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    Bill aims to lessen fraud and mantra

    Waste and abuse, waste and abuse. It’s the chorus to a tune that is sung more or less constantly during debates about government spending: We don’t need to pay for … 7

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    Nights to brighten with five planets

    If the skies clear off at sunset on any of the next several days, sky watchers will be rewarded with an unusual planetary display. Jupiter and Venus are high in … 3

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    Couple want backyard back

    When people Don Bain didn’t know took up residence in the garage-slash-apartment in his backyard a couple of weeks ago, he thought he’d be able to have them thrown out. … 36

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    Mariners look forward while going backward

    NEW YORK – Those into silver linings had plenty to take away from this latest Hector Noesi mound adventure. They could read the box score without having watched the game …

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    Baker family invited back to White House

      The White House hopes to make amends to the family of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Vernon Baker after they were turned away from a West Wing tour because of … 29

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    Renewable energy thirst fueled wind farms on gusty ridges

    ELLENSBURG – Gusty winds sweep through Central Washington’s Kittitas County, scattering tumbleweeds and spinning the blades of 149 turbines on Whisky Dick Mountain. The westerly wind is a gift of … 39

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    Drinks, not drugs, sickened CWU students

    Sugary, high-alcohol energy drinks that are popular with college students who want to get drunk quickly and cheaply came under renewed scrutiny today as investigators announced that nine freshmen had … 16

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    Solar eclipse moves into view

    A partial solar eclipse on Sunday evening is going to darken one side of the sun to the delight of sky watchers in the Inland Northwest, but clouds could spoil … 3

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    Facebook ‘likes’ job creation

    This is for “Facebook CEO turns 28.” I wonder why America cannot create enough jobs when this man is rolling in the dough at just 28. He was able to … 2

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    Gonzaga honor student killed in kayak accident

    Gonzaga University officials today identified the victim of a kayaking accident as a first-year honor student from Everett. 6

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    Target dropping Amazon’s Kindle

    NEW YORK – Target Corp. is phasing out Amazon.com Inc.’s e-reader Kindle at its more than 1,700 stores and its website. Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said Wednesday that the decision …

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    As protesters rally, Amazon vows changes

    SEATTLE – Amazon .com Inc., addressing issues that have drawn heavy criticism of the company, told shareholders Thursday that it planned to improve warehouse conditions and drop its membership in … 11

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    Stocks end mixed year with droop

    NEW YORK – U.S. stocks slid Friday, with the S&P 500 relinquishing its 2011 gain, as investors closed the books on a volatile year largely driven by Europe’s uncertain efforts …

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    FBI: Bomb could have caused ‘multiple casualties’

      The abandoned backpack found Monday along the route of Spokane’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. march contained a bomb capable of inflicting “multiple casualties,” the FBI has confirmed. 58

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    U.S. forces kill Osama bin Laden in firefight

      Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, is dead, President Barack Obama announced tonight. 152

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    St. Helens yields clues

    LOS ANGELES – Scientists dissecting the remains of the disastrous 1980 explosion of Mount St. Helens in Washington say that crystal formations trapped in volcanic rocks hold important clues about …

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    Icahn buys sizable stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    NEW YORK – Activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a sizable stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp. and is calling for at least four of the company’s directors to be replaced. … 1

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    Briefcase

    Idaho jobless rate surpasses U.S. level Idaho’s unemployment rate climbed to 9.5 percent in December, pushing the share of people looking for work above the national rate for the first …

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    Microsoft sells bulk of its AOL patents to Facebook

    LOS ANGELES – Microsoft Corp., which just bought patents from AOL Inc. for more than $1 billion, is now selling most of them to Facebook Inc. for $550 million. The …

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    Diabetics see more benefits from surgery

    In findings that could promise radical changes in the care of the 20 million U.S. patients with Type 2 diabetes, two new clinical trials have shown that weight-loss surgery brings … 2