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Seattle nightclub arsonist sentenced to 10 years in federal prison

SEATTLE -- A man who set fire to a crowded Seattle nightclub on New Year's Eve has been sentenced to 10 years in prison — twice what prosecutors asked. No one was injured when 31-year-old Musab…

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Suspect in ‘execution-style’ murders of two Seattle gay men captured in N.J.

SEATTLE -- The suspect in the murder of two gay men in Seattle last month has been arrested in New Jersey, according to Seattle police. Ali Muhammad Brown, 29, was taken into custody in West Orange,…

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Suspect in ‘execution-style’ murders of two Seattle gay men may be in N.J.

SEATTLE — Prosecutors in King County, Wash., have filed aggravated murder charges against a transient accused of the June 1 execution-style shooting deaths of two young Seattle men shortly after they left a gay nightclub. Seattle…

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George Takei beams at front of Seattle pride, Macklemore surprises crowd

SEATTLE — Thousands of people gathered in downtown Seattle on Sunday for the city's 40th annual Pride Parade. This year's theme — "Generations of Pride"— honors civil rights battles in the city that elected its first…

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Starbucks celebrates LGBT pride with huge rainbow flag atop Seattle HQ

SEATTLE -- Starbucks celebrated the opening of LGBT Pride week in Seattle on Monday by hoisting an 800 square foot rainbow pride flag over its Seattle headquarters. "A gesture as simple as flying a flag might…

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One man in custody, another on the run in Seattle homicide of two gay men

SEATTLE -- One man is in custody and another suspect is on the run in last weekend's double homicide of two gay men in Seattle's Central District. Dwone Anderson-Young, 23, and Ahmed Said, 27, were fatally…

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Judge allows gay administrator’s lawsuit against Catholic school to go forward

SEATTLE -- A lawsuit against a Washington state Catholic high school that fired an openly gay administrator after he married his same-sex partner can move forward, a judge has ruled.

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Twin brothers’ Eagle Scout awards overshadowed by anti-gay policy

SEATTLE - Twin brothers Liam and August Easton-Calabria are alike in many ways, having been Boy Scouts since they were 11 years old. In fact, the pair is identical right down to their twenty-two merit…

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Suspect in Seattle gay bar fire pleads guilty to federal arson charge

SEATTLE — A man who set fire to a crowded Seattle nightclub just after midnight on New Year's Eve has pleaded guilty to a federal arson charge.

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Arson suspect in Seattle gay bar fire may have been provoked by sex ‘slave’ email

SEATTLE — The man accused of a setting fire to a gay nightclub on New Year's Eve may have been provoked by an email he received from someone offering to be his sex "slave."

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