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		<title>Kurt Cobain quote on granite marker in Aberdeen, Wash., park sparks controversy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABERDEEN, Wash. — The late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is igniting a new controversy in his hometown of Aberdeen, Wash. This one involves one of the quotes attributed to him on a new granite marker at an unofficial neighborhood park honoring him.

Aberdeen city officials are upset about the quote that says, &#8220;Drugs are bad for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weyerhaeuser posts wider 2Q loss as weak demand hurts sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Weyerhaeuser, one of the world&#8217;s largest forest product companies, says it lost $106 million in the second quarter as the slumping housing market kept demand low for its timber and wood products.

The Federal Way, Wash., company said Friday that the loss totaled 50 cents per share, compared with a loss of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing rolls out new Navy patrol and reconnaissance jet based on 737</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RENTON, Wash. — Boeing Co. and the Navy have rolled out the new P-8A Poseidon patrol plane.

The plane, a military version of Boeing&#8217;s 737-800 passenger jet, will be used for a variety of functions, including anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and patrol.
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire joined Navy officials and several hundred Boeing workers and executives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing says it has delivered 78th 777 aircraft to Dubai-based Emirates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EVERETT, Wash. — Plane maker Boeing Co. says it has delivered Dubai-based Emirates&#8217; 78th 777 aircraft.

Boeing said Thursday that Emirates is the world&#8217;s largest operator of the 777.
Emirates has an additional 28 Boeing 777s on order, valued at more than $7 billion at current list prices, Boeing said in a statement.
The 777 is a long-haul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington state may release more seriously ill prisoners to save money</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel La Corte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA, Wash. — About two dozen seriously ill prisoners in Washington state could soon be released from prison — as long as their freedom is expected to save the cash-strapped state money.

A new state law, which takes effect Saturday, expands a current program to release chronically or terminally ill prisoners. Death row inmates, or those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patchwork budgeting: With red ink flowing, states cook up gimmicks to avoid more cuts, taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt Woodward</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA, Wash. — Here&#8217;s one creative way that state lawmakers helped balance Washington&#8217;s troubled budget: They assumed public employees will stay on the job longer — and die sooner than expected once they finally retire.

That bit of fancy footwork, which saved the state about $45 million, is just one entry on a long list of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeland Security chief tours Olympics security center in Washington state ahead of 2010 games</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano got a tour Monday of a $4 million Olympics Coordination center that in six months should be a bustling hub of counterterrorism and security operations for the 2010 Winter Games in nearby British Columbia.

The tour at the command center in Bellingham, just south of the U.S.-Canadian border, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opponents of Wash. domestic partnership turn in signatures in effort to overturn law</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/opponents-of-wash-domestic-partnership-turn-in-signatures-in-effort-to-overturn-law-120776/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel La Corte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA, Wash. — Sponsors of a campaign to overturn Washington state&#8217;s domestic partnership law turned in their petition signatures Saturday and said they believe they have enough to force a public vote.

The expanded &#8220;everything but marriage&#8221; domestic partnership law was scheduled to take effect Sunday, but is now delayed until the signatures can be counted, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government considers 7 states for mercury storage site, but most say they don&#8217;t want it</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/government-considers-7-states-for-mercury-storage-site-but-most-say-they-dont-want-it-119395/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Dininny</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHLAND, Wash. — The federal government is trying to find a location to store the nation&#8217;s excess mercury deposits, with seven states being considered. But the government is quickly finding out that very few people want the stuff.

A Colorado woman who showed up at a public forum on the issue last week had this to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fort Lewis murder-suicide: Man who killed woman and self reported as her ex-boyfriend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT LEWIS, Wash. — The mother of a 33-year-old woman shot to death while working at a kiosk in the Fort Lewis Post Exchange says the man who killed her daughter was a former boyfriend.

Rose Braggs told KING-5 News that her daughter, Sharlona White of Tacoma, feared the man because he had threatened to hurt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Department starts building water treatment system at contaminated Wash. nuclear site</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHLAND, Wash. — Construction has begun on an $80 million groundwater treatment system at the nation&#8217;s most contaminated nuclear site.

Federal stimulus money is paying for the construction, which will treat contaminated groundwater at south-central Washington&#8217;s Hanford nuclear reservation.
The Department of Energy is spending about $2 billion of stimulus money to speed cleanup at Hanford. Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington community, one of the nation&#8217;s most remote, set to get phone service</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YAKIMA, Wash. — One of the most remote communities in the lower 48 states is finally set to get phone service.

