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What made Burgess blink?

Four hours before deadline, frontrunner Tim Burgess exited the Seattle mayor's race. Those last days were a frantic effort to retool his faltering campaign. Here's why he concluded that it was too late and too difficult to pull it off.

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Will ferries tilt fares to advantage walk-ons over cars?

With limited car deck space, Washington State Ferries wants to start tilting fares in the favor of walk-on passengers, for whom it has plenty of room, planning director Ray Deardorf told the Transportation Commission on Wednesday.

KITSAP SUN (BREMERTON)

A gene discovered and then preventive surgery

Friends of a Washington state woman couldn’t understand how she could elect to remove both her breasts and her ovaries without ever being diagnosed with cancer. Angelina Jolie's revelation re-starts a conversation.

SPOKANE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

Female soldiers secretly filmed by Sergeant at West Point

Michael McClendon, Sgt. First Class at West Point is facing charges for secretly filming female soldiers, sometimes while they were in the bathroom or shower. The Army is contacting about a dozen women to inform them that they may be victims. 

NEW YORK TIMES

New American Psychiatric manual leaves out autism-spectrum disorders

The new DSM-5 has eliminated three different autism-spectrum disorders, including Aspergers. The DSM-IV diagnosises didn't "reflect reality," Bryan King, director of Seattle Children's Autism Center, told Slate. In some states, children who don't have an autism diagnosis do not have access to state services. 

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What the LA mayor's race says about politics

Voters mostly stayed home, despite the long, well-funded race. The big loser: municipal unions.

LOS ANGELES TIMES
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