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  • June 2008

    • West Coast Freezes as East Coast Bakes

      newser  |  NBC 9 Colorado  |  Jun 10, 08 1:08 PM CDT

      West Coast Freezes as East Coast Bakes

      As the sun scorches the East Coast, the West is shivering from a brisk few weeks. Areas of Washington are expected to get up to 5 inches of snow, while Aspen, Colo., is re-opening its slopes. There's still an average of 3 feet of white stuff on Aspen Mountain's upper slopes, which will reopen June 13 to 15, leftover from winter's record snowfall. More »

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      weather  • Colorado  • Washington  • snow  • Aspen

    • Teen Paralyzed by Tick Bite

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Jun 9, 08 6:00 AM CDT

      Teen Paralyzed by Tick Bite

      A 13-year-old Washington boy was temporarily paralyzed last week by a bite from a tick embedded in his hairline, the Seattle Times reports. Though extremely rare, such paralysis is a risk in Western states, where Rocky Mountain wood ticks and American dog ticks are most prevalent. A tick left untreated can result in death. Experts recommend frequent checks for ticks after time spent in grasslands or forests. More »

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      Washington  • tick  • paralysis

  • May 2008

    • Battle Brews Over Medical Marijuana, Organ Transplants

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 19, 08 2:27 PM CDT

      Battle Brews Over Medical Marijuana, Organ Transplants

      Potential organ recipients who are using medically prescribed marijuana are being removed from transplant waiting lists, raising serious questions about transplant programs' screening processes, reports the LA Times . A Seattle man died last month after being denied a donor liver, and a critically ill man in Washington state has been bumped from two lists because he uses pot prescribed by a doctor. More »

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      Washington  • medical marijuana  • organ transplants  • medical care

  • April 2008

    • Site Discloses Salaries, Riles Capitol Aides

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 9, 08 12:22 PM CDT

      Site Discloses Salaries, Riles Capitol Aides

      A site posting the financial records of highly paid Congressional staffers is coming under fire on Capitol Hill. LegiStorm publishes salaries, travel logs, and personal data on aides with six-figure federal incomes—a matter of public record, the Washington Post reports. But some charge the site crossed the line when it started publishing financial disclosure forms, which can carry Social Security numbers and other private info. More »

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      Congress  • Washington  • Capitol Hill

    • Parachute Didn't Belong to DB Cooper, FBI Says

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 1, 08 9:37 PM CDT

      Parachute Didn't Belong to DB Cooper, FBI Says

      The FBI says a parachute found along a dirt road in Washington state didn’t belong to legendary hijacker DB Cooper, AP reports. After talking to parachute experts and examining the site, agents concluded that the chute wasn’t used in the nation’s only unsolved hijacking. Cooper made away with $200,000 when he jumped off the plane in 1971, but investigators doubt he survived the leap. More »

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      FBI  • Seattle  • Washington  • cold cases  • plane hijacking

  • March 2008

    • DB Cooper's Parachute?

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Mar 25, 08 10:46 PM CDT

      DB Cooper's Parachute?

      A parachute possibly used by legendary hijacker DB Cooper has been found by children playing in a field in Washington state, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The FBI is analyzing the chute to determine whether Cooper used it to jump out of a plane with $200,000 in 1971—the nation's only unsolved hijacking. More »

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      FBI  • Seattle  • Washington  • cold cases  • plane hijacking

    • Municipalities Challenge Bond Ratings

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 3, 08 12:20 PM CST

      Municipalities Challenge Bond Ratings

      City and state officials are mounting a rebellion against bond rating firms they say are siphoning off billions of taxpayer dollars by giving them unfairly low credit ratings, the New York Times reports. Even though municipal bonds are generally safer than those issued by corporations, municipalities get lower credit scores, which in turn means higher interest and insurance fees. More »

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      California  • S&P 500  • Washington  • Oregon  • Connecticut  • municipal bonds  • Moody's  • bond market

    • 8 Die in Armenia; US Urges Calm

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 2, 08 7:02 PM CST

      8 Die in Armenia; US Urges Calm

      Troops patrolled quiet downtown Yerevan today after police fired back at thousands of protesters this weekend and killed eight, Reuters reports. Authorities have declared emergency rule and outlawed mass meetings for the next 3 weeks. "We won't give up, we will be fighting to the very end," said opposition leader President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who disputes last month's presidential election. More »

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      oil  • election  • protests  • Washington  • emergency rule  • Armenia

  • February 2008

    • States Cracking Down on 'Spychip' Privacy Lapses

      newser  |  Ars Technica  |  Feb 27, 08 9:02 PM CST

      States Cracking Down on 'Spychip' Privacy Lapses

      Radio Frequency ID tags—data-loaded microchips that track everything from shipping containers to cars to humans—increasingly are raising concerns with privacy advocates who worry the “spychips” could reveal too much about our lives, reports Ars Technica . Tech-savvy states such as Washington and California are trying to legislate RFIDs, banning non-consensual chip reading and regulating how RFIDs are used. More »

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      California  • privacy  • security  • Washington  • RFID  • high-tech security

    • Howard Dean, Shadow of His Former Self

      newser  |  New Republic  |  Feb 18, 08 9:20 PM CST

      Howard Dean, Shadow of His Former Self

      The Howard Dean who once shocked Washington is now a model of docility, “unwilling or afraid to confront the establishment that was once so afraid of him," the New Republic ’s Eve Fairbanks argues. The Democratic National Committee chair is also the wrong man for a bitter primary season, refusing to intervene when the party needs a strong hand. More »

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      Florida  • Michigan  • Howard Dean  • Democratic National Committee  • Washington

