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While Forte was out-dueling Zach Zenner of SDSU , the leading rusher in FCS, and scoring the final touchdown for the Eagles, Vernon Adams was throwing five touchdown passes, including two to freshman Cooper Kupp.

One of the biggest question marks for Chris Petersen as he takes the reigns at Washington is how the change in coaching staffs will impact recruiting, especially the 2014 class.

A Tacoma, Washington gang member was sentenced today to 13 years in prison for his role in a violent, take-over style bank robbery ring, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan.

In this Sept. 16, 2013 photo Sergio Garcia empties a bag of just-picked Golden Delicious apples into a bin at a Valicoff Fruit Company orchard near Wapato, Wash.

This Dec. 3, 2013 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaving a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

On a recent late-fall Saturday, Barbara Deuschle, a local restaurant owner, was recounting her first impression of her congressman, Tom Cotton, who is now running for the Senate.

Jon Talton's column " Fast track risky path for Pacific trade pact " [Online, Dec. 1] fails to capture the importance of fast track authority as a policy tool for both the president and Congress.

There were about 152,335 same-sex married couples and 440,989 same-sex unmarried couples in the United States in 2010 Gay weddings made up 17 per cent of marriages in Washington this past year, the first year gay marriages were legal in the state, state officials reported Wednesday.

Florida state attorney Willie Meggs announces his office will not press charges against Florida State's quarterback Jameis Winston on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 in Tallahassee.

The real estate research blog, Movoto, releases a ranking of top cities in Washington State and lists Richland at #10.

Petersen agreed to become the Huskies' new coach Thursday night in Boise. Petersen will be named the University of Washington's new coach today, according to a report this morning by ESPN's Joe Schad and Brett McMurphy.

In October, conservation and fishing groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, charging that since the agency determined that the state's fish consumption rates are too low, it has a responsibility to step in and require both consumption estimates and water quality standards to be raised.

Through the first two months of enrollment, Healthplanfinder, the state's health-care exchange, has enrolled 176,468 Washingtonians in coverage.

An Amber Alert has been activated across California at the request of the Washington State Police in regard to the alleged abduction of a 14-year-old girl, the California Highway Patrol is reporting.

This photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry shows security forces at the scene after an explosion at the Defense Ministry complex in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.

Jane Abbott Lighty, left, and her partner of 35 years, Pete-e Petersen of West Seattle, hold the very first same-sex marriage license issued in King County on December 6, 2012.

Gay weddings made up 17 percent of marriages in Washington this past year, the first year gay marriages were legal in the state.

Former Washington coach Steve Sarkisian listens to a question at the news conference that introduced him as the football coach at USC.

The two leaders of the 29-member bipartisan panel aiming to reach an agreement on budget savings to replace some automatic spending cuts set to start in January are hatching a minor deal in which both parties would have to compromise.

Obama called anew on Republicans to embrace his prescriptions of government help, from jobless benefits to a higher minimum wage.