The Washington State Supreme Court ruled yesterday with a 6-3 decision that stalking via a third party is a crime. With the ruling, the Court reinstated the conviction of a man who had friends follow his ex-girlfriend and report back to him. Andre Becklin's stalking conviction had been overturned in the Court of Appeals, but the Supreme Court ruled that using other people to intimidate or follow someone is, in the eyes of the law,......

A Lakewood, Wash., 17-year-old and her infant son are lucky to be alive after a natural gas explosion blew their home off its foundation Wednesday afternoon. Around 3 p.m., Kristine Manues came home and noticed the smell of gas, so she went to a neighbor's house. Within five minutes of leaving her home, infant in her arms, an explosion rocked the neighborhood. Lakewood Police believe the explosion was no accident and arrested Manues' ex-boyfriend on......