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New Wash. liquor privatization initiative filed
By MOLLY ROSBACH The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Backers of a proposal to break the state’s monopoly on…
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State’s radiation levels now available online (and testing finds no health threat along West Coast)
By The Associated Press For the latest news from The Associated Press about developments in Japan, click on…
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UPDATE: State revenue forecast down additional $780 million
The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The state’s tax collections are projected to be down an additional $780 million,…
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UPDATED — Emissions drop, so Japanese workers returning to stricken nuclear plant
By ERIC TALMADGE and SHINO YUASA The Associated Press (This story was last updated at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday.…
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This season’s Seattle Mariners TV commercials released — see them here
The Seattle Mariners released their 2011 flight of humorous TV commercials. To see them, go to the Mariners…
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2nd UPDATE — Harmful radiation is spewing from damaged reactors
By ERIC TALMADGE and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SOMA, Japan — Japan’s nuclear crisis deepened dramatically Tuesday. As…
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Hydrogen explosion possible at troubled reactor, Japanese official admits
The Associated Press KORIYAMA, Japan — Japan’s nuclear crisis intensified today as authorities raced to combat the threat…
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‘Twilight’ actress tweets her own ‘end’
Peninsula Daily News news services TOFINO, British Columbia — With tsunami warnings posted along the West Coast on…
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Life on the edge: Former ranger finds wilderness home in West End
By Chiggers Stokes Special to Peninsula Daily News EDITOR’S NOTE — Chiggers Stokes, a former Olympic National Park…
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Jaye and Freddie: Rescue creates bond that becomes a tradition
By Matthew Randazzo For Peninsula Daily News EDITOR’S NOTE — Jaye Moore, owner of the Northwest Raptor &…
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Secretary of state warns of scams in tsunami aid; here are well-known aid organizations
The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed said people thinking about donating money in…
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‘What if this was us?’ Quake of Japanese magnitude headed here one day, experts say
Peninsula Daily News news sources Relief and dread mingled across the Northwest after the monster earthquake and tsunami…
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Hawaii bank starts fund for earthquake victim (and how you can help)
The Associated Press HONOLULU — First Hawaiian Bank has established a relief fund to assist survivors of a…
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Subduction zone quake could also hit North Olympic Peninsula
Peninsula Daily News news services LAPUSH — The same type of tectonic earthquake that hit Japan — involving…
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4th UPDATE — Tsunami sweeps 5 to sea, rips out Calif. docks. Hawaii largely escapes
By JEFF BARNARD and JAYMES SONG Associated Press CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — A tsunami swept at least five…
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Monster Japanese earthquake in region of Port Angeles sister city of Mutsu
Peninsula Daily News news sources FOR THE LATEST updates to this story, click on Nation/World AP news, above…
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Legislative session at halfway point — and budget deficit remains
By Molly Rosbach The Associated Press OLYMPIA — As the state struggles to climb out of the Great…
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High winds expected Thursday in Port Townsend area; also, Forks and West End coast
High winds in the San Juans and Whidbey Island, spilling over to Port Townsend and the Quimper Peninsula,…
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It’s official: Obama nominates ex-Gov. Locke for ambassador to China
By Julie Pace The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hoping to make China more friendly to American business, President…
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Are you dangerously losing sleep because of nighttime Internet or TV?
Peninsula Daily News news sources More than one out of three adults gets less than seven hours of…