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Arctic Drilling
6:39 am
Fri December 14, 2012

Shell Ready To Try Again With Rebuilt Oil-Spill Dome

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The Garth Foss tug and Shell's Arctic Challenger barge in Bellingham Bay
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White triangles show the path of Shell's Arctic Titan tug as it accompanied the Arctic Challenger to its test site (then returned to Bellingham).
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The path of Shell's Arctic Titan tug, hard at work with the Arctic Challenger at its field-testing location off the tip of Samish Island, Wash.
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The Arctic Challenger's containment dome, crumpled after its September field test in Puget Sound
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Shell contractors at the Bellingham Shipping Terminal repair and upgrade the containment dome in November
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The Arctic Challenger left Puget Sound's Bellingham Bay Wednesday night and arrived at a deep-water anchorage near Anacortes, Wash., Thursday morning. The barge is part of Shell Oil’s fleet of vessels aimed at exploring the Arctic Ocean for oil.

The Arctic Challenger’s oil-spill containment system failed its first field test off Anacortes in September. Since then, Shell has rebuilt a 20-foot oil-containment dome that was “crushed like a beer can” in the first test.

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When Laws Collide
5:34 pm
Thu December 13, 2012

Medical Marijuana Providers Challenge Seattle Licensing In Court

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Medical marijuana providers are challenging Seattle’s licensing rules in court. They say having to obtain business licenses forces them to incriminate themselves under federal law.

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Standardized Testing
5:08 pm
Thu December 13, 2012

Wash. Schools Chief Calls For Fewer High School Exit Exams

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Washington’s chief of K-12 education says the state’s high school students are required to take too many exit exams in order to graduate.

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Land Use
12:26 pm
Thu December 13, 2012

Future Of South Lake Union Up For Debate

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Aerial image from developer Vulcan highlights Seattle's South Lake Union
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The Seattle City Council is debating a plan that would transform a huge swath of the city’s center, and that for the first time would allow developers to build residential high rises just a block from Lake Union.

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HIV Prevention
7:25 am
Thu December 13, 2012

Memorial For U-District Needle Exchange Founder

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A public memorial service is planned Thursday for Bob Quinn. Quinn was a public health maverick. He died last month.

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Washington State Legislature
7:22 am
Thu December 13, 2012

Former Wash. Governor: Speaker Is Not 'Alternate Governor'

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Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 3:39 pm

Washington Speaker of the House Frank Chopp (D-Seattle) will “have to learn” to negotiate. That tough talk comes from former Republican Governor Dan Evans in reaction to the announcement that a philosophical majority of Republicans and two Democrats have formed to take control of the state Senate for the 2013 session.

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