Justin Rupple, of Issaquah, is one of five finalists in the 29th annual Seattle International Stand-Up Comedy Competition. Rupple won entry into the final at the competition’s semifinals Nov. 23 at The Club Casino and Marsons Restaurant in Everett ...

TRENTON, N.J. - Shares of drugmaker Merck & Co. fell about 2 percent Wednesday after an analyst lowered his forecast for key financial targets, but shares recovered somewhat in late morning trading. CAMDEN, N.J. - One of the men on trial for ...

TIPOFF: 3 p.m. STATISTICAL LEADERS: For the Cyclones — Nicky Wieben, 13.3 rpg, 1.7 bpg; Kelsey Bolte, 11.7 ppg; Alison Lacey, 9.3 ppg; for the Lady Panthers — Candice Thomas 13 ppg; Shondria Combs, 9.3 ppg. ABOUT THE CYCLONES: Iowa State, ranked ...

Although it can be risky to definitively pronounce a bill dead -- lawmakers have a number of procedural tricks they can use to resuscitate seemingly lifeless proposals -- here's a tentative list of some of this year's likely casualties in the Senate ...

LOS ANGELES — Brooke Burke waltzed away with the trophy on the “Dancing with the Stars” finale Tuesday night. The 37-year-old TV personality and mother of four dominated the seventh season of the popular ABC dancing competition and beat former ...

A Mormon Widower Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover Consorting with anti-immigrant enforcers, indulging rank opportunism, and adhering to failed policies seem an unlikely recipe for ...

When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the old "Kindergarten Cop" himself, accused the Legislature of acting like kindergarteners when the special session on the state's financial mess ended Tuesday in a rash of partisan name-calling and finger-pointing ...

Here's a new batch of 14 pardons and commutations by President Bush,just announced from the Justice Department. They are his first since March and are nowhere near as controversial as President Clinton's final pardons on leaving office. Bush has ...

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State Sen. Ed Murray, a longtime legislator who is the most senior of the state's several openly gay House and Senate members, said he's been contacted by several reporters seeking comment on the Curtis situation. He has little to say. “As I have ...