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AP president blasts "unconstitutional" phone records probe

cbsnews.com — (CBS News) The Associated Press doesn't question the Justice Department's right to have seized two months' worth of its phone records, the organization's president and CEO Gary Pruitt said Sunday on "Face the Nation." It was the methodology - "so sweeping, so secretively, so abusively and harassingly overbroad," he said - that breached the Constitution.

New lab to give scientists underwater access

m.apnews.com — WA State Wire DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Published: 52 minutes ago SEATTLE (AP) - Scientists are eager for access to information from a quarter-billion dollar lab at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that they hope will teach them about climate change, earthquakes and even the origins of life on Earth and other planets.

AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

bigstory.ap.org — WASHINGTON (AP) - The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.Gary Pruitt says the Justice Department's secret subpoena of reporters' phone records has made sources less willing to talk to AP journalists.The Justice Department disclosed the seizure of two months of phone records in a letter the AP received May 10.

Washington among 5 states getting money for tsunami debris cleanup

thenewstribune.com — The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup. The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup.

Seahawks, Sounders license plates on sale in Jan.

thenewstribune.com — Three nonprofit groups will benefit from sales of new Seahawks and Sounders FC license plates that will be available starting in January. The teams unveiled the preliminary license plate designs after Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Friday to make them available.

Mount St. Helens 33rd blast anniversary Saturday

m.apnews.com — OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Saturday is the 33rd anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens that killed 57 people, knocked down a forest and filled the sky and rivers with volcanic ash.