Hi,

The investigators were using it to take aerial photos of the crash scene.

Here are a few recent ones:
http://www.komonews.com/news/national/58220507.ht...
http://www.komonews.com/news/national/96438234.ht...
http://www.komonews.com/news/national/114615004.h...
http://www.komonews.com/news/national/82852092.ht...

Sometimes detectives from that unit investigate serious and/or violent crimes even though no murder took place.

The Boeing connection was made fairly clear in the story:

"The terror suspects sued Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan in 2007, alleging that the extraordinary rendition program amounted to illegal "forced disappearances." They alleged that the San Jose-based subsidiary conspired with the CIA to operate the program."

The local prices in the story come from the AAA price survey:
http://fuelgaugereport.opisnet.com/WAavg.asp
http://fuelgaugereport.opisnet.com/WAmetro.asp

The prices listed are averages for those areas, and not necessarily reflective of a single station's prices.

It's a missile defense radar. You can read our earlier story here:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/121520839.html

Hi,

Just hover your mouse over the photos to see the captions.

Hi,

Please keep in mind that this list is based on what people actually read, not what we felt were the biggest or most important stories. Often the stories that go viral are those depicting something bizarre or amazing.

As for covering government corruption and waste, here are just a few of our stories on that topic from this year:
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/11222...
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/11189...
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/10693...
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/10438...
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/10040...
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/99149...
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/95577...
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/83864...

Those stories were all on the front page of the site when they ran, but weren't viewed more than what you see listed above, so they didn't make it into the top 20 for the year.

- Kevin

At the time of this writing, officials have not made available a photo of the mother.

Hi,

We just posted video of the full tribute service to end of this story page. Enjoy!

- Kevin