08/13/09 EASTSOUND, Wash. (AP) -- Law enforcement officers looking for a man who reportedly told friends he had killed his girlfriend traced him to a boat in Washington's San Juan Islands, but they say he shot himself as they drew near. 08/13/09 Mercer Island finished pool play 4-0 and advanced to the semifinals of the Little League Baseball Northwest Regional tournament with a 12-2 win over Post Falls, Idaho 08/13/09 The Mingo County Sheriff's department tracked down a Gallia County man who skipped out on a drug sentencing hearing. 08/13/09 SPOKANE, Wash. - Police are searching for a landlord accused of stealing at least $15,000 in rent and deposits from tenants of the King's Village and King's View Apartment complexes. The alleged thefts by Wesley Walters and his wife, also accused in the thefts, took place between March and May 2008. Walters' wife has been in touch with the prosecutor's office and the case is supposed to go to ... 08/13/09 A Palm Beach County school police officer at Olympic Heights High school west of Boca Raton pleaded guilty to multiple theft and fraud charges in a scheme involving up to 50 victims, according to the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office. 08/13/09 As charges were filed Thursday against four young men in Saturday night's gang-related drive-by shooting in South Park, King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg released statistics showing a dramatic spike in violent gun crime by juveniles in King County this year. 08/13/09 Linda Lucas to speak on "A Spiritual GPS for Tough Transitions: God, Prayer and a Sense of Humor" 08/13/09 After a 2005 Times series helps lead to his release from prison, he finds a lot has changed in the last 26 years. Twenty-six years, five months and three days after he was arrested on suspicion of murdering his mother, Bruce Lisker walked out of Mule Creek State Prison on Thursday. He wasn't quite a free man, but one no longer confined to a cell. 08/13/09 A young woman from New Britain Township was killed Wednesday when an SUV that appears to have been traveling the wrong way down Route 611 collided with her car in Plumstead, police said. 08/13/09 Police said a Chevy Blazer driven by a 16-year-old was traveling south in the northbound lane when it slammed into a Saturn driven by Cynthia Binge, 20. 08/13/09 When it comes to technology companies, Houston is no Silicon Valley. Not yet, at least. But the world's oil capital is home to scores of hopeful entrepreneurs looking to strike gold with a hot Web site, software or mobile phone technology. Here's one of an occasional set of snapshots of local tech startups. Time will tell whether they catch fire or flame out. 08/13/09 A Gig Harbor police sergeant testified during his perjury trial Wednesday that miscommunications in the field and honest mistakes led him to file what turned out to be inaccurate police reports that were used to help convict two men on drug charges. | 
