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6 hrs ago | The Columbian

Weekend is all lit up

The Oregon Zoo's ZooLights celebration runs through Jan. 3. The photography display featuring work by Harrison Higgs ends today at the North Bank Artists Gallery in Vancouver.

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Related Topix: Photography, Arts, Durham, OR, Portland, OR, The Road

Fri Nov 27, 2009

The Columbian

Region will help in smart-grid test

Starting next spring, up to 60,000 utility customers in five Pacific Northwest states will have the chance to help regional utilities test smart grid technology - also called the Internet for the electric power grid.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, US Politics, Maria Cantwell, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Richland, WA, Richland Metro

Wed Nov 25, 2009

SYS-CON MEDIA

Avista to Lead $38 Million Smart Grid Project in Pullman

Avista will lead a smart grid demonstration project that will create the first "smart community" in the Pacific Northwest.

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Related Topix: Avista, Energy, Pullman, WA, Department of Energy, US Politics, Maria Cantwell, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Wind Power

Tue Nov 24, 2009

The Seattle Times

NW power grid project gets $89 M from DOE

A project to examine how high technology can improve the Pacific Northwest's electric power grid has received an $88.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, Richland Metro, Richland, WA, University of Washington

Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Herald

State budget's $2 billion hole will require deep cuts

Washington's budget hole is getting deeper, and today state leaders will find out how much.

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Related Topix: Washington, University of Washington

Sat Nov 21, 2009

King County Journal

Family brings Hawaiian flavor to Kitsap

The spirit of Aloha is alive and well in Silverdale. Local residents now have a place to treat their palates to Hawaiian-style cooking with the recent opening of Aloha Kitchen in the Chuck E. Cheese plaza on Silverdale Way.

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Related Topix: Silverdale, WA, Life, Food, Dining, Kitsap County, WA, Tacoma, WA

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Tri-cityherald.com

State budget crisis calls for cooperation in Olympia

A new state revenue forecast is due today, and you don't need a crystal ball to know it will be bad news.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Washington, University of Washington, Opinion

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Spokesman-Review

Editorial: Prescribed drugs should be better monitored

The rise of Adderall-addled college students continues the trend of prescription drug abuse in this country.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Opinion

WITN

Porn Star Gets Life Sentence For Sorority Rape

The pornographic film actor known as Jack Venice has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a woman at a Washington State University sorority.

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Related Topix: Colfax, WA, Offbeat

Wed Nov 18, 2009

KOMO News

911 caller: 'She looks like she got hit by a car'

"There's a lady laying in the middle of the street," said the caller to the 911 operator.

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Related Topix: Whitman County, WA, Pullman, WA

Anacortes American

Taking on threat to small fruit

One of two species in the vinegar fly family that's proven harmful to crops has traveled up the West Coast and into Skagit Valley, becoming a threat to small fruit crops along the way.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Agriculture, Science, Skagit County, WA, Entomology, Whatcom County, WA

Mon Nov 16, 2009

KTVB Boise

Woman found bleeding on rural road improving

The condition of a recent Washington State University graduate found bleeding and unconscious along a rural road in Whitman County is improving.

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The Columbian

Culture, communications play role in disease control

A Congolese burial team in protective gear prepares to put the coffin of an Ebola victim in a grave.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Science, Vancouver, WA, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, WSU Vancouver

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Spokesman-Review

College students' cheap fix

National studies show that as many as 1 in 4 students in a college setting may have abused the prescription drug Adderall for recreation or as a stimulant.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Bethesda, MD

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Herald

Snohomish High School students learn vet skills

Michael O'Leary / The Herald Brianna Monlux gets a lick from Cooper after she and Chris Thompson examined the Australian shepherd during class at Snohomish High School.

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Related Topix: Snohomish, WA, Guinea Pigs, Pets, Chinchillas

Thu Nov 12, 2009

KREM-TV Spokane

Deputies question boyfriend of critically injured WSU grad

Whitman County Sheriff's deputies have new clues in the case of a Washington State University graduate found seriously injured on a rural road.

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Related Topix: Whitman County, WA

Q13.com KCPQ TV

WSU Student Falls Three Stories From Frat House, Officials Say He Was Drunk

A Washington State University college student fell three stories from a fraternity and landed on a parked car.

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The Miami Herald

Median home prices fell nationwide in 3Q

A real estate group says home prices fell in eight out of every 10 U.S. cities in the third quarter of this year as heavily discounted distressed sales made up 30 percent of all deals.

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Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Cutler Bay, FL, Homestead, FL, Law

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Enquirer

Mormons throw support behind gay-rights cause

It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Transgendered

KOMOradio

WSU student falls three stories onto SUV

Police say a 20-year-old Washington State University student fell three stories from the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity and landed on a parked SUV.

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Related Topix: Student Society, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Fraternities

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