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Partly sunny Tuesday, slight chance of showers - high 59. Latest forecast here.

Making headlines around the Northwest:

• State Leaders Reach Key Deal on Workers' Comp Changes
• Teen Sought in Auburn Shooting That Killed Boy, 17
• Gas Prices Down 5-Cents in a Week
• Mariners Win 5th Straight

Legislature Reaches Deal on Workers' Compensation
 

Washington lawmakers say they have reached an agreement on how to overhaul the state's workers' compensation system.

Mostly sunny and 66 today, clouds tonight, chance of showers over the weekend. Latest forecast here:

Making headlines around the Northwest this morning:

• Clemmons' Getaway Driver Guilty of Murder in Lakewood Police Killings
• Stadium Tax Extension Falls Short in Washington Senate
• Detectives Identify Man in 2 Snohomish County Cold Cases

Dorcus Allen Guilty of Murder in Lakewood Police Slayings

A jury in Tacoma has convicted the getaway driver in the Lakewood police killings with first-degree murder.

The News Tribune reports the Pierce County jury did not find Dorcus Allen guilty of aggravated circumstances.

Sunny and 66 today - sun and near 70 Friday. 7-day forecast here.

In Northwest headlines this morning:

• Leadership Clash Appears Behind Crimes Stoppers Resignations
• Washington Lawmakers Struggle for Workers' Comp Deal
• Bear Wandering Near Bothell Schools Captured

• Former Pierce County Sheriff Seeks to Clear Record

Audit Finds Crime Stoppers Books Clean After Mass Board Resignations

The Seattle Police Department’s internal investigations office is looking into a mass resignation by the majority of board members of Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound. 

Sunny and 62 Tuesday; headed for nearly 70 by Friday. Latest forecast here.

• Iranians Release Former Seattle P-I Reporter
• Missing State Trooper Found Alive in North Cascades
• State Senate Approves Cigar Lounges
• Seattle Schools Chief Reverses Decision to Fire Ingraham Principal

Mostly sunny after morning fog - high 61

Making headlines around the Northwest:

• State Patrol Trooper Missing in North Cascades
• Driver Commits Suicide at Issaquah Traffic Stop
• State Government Preps for Shutdown as Budget Talks Stall
• No Word From Iran on Missing Former P-I Reporter

Search Continues for Missing Trooper in North Cascades

Weather permitting, a helicopter will take ground searchers into the North Cascades on Tuesday to look for an off-duty Washington State Patrol trooper missing on a hike.

KIRO-TV reports searchers have a destination because Daniel Anderson sent his coordinates Sunday with an emergency signal.

Showers today; high 56 - dry for the rest of the week

Making headlines around the Northwest this morning:

• Rain Records Broken - When Will it Stop?
• Alaska Air CEO: We'll Remain Independent
• Gregoire Signing Transportation Budget Today

Seattle Sets Two Rain Records in 15 Hours

Steady, moderate rain that has been falling across the Puget Sound region has set not one, but two daily rainfall records in just over 15 hours.

KOMO reports Sea-Tac airport received 0.97 inches from when the rain began at just before 7 p.m. Saturday evening through 1 a.m. Sunday.That broke the daily rainfall record for May 14, which was 0.53" set in 2001.

Sunshine and 65 today; rain likely this weekend

In the headlines this morning:

• Protests Over Principal Firings in Puyallup and Seattle
• Two Tacoma Elementary Schools to Close
• 2012 Washington Presidential Primary Cancelled
• Firefighters Douse 2-Alarm Green Lake Blaze

Angry parents, teachers protest principal firings in Seattle, Puyallup

It's been quite a week for high schools in the region. 

Seattle's school board faced a big rally of angry parents and teachers late yesterday afternoon (Thurs) after interim schools superintendant Susan Enfield ousted the popular principal of Ingraham High, Martin Floe. According to the Seattle Times, Enfield cited 'stagnant' test scores and said Ingraham was the second-lowest performing high school in the Seattle district.

Meantime, in Puyallup, students, parents and teachers at Rogers High School are still reeling from the news that Principal Scott Brittain has resigned and will step down at the end of next month.

Thursday weather: Sun is back! Highs upper 50s.

In the headlines around the Northwest:

• U.W. Students Arrested in Sit-In Protest Over Campus Vendor
• Gregoire Signs Legislation to Pave Way for Federal Health Care Overhaul
• Popular Seattle High School Principal Fired
• Microsoft Antitrust Settlement Expires Today

A University of Washington sit-in to protest the food services company that supplies the concessions at UW athletic facilities has led to the arrests of about 25 students.

Protest organizer Morgan Currier says the students were cited Wednesday evening for trespassing and released.