The National Park Service is allowing a small telephone company to use public land to bring service to Stehekin, about 100 miles northeast of Seattle in the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
Stehekin has about 80 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grays Harbor Co., Wash., sheriff&#8217;s office: 1 dead after small plane crashes, burns</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ELMA, Wash. — The Grays Harbor County sheriff&#8217;s office says the lone occupant of a small plane that crashed into power lines northwest of Elma is dead.

Undersheriff Rick Scott said the plane caught fire in the Wednesday afternoon crash. The pilot&#8217;s identity was not immediately known.
The fire burned the plane, a single-engine 1962 Mooney, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man kills woman, shoots self at store in Fort Lewis base</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-kills-woman-shoots-self-at-store-in-fort-lewis-base-117885/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT LEWIS, Wash. — A 59-year-old retired soldier shot a female civilian worker to death Wednesday inside a bustling store at the Fort Lewis Army base, then shot himself, Army officials said. The man later died at a hospital.

Joe Kubistek, a Fort Lewis spokesman, said the woman was a civilian working at the store and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man kills woman, shoots self at Fort Lewis Post Exchange</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-kills-woman-shoots-self-at-fort-lewis-post-exchange-117824/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT LEWIS, Wash. — A 59-year-old retired soldier shot a female civilian worker to death Wednesday inside a bustling store at the Fort Lewis Army base, then shot and wounded himself, Army officials said.

The man was hospitalized in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his head, Army Maj. Mike Garcia said.
The Army did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby on mom&#8217;s lap killed in Wash. collision; police search for driver who fled</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/baby-on-moms-lap-killed-in-wash-collision-police-search-for-driver-who-fled-117664/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LYNDEN, Wash. — Authorities sought a driver Wednesday who fled on foot after his Ford Explorer crossed a center line and crashed into a semi-truck, killing a 2½-month-old baby in the SUV who was being held in his mother&#8217;s lap.

A search by helicopters and a sheriff&#8217;s dog didn&#8217;t find the man after Tuesday night&#8217;s wreck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sterling Financial files papers to raise up to $500M in shares, debt</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sterling-financial-files-papers-to-raise-up-to-500m-in-shares-debt-116346/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. — Sterling Financial Corp. said Tuesday it has filed paperwork to increase the amount of money it may raise in additional shares, debt or other securities.

Sterling said it may raise up to $500 million.
&#8220;By updating and expanding our shelf registration, we are ensuring that Sterling has the ongoing financial flexibility to meet the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama creates Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail, first in 26 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas K. Geranios</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTHPORT, Wash. — When the national scenic trails system was created four decades ago, the goal was to build a walking path across the United States.

That goal has come closer to reality with President Obama&#8217;s signing of a bill creating the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail and two others. They are the first such trails [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actor James Caviezel suffers minor injuries in Washington state motorcycle accident</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/actor-james-caviezel-suffers-minor-injuries-in-washington-state-motorcycle-accident-112293/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol says actor James Caviezel suffered cuts and bruises when a man hurled a bicycle into the path of his Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Trooper Rich Magnussen says &#8220;The Passion of the Christ&#8221; actor was taken Thursday to Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth.
Magnussen says the 40-year-old Caviezel, of Woodland Hills, Calif., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judges in Washington state restore $14 million award in bar&#8217;s &#8216;overservice&#8217; of drunk driver</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judges-in-washington-state-restore-14-million-award-in-bars-overservice-of-drunk-driver-111901/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel La Corte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Supreme Court in Washington state on Thursday unanimously reinstated a $14 million award to a family who sued a tavern and a bartender after one of the bar&#8217;s customers drove away from the establishment and collided with their car, leaving a 7-year-old-boy a paraplegic.

Under state law, bartenders who serve visibly intoxicated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searchers looking for 3 young boys missing overnight in Washington state</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/searchers-looking-for-3-young-boys-missing-overnight-in-washington-state-111754/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONROE, Wash. — Searchers are looking for three young boys who went missing while playing outside Wednesday night near the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Washington state.

