Washington State

WATCH: Teenager's Miraculous Rescue From Waterfalls

Posted 05.22.2012

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By Gene Johnson, AP/The Huffington Post SEATTLE — Swept down one waterfall and about to plunge over a much larger one, a 13-year-old boy managed ...

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Mobile Slaughterhouses Help Meat Go Local

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.14.2012

The meat industry, like much else in U.S. agriculture, has consolidated rapidly over the last half-century. Four giant companies produced 83.5 percent of U.S. beef as of 2007. It is in this context that the mobile slaughterhouse makes local slaughter available and affordable to small farmers.

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California Primary Ballot Hodgepodge: We Need a Return to Voting By Party Members Only

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.14.2012

Wasn't the purpose of political primaries to take the process out of the hands of big city bosses and to allow the citizenry of each state to choose their nominees?

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WATCH: GOP Candidate Tells Constituent To 'Go Get A Job'

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 04.26.2012

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna lashed out at a constituent on Tuesday, telling the young woman to "go get a job" in response to a ques...

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Some States Buck National Trend, Expand Abortion Access

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- As many states debate and pass new restrictions on abortion, often against increasing resistance, a small number of others are consideri...

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Father Freed From Jail After Daughter Admits Lying About Rape Nine Years Ago

Posted 04.05.2012

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In 2001, an 11-year-old girl told a judge that her father raped her, sending the man to prison for nine years. Today, she admits that she lied. Now...

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One State Is Kicking A Huge Number Of Kids Off Of Medicaid

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.03.2012

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In Pennsylvania, the struggle to keep up with the demand for health care among the state's poor residents means that nearly 90,000 children are losing...

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WATCH: School Superintendent Accused Of Racism

The Huffington Post | Khristopher Brooks | Posted 03.27.2012

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A group of public school employees in Washington state are outraged by the racially insensitive remarks they said their superintendent has made in the...

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Toddler Shoots Self In Third Washington Gun Accident In 3 Weeks

AP | DONNA BLANKINSHIP and DOUG ESSER | Posted 03.16.2012

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SEATTLE -- A toddler shoots himself to death with his father's gun. A young girl dies when a sibling fires a gun found in the family car. A school gir...

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Mom Pleads Not Guilty For Role In Shooting That Wounded Girl, 8

AP | DOUG ESSER | Posted 05.15.2012

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SEATTLE — A prosecutor said he will try to stretch the law to go after a Bremerton woman and her boyfriend who are accused of having a role in a...

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The Business of Foster Care

Ryann Blackshere | Posted 05.14.2012

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College students excitedly anticipate opening their mailboxes to find care packages filled with food, school supplies, and other college essentials sent from mom and dad. But for students who grew up in foster care, the care packages don't often come.

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Search For Missing Fishermen Takes Turn For Worse

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 05.11.2012

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SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for four men missing from a fishing trawler off the Washington coast, saying it's unl...

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Dem Congressman Resigning To Focus On Gubernatorial Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.10.2012

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Congressman Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) will announce on Saturday that he is resigning from Congress to devote time to his run for governor, a Democratic sou...

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Bank Of America Could Be Looking At A Big Old Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.08.2012

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A million-dollar embezzlement case in Seattle could land Bank of America in hot water. Joseph Phan, a former Seattle Public Utilities employee, is ...

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Rick Steve's Roadtrip: Boise Is Freakishly Friendly

Rick Steves | Posted 05.07.2012

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In the men's room, a religious flier, propped on the sink as if waiting for me, asks the important question: "Where will you spend eternity?"

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Rick Steve's Road Trip: Maple Bars And Tumbleweeds

Rick Steves | Posted 05.06.2012

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I'm kicking this 20-day, 20-city tour off with a stop in probably the most conservative corner of my state: the Tri-Cities.

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Washington Voters Approve All But 5 School Levies On Ballot

AP | Posted 03.02.2012

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SEATTLE -- Washington voters have approved all but five school levies on the ballot this winter. They voted in favor of 152 school levies, for a tota...

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Father: 'My Kid Made A Mistake' In School Shooting

AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 04.25.2012

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SEATTLE — Prosecutors are expecting the police investigation into a shooting at a Washington elementary school to include a harder look into wha...

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Washington State Trooper Shot, Killed At Routine Traffic Stop

AP | GENE JOHNSON and DOUG ESSER | Posted 04.24.2012

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PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A Washington State Patrol trooper was gunned down at a traffic stop early Thursday, and the suspect – an ex-con with...

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3rd Grader In Critical Condition After Washington School Shooting

AP | MANUEL VALDES and GENE JOHNSON | Posted 04.24.2012

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PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — Crying and wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, a frightened 9-year-old boy accused of accidentally shooting a classmate sat b...

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Federal Judge Says State Can't Force Pharmacies To Sell Plan B

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 04.23.2012

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TACOMA, Wash. — Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, sayi...

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Avalanche Kills 3 In Washington State

AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 04.20.2012

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STEVENS PASS, Wash. — Three skiers were killed Sunday when an avalanche swept them about a quarter-mile down an out-of-bounds canyon at a popula...

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Ron Paul Blasts The War On Drugs

AP | By JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 04.18.2012

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By JONATHAN A. COOPER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul decried the "war on drugs" Thursday nigh...

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Time for Democrats to Enshrine Marriage Equality in Our Platform

Christine Pelosi | Posted 04.16.2012

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Marriage equality is a personal one for me because I chaired the California Democratic Party Platform Committee that adopted marriage equality in 2006 just days before my first date with my husband.

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WATCH: Washington Governor Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill Into Law

Posted 02.13.2012

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Washington became the seventh U.S. state to acknowledge same-sex marriage when Gov. Chris Gregoire signed voter-approved legislation into law today. ...

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