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October 7th, 2008
YAKIMA -- Washington state officials say they have agreed to screen potential farm hands for immigration violations before referring them to jobs, after the federal government threatened to cut millions of dollars from a program that matches workers ...
October 7th, 2008
Coach Rod Marinelli met with owner William Clay Ford on Monday as he often does the day after a game. But Marinelli said they did not talk about his future, despite the Lions’ miserable 0-4 start, and Ford did not ask or order him to play any ...
October 6th, 2008
1 hr 57 mins ago - You might not like the higher prices in the grocery store, but they meant higher values for Washington crops in 2007. 2 days ago - A 19-year-old prisoner in the Yakima County Jail hanged himself with his bedsheet the night before ...
September 10th, 2008
The charming ventriloquist, comedian and singer gained national attention -- and plenty of talk show gigs -- after winning the second season of NBC's "America's Got Talent" in 2007. In February, he will begin a five-year stint at the Mirage Hotel and ...
August 20th, 2008
I did not notice anything in today's paper (print or on-line) about the new law making on-line gambling in Washington a felony. Was it received too late, or did I miss it? Seems like every TV station covered it briefly last night, but I was looking ...
September 26th, 2008
EVERETT, Wash. -- One of two men photographed sleeping on goods stolen from a department store in Monroe has been sentenced to nine months in jail. In addition, 27-year-old Allen Pierce was sentenced Friday to repay the Fred Meyer outlet for losses ...
September 20th, 2008
LAS VEGAS -- No doubt about it. The top of the Vegas food chain is the domain of high rollers. But here's a secret: You don't have to spend big to eat big in this town. You can sample Guy Savoy's legendary artichoke truffle soup for just a few ...
August 11th, 2008
"I feel like a 12-year-old girl at a Ricky Martin concert." -- Initiative promoter Tim Eyman, exulting over the death in committee of Senate Bill 5575, which would have allowed state college admissions' offices to consider a student's race. Eyman ...
September 12th, 2008
It's also true we never saw each other. That's the price of being a celebrity. Sometimes you never get a chance to rub shoulders with the common folk. Paris (yes, we always refer to celebs by their first name) was attending the grand opening for the ...
August 15th, 2008
Stormmy Paul's home clings to the eastern edge of the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Smoke from his weekly campfire drifts over the reservation's border with Marysville, across the imaginary place on the road where drivers suddenly realize they've left ...
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