Following the 8:15 a.m. shooting, seattletimes.com first posted an AP item and linked to reports from the scene -- about an hour south of Seattle. But the staff mobilized quickly and began posting its own reports. The first e-mail alert was sent shortly after 10 a.m. Throughout the day, more than three dozen stories were posted or updated online. Seattletimes.com was the first to identify the suspect and detail his criminal history.

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