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Check out Arts Olympia show and sale this weekend 02/08

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County debris drop-off sites close later this month 02/08

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State lawmakers get $200M worth of good news 02/10

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2A District IV girls tournament begins tonight; Updated District IV 2A, 1A, 2B, 1B basketball schedules/matchups 02/10

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Timberland Bancorp earns $1.28 million profit in fiscal first quarter 02/10

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NYC sewage plant to offer Valentine's Day tours

NEW YORK — It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.
Hundreds ask Vt. to keep prank pig on police decal

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?
Car theft suspect held after LA roof standoff

LOS ANGELES — A suspect in an auto theft was arrested Thursday after a bizarre five-hour standoff on the rooftops of a Westwood neighborhood.
Necklace flushed down toilet returned months later

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — A California woman has her gold necklace back months after she accidentally flushed it down her toilet.
Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark

KARACHI, Pakistan — Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he bought from a fisherman.
Ex-CA mayor admits stealing mixer to make pizza

LOS ANGELES — The former mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has pleaded guilty to stealing a commercial food mixer from the local school district so he could make dough for his home pizza oven.
Judge: Buy wife flowers, then take her to dinner

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges.
Trooper: Irate driver hit man with sledge hammer

RENTON, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol says an irate driver apparently whacked a man in the shoulder with a small sledge hammer in a road rage dispute.
Alaska man accused of trying to extort gov't

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities in Alaska say a man threatened to teach "crackheads" how to make "electromagnetic distortion devices" unless the state paid him $85,000.
Montana man fined $1K for instigating police chase

BUTTE, Mont. — A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.