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4 hrs ago | KOMOradio

Mormons, Boy Scouts sued for sex abuse in Washington

A man has sued the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts, claiming he and many other boys were abused by a church-sponsored assistant scoutmaster in the late 1970s.

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12 hrs ago | The Courier-Journal

Notes From Washington | Bayh, health care reform, and a poll

Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., is one of the big question marks among Senate Democrats on the health care reform bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Washington Government, Evan Bayh

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Philadelphia's WB 17

Presidential protocol: A shot across the bow

It was the bow that launched a thousand blog posts. But while conservative commentators complained that President Obama should not have bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito last week during his inaugural presidential trip to Asia, experts on protocol say the president's real faux pas came when he combined the bow with a handshake, a breach of Japanese ...

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Related Topix: Elizabeth Ii, Dick Cheney

Sat Nov 21, 2009

KING-TV Seattle

More wind, rain, snow headed for Western Wash.

Another strong Pacific storm has brought high winds to the Washington coast and northwest interior of the state, with accompanying power outages.

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Related Topix: Weather, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Mt Baker (Seattle, WA), Greenwood (Seattle, WA), Wallingford (Seattle, WA)

New York Press

My Eyes! My Eyes! Washington Haunted by Public Porn

In Section: NY comPRESSed >> Posted In: Sex And Relationships , Culture This morning's Washington Post examines the horrifying rash of "drive-by porning" incidents that are plaguing that city's subways, highways and even the airplanes flying overhead.

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Related Topix: Washington Government

Fri Nov 20, 2009

KIMA

Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case

A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.

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Pierce County

BRUNELL: It is time to raise revenue, not taxes

Now that voters have rejected I-1033, the spending limit initiative, the talk in Olympia has turned to raising taxes.

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Related Topix: Opinion

USA Today

Long stretch of breezy, wet weather for Washington

As utilities completed repairs Thursday to the latest wind-caused power outages in Western Washington, forecasters said the breezy wet weather would continue with snow in the mountains and parts of Eastern Washington .

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Related Topix: Weather, Grays Harbor County, WA, Waterfront (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA), Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KOMO News

Unpaid Wash. medical bills near $1 billion per year

Washington's insurance commissioner says unpaid medical bills in the state will cost about $1 billion a year by 2011.

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Related Topix: Washington Government

The Lake Stevens Journal Online

DOC to Pay $4 Million for Assault on Inmate

Published on Thu, Nov 19, 2009 by Belinda D. Stewart, Communications Director Read More County & State The Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $4 million to a former offender who sustained permanent, severely disabling injuries when he was assaulted by his cellmate at Washington Corrections Center near Shelton in 2006.

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Related Topix: Washington Government

Politico.com

In W.H., are pictures telling a story?

When President Barack Obama met with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu over coffee and sweets in his private presidential dining room off the Oval Office last week, a solemn Civil War-era painting featuring Abraham Lincoln deliberating with his generals hung above their evening tete-a-tete, as seen in an official photograph of the meeting the White House ...

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Home Listing, Home, George Bush, Joe Biden

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Q13.com KCPQ TV

Afghanistan's minister of mines allegedly accepts $20 million to steer mining project to China

A senior Afghan official allegedly took a $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring example of the claims of corruption clouding the Obama administration's deliberations over expanding the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Travel, Afghanistan Travel, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates Travel, Middle East

Appeal Tribune

Another storm heading for Washington

The National Weather Service says another strong Pacific storm will hit Washington Wednesday night and Thursday.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Weather

ClipSyndicate

Man Who Killed 6 in Wash. State Gets Life

A man who killed six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a northwest Washington shooting rampage last year pleaded guilty Tuesday and will spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital or prison.

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Related Topix: Washington Government, Video

Kansas City Star

Guilty plea in Wash. shooting spree that killed 6

A man who killed six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a northwest Washington shooting rampage last year pleaded guilty Tuesday and will spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital or prison.Isaac Zamora entered the pleas to 18 charges, including aggravated murder, attempted murder and burglary, after prosecutor Rich Weyrich agreed he ...

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Related Topix: Skagit County, WA, Clear Lake, WA, Mount Vernon, WA

Tue Nov 17, 2009

KOMOradio

Crews restoring power after storm blows through

A storm that blew through Western Washington overnight knocked out power to thousands of people, but winds were easing Tuesday morning and crews were quickly restoring electricity.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Grays Harbor County, WA, Weather, Mason County, WA, Hoodsport, WA

WTIC-TV Hartford

In Washington, a Muslim-American immigrant becomes blue collar town's unlikely mayor

Granite Falls residents are suspicious of any newcomers, let alone a Muslim native of Pakistan who moved to this rugged, blue-collar mining town to open his own bar.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Pakistan

TwinCities.com

Washington has one of lowest premature birth rates

Premature birth rates in the Pacific Northwest are among the lowest in the nation, but the March of Dimes says that only earns Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska C's on the organization's premature birth report card.

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Related Topix: Washington Government, Idaho Government, Idaho, Vermont, Vermont Government

MSNBC

Obamaa s bow in Japan sparks some criticism

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, bows as he is greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, not pictured, as he arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Asia, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Akihito Akihito, China, Hu Jintao

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Seattle Times

Wind warning for parts of Western Washington

The National Weather Service is warning of possible damaging 40 mph winds with gusts to 60 on Monday night and Tuesday morning from the Washington coast, through the Strait of Juan de Fuca and into Whatcom and Skagit counties.

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Related Topix: Whatcom County, WA, Seattle Metro

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