Monroe police spokeswoman Debbie Willis says a parent called police when 8-year-old Ethyan Gertschitz, his 10-year-old brother Elijah and 11-year-old Dylan Lewis couldn&#8217;t be found.
Police and volunteers, aided by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coast Guard: 80 passengers taken off grounded Wash. whale watch boat; no injuries reported</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/coast-guard-80-passengers-taken-off-grounded-wash-whale-watch-boat-no-injuries-reported-110919/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — The Coast Guard says a 65-foot whale-watching vessel carrying 80 passengers ran aground Wednesday evening north of Lopez Island in northwest Washington&#8217;s San Juan islands.

No injuries were reported, and damage to the vessel was minimal.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Colin White says several other boats took the passengers off the Odyssey to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biking _ and whale-watching _ in Washington&#8217;s magical San Juan Islands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carey J. Williams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JUAN ISLANDS, Wash. — Bicycle touring is a whale of a good time on the magical San Juan Islands.

Riders flock to this bicycling paradise for its varying terrain, quiet two-lane roads and scenic beaches. But the abundance of wildlife draws visitors too. The opportunity to spot a whale was a major reason for visiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After 24 years, children of former Vancouver police officer recant stories of sexual abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, Wash. — Former Vancouver police officer Clyde Ray Spencer spent nearly 20 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually molesting his son and daughter. Now, the children say it never happened.

Matthew Spencer and Kathryn Tetz, who live in Sacramento, Calif., each took the stand Friday in Clark County Superior Court to clear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wash. teen who mistook hiker for bear, fatally shooting woman, gets 30 days detention</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A teenage hunter who shot and killed a hiker he mistook for a bear has been sentenced to 30 days in juvenile detention and 120 hours of community service.

Tyler J. Kales, then 14, was hunting with his older brother in August when he shot 54-year-old Pamela Almli of Oso, who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 person dead in confrontation with Spokane police</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. — Police fatally shot a man after he allegedly beat a woman with a skateboard and stabbed a pit bull during a rampage Friday morning.

Police received 911 calls that a man tried to break into one home on Spokane&#8217;s north side, then assaulted a woman after breaking into another residence, where he also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ROTC cadet from New York dies in night training exercise at Fort Lewis, Wash.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT LEWIS, Wash. — An ROTC cadet has died in a night ground navigation exercise at Fort Lewis in Washington.

The Army says 19-year-old Daniel N. Miller was reported missing at 2 a.m. Thursday and searchers found his body at 9:15 a.m.
Fort Lewis and U.S. Army Cadet Command are investigating, and haven&#8217;t say how he died.
Miller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing&#8217;s new 787 taxies for the first time under its own power</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/boeings-new-787-taxies-for-the-first-time-under-its-own-power-102429/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EVERETT, Wash. — A Boeing Co. spokesman says the aerospace manufacturer&#8217;s new 787 jetliner taxied under its own power Tuesday for the first time in its development.

Boeing spokesman Jim Proulx says the low-speed taxi test at Paine Field near Everett, Wash., was the first time the plane has moved under its own engine power. Previously, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing&#8217;s new 787 taxis for first time under its own power, timing of test flight still unclear</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EVERETT, Wash. — A Boeing spokesman says the aerospace manufacturer&#8217;s new 787 jetliner taxied under its own power Tuesday for the first time in its development.

Boeing Co. spokesman Jim Proulx says the low-speed taxi test at Paine Field near Everett, Wash., was the first time the plane has moved under its own engine power. Previously, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial truck maker Paccar cuts dividend to 9 cents from 18 cents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BELLEVUE, Wash. — Paccar Inc. said Tuesday that its board has halved the commercial truck maker&#8217;s quarterly dividend to 9 cents per share, from 18 cents.

The reduced dividend will be paid Sept. 8 to stockholders of record on Aug. 18.
In a statement, Paccar Chairman and CEO Mark Pigott said the company plans to increase the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan approves new inspection rules for Western US cherries, speeding exports</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/japan-approves-new-inspection-rules-for-western-us-cherries-speeding-exports-101464/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/japan-approves-new-inspection-rules-for-western-us-cherries-speeding-exports-101464/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Dininny</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YAKIMA, Wash. — Cherry growers in three West Coast states will be able to ship sweet cherries to Japan more cheaply because of a change in the country&#8217;s pest control requirements for imports of the fruit.

