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Washington, May 25: A new study shows that potatoes are one of the best nutritional values in the produce aisle, providing one of the better nutritional values per penny than most other raw vegetables and delivering one of the most affordable source of potassium of the more frequently consumed vegetables, second only to beans.

I'm not built to be a world-class rower, but I was certainly capable of thoroughly enjoying Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat , a splendid account of the 1936 Olympic quest of this rowing crew from the University of Washington.

Fremont County Public Health Nurse Teresa Nirider said there hasn't been an infant co-sleeping death in the past seven months.

Missing Visits Even More Detrimental For Children with Chronic Health Conditions Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the risk of hospitalization compared to children who attended most of their visits, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Editor's note: Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington and the author or co-author of 17 books, the latest of which is " The Normal Bar." She is the AARP Love and Relationship Ambassador and writes the Naked Truth column for AARP.org. She is a senior fellow at the Council on Contemporary Families, a nonprofit ... (more)

Knee pain appears to decrease up to one year after "prolotherapy," a series of sugar water injections at the site of the pain, according to a new study.

It got a little harder to get into the University of Washington as a flood of high-school hopefuls submitted applications last winter to become Huskies in fall 2013.

Drawing on data from a nationally representative survey of more than 3,000 children and teenagers, scientists have connected consumption of di-2-ethylhexylphthalate , a phthalate used in food packaging, with elevated blood pressure.

Higher education in this state does not get the respect it deserves for the role colleges and universities play in powering Washington's economy.

College students in Washington state say they need Congress to give them affordable student loans at a rate they can depend on, instead of a yearly debate on rising interest rates.

Washington college students say they need Congress to give them affordable student loans at a rate they can depend on, instead of a yearly debate on rising interest rates.

This is how you throw a party. Rainy Dawg Radio is celebrating its 10th birthday with a blowout.

Julia Sweeney is a comedian, actress and author. She performed four seasons on Saturday Night Live and now has a new book of memoirs titled, "If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother." Sweeney was born and raised in Spokane, Wash., a place she still venerates for its independent character and pretty, old buildings.

Check out these pictures from two recent protests held by PETA and PETA Asia-Pacific outside Philippine Airlines' offices in San Francisco and Manila, respectively.

Dan Jaffe, UW-Bothell professor, is using crowdfunding to raise money to study how passing coal trains impact air quality.

Last year, Capital Weather Gang's Jack Williams profiled the cutting edge VORTEX2 research program , which is exploring the question why some rotating or "supercell" thunderstorms produce tornadoes and some don't. Scientists involved with the project, set to finish around 2017, are optimistic it will advance predictions.

Franklin Rivera Rosas received a letter in March from the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity at the University of Washington informing him that he is one of the winners of twenty, $40,000 Costco Diversity Scholarship being offered to incoming UW minority students.

For a time after she was crowned Miss Hispanic Seafair, Tania Santiago wasn't sure she'd be able to pursue the ultimate title: Miss Seafair.

Stanton Middle School students Jacob Brawley and Ian Mail might just have some promising scientific futures ahead of them.

It might sound a little far-fetched, but some dogs are saving animals by tracking the smell of their feces across great distances - and even across the water.