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Gay Marriage

California's Ban On Gay Marriage Ruled Unconstitutional

By Ellis E. Conklin

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Congress

Reps. Dicks and Hastings Called Out In Earmarks Probe

By Ellis E. Conklin

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State of Washington

State Pays Workers $17 Million to Not Work

By Rick Anderson

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Marijuana

Giving Up on the Medical Marijuana Biz

By Nina Shapiro

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Crime

Seattle Gang Territory Map

By Keegan Hamilton

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Education

More Foreign Students at UW -- At What Price?

By Ellis E. Conklin

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Religion

Jeff Bethke 'Folds' His Jesus Claim Says NY Times

By Rick Anderson

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City of Seattle

City Council Warned About 'Evil Cult'

By Keegan Hamilton

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Pornography

ACLU Suing Wash. Library For (Not) Providing Online Porn

By Ellis E. Conklin

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Gay Marriage

Gay Marriage Opponents: Will Ballot Strategy Misfire?

By Ellis E. Conklin

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Seattle Weekly

Peace, Love, and Handcuffs: The Rainbow Family's Adversarial Relationship With Law Enforcement

By Keegan Hamilton Fri., Feb. 3 2012 at 6:00 AM

Categories: Crime & Punishment, Seattle Weekly

Every Fourth of July, several thousand hippies flock to a different National Forest for the annual Rainbow Family Gathering, and every year several hundred are arrested or cited by local and federal authorities for a variety of (mostly) minor infractions. The 2011 Gathering in southwest Washington wasn't much different, save for the mysterious disappearance and death of 54-year-old Marie Hanson.

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ACLU, Barry "Plunker" Adams, Marie Hanson, Rainbow Family, Rainbow Gathering, Skamania County Sheriff, U.S. Forest Service

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Crime & Punishment

Ondrell Harding Sentenced for Bus Stop Beating, But May Have Gotten Away With Murder

By Keegan Hamilton Mon., Jan. 30 2012 at 7:00 AM

Categories: Crime & Punishment

Last time we checked on Ondrell Harding, the 22-year-old aspiring gangsta rapper was due in court on charges that he pummeled a man at a south Seattle bus stop. Harding eventually pleaded guilty to the assault charge and was sentenced last week, but he has still managed to avoid prosecution for the murder he allegedly committed last June.

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assault, bus stop beating, Ian Goodhew, murder suspect, Ondrell Harding

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Cops & Robbers

Seattle Drug Ring Busted by DEA Used Burner Cell Phones, Talked in Code Like Characters From The Wire

By Keegan Hamilton Fri., Jan. 27 2012 at 6:00 AM

Categories: Cops & Robbers, Crime & Punishment

In one episode of the dearly departed HBO series The Wire, Baltimore police struggle to crack a code that dope dealers are using to do business, causing a detective to wonder, "How complex a code can it be if these knuckleheads are using it?" Now it seems a real life version of that situation unfolded in Seattle as the DEA eavesdropped on the phone conversations of a drug kingpin and his henchmen.

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California Customs, cocaine, DEA, drug bust, heroin, Jose Rodriguez-Rivera, Kent, Lynnwood, meth dealers, Renton, The Wire

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Crime & Punishment

Death Penalty Foes, Backing New Bill, Say Capital Cases Waste Money

By Nina Shapiro Thu., Jan. 26 2012 at 7:00 AM

Categories: Crime & Punishment, Economy

As Ellis Conklin reported yesterday, a new effort to abolish the death penalty is underway in the legislature. The debate over the ultimate punishment has been going on for decades, but it's not just about morality any more. Like so many things, it's also about the economy.

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Crime & Punishment

Mechele Linehan, Ex-Stripper Accused of Alaska Murder, Released by Judge, Returns to Olympia

By Rick Anderson Fri., Jan. 20 2012 at 8:00 AM

Categories: Crime & Punishment

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Sixteen years after she allegedly killed her Alaska fiance, is Mechele Linehan free to resume life as the soccer-mom wife of an Olympia doctor? The saga of the ex-Alaska stripper has been repeatedly told in print and TV reports - how she was convicted and sent to prison for 99 years, then exonerated, only to be re-accused and held again. But this week Linehan was told by an Anchorage judge she could go home again.

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Alaska Murder, Colin Linehan, John Carlin, Kent Leppink, Mechele Linehan, Olympia

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Crime & Punishment

Cops Molesting Teenage Police Cadets Continues; Texas Officer Nabbed Last Week

By Ellis E. Conklin Fri., Jan. 20 2012 at 6:00 AM

Categories: Crime & Punishment

Last November, the Seattle Weekly published an in-depth cover story -- "The Boy Scouts Police Problem" -- about cops molesting dozens of teenage police cadets who had enrolled in the Explorer Program, which is run by the Boy Scouts of America's subsidary Learning for Life. In recent decades, our writer learned, more than 100 police have had sex with Explorers they were entrusted with mentoring.

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Boys Scouts of America, Explorer Program, Killeen, molesting, Texas

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Crime & Punishment

Russell Symes, Michael Holley, Donye Davis: Steroid/Percocet Peddlers Busted Smuggling Pills in Underpants

By Keegan Hamilton Mon., Jan. 16 2012 at 7:00 AM

Categories: Crime & Punishment

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A trio of Tacoma men face federal charges after police caught them with illegal handguns, injectable testosterone, and thousands of Percocet pills, which were allegedly smuggled from Las Vegas via a duct tape underwear pouch

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DEA tactical diversion squad, Donye Davis, drug bust, Michael Holley, oxycodone, percocet Russell Symes, steroids, Tacoma

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Crime & Punishment

Kenneth Bolliger, Loomis Armored Car Worker Accused of Skimming From Seattle ATMs, Claims He 'Lost' $194,000 Bag of Cash

By Keegan Hamilton Fri., Jan. 13 2012 at 8:00 AM

Categories: Crime & Punishment

Did an armored car worker embezzle nearly $200,000 from 23 ATMs across the city as the FBI alleges, or did he absentmindedly leave two sacks brimming with cash on the back bumper of his ride? Perhaps both, according to a recently unsealed federal indictment.

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Armored Cars, ATM skimming, Bank of America, FBI, Kenneth Bollinger, Loomis, US Bank, Wells Fargo

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Crime & Punishment

Richard Poeton, Bookie, Fined $2,500 After State Agent Wagers $125,000 to Catch Him

By Rick Anderson Thu., Jan. 12 2012 at 8:20 AM

Categories: Crime & Punishment

A bookie lives and dies by the odds, and it looks like Richard "Treebark" Poeton has beaten them. An undercover investigator from the state Gambling Commission spent 11 months and at least $125,000 making bets with Poeton, whose Seattle bookmaking operation is estimated to have churned more than $1 million in wagers. But by pleading guilty to professional gambling charges last week, Treebark is set to walk away with a mere $2,500 fine and no jail time.

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Bookmaking, David Mills, Diane Milner, Richard Poeton, State Gambling Commission

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Marijuana

John Muise and Terrell Mizell: Olympia Dispensary Owners Face Charges After Unusual Undercover Bust

By Keegan Hamilton Thu., Jan. 12 2012 at 8:00 AM

Categories: Crime & Punishment, Marijuana

Just how far was the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force willing to go to bust the Olympia Patient Resource Center? According to court documents, a trio of investigators used undercover identities to obtain medical pot prescriptions and gain access to the dispensary. Now the business owners face a barrage of criminal charges, and one attorney claims the cops' questionable tactics crossed the line.

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