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Weather:  It’s not going to be as warm as yesterday’s 74 degrees, but it will be in the 60s today and that ain’t nothing to shake a stick at. Well, OK, it will be a bit cloudy. … When the weekend comes, temperatures will inch back up to the upper 60s, just in time for that yard work, bicycling, jogging, hiking, you name it. The National Weather Service forecast.

Traffic: The map and cams.

Maurice Sendak, beloved children’s book author/illustrator who also designed the “Nutcracker” production at Pacific Northwest Ballet, has died at age 83.

Oh, no, not another Kalakala story … The News Tribune in Tacoma says the owner of the decrepit ferry Kalakala and the owner of the Tacoma dock where it’s moored are at odds. The dock owner has sued Steve Rodrigues for back moorage fees and penalties. Rodrigues says he’s homeless and broke and can’t pay.

The attorney for that Walla Walla store owner who shot and killed an intruder says the man acted in self-defense and expects no charges will be filed against his client. Those are often tricky cases for prosecutors.

President Obama is scheduled to be here Thursday.

An overpass for the animals: A $6 million overpass to let coyotes, elk, deer and cougars cross Novelty Road without getting hit by traffic in Redmond is proposed, with most of the money coming from the feds, according to a story by KOMO-TV.

We hope to have more today on the body found in Golden Gardens Park in Seattle yesterday.

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3. Mariners growing three golden arms down on the farm
4. CIA derails plot with al-Qaida underwear bomb
5. Space Needle pens are still clicking for inventor

Seattle police say a jogger at Golden Gardens Park discovered the body of a man on the shoreline at 8:45 this morning.

Homicide investigators and staff from the King County Medical Examiner’s Office spent about four hours at the park this morning after receiving reports of a body in the 8400 block of Seaview Avenue Northwest, according to police. There was no sign of trauma or foul play, said police spokesman Mark Jamieson.

A 59-year-old Edmonds woman who had been missing since Monday night was found safe Tuesday night at about 7:30 p.m. in Golden Gardens Park in Seattle, according to Edmonds police.

Nancy Brancheau was found by a family freind, one of dozens of people who had been searching for her all day. Brancheau suffers from dementia and had been missing since 10 p.m. Monday, said a news release from Sgt. Mike Blackburn.

In addition to civilian volunteers, those participating in the search included Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue, the Alzheimer’s Association Safe Return Program, K-9 search teams and the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office SnoHawk 1 helicopter police.

Tommy Turkey high-fives runners as they approach the finish line at Golden Gardens park during the 2011 Seattle Turkey Trot in Ballard. The fifth annual 5k jog, walk or run supports the Ballard Food Bank (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times).

View more photos from the Turkey Trot.