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The number of studies warning consumers about the dangers to babies in the womb from chemicals found in everyday products continues to rise.

Specialty's Cafe & Bakery plans to open next spring in Schnitzer West's 36-story 1918 Eighth office tower that is more than 95 percent unleased.

Offensive lineman Kody Innes made his college choice on Thursday and as expected, it was to a Pac-10 school.

WASHINGTON California DMV revs up staff training Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 16:02 The department's "Leadership Academy" is a series of rigorous graduate-level courses held at the University of California Extension's K Street campus in Sacramento.

WASHINGTON California-based Fisker Automotive, a startup manufacturer of luxury electric vehicles, says it will soon announce the location of a manufacturing facility where it will build plug-in electric vehicles.

The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department.

Leonardo Urena celebrates his 1,470-pound pumpkin at the 36th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay on Monday.

Faith Ako is generally backed by the Island Breeze Band, tackling both traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music.

According to an announcement issued on the Newman Library website on Sept. 3rd, Randy Hensley has joined the Newman Library as head of instruction.

Washington -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday became the most prominent elected Republican to urge Congress to complete work on health care reform, departing from the widely held GOP view that lawmakers should scrap the current process and start over again.

So much for not a penny more ... WASHINGTON -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised President Barack Obama's drive to overhaul the nation's health care system on Tuesday and urged fellow Republicans to join in efforts to finish the job this year.

WASHINGTON - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said today he supports President Barack Obama's goals of overhauling the nation's health care system, putting him at odds with some fellow Republicans in Congress.

Experts say a magnitude-7.9 quake in the South Pacific is not expected to produce a tsunami along the coasts of Oregon, Washington, California, British Columbia or Alaska.

HD-30: Questions for Republican Shawn Lindsay The Oregonian's in-house rightie columnist , Liz Hovde, profiles Shawn Lindsay , the Republican that's been recruited to run against Rep.

Reporting from Washington - California Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson lives in St.

Local governments that rely on taxes from port industries are hiring two financial experts to look into the way port industries pay taxes in other jurisdictions so they can consider lobbying for changes.

Today's the big day for local college football. Idaho's playing on FSN at Washington at 12:30 p.m. And: Eastern Washington is traveling to California for a 2:35 p.m. game .

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Busts of marijuana growing operations up in Washington, California In California and Washington state, as well as in a tri-state area in Appalachia, busts of illegal marijuana-growing operations are up, and officials said the ailing economy may be partly to blame.

WASHINGTON The California wine industry has added San Joaquin Valley political veteran Fred Hatfield to its already muscular lobbying ranks.

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