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1 hr ago | OregonLive.com

Washington takes different path for its tourism promotion

Pike Place Market, the Space Needle, Mount Rainier, Columbia Valley wine, Pacific salmon, drippy rain forests and whitewater rivers are but a few images conjured up by thoughts of Washington, Oregon's neighbor to the north and co-owner of the Pacific Northwest brand.

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Related Topix: Washington Government, University Village (Seattle, WA), Downtown (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA, Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

5 hrs ago | KIMA

Greece's grim choice: deep budget cuts or default

Why would Greece accept more pain when unemployment is at 21 percent, the economy is enduring its fifth year of recession and rioters are hurling gasoline bombs in the streets of Athens? Protesters carry a banner which reads in Greek '' uprising '' during a protest in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday, Feb.

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9 hrs ago | Townhall

George Jarkesy: Has Congress Ever Really Balanced the Budget?

Newt Gingrich has taken credit for balancing the budget in 1998 through 2000, when he was Speaker of the House.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Newt Gingrich, US News, Opinion

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Patch.com

Dissatisfied Customer Assaults Tow Truck Driver

The Salem Police responded to the following calls and made the following arrests on Thursday and Friday.

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Related Topix: Fire

The Oregonian

Washington Legislature: Prescription drug redistribution bill passes House

The Legislature is moving forward on a bill to allow pharmacies to redistribute donations of unused prescription drugs starting next year.

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American Reporter

Market MoverAUTO Bailout? Washington Just Doesn't Get it

The thoughts below were written three years and one month ago. No one cared about my ideas.

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Related Topix: Ford F-150, Ford, Truck, Mortgage, Personal Finance

KNDU

Turkey to discuss steps on Syria in Washington

Turkey's foreign minister said Friday he will propose new ways to pressure Syria when he meets with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday.

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Related Topix: Yakima, WA

The Charlotte Observer

George Washington, start to finish

Mount Vernon, seen from the Potomac River. Even while president, George Washington expressed a longing to return to his Virginia estate.

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Related Topix: Mount Vernon, WA, Drink, Whiskey, Liquor, Natural Disasters, Flood, US National Parks, Fredericksburg And Spotsylvania National Military Park, Entomology, Science

Tri-cityherald.com

Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Friday, Feb.

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Related Topix: US News, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Fri Feb 10, 2012

The Oregonian

Fathers who kill, then burn, their familes: Why is it happening here?

Theresa Vanderhoff lights a candle next to photographs of Susan Cox Powell and her sons Braden and Charles, during a candlelight vigil at McKinley Park in Tacoma on Monday.

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Related Topix: Fire

KREM-TV Spokane

Obama: Birth control policy meets everyone's needs

President Barack Obama declared Friday he's found a solution to a birth-control uproar that will protect religious liberty but also ensure that women have access to free contraception, as he rushed to defuse an election-year issue that threatened to overtake his administration.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Law, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Spokane, WA

Reuters

Bombings, bombardments kill across Syria

At least 28 people were killed in two bomb attacks in Syria's second city Aleppo on Friday while in besieged Homs, opposition neighborhoods endured another day of bombardment by President Bashar al-Assad's troops.

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Related Topix: Activism

Seattle Weekly

Washingtonians have a thing about any sort of invasion by

Washingtonians have a thing about any sort of invasion by "Californiacators" - a rallying cry of Emmett Watson's Lesser Seattle brigades.

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Tri-cityherald.com

Initiative to legalize pot will go to Washington voters

An initiative seeking to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana will be decided by voters, Washington lawmakers said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Medication, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Kennewick, WA

Crosscut.com

Behind Nevada's victory over Washington at nuclear tug-of-war

The B reactor complex, operating in the 1940s, was the earliest facility to turn out large amounts of waste at Hanford.

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Related Topix: Washington Government, Science, Environmental Law, Law, Ecology

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Patch.com

Shoot the Lights Out in Saturday's Free HotSpot Basketball Competition

Basketball players will have a chance to show off their skills this weekend during the 2011-12 Washington Recreation & Parks Association HotSpot basketball competition at noon on Saturday at the Pierce College Health and Fitness Center in Lakewood.

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Slate Magazine

How Did Washington State and Washington, D.C., Get the Same Name?

The Washington state Legislature approved gay marriage Wednesday. When Gov. Chris Gregoire signs the bill into law, her state will become the second Washington to recognize gay marriage since Washington, D.C., did so in 2009 .

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Related Topix: Georgetown (Washington, DC), Washington, DC, Washington Government

Reno Gazette-Journal

Free UNR program Friday: Jefferson, Washington and Hamilton have a discussion

Dean Malissa portrays America's first president, Gen. George Washington, at Mount Vernon, Washington's estate in Mt.

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Related Topix: University of Nevada-Reno

Common Dreams

ACLU: Washington State Legislature Passes Historic Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Doug Honig, ACLU of Washington, 326-5272 Robyn Shepherd, ACLU national, 519-7829 or 549-2666; media@aclu.org OLYMPIA, Wash.

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Related Topix: ACLU, Wedding, Washington Government, Washington, MO, Activism, Gay/Lesbian

Edmonds Beacon

Washington Pioneer Certificate

Halide Lobdell Patterson proudly displays her Washington Pioneer Certificate that honors her Washington pioneer Myron Young who settled in Washington prior to 11 Nov 1889.

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