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Booth Gardner dies at 76; former Washington state governor

2013-03-16 18:20:00

Booth Gardner, a two-term Democratic governor who later in life spearheaded a campaign that made Washington the second state in the nation to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill, has died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was...

Review: 'American Canopy' by Eric Rutkow should get out more

2012-04-29 00:00:00

-------------------- American Canopy Trees, Forests and the Making of a Nation Eric Rutkow Scribner: 407 pp., $29 -------------------- Every book has its quirks. In the case of the newly published history "American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the...

Strong jobs report sends Dow to highest since `08

2012-02-03 13:59:00

Social media wrap: Bloomberg, Murdoch, mayors and business leaders call for immigration reform

2010-09-30 21:36:09

West Coast coal exports to China challenged on greenhouse gases

2010-12-13 21:33:53

Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire: 'We are down, but we are not out'

2011-01-20 16:35:00

Hoyt S. Pardee dies at 91; prominent home builder in Southern California

2009-11-25 00:00:00

Hoyt S. Pardee, who with his two brothers transformed a family construction company into a leading Southern California home builder, died of pancreatic cancer Monday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 91. The brothers and their...

PASSINGS

2009-07-10 00:00:00

Harold J. Haynes Ex-CEO of Standard Oil Harold J. "Bill" Haynes, 83, a civil engineer from Texas who rose to chairman and chief executive of Standard Oil Co. of California before it became Chevron, died of cancer Wednesday in San Francisco. After a 34-...

Where to give for Myanmar relief

2008-05-09 00:00:00

CARE 151 Ellis Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30303-2440 Phone: 1-404-681-2552 Toll free: 1-800-521-CARE Fax: 1-404-577-5977 info@care.org World Vision 34834 Weyerhaeuser Way So. Federal Way, WA 98001 Phone: 1-888-511-6593 (One-time giving/Emergency...

Near Seattle, gold at the rainbow's end

2003-04-06 00:00:00

Pronounce Puyallup? I couldn't even see Puyallup, never mind trying to say it. This was the first day of spring, but the weather was in a snit. Rain began to fall in sheets a nanosecond after I left the Seattle airport, bound for this town about 25 miles...

Prep roundup (05/13): Altoona's Stuckert throws no-hitter

2013-05-14 04:34:02

Senior Will Stuckert led the Altoona baseball team in the first game of a doubleheader by throwing a five-inning no-hitter with eight strikeouts as the Railroaders swept Thorp 13-1, 17-2 on Monday in Western Cloverbelt play. "(Stuckert) kept our hitters...

Weyerhaeuser could stay at port for 20 years

2013-05-13 09:04:02

The Port of Olympia Commission is set to ratify a lease amendment at its meeting today, an agreement that could keep Weyerhaeuser and its log export business at the port for the next 20 years. The lease amendment -- the second since Weyerhaeuser first...

After finishing seventh on platform and eighth in synchro platform at the 2008 Games, Daley immediately became a poster athlete for home-team hopes in London. He won gold in individual platform at the 2009 worlds but finished fifth at the 2011 worlds.

2012-07-25 20:01:31