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President Obama comments on Seahawks-Packers saga, ‘got to get our refs back’

By BEN FELLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON — The embarrassing NFL referee saga and the disputed call that gave Seattle a victory over Green… Continue reading

UPDATED — Strange bedfellows after disputed call in Seahawks game: Union-busting governor calls for return of locked-out union refs

By SCOTT BAUER The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Nothing brings political enemies together in Wisconsin like the Green Bay Packers. Following a controversial game-ending… Continue reading

UPDATED — Vegas books: $300 million-plus changed hands with NFL call in Seahawks game

By KEN RITTER and OSKAR GARCIA The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas oddsmakers say $300 million or more changed hands worldwide on a… Continue reading

Referees signal different calls after Monday night's game-ending play. It was finally ruled a touchdown

3rd UPDATE — NFL upholds Seahawks’ disputed win over Packers — but admits it was a bad call

By RACHEL COHEN The Associated Press NEW YORK — The NFL conceded Tuesday that a bad call cost the Green Bay Packers the game while… Continue reading

Referees signal different calls after Monday night's game-ending play. It was finally ruled a touchdown

NFL: Seahawks beat Packers on controversial final play

The Associated Press SEATTLE — In a bizarre ending that capped a tough weekend for replacement officials, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Green Bay Packers… Continue reading

In a performance earlier this year

Watch stunt motorcycle rider Bill Dixon this afternoon in Port Angeles

EDITOR'S NOTE: Updating our previous story, below, stunt motorcyclist Bill Dixon will be performing at Port Angeles Power Equipment, 2624 E. U.S. Highway 101 in… Continue reading

In a performance earlier this year
Ahmed Ressam is shown in Port Angeles shortly after his arrest in 1999.  -- Department of Homeland Security photo

Resentencing for terrorist caught in Port Angeles likely to be more than 30 years

By Gene Johnson The Associated Press SEATTLE — Ahmed Ressam, the al-Qaida-trained terrorist arrested in Port Angeles in 1999 after driving a rental car packed… Continue reading

Ahmed Ressam is shown in Port Angeles shortly after his arrest in 1999.  -- Department of Homeland Security photo

Terrorist captured in Port Angeles in 1999 to be sentenced 3rd time for millennium plot

The Associated Press and Peninsula Daily News SEATTLE — The Algerian terrorist arrested in Port Angeles the month before the new millennium in a rental… Continue reading

High school football results

PDN and The Associated Press Aberdeen 28, Centralia 21 Almira/Coulee-Hartline 52, Entiat 20 Arlington 60, Stanwood 0 Asotin 6, Dayton 0 Auburn 45, Kentridge 0… Continue reading

The bright pink area designates the "red flag warning" for the Olympics' eastern flank and foothills above Sequim and Port Angeles. National Weather Service

Updated: High fire danger for Olympics facing Hood Canal

The National Weather Service has updated this "red flag warning" for high fire conditions in the Olympic Mountains on the east side of the Olympic… Continue reading

The bright pink area designates the "red flag warning" for the Olympics' eastern flank and foothills above Sequim and Port Angeles. National Weather Service
The bright pink area designates the "red flag warning" for the Olympics' eastern flank and foothills above Sequim and Port Angeles. National Weather Service

High fire danger for Olympics facing Hood Canal

The National Weather Service has issued this "red flag warning" for high fire conditions in the Olympic Mountains on the east side of the Olympic… Continue reading

The bright pink area designates the "red flag warning" for the Olympics' eastern flank and foothills above Sequim and Port Angeles. National Weather Service
This 2007 file photo shows Amanda Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead. The Associated Press

Ex-boyfriend lifts the lid on romance with Amanda Knox and their ‘odd behavior’ as he insists they didn’t kill British student

By GENE JOHNSON The Associated Press SEATTLE — Raffaele Sollecito, whose budding love affair with American exchange student Amanda Knox helped land him in an… Continue reading

This 2007 file photo shows Amanda Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead. The Associated Press
Eileen Schmitz

‘Everything But Food’ Drive to begin today

PORT ANGELES — The Jace Memorial Everything But Food Drive begins today, with non-food items — such as shampoo, soap, baby supplies, paper towels and… Continue reading

Eileen Schmitz
Don Bedinger of Carlsborg serves up some of his winning chili to Nancy Slowey of Port Angeles on Saturday. Dave Logan

Winner crowned at annual chili cookoff

The Hungry Bear Cafe on U.S. Highway 101 near Beaver was the site Saturday of the 11th annual Bear Creek Potluck and Chili Cookoff. Of… Continue reading

Don Bedinger of Carlsborg serves up some of his winning chili to Nancy Slowey of Port Angeles on Saturday. Dave Logan
Cort Armstrong (center) and the Blue Rooster band at last Wednesday (Sept. 5

Port Angeles Concert on the Pier closes season with Cort Armstrong and the Blue Rooster

By The Associated Press THE LAST PORT Angeles Concert on the Pier for the summer featured as our season finale Cort Armstrong and the Blue… Continue reading

Cort Armstrong (center) and the Blue Rooster band at last Wednesday (Sept. 5

Two bodies recovered from Mount Rainier glacier

The Associated Press via Peninsula Daily News SEATTLE — Park rangers returned to a glacier on Mount Rainier on Saturday to search for a fourth… Continue reading

High school football scores

PDN and The Associated Press Archbishop Murphy 40, University City, Calif. 26 Auburn 42, Mount Rainier 13 Bainbridge 43, Kingston 6 Battle Ground 41, Prairie… Continue reading

Author of Lake Crescent murder mystery signs books on Saturday

Author of Lake Crescent murder mystery signs books on Saturday

By Peninsula Daily News sources LAKE CRESCENT — Sixty years ago a sensational murder trial captivated North Olympic Peninsula residents. The trial began Feb. 24,… Continue reading

Author of Lake Crescent murder mystery signs books on Saturday
Michael Clarke Duncan

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54

By Steve Loeper The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance… Continue reading

Michael Clarke Duncan

Advocates relaunch efforts to get illegal immigrants college aid

By MANUEL VALDES The Associated Press SEATTLE — With the federal government giving young illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children a chance to… Continue reading