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Washington state's last governor's race ended in controversy with three counts, a court challenge and an astonishingly close margin of victory for the current governor.

Stand up straight. Do your duty. Put your country first. Let's just say that John McCain's acceptance speech was not the usual.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the United States on Saturday of provoking Moscow by using warships to deliver relief aid to its ally Georgia, with which Russia fought a brief war last month.

Can Americans really imagine weaning themselves from Mideast oil within 10 years, and building a truly green economy? Can Washington possibly cover 40 million people who have no health insurance? Will the ...

Oregon State Public Health Division and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials today announced a recall of Sprouter's Northwest brand alfalfa sprouts due to a Salmonellosis outbreak.

State health officials say alfalfa sprouts from the Sprouters Northwest company in Kent are suspected of causing an outbreak of salmonella.

Isaac Zamora's mother begged him to get help when he was released from jail a month ago.

MOSCOW : President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia said Tuesday that he no longer recognized Mikheil Saakashvili as the president of Georgia, calling him "a political corpse" in his most lacerating words to date ...

The Washington state Supreme Court has upheld a $4.8 million verdict in favor of 11 pipefitters who claimed they were fired for raising safety concerns at the Hanford nuclear reservation.

Even the most embarrassing middle names tend to be little more than an innocuous afterthought to a person's identity.

The United States on Wednesday announced a one billion dollar aid package for Georgia as Vice President Dick Cheney started a tour of ex- Soviet states by promising that Washington had a "deep" interest in the ...

The Public Disclosure Commission has ruled that an Oregon political action committee must identify donors who are giving money to an assisted suicide initiative campaign in Washington.

More than two years after his face was adopted as the official logo for King County, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s profile is on voter ballot envelopes, on metro buses, at the county council chambers, and prominently displayed on the county's Web site.

But officials were concerned about one place they felt wasn't appropriate for the slain civil rights leader's likeness _ the county's trash bags.

The bags were quietly pulled from use earlier this summer, even though no one from the public had complained. The pre-emptive move opened a window into the delicate decisions officials have made after King County adopted the face of the revered figure as its official emblem.

By MANUEL VALDES Wednesday, September 3, 2008 2:45 AM EDT ALGER, Wash. - A terrifying shooting spree that stretched from a small northwest Washington town onto the state's busiest highway left six people dead ...

The Bush administration plans to roll out a $1 billion economic aid package for Georgia on Wednesday to help the pro-Western former Soviet republic rebuild after Russia's invasion last month, The Associated ...

In Julian Piercy's mind, the small bulge in his shirt near his lower back is a way of "leveling a situation." The clip that he fastens to his waist band before leaving the house isn't just another accessory.

A new Northwest medical school that just opened its doors to students laid out plans Thursday for two more colleges, intending to ease shortages of additional health care professionals in the region.

Wheat farmers are becoming anxious as much of this year's crop stands uncut in the rolling fields of Eastern Washington.

Dino Rossi's run for governor is getting some financial help, after the Republican's close second-place finish in this month's primary.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has put some Washington state National Guard equipment on standby in case Louisiana needs help dealing with Hurricane Gustav.