Fruit exporters in Washington, Oregon and California have been in negotiations with Japan for years to allow cherry imports without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yakima teacher reprimanded for sending kindergartner home with feces in his backpack</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/yakima-teacher-reprimanded-for-sending-kindergartner-home-with-feces-in-his-backpack-98410/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/yakima-teacher-reprimanded-for-sending-kindergartner-home-with-feces-in-his-backpack-98410/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YAKIMA, Wash. — A Washington kindergarten teacher who sent a 5-year-old student home with a bag of feces tucked in his backpack has been formally reprimanded.

A West Valley School District official warned teacher Sue Graham in a letter that similar behavior in the future will result in disciplinary action, including termination.
The boy&#8217;s father had said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tough times for Washington state newspapers leads state officials to give tax cut</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tough-times-for-washington-state-newspapers-leads-state-officials-to-give-tax-cut-97998/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel La Corte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA, Wash. — As newspapers across the country struggle through a brutal economic climate, papers in Washington state are getting a tax break.

A new law that gives newspaper printers and publishers a 40 percent cut in Washington&#8217;s main business tax took effect this week, providing some much-needed relief to the business after a year in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington state farmers sue to stop proposed feedlot&#8217;s plan to access well water</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/washington-state-farmers-sue-to-stop-proposed-feedlots-plan-to-access-well-water-96559/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/washington-state-farmers-sue-to-stop-proposed-feedlots-plan-to-access-well-water-96559/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Dininny</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YAKIMA, Wash. — A group of Washington state farmers have joined two environmental groups in filing a lawsuit to block a proposed feedlot from using a well that is exempt from requiring state permits to water up to 30,000 cattle.

Easterday Ranches Inc., a longtime cattle company and one of the largest feedlot operators in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation groups again seek endangered species protection for giant, spitting worm in Wash.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicholas K. Geranios</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. — Fans of the giant Palouse earthworm are once again seeking federal protection for the rare, sweet-smelling species that spits at predators.

They filed a petition Tuesday with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requesting the worm be protected as an endangered species.
&#8220;The giant Palouse earthworm is critically endangered and needs the protection of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wash. woman accused of identity theft says dog ate her checks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARLINGTON, Wash. — A woman accused of dipping into her ex-husband&#8217;s bank account without permission blames her dog. Arlington, Wash., police spokeswoman Kristin Banfield said detectives filed court orders to follow the money trail. They learned the money disappearing from the 42-year-old Arlington man&#8217;s account was being used to pay for utility bills and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motorist accused of driving through flocks of birds at Wash. state beach park, killing dozens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OCEAN PARK, Wash. — Authorities in Washington state say a young motorist repeatedly drove through flocks of shore birds on a beach, killing dozens of them.

State Fish and Wildlife Sgt. Dan L. Chadwick says he has the bodies of 34 birds killed near the coastal town of Ocean Park.
One bird was taken to a wildlife [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 dead, 1 hospitalized in Washington state single-engine plane crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YAKIMA, Wash. — Authorities say a father and his young son were killed and his 5-year-old daughter was critically injured in a single-engine plane crash in central Washington state.

The Yakima County Coroner&#8217;s Office says 37-year-old Justin Reed of Yakima and his 13-year-old son Parrin were killed in the Sunday afternoon crash.
Reed&#8217;s daughter, Julie, suffered head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial truck maker Paccar renews $2 billion credit facility</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/commercial-truck-maker-paccar-renews-2-billion-credit-facility-93229/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BELLEVUE, Wash. — Commercial truck maker Paccar Inc. said Friday it has renewed its $2 billion syndicated one-year credit facility through June 2010.

An additional existing $1 billion credit facility matures in June 2012.
The bank credit facilities provide backup liquidity for the Bellevue, Wash.-based company&#8217;s commercial paper and medium-term notes.
The credit facility was renewed with more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spokane police arrest man they contend led an organized ring of grocery store meat thieves</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. — Police have arrested a man they contend led an organized ring of thieves who stole meat from area grocery stories. Police suspect the man, 37, led a group of people who would steal six to ten packages of meat at a time from various grocery stores.

The suspects would take the meat to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends, family of Wash. community activist wash cars, raise $1,100 for her funeral, burial</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/friends-family-of-wash-community-activist-wash-cars-raise-1100-for-her-funeral-burial-92269/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARKLAND, Wash. — A lack of money to cover funeral expenses for a community activist in Washington state has prompted her family and friends to raise money in a manner familiar to neighborhood organizations: They held a car wash and bake sale.

