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For decades before Interstate 5, Aurora Avenue was the main highway in Seattle – and it’s still a state Route. The area outside North 85th Street was outside the city limits until 1954 and the road seemed a natural place for several motels and roadside attractions. As some of those have declined they became known for prostitution, and that’s been a problem on Aurora for decades.

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Prosecutors allege the deaths were the result of a planned honour killing, staged to look like a car crash after Zainab allegedly took the car without permission.
Prosecutors claim Shafia planned the murders to cleanse the shame he felt from the conduct of his daughters, who were wearing revealing clothes and secretly dating men. Zainab had a failed marriage to a young man who was not approved by the family. The trial also heard that Rona Mohammad wanted a divorce from Shafia and was supportive of the daughters who were dating.
Jurors heard secret police recordings made after the deaths in which Shafia curses his dead children, calling them “whores,” “prostitutes,” and “filthy, rotten children” who were “treacherous” and who betrayed him. In one wiretap, he says: “May the devil sh– on their graves.”

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ASSAULT: A man, suffering from mild mental retardation and depression, got angry and assaulted his caregiver.
BANK ROBBERY: A white male, approximately 55 years old, entered the Opus Bank, on Aurora Ave. N., and handed a note to the teller, demanding money and stating that he had a gun.
FRAUD: An ad, for a rental home, turned out to be a scam, attempting to lure victims into paying a deposit for a home that was being rented by an unrelated realtor.
ROBBERY: An exchange student was followed after getting off the 347 Metro bus and robbed.
JAN 11
FAMILY DISTURBANCE: An adult woman and her father were involved in a physical altercation after a verbal dispute among family members.
CRIMINAL WARRANT: Someone was arrested, near the Rodeway Inn on Aurora Ave. N., with two misdemeanor warrants for prostitution and assault.

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It was no match for previous years’ karaoke-filled, out-of-town, multiday excursions, but this year’s council retreat—held last week at Seattle Center—was a marked departure from the previous several years’ staid, over-facilitated affairs, featuring kazoos, bad jokes about Tim Tebow, fake dating profiles, gold elephants,, and a larger-than-life-size (and presumably Photoshopped) cutout of a shirtless, shorts-clad Bruce Harrell.
This year, instead of presenting their own accomplishments and plans for the coming year, council members and staff did presentations for each other. Some high(low?)lights:
• Jean Godden, noting that she is “the only single councilperson,” trotted out a fake OKCupid! profile for the council’s central staff, which touted staffers’ “focus on your analytical needs and desires,” their “interests, [which include] purchasing and payroll,” and their search for someone who “can talk long into the night about plastic bags, strip clubs, and rezones”;

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Roger Anderson, resplendent in a white jumpsuit, was next with “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling.” Roger is one of those Elvi who not only looks like the King, he sounds uncannily like him as well. Scott Coon, who embellished his jumpsuit with a Stars and Stripe scarf, also turned in a great sounding “It’s Now Or Never.” Mike Weber, billing himself as “Blue Calcutta,” had a purple jumpsuit, and was in good voice for “The Wonder of You.”
Clay Volt, aka Clay and the Clayettes, in a natty black suit, gave an energetic rendition of “I Got A Woman,” seguing into “Amen,” as Elvis did in concert. Kevin Fitzpatrick, also in purple, delivered a smooth “Can’t Help Falling In Love.” Chris Matthews was the comedy highlight, as “Elvis Scissorhands,” trying to woo a sweetie in “Little Sister,” handing her a Big Hunk candy bar; the little sister also did a bit of a strip tease and ended up leading this poor Elvi off stage by his scarf.

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Eight indicted in Federal Way Asian sex trafficking scheme
by KING 5 News
KTVB.COM
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:15 PM
SEATTLE – The owner of a Korean nightclub in Federal Way and seven others have been indicted for allegedly operating an interstate prostitution scheme involving Asian women, then trying to bribe police to keep the operation safe.
The U.S. Attorney’s office has charged The Blue Moon owner Chang Young Kim, 58, of Milton, his wife Yeun Jeong Mun, 35, and six other current or former employees of conspiracy to commit money laundering, visa fraud, harboring illegal aliens and transportation in furtherance of prostitution.
Kim also faces five counts of bribery after allegedly paying $15,000 to an undercover officer in the case. In exchange, prosecutors say he wanted advance notice of any police inspections at the club and cooperation from immigration authorities to allow the undocumented Korean women to enter the country.
“The organizers of this criminal scheme exploited vulnerable young women to satisfy their greed,” said U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. “They also sought to protect their business by offering bribes to law enforcement.”

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And mosque or no, parking is impossible around here. The number of businesses has grown, and so has the population. But the number of parking spaces just hasn’t kept up.
There used to be one business in the building Mohammed works in; now there are six. Linda ended up putting out a row of big cement blocks to separate her lot from the one next door.
But now the lot is always empty. Just a few days after we talked, Linda closed Trudy’s Tavern for good. Taco Time bought the land. They’ll be putting in a new restaurant — and a little more parking.
Little Mogadishu is full of contrasts: A ramshackle Somali computer repair shop is right next to a Deja Vu strip club. Or take the Abu Bakr Mosque. It’s in a building that used to be a casino.

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This is CNN-76, a.k.a. the Ronald Reagan. It is a true multi-role ship. Today, it hauls cars, to keep them off I-5.
The ship costs new anywhere between $4.3 billion and  $6 billion (accounts differ, assume the $4.3 b are for the stripper version). Total cost of ownership is $32 billion over the carrier’s assumed service life of 50 years, or $1.75 million for the day.
The crew sets you back another $1.40 million a day, for a total daily rate of $3.15 million.
The ship traveled from its home port in San Diego up the West Coast, to 120 Dewey Street, Bremerton, WA 98314-6012, better known as the Kitsap-Bremerton Naval Base. The Ronnie will stay there for a one year maintenance and upgrade (or make that “scheduled dock-planned incremental availability maintenance”) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. The crew is coming along.

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Hee Jay Cho, 40, is accused of helping recruit Korean women to work as prostitutes in a nightclub near Seattle.

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A federal grand jury has indicted eight people suspected of operating a human-trafficking ring for interstate prostitution from a Korean nightclub in Federal Way.

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