The National Marine Fisheries Service is investigating the deaths of at least four sea lions and a seal that have been found shot on a beach in West Seattle over the past week.

Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, a 281-bed full service acute care hospital, will expand its program agreement with UW Medicine to become an integral part of the UW Medicine health system.

The Home Builder Association is positive about the purchasing power in 2010 after reaping over 430 million Baht from Home Builder Focus 2010.

During a pep rally at a Winnipeg high school, a student recorded two of the school's teachers performing a sexually suggestive dance on the gym's floor, which has been since called "Two Teachers, One Chair".

Hundreds of people will march in Seattle, Spokane and Portland this weekend for the 7th Annual Northwest Run/Walk for Epilepsy. The events will occur on Saturday, June 20 in Seattle at Green Lake Park and in Spokane at Riverfront Park. The followi...

Domino's Pizza® (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, is lining up with the stars -- astrological stars that is. In honor of the launch of its four new sandwiches, and just for fun, Domino's consulted an astrologer to see if ...

With engaged couples becoming more educated about the global impact of weddings on the environment, the movement toward planning sustainable or "green" weddings continues to grow. According to TheWeddingReport.com, there were an estimated 2.2 mill...

Their names lend an air of mystery to an otherwise commonplace subject: stairways. The West Boston Haunted Stair, the West Howe Jurassic and the Comstock Grand Dame are three enticing spots among some 120 staircases noted on the "Map of the (oft) ...

The outdoor climbing wall at Seattle’s Magnuson Park is a refreshing alternative to the typical forearm pumping, crimp and pinch climbing featured at most gyms. Now there’s nothing wrong with trying the same V6 problem a hundred times until your ...

A single-engine plane with oil covering its windshield, while trying to make an emergency landing, hit and killed a man on a South Carolina beach Monday afternoon.

The body of a veteran climber who fell 1,500 feet into the crater atop Mt. St. Helens was recovered Tuesday after he spent the night in the snow, authorities said.

A new Turkish law makes it a criminal offence for a woman to go abroad and get pregnant via artificial insemination.

New York City taxi drivers have been caught out overcharging passengers by $8.3 million in the past two years. The drivers were found to have been setting their meters at double rate and at least 1.8 million rides were wrongly charged.

AC Milan's English midfielder David Beckham suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury on Sunday, as he twisted his left ankle during the final minutes of the match against Chievo.

At an all-company gathering in a Seattle sports stadium last September, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer told participating executives that he grew up in Detroit, where his father worked for Ford Motor Co., and that his family alway...

An Ohio man could face a minimum of 5 years in jail for allegedly tattoing a one-year-old girl, FOX8 News reported.

Michael Jackson's estate has signed a contract, worth up to $250 million, with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, a knowledgeable person said. The deal is the biggest recording deal in history.

Here are some of the Japanese capital's weirdest museums, which are hard to find in your ordinary guidebook.

According to a new study, people who are more true to themselves, have more positive and healthy dating relationships.

This laser-sintered 3D-printed pair of shoes, by Naim Josefi and Souzan Youssouf, was shown during Stockholm Fashion Week earlier this month.

It is made to decorate the bathroom with its beautiful form and fresh colour, while maintaining it´s functionality as a basin plug.

Documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) shows more than two dozen complaints were filed with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) by travelers over the use of full body scanners at U.S. airports during t...

Samsung Heavy Industries is building the world's largest luxury residential ocean liner. The Utopia will be offering some 200 families the option of buying homes aboard, thus making them permanent voyagers. The residences will go on sale in this y...

Israel is launching a pioneering "organ for organ" donation programme: Sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed. The new law is aimed at boosting organ supply in the country.

British scientists from University College London revealed they could differentiate brain activity linked to different memories and thereby identify thought patterns by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

The complaints leveled against Israel by European countries and Australia , regarding the alleged misuse of passports by the Mossad in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, ring hollow and smack of blatant hypocrisy. Whoever did kill Mahmoud al...

The world's shortest man, He Pingping, measuring only 29 inches (74.61 centimetres), has died, a Guinness World Records spokesman said Monday. He was 21.

Prince Philip is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of England and the Duke of Edinburgh. He is quite famous in Britain for making embarrassing, though often funny, remarks. These are his 15 best quips.