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Raw videos of May Day protests

Rally at Marion Street and Second Avenue

May Day protesters rallying at Marion Street and Second Avenue listen to speeches near downtown Seattle around 6:41 p.m. Credit: DANNY GAWLOWSKI / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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Talk about it: Viral video of Joseph Kony draws eyeballs, concern about facts

A smoothly produced, 29-minute video, “Kony 2012,” about elusive African warlord Joseph Kony, has gone viral on the Internet by tapping the power of social media. But critics think it’s too smooth. Full story here.

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Video: Chilly Hilly 2012

Cyclists participating in the Chilly Hilly climbed 2,675 feet in a 33-mile route around Bainbridge Island through the wintry weather on February 26, 2012.

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Video: Aniak dotes on her otter pup at Seattle Aquarium

Sea otter mother Aniak parks her pup on a ledge at the Seattle Aquarium on Monday. (Photo by Katrina Barlow / The Seattle Times)

On Monday afternoon, a 9-day-old otter pup does what it does best — sleep. The pup’s mother, Aniak, who gave birth Jan. 14, perched the pup on her belly, often with both paws wrapped around it.

Occasionally, though, Aniak would leave the pup on a ledge while mom twirled in the water, scratching and fluffing her fur for a few minutes before scooping the pup up and resuming her circuit around the pool, which they shared with the pup’s grandmother, Lootas.

The pup cried occasionally — a loud, sharp, high-pitched yeep — when separated from its mother.

Because of the pup’s deeply dense fur, aquarium staff have yet to determine if it’s a boy or girl. If it’s a female, it will remain at the Seattle Aquarium. If it’s a male, the pup would eventually compete with its father, Adaa, and would have to be transferred to another aquarium.

Check visiting hours on the Seattle Aquarium website.

Below is a clip of Aniak dropping off her pup on a ledge, catching a few minutes away from the pup while it slept.

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Raw video: Snow falls on the Space Needle

Snow falls on the Space Needle and across Seattle on Sunday (Video by Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times).

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Videos of the year: Editors' picks

In 2011, Seattle Times photographers and videographers captured the screaming of the Blue Angels and first flights of the Boeing Dreamliner, slipped underwater to see salmon swim in the Elwha River and traveled far and wide to create videos for seattletimes.com. If you missed any of these videos or would like to view them once more, here are some of our favorites from 2011.

1. Removing the dams, restoring a river. As a part of a special report on the removal of the Elwha River Dams, photographer Steve Ringman hiked with scientists and dived into streams in order to document the hard work of scientific field work. In doing so, he gathered amazing video of fish swimming by and the environment that will be forever changed by the dam removals.

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Video: Annual cleaning of Ballard Locks

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resource Manager Dru Butterfield explains how engineer workers scrape a year’s worth of barnacles from the locks for the safety of salmon that swim through.

For more coverage of the annual Ballard Locks cleaning, check out coverage from our news partner My Ballard.

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Video: Reardon reacts to election night results

With early election results showing him with a double digit lead, incumbent Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon talks about the campaign strategy he took against challenger Republican state Rep. Mike Hope, who conceded.

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Time-lapse bicycle commute from West Seattle

Join Seattle Times transportation writer Michael Lindblom on his morning 8-mile bicycle commute from West Seattle to The Seattle Times building in South Lake Union during viaduct demolition on Oct. 26, 2011. He captured the commute in a time-lapse video from a helmet-cam.

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Watch a live stream of the Condit Dam post breach

UPDATE: This live stream is no longer available. See the archived version below.

This is one view of the aftermath of the third largest dam removal ever in the country. What you see here is what was once the reservoir that had been created by the Condit Dam. Contractors detonated 800 pounds of dynamite and blasted the White Salmon River free about noon Wednesday. This live video stream is courtesy of PacifiCorp. Please be patient, as load times may vary.

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