Sex offender database bombarded with hits: Millions of residents overloaded a new statewide Internet database that tracks convicted sex offenders, technicians said Friday. The Web site, which was launched Thursday, provides the names, photos and general locations of more than 6,000 sex offenders who have been released from prison. The database is designed to help parents identify potential threats to their children. The Internet site is at http://ml.waspc.org.
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Despondent man rescued from Space Needle observation deck: A reportedly despondent man who crawled out on the Space Needle observation deck Friday was rescued by negotiators and fire crews. The man alternately walked out and sat on the outer ring of the Needle’s observation deck – 520 feet above the ground – for about three hours while police negotiators sat on the inner ring talking to him. He finally agreed to put on a safety harness, and the Seattle Fire Department high-angle rescue team helped him crawl back along a support beam to safety, police said.
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