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The Washington state Legislature should consider major government reforms and a multitude of possible tax hikes — no matter how small — as they try to solve a $2.6 billion budget deficit, top state officials said.
A federal judge has rejected several arguments made by the Yakama Nation as the tribe seeks to block Washington state from taxing cigarette sales at tribal smoke shops.
With the Legislature facing a $2.6 billion budget deficit, Washington environmentalists have a modest agenda for the upcoming session and hope to avoid further cutbacks they say have already devastated environmental protection in the state.
President Barack Obama returned Monday to the White House he never really escaped.
The fact that Gilbert Arenas might have brandished guns in the Washington Wizards locker room? That's both a shocking and disturbing revelation.
Malcolm Armstead scored 21 points, Michael Dunnigan added 20 and Oregon knocked off No. 17 Washington 90-79 on Saturday, snapping the Huskies' 18-game home winning streak.
Quincy Pondexter scored 20 points, Isaiah Thomas added 19 and No. 17 Washington opened its defense of its Pac-10 Conference title by holding on in the final minutes for a 76-70 win over Oregon State on Thursday night.
Quincy Pondexter scored 22 points and No. 22 Washington started slowly, briefly gave away a big lead, then cruised to an 86-71 victory over San Francisco on Sunday.
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire wants state government to be carbon-neutral by 2020, and announced the Department of Ecology would be the first agency to start enacting measures to lessen its carbon footprint.
Brother Nidal, I ask Allah to protect and solidify him, used to pray in my mosque while I was an Imam in Dar al-Hijrah [Mosque].
Quincy Pondexter kept sluggish Washington afloat, scoring 16 of his 25 points in the first half, and the 22nd-ranked Huskies beat No. 19 Texas A&M 73-64 on Tuesday night in a game marred — and largely decided — by a gruesome injury to Aggies senior Derrick Roland.
Kabangu Kasamba and Damian Windham each scored 11 points to lead Chicago State over Eastern Washington 62-53 in the third round of the Las Vegas Classic on Tuesday night.
George Washington brought along a tourist for his Christmas Day ride across the Delaware River this year, and technology manufacturer Lockheed Martin brought its checkbook.
Even though NASA's Mars rover Spirit has been trapped in the sand for months, the robot has still managed to report new facts about the red planet — all by just spinning its wheels.
A woman who has known a missing Utah woman and her husband since the couple were married eight years ago is not surprised that Josh Powell has been named a person of interest in his wife Susan’s disappearance, saying that his increasingly controlling behavior had put the couple’s marriage on the rocks.
There’s still a shot for the Giants to make the playoffs, and if they beat Carolina and Minnesota to do it, let me be the first to start the campaign.
Quincy Pondexter scored 17 points, Isaiah Thomas had 16 and No. 24 Washington pressured Portland into 22 turnovers during an 89-54 rout on Saturday night.
Lykendra Johnson had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Lauren Aitch added 12 points to help No. 16 Michigan State beat Washington 69-52 Saturday night.
Some holiday gifts are forgotten even before the wrapping paper’s been recycled. Others, like the one Heather Ryan-Sigler received years ago, tend to stick in your craw.
A prosecutor says a 24-year-old man accused of killing three men near the central Washington town of Mattawa apparently was angry at them over what he alleged was a girl's rape.
A renewable jet fuel company says it has agreements from 14 airlines to buy fuel derived from the oil of camelina plant seeds.
Brandon Moore scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Kevin Winford sank 5-of-6 foul shots in the final 57 seconds of overtime as Eastern Washington held off Seattle 100-97 on Saturday.
Julian Vaughn scored a career-high 18 points, and No. 15 Georgetown pulled away in the second half for its second victory over a ranked opponent in five days, beating No. 17 Washington 74-66 on Saturday in the Wooden Classic.
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire is going to Copenhagen for the U.N. climate summit.
Naked jogger nabbed near White HouseA man was taken into custody and later hospitalized for a mental evaluation after he took off his clothes and began a jog a few blocks from the White House.
