Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local NewsRead local stories from seattlepi.comKing County Deaths- (Found July 2, 2008 )http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369023_deaths01.html?source=rss Penguins seen as 'canaries in climate coal mine'- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Penguins have become the "canaries in the global warming coal mine," signaling the effects of climate change on oceans through their rapidly declining population, a UW researcher says.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369042_penguins01.html?source=rss Renton man dies while competing in Ore. triathlon- (Found July 2, 2008 ) A 46-year-old Renton man died Sunday in Oregon while competing in the swimming leg of a triathlon.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369026_triathlon01.html?source=rss Young couple caught skinny-dipping in Portland water reservoir- (Found July 2, 2008 ) PORTLAND, Ore. -- Two twentysomethings were found skinny-dipping in Portland's Mount Tabor Reservoir over the weekend.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/368972_skinnydipping01.html?source=rss Peddling 'Sea to Sea' to raise money for the down and out- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The Sea to Sea 2008 Bike Tour aims to raise $1.5 million to end the cycle of poverty; it left Golden Gardens Monday, heading for New Jersey.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369082_bikeride01.html?source=rss Two Makah whalers sentenced to prison- (Found July 2, 2008 ) A five-man team of rogue whalers from the Makah Tribe was sentenced Monday to a combination of prison time, supervised release and community service.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369019_makah01.html?source=rss Glass museum to commission 'Bacon Boy' sculpture- (Found July 2, 2008 ) HERMISTON, Ore. -- Superman has kryptonite and a man-of-steel physique. Spiderman can cling to walls, scramble up sides of buildings and shoot webs from his wrists. But Bacon Boy -- he fights crime using the power of bacon grease.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/368955_baconboy01.html?source=rss School aide charged with molesting kids- (Found July 2, 2008 ) A Seattle Public Schools instructional aide has been accused of sexually touching two female students during an English language immersion class at Aki Kurose Middle School.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369033_teacher01.html?source=rss Megahomes: Seattle wants to limit sizes- (Found July 2, 2008 ) After years of complaints about suburban-style "megahomes" eating lawns and encroaching on neighbors, Seattle may consider limiting the size of some larger single-family homes.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369085_megahome01.html?source=rss Cities skeptical of county's new jail plans- (Found July 2, 2008 ) King County officials would like to keep providing jail services for the cities, after years of telling cities to pull their inmates out of county lockups by 2012. But the county's change of heart could be too late.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369004_jail01.html?source=rss |