Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local NewsRead local stories from seattlepi.comYoung Guns: Scattershot solutions and six dead teens- August 14, 2008 Second of two parts: In the wake of a bloody first half of 2008, parents, school district officials, police and churches have been increasingly frantic to come up with solutions to gang violence.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/374899_gangkids14.html?source=rss Appeals court rejects Oregon gay rights challenge- August 14, 2008 PORTLAND - A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the Oregon domestic partnership law approved by the Legislature last year.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/375004_gayrights15.html?source=rss Assault charges in patrol car crash- August 14, 2008 A Renton man who was shot by police after ramming a patrol car now faces felony assault charges, prosecutors said Thursday.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/375002_kent15.html?source=rss Crews fighting grass fires along I-5- August 14, 2008 SALEM, Ore. - Fire crews are still working to tamp down grass fires along Interstate 5 that backed up traffic for hours on Wednesday along Oregon's main north-south corridor.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/374980_freewayfire15.html?source=rss Memorial set for California helicopter crash- August 14, 2008 MEDFORD, Ore. - Thousands of people are expected at a public memorial Friday for the nine people who died in a helicopter crash during a wildfire Aug. 5 in Northern California.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/374983_copter15.html?source=rss Boater escapes charges in collision with boy surfer- August 14, 2008 PACIFIC CITY, Ore. - The driver of a dory that severed the left arm of a 14-year-old surfer from Bend last month won't face criminal charges.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/374981_surfer15.html?source=rss Voters will cast ballots in unloved 'top 2' primary- August 14, 2008 The "top two" primary, which makes its debut Tuesday, could be the voting solution that nobody much wants.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/374841_toptwo14.html?source=rss Major parties' unhappiness with blanket primary led to top 2- August 14, 2008 How exactly did Washington state end up with the Top Two primaryhttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/374843_toptwoside14.html?source=rss Updated produce safety guide issued- August 14, 2008 Continuing its efforts to protect infants and children from exposure to pesticides in their food, a coalition of King County hazardous materials specialists have reissued a shopper's guide to safe produce.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/374842_foodhealth14.html?source=rss Foreclosures up 13% from June, 41% from 2007, realty report shows- August 14, 2008 Seattle-area foreclosures continued to rise in July, according to a new report.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/374863_foreclosure14.html?source=rss |