Obama to release report on botched terror bidThe U.S. public is getting its clearest look at the government missteps that allowed a suspected terrorist to slip through post-Sept. 11 security and threaten lives on American soil.
EPA aims to tighten Bush smog rulesFollowing a review of Bush-era rules, the Environmental Protection Agency proposes what it called "the strictest health standards to date for smog."
Feds: Sex abuse high at 13 juvenile centersA study finds 13 juvenile detention facilities in the nation have high rates of sex abuse and victimization, where nearly 1 out of every 3 inmates reported some type of victimization.
To my fellow democrat or republican: Why are you still part of the party — and problem?
EPA proposes nation's strictest smog limits everIt wants to toughen the ozone limit adopted in 2008 by cracking down further on power plants, factories and landfills. Much of the U.S. could then be in violation of federal regulations
Biden in Del. to spend time with ailing motherVice President Joe Biden has left Washington to spend time with his ailing elderly mother.
Geithner's New York Fed Told AIG to Limit Swaps Disclosure Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then led by Timothy Geithner, told American International Group Inc.
EPA replacing Bush smog limit with stricter ruleThe Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter health standards for smog, replacing a Bush-era limit that ran counter to scientific recommendations.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Indicted for Attempted Bombing of Flight 253 on Christmas Day Defendant Faces Life in Prison if ConvictedWASHINGTON—The Justice Department announced that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian national, was charged today in a six-count criminal indictment returned in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged role in the attempted Christmas day bombing of Northwes …
FCC seeks extension for broadband planThe chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is asking for a one-month extension on the national broadband plan the agency is required to submit to Congress.
Guard dies after Holocaust museum shootingAn 88-year-old gunman with a virulently anti-Semitic past opens fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot himself.
Al-Qaida: CIA attack avenges drone strikesAl-Qaida claims responsibility for the suicide blast in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA officers and contractors, but the U.S. shows commitment to anti-terrorism hunt there.
Nigerian man indicted in plot to blow up planeA grand jury indicts a 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day.
Accused Holocaust museum gunman dies in hospitalThe 89-year-old white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum died Wednesday in North Carolina, where he'd been held while awaiting trial, authorities said.
State (Washington) will appeal prison-voting ruling to Supreme CourtWashington state will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to overturn a surprising federal court ruling that tossed out the state's 120-year-old prohibition against voting by incarcerated felons, Attorney General Rob McKenna said today.
Could Republicans win back the Senate in 2010?A few months ago, anyone suggesting that Republicans might be able to retake the Senate – where they currently have 40 seats compared to the Democrats' 58 plus two Independents who caucus with Barack Obama's party – would have been liable to be certified insane.
Feds to review courthouse security nationwideA federal official says the government will conduct a nationwide review of courthouse security after a gunman killed a courthouse officer and wounded a deputy marshal in Las Vegas.
comment E-mail Print share Kerry slams Cheney's 'hysteria'Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is taking up the Democrats' cry against the GOP for "politicizing" the Christmas Day attack. From a statement Kerry issued this afternoon:
Busy signal awaits IRS help line callersOnly seven in 10 taxpayers calling the Internal Revenue Service for help this tax season are expected to reach a real person - if the agency reaches its service goal.
C-Span, Buchanan ask Congress to open up, air health care talks on CNN"WASHINGTON — Rep. Vern Buchanan on Tuesday gained a high-profile ally in his bid to prod congressional leaders to open up health care negotiations to the public.
New book explores Clinton, Palin candidaciesAuthor Anne Kornblut argues that Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin were at a particular disadvantage because they were women and that a number of hurdles will need to be cleared before a woman succeeds in winning the White House.
Oval Office meetings on health care continuePresident Barack Obama has scheduled another White House meeting today as he takes a hands-on role trying to prod Congressional Democrats to get him a final health care bill as soon as possible.
Sen. Dodd set to announce retirementSen. Christopher Dodd, a five-term Democrat whose political stock began falling after the financial meltdown, has decided not to seek re-election in November, sources told NBC News.
Third uninvited guest got into W.H. dinnerThe Secret Service says another person not on the guest list was allowed into a White House state dinner for India's prime minister in November.
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