    • Huck Refuses to Concede Washington

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Feb 11, 08 3:45 AM CST

      Huck Refuses to Concede Washington

      Mike Huckabee's campaign is crying foul after Washington Republicans called the state's GOP caucus for rival John McCain with 87% of the vote counted—and stopped counting the rest. The impact of calling an election before all votes are counted is "seismic," said a statement from the Huckabee campaign, which is now sending its lawyers to Washington to battle over the results, reports the Seattle Times . More »

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      John McCain  • Mike Huckabee  • Ron Paul  • Washington  • caucus

    • Barack Battle Strategy Snares Delegate Bonus

      newser  |  Politico  |  Feb 10, 08 5:35 AM CST

      Barack Battle Strategy Snares Delegate Bonus

      With three monster victories yesterday, Barack Obama could be poised to extend his pledged, "locked-in" delegate lead over Hillary Clinton before March 4 brings contests in Ohio and Texas. The gain is a feather in the cap of the Illinois senator's strategists, who had been doubted for aiming so much money at races after Super Tuesday, Politico reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Democratic presidential primaries  • superdelegates  • Louisiana  • delegates  • Washington  • Nebraska  • Virgin Islands

    • Huckabee Wins Louisiana, McCain Takes Washington

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 10, 08 4:30 AM CST

      Huckabee Wins Louisiana, McCain Takes Washington

      GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee topped off his win at the Kansas Caucuses yesterday with another surprise upset in the Louisiana primary, edging out frontrunner John McCain 43% to 42%. With  87% of precincts in the Washington caucus reporting, McCain leads 26% to Huckabee's 24%, and AP has called the state for McCain. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Mike Huckabee  • Louisiana  • Washington  • Kansas  • caucus

  • January 2008

    • Margaret Truman Daniel Dead

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 29, 08 5:20 PM CST

      Margaret Truman Daniel Dead

      Margaret Truman Daniel died today at 83 after breaking the mold of First Daughter and embarking on careers in singing, acting, and writing, the Los Angeles Times reports. The go-getter braved opera critics as a singer in the 1940s and '50s before acting alongside Jimmy Stewart on radio and television. Her career cooled after she married a future New York Times editor, but she wrote biographies—one of father Harry—before turning to mystery-writing on a whim. More »

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      obituary  • White House  • book  • Washington  • opera  • mystery  • Harry Truman  • first families  • Too Much Media

    • Video Game Industry Reaches Boss Level

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 14, 08 10:14 PM CST

      Video Game Industry Reaches Boss Level

      The video game industry has grown up and is going to start putting some quarters into Washington, the New York Times reports. Game makers have formed their first political action committee and will soon start making campaign donations to candidates, in hopes of steering more of them to the industry's side and head off attempts to further regulate their products. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • Washington  • campaign contributions  • lobbyists  • lobbying

    • Friendly Service Cuts Bank Robberies

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Jan 6, 08 12:50 PM CST

      Friendly Service Cuts Bank Robberies

      Bank employees are thwarting robbers in Washington state, not with steel bars or alarms—but with broad smiles and enthusiastic handshakes, reports the Seattle Times . The number of bank robberies in the state reached a 20-year low thanks to FBI training program "Safecatch," which teaches bank personnel to catch potential robbers off guard with exceptionally good customer service. More »

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      crime  • Bank of America  • Washington  • bank robbery  • customer service

    • FBI Reignites DB Cooper Case

      newser  |  Oregonian (Portland)  |  Jan 2, 08 10:06 AM CST

      FBI Reignites DB Cooper Case

      The FBI is again seeking help solving the intriguing 36-year-old mystery of DB Cooper, last seen parachuting from a hijacked Northwest Airlines jet over southwest Washington with a $200,000 ransom. He appears to have vanished into thin air—if he survived the daring jump. But now the FBI has released new information on its own website about the elusive hijacker in a new push to solve the case, reports the Oregonian . More »

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      FBI  • Washington  • Northwest Airlines  • Mexico City  • hijack  • D.B. Cooper

  • December 2007

    • NY Seeks to Move Poverty Goal Post

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 30, 07 7:51 PM CST

      NY Seeks to Move Poverty Goal Post

      New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, fed up with the circa-1960s definition of poverty used by Washington, is developing his own measure of deciding who is entitled to financial relief, the New York Times reports. Although Bloomberg’s plan aims to help New York City's poor, officials hope it will spark changes to poverty assessments nationwide. More »

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      New York City  • Michael Bloomberg  • poverty  • Washington  • urban poverty

    • Death Penalty Considered in Carnation Slayings

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Dec 29, 07 11:10 AM CST

      Death Penalty Considered in Carnation Slayings

      Murder charges filed yesterday in the Christmas Eve slaying of six family members in a house in Carnation, Wash., added chilling details to the account of the deaths, and made the perpetrators liable for the death penalty, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Michelle Anderson and Joseph McEnroe have been charged with aggravated first-degree murder in the killing of Anderson's parents, brother, and his wife and two children. More »

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      death penalty  • Seattle  • Washington  • killings  • Carnation, Wash.  • Joseph McEnroe

    • Daughter & Lover Confess to Killing 6 in Family: Cops

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 28, 07 3:53 AM CST

      Daughter &amp; Lover Confess to Killing 6 in Family: Cops

      The daughter of a murdered couple and her boyfriend have confessed to killing the young woman's parents and four other relatives, according to police. Michele Anderson, 29, and her live-in lover gunned down Anderson's parents Christmas Eve at their home outside Seattle, police said. When Anderson's brother, his wife and two young children arrived, they were also shot dead to eliminate witnesses. More »

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      murder  • Christmas  • Seattle  • Washington  • confession  • Carnation, Wash.  • Joseph McEnroe

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