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WEEK IN REVIEW
Saturday


Fireworks blamed in Marysville house fire
Sailors for a day: Naval Station Everett opens ...
Edmonds backs off red-light cameras
Friday
Armed man shot by deputies in Arlington
Police ID make of vehicle in fatal hit-and-run
Boeing's 6-month tally: 1 net order
Thursday


One fire rips through $2 million home, another ...
Swine flu claims 2nd victim in Snohomish County
Jetty Island firefight continues; hot weather ...
Wednesday


Fire District 1 negotiates to take over service...
Snohomish County population rising fast since 2...
Honey's owners indicted by feds
Tuesday


Mobile home tenants along Snohomish River told ...
Lincoln to leave Everett in 2013
Put on your sailor's cap and explore Naval Stat...
Monday


Disabled people will be left without a ride
You'll soon have 4,500 reasons to trade in that...
Pay hike deserved, Monroe chief says
Sunday


1,670 local students in county are without homes
Monroe's business gets done in secret
$9 million to be sought for U.S. 2 in federal t...
 

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Mortgage relief slow in coming for strapped homeowners

Deanna Skinner lives in her dream house in east Everett. But when she and her husband divorced last year, they knew they'd have to sell -- and at a time when the real estate market was crumbling. [More]





Credit card companies cut debtors some slack

NEW YORK -- They're the punishing conditions that come with a credit card: interest rates, late fees, monthly minimums. As much as you grumble, there's little you can do. Enter the never-ending recession, and a shift in the rules. [More]





Landlords should read up before they rent out

Question: A while back you had mentioned a new edition of a good book for landlords, but I can't remember the name. [More]





Weed out the bad renters before handing over the family cabin

Howard Craft is one of four adult children who inherited a lakeside cabin from their parents. Every year, the kids gather for a dinner meeting to decide the dates that the individual families will use the popular getaway, assign clean-up chores and... [More]





Energy bill is in unknown territory

No one seems to know precisely how the term "hat trick" came into being, although we're pretty sure that it originated as a cricket term meaning that a bowler (pitcher) hit three wickets. [More]






Associated Press
Filters show up in China

BEIJING -- Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory. [More]





Investors keeping tight grip on cash

NEW YORK -- That old saying "cash is king" certainly rings true these days. Investors can't seem to get enough of it, which ultimately could be bad news for the stock market and the economy. [More]





A little privacy? Facebook to make it easier

NEW YORK -- Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls over the next several weeks in an attempt to simplify its users' ability to control who sees the information they share on the site. [More]





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