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Mary Kay Letourneau, who received national infamy after being convicted of raping her student and then later marrying him, has died at age 58, her attorney confirmed to KING 5 news. Letourneau died of stage 4 cancer, said her attorney David Gerke, who represented her on the case. In 1996, Letourneau, a sixth-grade teacher at Shorewood Elementary in Burien, was caught having sexual relations with Vili Fualaau, who was her student. Fualaau was 12-years-old at the time. The two got married in 2005 just after Letourneau was released from a seven-year prison sentence for having sex with a minor. Fualaau...

SEATAC, Wash. -- Port of Seattle police say a 24-year-old Burien resident has been arrested in connection with recent incidents in which a laser beam was aimed at planes approaching Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to land. Police say the person was arrested Friday afternoon for investigation of first-degree unlawful discharge of a laser, a Class C felony. A police news release says a laser was seized from the suspect, who was booked into the King County Jail. Further details were not released. Since Feb. 22, pilots of more than a dozen planes have reported that a laser beam was directed at...

Two Support Our Troops rallies in Burien this week, at the intersection of 1st Ave. S. and 148th St. (hwy 518): THURSDAY: Every Thursday from 5:00pm - 7:30pm. I saw them last week, and there were around 10 enthusiastic people with flags & signs. I found out that they do this every Thursday. I don't know if they're connected to Free Republic, but they'll know about us soon enough. :-) SATURDAY: 12:00 Noon - 3pm. Hubby & I started this last weekend. There was lots of traffic 'til 2 or 3pm when it started trailing off. SUNDAY: 12:00 Noon -...