The Seattle Seahawks under new coach Pete Carroll opened training camp today, and the talk after practice was level of hitting as the team donned shoulder pads to open things up, which is unusual. Usually coaches go jerseys and shorts and kind of ease players into the contact.

Pete Carroll's fists were pumping to the blaring rap of Jay-Z.<p/>He was clapping, smiling and running with the thumping music and through the morning fog. He led his Seahawks in bounding joyfully over blocking pads, as defensive players whooped it up behind him.

The State Patrol said that two young men were killed in a crash on northbound Interstate 5 in Seattle early Saturday.<p/>Witnesses reported seeing a silver BMW traveling at a very high rate of speed around 2:45 a.m. According to the Patrol, a 2002 BMW 745 hit a 2005 Acura SX, spun out of control and crossed all the northbound lanes before smashing in the back of a moving Seattle Fire Department medic unit.

The East Pierce Fire & Rescue placed a firefighter on administrative leave July 21 immediately following his arrest by the Bonney Lake police on theft charges.<p/>The district started to notice a small amount of money missing from the proceeds of bike helmet and life jacket sales during the week of July 5th.

Unable to pull off a trade deadline deal, the Seattle Mariners made a four-player trade with themselves today - recalling Matt Tuiasosopo and Sean White from Tacoma, sending Justin Smoak to the Rainiers and placing Milton Bradley on the disabled list.

In the 50 years Stellajoe Staebler has lived off Seminary Hill Road, she's seen a couple of black bears.<p/>On Friday morning, that second bear stared at her through metal bars of a cage. Although the bear had rummaged through the 94-year-old's garbage cans the previous weekend and dropped scat in her yard, Staebler felt a bit of sadness seeing the juvenile bear caged and unsure of its future.

U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document released Saturday.<p/>The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation's regulatory arm, said it had summoned Enbridge Inc. executives in February to discuss problems with the 1,900-mile Lakehead system. Enbridge owns the pipeline that burst, sending oil into Talmadge Creek, which flows into the Kalamazoo River.

Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday.<p/>Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton announced in a statement that their daughter wed investment banker Marc Mezvinsky after weeks of secrecy and buildup that had celebrity watchers flocking to the small village of Rhinebeck for the evening nuptials. The site of the wedding, a Beaux Arts riverside estate called Astor Courts, was sealed off from the general public.

The Seattle Storm showed the Sky how much the WNBA team has improved since a rare loss two months ago at Chicago. <p/>Swin Cash had 16 points to lead five players in double figures as the Storm beat the Sky, 80-60, at KeyArena to stretch its winning streak to 13.</p>

FRESNO, Calif. – July has been a fantastic month for the Tacoma Rainiers, but it’s ending on a down note. <p/>The Fresno Grizzlies had no difficulty hitting Tacoma starting pitcher Ian Snell, and they defeated the Rainiers for the third game in a row on Friday night, 9-3.</p>