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The leader of Washington state's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is headed to a new job in Washington, D.C. Lynnae Ruttledge has been chosen by the Obama administration to run the federal vocational rehabilitation program.Ruttledge says she wants to improve the federal program like she is credited with doing for Washington's after arriving in Olympia four years ago.
FORT LEWIS
A Fort Lewis soldier who recently returned from Iraq is one of three men accused in a home-invasion robbery in Thurston County. The Thurston County Sheriff's office says all three men were carrying weapons. The robbery was described in court papers as a "hostile takeover" of the residence.Thurston County Sheriff's Lt. Chris Mealy says the men took electronics, including computers and a television, as well as cash and an iPod.
CONCRETE
The state game officer kept his binoculars trained on a tightly clustered group of about 70 elk in a pasture surrounded by several men armed with high-powered bows.The herd would run from one end of the pasture to the other, led by the ranking elk cow. A few of the animals had arrows embedded in their hides and were bleeding but were still upright and running.
OLYMPIA
No winning tickets were sold for the Washington State Lottery's $4.1 million Lotto jackpot or the $100,000 Hit 5 cashpot Monday night, so prizes will increase to $4.3 million in Lotto and $130,000 in Hit 5.There were no winning tickets sold for the $10,000 prize in the Match 4 game.
OLYMPIA
These Washington lotteries were drawn on Monday:
SPOKANE
After enduring their worst defeat in two decades, Gonzaga bounced back to crush neighbor Eastern Washington on Monday.Freshman Elias Harris scored 22 points as Gonzaga pounded the Eagles 94-52, rebounding from a 35-point loss to No. 7 Duke that was their worst margin of defeat since 1990.
SEATTLE
One of two officers shot in an ambush last week by a drunken man in Washington state died Monday after being taken off life support, becoming the sixth police officer to die from gunfire in the state in less than two months.Pierce County sheriff's Deputy Kent Mundell, 44, died with his family at his side shortly after 5 p.m., said sheriff's office spokesman Ed Troyer, tears welling up in his eyes.
RENTON
Three consecutive blowout losses have the Seahawks in as bad a shape as they've been in years.The 48 points scored by the Packers on Sunday were the most Seattle had allowed since 1983. Only a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter kept the Seahawks from their worst margin of defeat in history.
SEATTLE
One of the Pierce County sheriff's officers shot in an ambush by a drunken man has died after being taken off life support, a sheriff's spokesman said Monday evening.Deputy Kent Mundell suffered life-threatening injuries and had been hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle since the shooting a week ago. He died at 5:04 p.m. with his family by his side, Detective Ed Troyer said.
SEATTLE
The head of Seattle's Transportation Department says she's stepping down to start her own consulting company. Grace Crunican was criticized for her handling of Seattle street-clearing efforts during last December's snowstorms.Outgoing Mayor Greg Nickels, who also drew fire for the icy, rutted streets, said in a statement Monday that he considers Crunican "the finest local transportation director in the nation."
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