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Gingrich to visit Wash. on Thursday and Friday
Northwest Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmGingrich to visit Wash. on Thursday and Friday
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is bringing his campaign to Washington state a week ahead of the state’s Republican caucuses....
Clallam County sheriff: 2 killed near Sequim
Northwest Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmSequim
Clallam County sheriff: 2 killed near Sequim, WA
The Clallam County sheriff says his officers are investigating two homicides in the Sequim area and he thinks the cases are...
Longshore union wants Longview charges dismissed
Northwest Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmLongview
Longshore union wants Longview charges dismissed
The Longshore union is pressuring the Cowlitz County prosecutor to drop charges against more than 200 people who were arrested...
FDA addresses cancer drug shortages
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Federal regulators have approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages that had been ratcheting up fears that patients, particularly children...
WA Senate proposes lower transpo fees than House
Northwest Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmOLYMPIA — State Senate transportation leaders released a proposed transportation budget Tuesday with fewer fee increases than put forward by their counterparts in the House.
Both plans fell...
Southern Baptists consider tweaking name
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Some Southern Baptists worry that their denomination’s name still carries the stigma of a 19th century split with northern Baptists over slavery. Others who fought hard to...
U.N. nuclear agency says talks with Iran fail
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmVIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency on Wednesday acknowledged its renewed failure in trying to probe suspicions that Tehran has worked secretly on atomic arms, in a statement issued shortly...
Wal-Mart’s 4Q results show rebounding US business
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmNEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s business offers valuable insight into how Americans are reacting in the slow economic recovery: they will spend, but only if they believe they’re getting the...
Medical officials find mercury in lightening cream
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California health officials became alarmed when a 39-year-old Mexican-American woman in Alameda County was diagnosed with mercury poisoning, giving her headaches, numbness,...
Consumer-finance watchdog probes overdraft fees
Nation & World Comments Updated: Feb 22, 2012 12:05pmWASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The government’s new consumer-watchdog agency is launching a probe into costly overdraft fees charged by big banks.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said...
