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Charter school campaign receives sizeable donations

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Linda Shaw - Oct. 09 (News) - The campaign to bring charter schools to Washington state received big donations from Microsoft, New York state residents and hedge funds.

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South of Canada, a New Border Focus on Latinos - New York Times

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By William Yardley - May. 28 (News Report) - South of Canada, a New Border Focus on LatinosNew York TimesSometimes they hover outside the warehouse where Mexican immigrants sell the salal they pick in the temperate rain forest. Sometimes they confront people whose primary offense, many argue, is skin tone. Those kinds of scenes might be common in towns ...

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Gay marriage wave shows major shift

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Rachel Weiner - Feb. 14 (News Report) - In California, a federal appeals court struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, declaring it unconstitutional. In New Jersey, the state Senate passed a bill to legalize gay marriage, two years after a similar measure went down in defeat. And on Monday Washington became the seventh state to legalize gay marriage when Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) signed it into law. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) is pushing for gay marriage legislation, but he’s short a few votes and says the bill needs more Republican support.

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Gregoire proposes legislation to legalize gay marriage

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Andrew Garber - Jan. 04 (News Report) - "It's time, it's the right thing to do, and I will introduce a bill to do it," Gregoire said in a statement. "Our gay and lesbian families face the same hurdles as heterosexual families -- making ends meet, choosing what school to send their kids to, finding someone to grow old with, standing in front of friends and family and making a lifetime commitment," Gregoire said. "For all couples, a state marriage license is very important. It gives them the right to enter into a marriage contract in which their legal interests, and those of their children if any, are protected by well-established civil law."

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Costly sewer program may have little benefit

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Lynda V. Mapes - Jul. 31 (News Analysis) - Seattle and King County propose spending more than $1.3 billion on combined sewer overflows, raising rates that already are among the highest in the country. Yet it will make little difference to the water quality of Puget Sound.

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Washington state suspends 2012 presidential primary

Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Laura L. Myersoe - May. 13 (News) - Washington became the first U.S. state to suspend its 2012 presidential primary election on Thursday, a move signed into law by Governor Christine Gregoire to save some $10 million from the state budget.

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Bomb at MLK parade sophisticated

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Jan. 19 (News) - A bomb left at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane was sophisticated, with a remote detonator and the ability to cause many casualties, a person familiar with the investigation said Wednesday.

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Metro says nevermind to 'Israeli war crimes' ads

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Janet I. Tu - Dec. 24 (News Report) - In a reversal of an earlier decision, Metro Transit said Thursday it would not allow a bus ad alleging "Israeli war crimes," saying a flood of comments has convinced officials that service could be disrupted. The ad, purchased by the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign, ties alleged Israeli war crimes to U.S. military aid. The ad had been set to run for a month on the sides of 12 buses starting next week.

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Undisclosed donors pump millions into state campaigns

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Jonathan Martin - Oct. 11 (News Report) - A gold rush of local election-season advertising is pouring into Seattle media outlets, raising questions in some cases about who is trying to influence voters.

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US West Coast not prepared for tsunami

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - Sep. 17 (News Report) - A report from the National Academies of Science says the West Coast of the United States remains ill-prepared for a tsunami.

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Police say Wash. acid attack self-inflicted

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

San Jose Mercury News - By Nigel Duara - Sep. 17 (News Report) - VANCOUVER, Wash.—When the initial shock faded, police in this suburb of Portland, Ore., began to question some details in Bethany Storro's account of the day her face was irreparably burned by acid. a ponytail after Storro described the alleged attack.

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Mother deported to Mexico to get another shot at legal U.S. residency

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - Sep. 02 (News) - In a rare turn of events, a 44-year-old mother of four who was deported to Mexico three years ago gets to return for a hearing before an immigration judge and a shot a legal U.S. residency.

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Elwha River's coming dam removal has scientists flooded with unknowns

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Linda V. Mapes - Jul. 31 (News) - Scientists see much to learn when two dams come down on the Elwha River, beginning about a year from now in the largest dam removal project ever in North America

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Immigrants push state initiative targeting those here illegally

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Lornett Turnbull - Jun. 14 (News Analysis) - Two women, both legal immigrants to the U.S., were answering questions and collecting signatures on what might seem an unlikely ballot initiative: one that would crack down on illegal immigrants living in Washington state.

