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Celebrities, major Democratic fundraisers and prominent Indian businessmen were among those scoring coveted invitations to President Barack Obama's first state dinner.

As we gather round the Thanksgiving table, bow our heads in prayer and feast on the holiday bird, it is only fitting to take a moment to fete the unforgettable turkeys of 2009.

Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott and Undersecretary of Agriculture Rajiv Shah will make up a kind of Washington state delegation tonight at the Obama Administration's first formal state dinner.

Eliminating the Department of Corrections: $1.6 billion. Axing the Department of Natural Resources: About a half billion dollars.

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

Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson makes Washingtonians thankful they don't live further East.

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

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.

HOW do we do the right thing for our students? I wake up every day asking myself that question.

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.

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.

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.

Frank Bruni failed to mention R-71. In his Sunday New York Times "Week in Review" column , Frank Bruni used Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi's Oprah appearance to underscore America's seemingly conflicted views towards gay marriage.

BEIJING : China on Monday accused Washington of increasing protectionism and said US calls to let the yuan rise were "unfair", as US President Barack Obama visited the Asian giant.

The Washington State Labor Council's and its allies' irritation with Democratic Party leaders is counterproductive.

The Department of Social and Health Services and the Washington Department of Corrections are paying $1.5 million together to settle a child abuse claim.

Billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates will meet with Columbia University business students on Thursday and answer their questions about business and life.

Last Updated at 3:04 p.m. EST Having exhausted all court appeals and after being denied clemency by Virginia's governor, the man convicted in the 2002 sniper attacks that left 10 people dead and terrorized the nation's capital region for weeks, met with his immediate family members on the last day of his life.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has named Ted Sturdevant as director of the Washington state Department of Ecology.

A documentary drawing on the memories of Marion Barry, Ben Bradlee and other Washingtonians about the city in the 1960s is premiering on public television.