GENE JOHNSON

Associated Press
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Correction: Seattle Police story

In a story May 15 about the Seattle Police Department's analysis of reforms proposed by the Justice Department, The Associated Press erroneously repported the police department's average response time to emergency calls. The average response time is just under seven minutes, not just under six minutes.

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Judge tosses child porn count against Steve Powell

A judge dismissed a child pornography charge against Steve Powell, the father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, as his trial began with jury selection Monday.

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Lawyer in Afghan case objects to background check

The lead civilian lawyer for a U.S. soldier accused of massacring 17 Afghan villagers in March doesn't want to undergo a background check.

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'Barefoot Bandit' out of solitary confinement

The youthful thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," who led police on a two-year crime spree in stolen boats, cars and planes, has been moved out of solitary confinement and into the general inmate population at another prison in Washington state, corrections officials confirmed Thursday.

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Glimpse of Wash. bunker: Candy, beans and blood

Peter Keller had put bullets in his wife and his daughter, his cat and his dog. He didn't want to be found.

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Police blow Wash. mountain bunker, find man dead

Peter Keller spent eight years carving his hole in the side of the mountain, camouflaging the rugged underground bunker with ferns and sticks and stocking it with a generator and ammunition boxes sealed in Ziploc bags. Suspected in the deaths of his wife, daughter and pets last weekend, he headed there prepared for the long haul with high-powered rifles, scope and body armor.

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Sheriff: Body found in Wash. mountain bunker

Authorities in Washington state say they've found a body in an elaborate bunker they had surrounded in the Cascade Mountains, and it appears to be that of a man wanted for killing his wife and teenage daughter last weekend.

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Negotiators try to lure Wash. fugitive from bunker

Police who surrounded the rugged underground bunker of a Washington state murder suspect now have negotiators on scene trying to lure its occupant outside.

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Police surround bunker in hunt for Wash. fugitive

Law officers hunting for an armed survivalist suspected of killing his wife and daughter maintained a perimeter early Saturday around an elaborate, underground bunker where he might be hiding in the woods of Washington state.

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Authorities: Bunker of Wash. fugitive surrounded

Authorities on Friday surrounded an elaborate, underground bunker believed to be that of a gun-toting survivalist suspected of killing his wife and daughter nearly a week ago and then holing up in the woods of Washington state.

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'Barefoot Bandit' in solitary at Wash. prison

Colton Harris-Moore, the youthful thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," is being held in solitary confinement at a Washington state prison, a situation his lawyer calls absurd.

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Army denies clemency in Afghan 'thrill kill' case

The Army has denied early release for a soldier who tried to blow the whistle on a plot to kill Afghan civilians in 2010, only to later be convicted in the plot himself.

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Lawyer: Bales won't participate in 'sanity board'

The U.S. soldier charged in the shooting deaths of 17 Afghan villagers last month will not participate in an Army review aimed at determining his mental state, his attorney said Friday.

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Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is expected to be told he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled U.S.-Afghan relations.

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Wife defends soldier accused in Afghan rampage

The wife of a U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians says her husband showed no signs of PTSD before he deployed, and she doesn't feel like she'll ever believe he was involved in the killings.

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Lawyer: Afghanistan suspect was loath to deploy

The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians last weekend had twice been injured during tours in Iraq and was reluctant to leave on his fourth deployment, a Seattle lawyer said Thursday.

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AP source: Afghan shooter was from Stryker brigade

A U.S. soldier suspected of killing at least 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime assault is from a brigade that was the first in the Army to use the Stryker, a nimble eight-wheeled, light infantry vehicle built for a post-Cold War era.

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General: Wash. base deals with PTSD sufficiently

A top military commander speaking at the base of the soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians says the Army is adequately dealing with mental health and other issues related to multiple deployments.

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Afghanistan suspect's base had 2010 killing case

A soldier suspected of massacring 16 Afghan villagers Sunday comes from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, one of the largest military installations in the U.S. — and one that has seen its share of controversies and violence in the past few years.

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Insurance co. asks: Do Powell siblings get money?

A life insurance company has asked a judge to decide whether any of Josh Powell's relatives are entitled to collect on a $1.5 million policy after he killed himself and his two sons in a Washington house fire last month.

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Lawyers seek to suppress search of Powell home

Lawyers for the father-in-law of missing Utah woman Susan Powell are trying to suppress evidence seized from his home last summer.

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Family, students mourns man's death in Iraq school

Jeremiah Small spent six years teaching at a private Christian school in northern Iraq, sharing his love of history, literature and Jesus with the primarily Muslim students in his classes. He didn't worry about his safety, even if his family in Washington state did.

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Dad won't be buried in Wash. near sons he killed

The man who killed his two sons in an explosive house fire in Washington state will not be buried in the same cemetery as the children, his family said Thursday.

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APNewsBreak: Powell had 'incestuous' images

Before Josh Powell was going to try to win back custody of his children last week, Washington state authorities received materials from Utah police that had been discovered on a computer in Powell's home two years ago. Authorities say the images depicted "incestuous" sex and were disconcerting enough that they prompted a psychologist to recommend that Powell undergo an intensive psychosexual evaluation.

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Search resumes at recycling center in Powell case

Volunteers sifted through tons of paper at a recycling center Sunday, hoping to find items that Josh Powell may have dumped before killing himself and his two sons in a house fire last week.

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