Washington passes a budget, crane accident kills four in Seattle, and other headlines

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Devastation as crane breaks and kills four
Four people were killed and four more were injured when a Seattle crane snapped this weekend and fell into the road, crushing multiple cars, the Seattle Times reports.

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In the nick of time
Washington lawmakers passed a $52.4 billion two-year operating budget late Sunday night, making it the first time in a decade that the budget was passed on schedule, Jim Camden writes. He lays out more about a deal that was brokered to allow school districts to increase their levy caps and other budget highlights over at the Spokesman's site.

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