Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP

Cancer survival handbook aims at Alaska Natives
The best defensive weapon of choice for Alaska Native cancer survivors is a return to traditional subsistence food. (Updated 2:41 p.m. PT)

Trolling for 'the very best salmon in the world
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- The coho salmon that Jeremy Brown cradles in his hands looks as though he just pulled it from the heaving North Pacific waters where he makes his living as a troll fisherman. (Updated 2:37 p.m. PT)

Historic Ohme Gardens asks for support
WENATCHEE, Wash. -- Over the last 80 years, Ohme Gardens has blossomed from a small family retreat to a nationally acclaimed public park with awe-inspiring landscaping and views of the Wenatchee Valley and Cascade Mountains. (Updated 2:36 p.m. PT)

Fast-food workers helping ID dangerous drivers
SPOKANE, Wash. -- A carload of guys on the hunt for a late-night food fix cruised into a drive-through, placed a huge order and nursed Coronas as they waited. (Updated 2:35 p.m. PT)

Saturday is 150th anniversary of Battle of Steptoe
ROSALIA, Wash. -- The situation was desperate for Lt. Col. Edward Steptoe and his men, down to their last few rounds of ammunition after a day of fighting Indian warriors from numerous tribes. (Updated 2:34 p.m. PT)

Farmers hit hardest by December floods return to markets
CURTIS, Wash. -- Flats of broccoli, cabbage and onions are ready for planting at Boistfort Valley Farm, where just five months ago, much of Mike Peroni's farm was buried under a foot of mud. (Updated 2:29 p.m. PT)

Film directors blast Canadian film tax bill
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Film director Uwe Boll says he left his native Germany for Canada to escape the kind of censorship he accuses Canada's government of proposing in a film tax bill. (Updated 2:16 p.m. PT)

Billings track standout to compete for Western Washington
BILLINGS, Mont. -- A Montana high school track and field standout plans to complete for Western Washington University. (Updated 12:41 p.m. PT)

Ex-teacher may avoid prison in Grand Coulee Dam child rape
OKANOGAN, Wash. -- A former Grand Coulee Dam Middle School teacher and reserve police officer who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old student has been spared a prison term - at least for now. (Updated 11:05 a.m. PT)

Inmates damage Spokane County jail ceiling, light fixtures
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Spokane County jail officials have reported a three-hour disturbance overnight. (Updated 10:24 a.m. PT)

Additional headlines:
- Man found dead in truck in Deer Park, two arrested

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2008
- Giles collects 4 hits as Padres beat Seattle
- Winning lottery numbers chosen
- Weather Service serves up hot forecast for Washington
- Drew Carey says fans will count in new MLS club
- Calif. woman gets community service for airline assault
- Dead since 1940, Borah figures in 2008 presidential furor
- Judge will consider new trial in animal cruelty case
- Two charged in shooting on Interstate 90
- On to next step: revising the way Washington teaches science
- Pierce County to get $2.5 M for 2015 US Open at Chambers Bay
- Nintendo's latest game wants you off the couch
- Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit
- Spokane contemplates police ombudsman
- Minor flooding possible in King, Pierce, Lewis counties
- Moses Lake couple hit with $250 feline fine
- Peace group banned from Bremerton Armed Forces parade
- Icebreaker Healy returns to Seattle from Arctic research
- Flood warning issued for Stehekin River
- Mossyrock city officials resign in dispute
- Highway opens to Mount St. Helens observatory
- Museum director died at SeaTac prison of ulcer infection
- Seattle woman gets 21-year sentence
- Tours of Hanford nuclear waste site draw interest
- Fewer Copper River salmon land in Seattle than expected
- Fire turns Fife tavern into embers
- Fire destroys tavern in Fife

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2008
- Makah court defers prosecution for 5 who killed gray whale
- Storm prepared for season of lofty expectations
- DOJ team investigates 2006 Blackwater shooting in Green Zone
- Lockheed beats Boeing to win $3.57B GPS contract
- Old friends recall Obama's years in LA, NY
- Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave
- A look at Yahoo's current board and Icahn's slate
- Gas pump inspectors make sure they're accurate
- Lake Washington's clean up led to reverse evolution
- Duncan pleas unlikely to be undone if he's ruled incompetent
- Nordstrom 1Q profit sinks 24 pct on economy
- Grand Coulee water plan released
- DoD: Chinook helicopters at Pa. plant vandalized
- Harding tells harrowing story in new book
- North Cascades Highway closed by avalanche danger
- Sunny forecast for Washington brings own risks
- Human bones found at Renton construction site
- Firefighters rescue man from burning home in Tacoma
- NW senators support farm bill
- Airbus, Honeywell team on biofuel for airplanes
- Storm comes closer to settling final roster
- Monroe prisoner gets 30 years for strangling cellmate
- Jailed Cougars DB Hicks suspended 3 games
- Washington state superdelegates
- McDermott endorses Obama
- Montana penalizes WA recycling company
- WSU offers some employees 4-day work week
- Washington inspectors checking fuel pump accuracy
- Defense wraps up case at Haq trial in Seattle
- 2 women wounded in Seattle drive-by shooting
- Observatory to open for 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008
- Jury orders Nintendo to pay gaming company Anascape $21M
- AP Exclusive: WEA plays hardball in WA schools chief race
- No WA Lotto or Hit 5 winner
- Browne withdraws as Kohring's attorney
- Seattle U. associate professor accused of soliciting minor
- New Seattle earthquake study targets up to 1,000 buildings
- Murder charge filed in White Center shooting
- Mariners avoid sweep with 12-inning win at Texas
- Seattle Mariners 4, Texas Rangers 3
- Report: Moscow gunman taunted fallen officer