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Headaches still from Boeing 787 suppliers' parts

Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Susanna Ray - May. 21 (Special Report) - Boeing, more than two years behind schedule producing the 787 Dreamliner, said it's still struggling with incomplete parts from suppliers, requiring the plane maker's employees to do 10 times more work than planned.

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Discontent bubbles up on the left

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Jerry Large - Mar. 11 (News) - A lot of hands are stirring the political pot this year. Discontent bubbles up from the left, right and center, the Tea Party, then the Coffee Party, and now a small movement here. The Washington State Progressive Electoral Coalition is running a candidate against Patty Murray for a U.S. Senate seat.

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Local News | Wash. man electrocuted by urinating on power line

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - Mar. 02 (News) - Grays Harbor County sheriff's Deputy Dave Pimentel (PIM'-en-tel) said Monday 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch.

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Cantwell's relentless pursuit: taming big finance

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Kyung M. Song - Feb. 22 (News Report) - It's not hard to find members of Congress who are channeling voter outrage by railing against greedy bankers, exorbitant credit-card interest rates and inflexible mortgage lenders. But crusading against dark market derivatives trading? Agitating about the systemic hazards of mingling commercial and investment banking? Trash talking about the Obama administration's finance team? That would be Sen. Maria Cantwell.

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Trying to crack an ocean mystery: What caused killer algal blooms?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Craig Welch - Dec. 06 (Special Report) - The mysterious bird-killing algae that coated Washington's ocean beaches this fall with slimy foam was the biggest and longest-lasting harmful algal bloom in Northwest history. Now the phenomenon that killed at least 10,000 seabird has scientists consumed by questions: Was it a rogue occurrence, rarely if ever to be repeated, or a sign of some fundamental marine-world shift? And did we cause it?

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State Democrats facing revolt by labor

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Andrew Garber - Nov. 14 (News Report) - The Washington State Labor Council, the Service Employees International Union and unions representing teachers and state workers have either stopped or sharply reduced donations to Democratic caucus political-action committees that back candidates for the state House and Senate.

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Washington in race for federal education funds

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Linda Shaw - Nov. 13 (News Report) - Gregoire told U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that, while Washington does not have charter schools, the state does have many schools that are every bit as innovative and successful.

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Pelosi tours Seattle's Swedish after health-care vote

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Kyung M. Song - Nov. 10 (News) - Just two days after shepherding a landmark health-care bill through the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Seattle today to see how one hospital is already delivering care in much the same way as the bill proposes.

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Last edition of print P-I set for Tuesday, Hearst says

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Eric Pryne - Mar. 16 (News Report) - The demise of the print P-I had been widely anticipated since Jan. 9, when Hearst executives said they would put the paper up for sale for 60 days. If no buyer emerged, they said, the print P-I would be shut down. Finding a buyer always was considered a longshot. Newspapers across the nation are reeling as advertising revenue plummets, buffeted by twin typhoons: the recession, and reader and advertiser migration to the Internet. ... The Hearst Corp. also said on the P-I's Web site that it will keep the online version of the P-I alive, a decision that began to leak out earlier this month when some current P-I news staffers were offered jobs with the new Web venture. Additional details were not immediately available.

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Governors envision eco-friendly fuels at I-5 rest stops

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Jennifer Sullivan - Mar. 08 (News Report) - Gov. Chris Gregoire and her counterparts in Oregon and California are considering a plan they hope would help transform Interstate 5 from a freeway ruled by gasoline burners to a haven for eco-friendly cars and trucks.

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Agent goes undercover to nab a gang of poachers

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Warren Cornwall - Mar. 01 (News Report) - Nothing, it seemed, was too big or too small for the hunters, who took wildlife both legally and illegally. Their claimed victims included house cats, bobcats, mountain lions, elk, deer, bears, a turkey vulture, fish and one of their own hunting dogs. They even had a name for their group: They called themselves the "Kill 'Em All Boyz."

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