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Business Or Nuisance?
5:00 am
Mon December 17, 2012

Medical Marijuana Providers Want Access To Forbidden Cities

Muraco Kyashna-tocha with cockatoo
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Muraco Kyashna-tocha of Green Buddha Patient Co-op (with cockatoo) obtained a Seattle business license.
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Marijuana legalization in Washington is taking effect against a patchwork of conflicting city laws. Some cities don’t allow marijuana dispensaries. But Seattle began requiring business licenses for them last year. Some medical marijuana providers see benefits to playing by cities’ rules. Others are fighting their restrictions.    

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Laws in Translation
5:13 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

Border Patrol To Stop Acting As Interpreters For Local Police

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When a police officer needs to question someone in Spanish, or any other language, they can no longer use US Border Patrol agents as interpreters. This change in federal policy comes after a group of attorneys and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) in Seattle filed a complaint earlier this year. 

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Helpful Tips
1:05 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

Resources For Parents And Guardians: Discussing Tragedies With Children

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Reminding your child of their safety and providing physical comfort can be helpful in navigating difficult tragedies.
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KUOW has assembled advice from health care professionals and child advocates on how to manage the many emotions that may arise from tragic events, like the explosions at the Boston Marathon.

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Cancer Treatment
1:00 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

Seattle Doctor Takes Cancer Treatment To Developing World

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Mother and son in the children's ward at Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala.
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Many parents can’t bring their children in for repeated chemotherapy treatments – they may live 10 or 12 hours away by bus. The average one-year survival rate is 10 percent.
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The Uganda Cancer Institute doesn’t have high-tech equipment like MRI machines or gamma knives, but intravenous chemotherapy is possible – and in many cases, curative.
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This child has Burkitt's lymphoma, a cancer that is common in Uganda. The cancer makes the jaws and bellies swell grotesquely.
Credit Joanne Silberner
The cancer institute is the only medical facility in Uganda dedicated to treating cancer patients. More than 20,000 patients a year are seen here.
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By Joanne Silberner

Forty-two-year-old Corey Casper is tall, thin, and a bit hollow-eyed from all his responsibilities. He’s a cancer doctor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He performs research and trains young doctors in Seattle and Uganda. And in his own quiet way, he wants to make a difference in the world.

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History
7:03 am
Fri December 14, 2012

UW 150: Downtown Real Estate Helps Fund University

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University Street sign.
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UW's metropolitan tract, circa 1918. This photo looks east along University Street from Third Street. The Cobb Building, tallest in the picture, still exists.
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Olympic Hotel in Downtown Seattle, circa 1929.
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Architectural plans for the metropolitan tract by architectural firm Howells & Albertson in 1924.
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By Feliks Banel

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