Gene Johnson

June 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By Gene Johnson

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September 17, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The Algerian terrorist arrested on the eve of the new millennium in a rental car packed with explosives is scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge for the third time next month.

By Gene Johnson

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April 17, 2002 | Law.com

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the Seattle School District's policy of using race as a tiebreaker in high school admissions is illegal. In Seattle, students may pick which high schools they would like to attend, and the district uses tiebreakers if too many students pick the same school. The 9th Circuit reversed a lower court decision that said the policy was legal because it applied to all races.

By Gene Johnson

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February 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By GENE JOHNSON

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April 03, 2007 | Daily Report Online

SEATTLE AP The city's insurance company has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims from about 175 people who were wrongly arrested during a peaceful World Trade Organization protest in 1999.The case went to trial in January, and a federal jury found Seattle liable for violating the protesters' constitutional rights by arresting them without probable cause.

By Gene Johnson

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December 06, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Gene Johnson

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May 07, 2009 | Daily Report Online

SEATTLE AP - The Justice Department is dropping its attempt to retry the first commissioned officer to be court-martialed for refusing to go to Iraq.Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada contended that the war is illegal and that he would be a party to war crimes if he served in Iraq. His first court-martial ended in a mistrial in February 2007.

By GENE JOHNSON

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June 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

SEATTLE AP - SuperSonics owner Clay Bennett testified Wednesday that he made mistakes in dealing with the city of Seattle after he bought the team in 2006."We bought this team with grand visions for success," he said. "Did we do everything right, and did we understand everything there was to understand Certainly not.

By GREGG BELL and GENE JOHNSON

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October 21, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By GENE JOHNSON

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September 25, 2007 | Daily Report Online

SEATTLE AP - Seattle city officials filed a lawsuit Monday to keep the SuperSonics from leaving town.The lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court was a counter move to a Sonics' attempt to be released from their lease on KeyArena.According to the complaint, "The Sonics promised to 'play all home games .

By Gene Johnson

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