Moni Hoy, who once worked with Yolanda Ramos at a neighborhood safety program called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furry guest visits Washington state restaurant; makeshift tunnel guides marmot to freedom</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/furry-guest-visits-washington-state-restaurant-makeshift-tunnel-guides-marmot-to-freedom-91337/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROSSER, Wash. — Diners in a central Washington state wine town got a visit from a furry and unwelcome dinner guest. A big rodent called a marmot wandered in the front door of a restaurant in Prosser on Monday and settled into a corner. Marmots, closely related to ground squirrels, are a longtime problem in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furry marmot wanders through front door of Washington restaurant, surprising diners</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/furry-marmot-wanders-through-front-door-of-washington-restaurant-surprising-diners-91289/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROSSER, Wash. — Talk about an uninvited dinner guest. Diners at a restaurant in Prosser were startled Monday when a furry marmot wandered through the front door and settled into a corner. That was no surprise to city Administrator Charlie Bush, who said the big rodents have long been a problem in the central Washington [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing further delays initial test flight of next-generation 787 jetliner</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/boeing-further-delays-initial-test-flight-of-next-generation-787-jetliner-89676/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/boeing-further-delays-initial-test-flight-of-next-generation-787-jetliner-89676/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boeing Co. has again delayed the first test flight of its long-awaited 787 jetliner, a hot-selling aircraft seen as pivotal for the company and the way it builds airplanes in the future.

The Chicago-based aerospace giant said Tuesday it needs to reinforce small areas near the connection of the wings and fuselage before conducting the test [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National parks aim to reduce emissions from both millions of visitors and their own operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Karen Lasch and her family recently pulled over their car near a glacier-fed creek in Mount Rainier National Park, piling out for a glimpse of the snowcapped peak in the distance.

But she hadn&#8217;t given much thought to the impact that she, millions of other tourists and the national parks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spokane, Wash., officer indicted on federal civil rights charge over fatal confrontation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/spokane-wash-officer-indicted-on-federal-civil-rights-charge-over-fatal-confrontation-89171/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. — A police officer was indicted on federal civil rights charges over a fatal confrontation with a developmentally disabled man who was struck and Tasered in 2006 at a Spokane, Wash., convenience store.

The indictment announced Monday contends Officer Karl Thompson deprived Otto Zehm of his civil rights and made a false statement to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen girl balks at paying for inch-long, pumpkin-orange fake fingernails in salon dispute</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/teen-girl-balks-at-paying-for-inch-long-pumpkin-orange-fake-fingernails-in-salon-dispute-89026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A teenage girl who balked at paying for a set of inch-long, pumpkin-orange fake fingernails in a dispute at a Mount Vernon nail salon said a nail technician grabbed her and tried to pry the nails off. The 48-year-old technician told the Skagit Valley Herald that the dispute was strictly verbal.

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington police say man drove at least 3 miles on interstate in reverse</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/washington-police-say-man-drove-at-least-3-miles-on-interstate-in-reverse-87050/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/washington-police-say-man-drove-at-least-3-miles-on-interstate-in-reverse-87050/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONGVIEW, Wash. — The Cowlitz County sheriff&#8217;s office said a driver went at least three miles on I-5 near Castle Rock in reverse. Deputy Ryan Cruser said a 41-year-old Canadian was arrested about 8:30 p.m. Thursday after his car stopped in the middle of the northbound lanes. He laughed as deputies approached and refused to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Iraq ambassador Ryan Crocker building home in Spokane Valley</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-iraq-ambassador-ryan-crocker-building-home-in-spokane-valley-84717/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker says he&#8217;s enjoying a much quieter life in the Spokane Valley.

The career diplomat retired in January after spending two years overseeing the troop surge in Iraq. These days, he and his wife, Christine, are renting the modest Spokane Valley house his parents built in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man accused in Arizona slayings charged in 1997 Washington stabbing death of Hispanic man</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WENATCHEE, Wash. — One of the three people arrested in an Arizona home invasion that left a little girl and her father dead has been charged with the 1997 slaying of a Hispanic man in Washington state.

A second-degree murder charge was filed Friday in Chelan County Superior Court against 34-year-old Jason Eugene Bush in the [...]]]></description>
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