BELLEVUE – Amanda Brisendine attributed the 30 pounds she gained in the past year to an abandoned smoking habit and rich food. So when she went to the hospital with sharp stomach pain, she wasn’t expecting to leave with a newborn son.
“I don’t know how I didn’t know. I just didn’t know,” Brisendine said Tuesday from her bed at Overlake Medical Center’s Birthing Center, where she delivered Alexander Joseph Britt by Caesarean section.
Doctors agree her case is not rare.
After an emergency C-section Sunday, Brisendine delivered 7-pound, 5-ounce Alexander.
“We’re in for a really, really big adventure,” Brisendine said.
Policeman justified in shooting attacker
A federal inquest jury has found that a Bellevue police officer had reason to fear for his life and was justified in fatally shooting a man who attacked him.
The six jurors’ findings came Tuesday after two days of testimony that included Officer Joseph Nault describing how Paul K. Moss bit and clawed him, and banged his head against a rockery.
Nault told the panel that he felt he had to shoot Moss or be killed himself in the attack March 28.
Seattle: King County could run Vashon ferry
With the state prepared to end foot-ferry service to Vashon Island, King County may be willing to jump into the breach.
A proposal sent to Gov. Chris Gregoire by King County Executive Ron Sims would have the county take over foot-ferry service between Vashon and downtown Seattle, and possibly add a leg to Southworth on the Kitsap County, or west, side of Puget Sound.
The governor and County Council would have to approve the proposal, which includes several conditions.
Kennewick: Pastor sentenced in death
A former church pastor was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in prison for hitting and killing a 19-year-old bicyclist with his car in 2003.
Randall Foos, 57, the long-time pastor of Lord of Life Lutheran Church, remains free pending an appeal.
Benton County Superior Court jurors convicted Foos of vehicular homicide in August.
His Jeep Grand Cherokee struck Sara Casey as she rode along a road with a friend.
Deputy Prosecutor Terry Bloor presented evidence that Foos had ignored doctors who warned him his eyesight was not good enough for him to drive legally.
Foos, who said he had been briefly blinded by sunlight when the accident occurred, apologized before Superior Court Judge Vic VanderSchoor gave him the minimum sentence.
Tacoma: Mortgage suit gets class-action status
A federal judge has granted class-action status for a lawsuit filed by Washington residents who said they weren’t notified by their lender that they’d paid higher mortgage rates than required.
NovaStar Mortgage of Kansas City, Mo. was sued in December by eight residents who said the company paid mortgage brokers an extra fee to give loans with higher interest rates.
NovaStar notified borrowers of the “yield spread premium” arrangement the day of closing, or not at all, despite federal and state laws requiring such disclosure within three days of a loan application, the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit was brought by Cameron and Patricia Pierce of Enumclaw, Karen Kirby of Olympia, Mary Ray of Tacoma, Gregory and Paula Sherman of Chattaroy, and Michael and Gertrude LePage of Addy.
Associated Press
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