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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Bret Baier Replacing Hume
on Fox's Special Report

Chief White House correspondent will take over cable network's nightly newscast

Dec 23, 08 3:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Bret Baier will host Special Report, Fox News’ nightly broadcast from its Washington bureau, after veteran Brit Hume departs, Politico reports. Hume’s farewell show is tonight, but he will continue to work for the channel as a political analyst. Baier is currently Fox’s chief White House correspondent and... More »

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politics • Washington • journalism • Fox News • Brit Hume • Bret Baier

OPINION

 Washington Faces Seismic Shift 

Obama will be one of the most powerful presidents of the modern era, says Politico

Nov 5, 08 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The election of a relatively young black man to the presidency carries obvious historical significance—but beyond the symbolism, John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei write for Politico, last night marked one of the most momentous political transformations in modern American history. The rout of the Republican party means that... More »

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Barack Obama • Lyndon Johnson • Washington • Republican Party • Democratic Party • Election 2008 • party politics • President Obama

 Governors Face Tight Races 

Eleven states in play, four are close

Nov 4, 08 2:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Eleven states are choosing governors in a number of tight races today, with both Democrats and Republicans already crowing about victory. The closest contests are in Washington and North Carolina, reports MarketWatch. Neither state has elected a Republican in 20 years, but polls show candidates are neck-and-neck in both states.... More »

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New Hampshire • Montana • Vermont • North Carolina • Washington • Indiana • Utah • Missouri • Delaware • West Virginia • Republican Governors Association • Election 2008 • gubernatorial races • Democratic Governors Association

 Puget Sound's Orcas in Trouble 


Oct 25, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The orca population in Washington’s Puget Sound is dropping, and scientists think a scarce food supply is to blame, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. A poor year for chinook salmon—and another is in the forecast—forced the killer whales to spend energy searching further afield for food. Two... More »

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food • whale • fat • salmon • Washington • starvation • PCBs • orca • killer whale • Puget Sound

ANALYSIS

Can Their $700B Rescue
Plan Do the Trick?

Experts say action is needed, but doubt if it will be enough

Sep 21, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget white and blue: Uncle Sam is all red these days after swallowing hundreds of billions in bad mortgages and coughing up billions more to save strapped businesses. As the Feds strategize a solution to the mess, experts are unsure if the plan will work and how much it’ll... More »

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Henry Paulson • Washington • Treasury Department • credit • financial institutions • subprime crisis • bailout

 Paulson: Plan 
 Still Leaves 
 Taxpayers at Risk 

Rescue proposal also won't save every financial institution

Sep 21, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, knee-deep in negotiations to save the floundering US finance industry, had a grim warning for Americans today: “There are no guarantees, and the taxpayer is at risk,” Paulson told Fox News Sunday, adding, “The concern I have is for the American people... More »

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Henry Paulson • Washington • Treasury Department • financial institutions • taxpayers • bailout

OPINION

Stop Bashing Washington Insiders; You'll Need Them

Consensus within the establishment is necessary for change

Sep 15, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Voters have loved to hate Washington insiders since Washington’s founding, and politicians have sought to capitalize on those feelings for just as long. So it makes sense that even the GOP ticket, fortified by Sarah Palin, is running as an outsider insurgency. But, Norman Ornstein points out in the... More »

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Congress • Washington • president • filibuster • presidential candidates • change • Sarah Palin

 Gunman Kills 6
 in Washington
 Rampage

'Psychotic' suspect nabbed after police chase

Sep 3, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six people were killed yesterday in a wild shooting spree by a mentally disturbed man in northwest Washington state, according to authorities. The bloodshed ended when the shooter surrendered after a police chase, reports the Seattle Post Intelligencer. The dead, including a sheriff's deputy, and two wounded were discovered at... More »

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murder • Washington • shooting rampage • Mount Vernon • shooting • Skagit County

 Wash. Vineyards
 Flush With Pot Crop

110K marijuana plants already confiscated this year

Aug 10, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington state is cracking down on drug dealers' latest innovation: Using vineyards to secretly grow marijuana crops, the AP reports. Police have made 22 arrests this year and confiscated 110,000 pot plants from the Yakima Valley alone, worth more than $100 million. But tracking dealers isn't easy: Some are... More »

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wine • Washington • marijuana • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug trade • wine industry • vineyard • Yakima Valley

Victim in Novak Hit-and-Run 'Doing Fine'

'I'm a pretty tough guy,' 86-year-old homeless pedestrian says

Jul 25, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The pedestrian struck by Robert Novak's Corvette this week says that other than a dislocated shoulder, he’s “doing fine,” the Washington Post reports. In fact, Don Liljenquist seems more star-struck than car-struck: "Bob Novak is the one that hit me?" the homeless 86-year-old said in a... More »

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car accident • police • CIA leak investigation • Washington • homeless • accident • journalist • hit-and-run • Robert Novak • automobile • Don Liljenquist

West Coast Freezes as
East Coast Bakes

Aspen re-opens its slopes and Washington expects 5 inches

Jun 10, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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weather • Washington • Aspen • Colorado • snow

Teen Paralyzed by Tick Bite

Experts recommend frequent checks
to stop toxin as quickly
as possible

Jun 9, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Washington • tick • paralysis • Rocky Mountain spotted fever

 Battle Brews Over 
 Medical Marijuana, 
 Organ Transplants 

Seattle man dies awaiting donor liver

May 19, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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organ transplants • medical marijuana • Washington • medical care • medical ethics

Site Discloses Salaries, Riles Capitol Aides

Congressional staffers protest personal data being published

Apr 9, 08 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Congress • Washington • Capitol Hill • LegiStorm • congressional aides

Parachute Didn't Belong
to DB Cooper, FBI Says

Agents say newly found chute wasn't used by legendary hijacker

Apr 1, 08 9:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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FBI • Washington • Seattle • cold cases • plane hijacking

 DB Cooper's Parachute? 

FBI studying chute possibly used by hijacker, found by kids in a field

Mar 25, 08 10:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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FBI • Washington • Seattle • cold cases • plane hijacking • parachute • D.B, Cooper

Municipalities Challenge
Bond Ratings

Local officials say double standard
cheats taxpayers

Mar 3, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

8 Die in Armenia; US Urges Calm

Opposition leader asks protesters to lie low until emergency rule ends

Mar 2, 08 7:02 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

States Cracking Down on 'Spychip' Privacy Lapses

California and Washington take action to block some uses of RFID tags

Feb 27, 08 9:02 PM CST
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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California • security • privacy • Washington • RFID • Radio Frequency Identification tags • high-tech security

OPINION

Howard Dean, Shadow of His Former Self 

Dems now need the scream that ruined him, TNR scribe argues

Feb 18, 08 9:20 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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