, Ted Bundy Dna, Ted Bundy Ann Marie Burr, Crime, Crime News, Washington, Ann Marie Burr, Missing Persons, Ted Bundy Victims, Ted Bundy, Crime News

Hopes for closure for the relatives of missing Ann Marie Burr were dashed Tuesday, when authorities said there was not enough amplifiable DNA to link ...

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28,000 Washington Students Stay Home As Teachers Strike

AP | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Tacoma Teachers, Tacoma, Teachers Strike, Art Jarvis, Washington Schools, Tacoma School District, Tacoma Washington Schools, Tacoma Schools, Washington Teachers, Teachers, Tacoma Teachers Strike, Tacoma Washington, Education News

TACOMA, Wash. — Thousands of students in Washington state's third-largest school district will be spending a second day out of class as school o...

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Man Asks Neighbor If He Can Leave A Body In The Trash

Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Murder, Tacoma, Video, Body in Garbage, Neighbor Puts Body in Trash, Body in Dumpster, Dumb Criminals, Neighbor Puts Body in Garbage, Neighbors, Washington Crime, Crime News

It's hard to turn down a neighbor who asks to borrow some sugar, but when the person next door wants help covering up a crime, it's time to install a ...

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WATCH: Woman Claims To Be Niece Of 70s Skyjacker D.B. Cooper, Throwing Light On Unsolved Mystery

ABC/Huffington Post | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Tacoma, Tsa, Most Wanted, Fbi, Hijacking, Washington State, Boeing 727, Parachute, Good Morning America, D.B. Cooper, Video, Crime News

On Nov. 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient flight from Portland, Ore. to Seattle, Wash., collected $200,000 in ran...

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Watch: Ted Bundy's DNA To Be Added To National Database

AP | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Dna, Video, Serial Killer, Tacoma, Ted Bundy Dna, Crime, Crime News, Cold Case, Florida, Killings, Police Investigation, DNA Analysis, Ted Bundy, Crime News

MIAMI -- A vial of Ted Bundy's blood has been found in Florida and investigators will use the newly discovered evidence to try to solve cases that wen...

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WATCH: Tacoma Mall Shooter's Wife: He's Still 'The One'

ABC | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Marriage, Video, Tacoma, Quynh Maldonado, Domonick Maldonado, Prison Break, Washington State, Jailbreak, Tacoma Mall Shooter, Washington Crime, Clallam Bay Corrections Center, Escape, Crime News

The young wife of the Washington man who shot and wounded seven in a Tacoma mall in 2005 and orchestrated a deadly failed prison break in June told AB...

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Two Grandmothers, Two Priests and a Nun go to Prison for Peace

Bill Quigley | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Tacoma, Nuclear Weapons, Protest, Anne Montgomery, Trident-Missile, Steve Kelly, Bill Bischel, Lynne Greenwald, Susan Crane, Politics News
Bill Quigley

Today, two grandmothers, two priests and a nun were sentenced in federal court in Tacoma, WA, for confronting hundreds of U.S. nuclear weapons stockpiled for use by the deadly Trident submarines.

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'Bad Luck Bandit' ARRESTED After Running Out Of Gas

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WENATCHEE, Wash. — Don't call him Lucky. Wenatchee police say they arrested a 47-year-old Tacoma man for investigation of first-degree theft aft...

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Jed Waits, Infatuated Man, Kills Teacher Outside School In Tacoma, Washington

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pierce County, Birney Elementary, Stalker, Crime, School Violence, Teacher, Stalking, Special Ed, Gun Laws, Tacoma, Washington State, Special Education, Special Ed Teacher, Jennifer Paulson, Washington, Jed Waits, Special Education Teacher, Birney Elementary School, Home News

TACOMA, Wash. — A man apparently infatuated with a special education teacher he knew from college shot and killed her as she walked into her ele...

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Lakewood Officer Memorial Draws 20,000 (VIDEO)

AP | RACHEL LA CORTE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Officer Shooting, Tacoma, Greg Richards, Tina Griswold, Washington, Lakewood Officers, Maurice Clemmons, Mark Renninger, Shooting, Ronald Owens, Video, Home News

TACOMA, Wash. — About 20,000 mourners, mostly members of law enforcement from Washington state and across the country, honored four slain office...

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4 Cops Shot At Forza Coffee Shop In Parkland, Washington

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Pierce County, Huckabee, Gregoire, Crime, Washington Police Officers Shot, Lakewood, Washington State, Police Offers Shot, Tacoma, Mike Huckabee, Parkland, Mcchord Air Force Base, Fox News, Criminals, Seattle, Forza Coffee, Cops, Politics News

A man with an extensive criminal past -- whose 95-year prison sentence was commuted in Arkansas nearly a decade ago by then-Gov. Mike Huckabee-- was b...

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Biggest-ever Toyota Recall Announced; 3.8 Million Cars and Trucks

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Camry, Scion, Tsb, Toyota, Lexus es350, Lexus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cars, Toyota Recall, Lexus IS350, Toyota Avalon, Tacoma, Toyota Tundra, Toyota Prius, Nhtsa, Lexus IS250, Technical Service Bulletin, Business News
Steve Parker

Toyota's floor mat recall is a bit unusual because owners are being asked to "make the fix" right away and on their own; this tell us the government considers the problem an immediate and important safety risk.

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The Giving Garden

Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Helping the Needy, Children, Sustainable Food, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Community, Obama Service, Mlk, Mlk Day Service Day, Call to Service, Obama Call to Service, Giving Back to the Community, University of Washington Tacoma, Obama Canvassing, Farms, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Vegetables, Financial Crisis, Community Organizing, Poor, Gardening, Teaching, Learning, Volunteering for Obama, Farming, Community Service, Low-Income, Economic Crisis, War, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Washington State, Barack Obama, MLK Day of Service, Harvesting, Helping the Poor, Tacoma, Organic Food, Martin Luther King, Fruit, Homelessness, Environment, Food, Sustainability, Mlk Day Community Service, Japanese, Donations, Gardens, Canvassing, Healthy Living News
Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada

Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!

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Where Have All The Lost Guns Gone?

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Tacoma, Sanford Abrams, Firearms and Explosives, 60 Thousand Gun Shops in America, Valley Gun Shop, Terrorism, Washington, Maryland, Unregistered Guns, Gun Control, Missing Guns, Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, John Muhammad, ATF Inspections, 30 Thousand Missing Guns in America Every Year, DC Snipers, Guns, Nra, Gun Shop Owners, Bureau of Alcohol, Lost Guns, National Rifle Association, Tobacco, Right to Bear Arms, NRA Spokesman Andrew Arulanandam, 30 Thousand Missing Guns, 82 Missing Guns Every Day, Parkville, Home News
Diane Dimond

Earlier this month the ATF quietly revealed that the owners admitted a substantial part of their inventory was either "missing, lost or stolen." After adding it all up the ATF concluded that, collectively, those registered gun dealers "lost" 82 firearms every single day!

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