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Patty Murray kicks off Senate campaign

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Published June 11, 2010 at 8:25 p.m.

She's running now, and running hard. Patty Murray kicked off her Senate campaign with a huge fundraising luncheon in downtown Seattle today ...

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Expansion news running rampant

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Being June and usually the college football off-season, planned some other stuff for today --- including a couple of meetings and interviews (the latter of which should yield some interesting copy down the road.) ... Those activities also included attending the grand opening of the grand opening of the Husky Central store today in downtown Seattle ... I went during the time Steve Sarkisian was being interviewed on KJR-AM, and while he was on the air came the announcement of Boise State to the

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Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik dealing with regime's first full-blown crisis

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Published June 11, 2010 at 1:46 p.m.

Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik joins the team today in San Diego, and not a moment too soon ... Zduriencik is dealing with the first full-blown crisis of his 20 months at the helm. His team has been blown out in six of the last seven games, including three straight defeats by scores of 12-3, 12-2 and 7-1. There are questions about how much control his manager, Don Wakamatsu, has over the clubhouse in the wake of the controversial way that the final weeks of Ken Griffey Jr.'s career played out

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Friday morning news and notes

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Published June 11, 2010 at 1:01 p.m.

Today doesn't figure to be quite as eventful as Thursday --- how could it? Still, lots on tap, so here's a quick breakdown: ... --- As Orangebloods.com details well, Nebraska is expected to announce today that it is joining the Big Ten. Once that happens, it could open the door for Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to immediately join the Pac-10. However, that could also take through the weekend. As Orangebloods notes, the real drama is with Texas A&M, said to still be flirting with

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GSA leases Seattle office space

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Published June 11, 2010 at 12:46 p.m.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has signed a lease for 172,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle, according to CoStar Group, a commercial real estate information company ...

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Two stuck kids pulled from a Maple Valley culvert

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Published June 11, 2010 at 9:56 a.m.

King County dispatchers say a 10-year-old girl has been rescued after being stuck in a culvert in Hobart near Highway 18 ...

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Cheap sports shuttles strike out with judge

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Published June 10, 2010 at 6:57 p.m.

A federal court judge says special shuttle service operated by King County Metro for the Mariners is unconstitutional. The transit agency runs routes costing $5 each way ...

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Ruling may nix Metro Mariners shuttles

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Published June 10, 2010 at 6:28 p.m.

A federal judge has ruled that a federal provision allowing King County Metro to supply charter bus service to Seattle Mariners and Seattle Sounders FC games is unconstitutional because it drains business from private bus companies ...

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Bellevue massage therapist charged with child molestation

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Published June 10, 2010 at 5:09 p.m.

King County prosecutors have charged a Bellevue massage therapist, who moonlighted as a driver's education instructor on Mercer Island, with two counts of first-degree child molestation ...

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