Strategy to capitalize on mid-sized states likely to pay off come March
Politico Feb 10, 08 5:35 CST
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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.
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Victories upset blow
to McCain
Associated Press Feb 10, 08 4:30 CST
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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.
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First Daughter went on to act, sing and write
Los Angeles Times Jan 29, 08 5:20 PM CST
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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.
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Industry chiefs aim to get more of a say in Washington
New York Times Jan 14, 08 10:14 PM CST
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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.
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FBI finds personal attention unnerves would-be felons
Seattle Times Jan 6, 08 12:50 PM CST
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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.
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New revelations as feds appeal for help
Oregonian (Portland) Jan 2, 08 10:06 CST
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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 .
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Updated definition of 'poor' may shape programs nationwide
New York Times Dec 30, 07 7:51 PM CST
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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.
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Charges give chilling details of six deaths
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Dec 29, 07 11:10 CST
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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.
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She 'felt unloved,'
says relative
Associated Press Dec 28, 07 3:53 CST
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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.
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Helicopter rescues underway; at least 7 are dead
Associated Press Dec 5, 07 4:54 PM CST
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The massive storm that pummeled the Pacific Northwest this week has left treacherous flood conditions throughout Washington and Oregon. At least seven were dead as helicopters rescued residents from their rooftops, the AP reports. The main regional interstate has been shut for days—effectively doubling the distance between Seattle and Portland—and the waters threatened to compromise other major roads.
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Flooding, high winds wreaking havoc, causing deaths
Seattle Times Dec 4, 07 4:45 CST
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A state of emergency was declared yesterday for the western part of Washington, the area hardest hit by severe storms in the last few days. Massive flooding, heavy rains and high winds have killed at least two people, caused a three-day shutdown of an interstate and other major highways, and knocked out electricity to tens of thousands of residents.
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Hundreds of flights cancelled in New York
Associated Press Dec 3, 07 3:15 CST
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The storm that blanketed the Midwest in snow and ice is now battering the Northeast. Wind and ice have delayed hundreds of flights at New York City airports. The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with the potential for 20 inches in northern Maine.
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Some states love small business a little more than others. CNNMoney names the top 10
CNN Nov 25, 07 2:54 PM CST
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If you want your seed of genius to grow, plant it in the right soil. CNNMoney finds the most small-business-friendly states: South Dakota: No tax personal income, capital gains, corporate income, or corporate capital gains and low energy costs. Nevada: No income, capital gains, corporate income, or corporate capital gains tax and some of the country's lowest property taxes.
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Streets quiet over civil war fears as sides negotiate
Wall Street Journal Nov 22, 07 5:40 PM CST
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Lebanon's parties failed to pick a new president today, leaving them 24 hours to find a replacement before President Emile Lahoud's term ends, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lahoud has said the army chief may take over if sides remain deadlocked tomorrow at midnight—a turn that could spark blocs to pick their own candidates and set off civil war, officials fear.
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