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For the Mayans, it’s a beginning … never the end

In the photo at right, people gather around a sacred fire at the Mayan archeological site of Iximche…

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Congratulations to the winners of PDN’s Holiday Lights contest!

By Sugarplum Mary Chief Elf, Sweet Treats Division, Santa’s Workshop THE THREE WINNERS of the Peninsula Daily News…

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Here’s a yule decoration that’s over the top!

In the photo at right, a 14-foot Christmas tree appears to be crashing through the roof of a…

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UPDATE — All of U.S. Highway 101 now open along Hood Canal

Peninsula Daily News News Sources BRINNON — A 25-mile stretch of US. Highway 101 that connects Brinnon in…

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Congratulations to the winners of PDN’s Holiday Lights contest!

By Sugarplum Mary Chief Elf, Sweet Treats Division, Santa’s Workshop and Peninsula Daily News correspondent THE THREE WINNERS…

Gov. Chris Gregoire

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PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Gregoire’s farewell budget would tax wholesale motor fuel to cover cost of school busing

MIKE BAKER, Associated Press RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed higher taxes on…

It's all an animation.  As of Thursday evening this fake had gotten 21 million YouTube views. The Associated Press

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Fake! Canadian design school admits eagle plucking baby from park was hoax

By CHARMAINE NORONHA The Associated Press TORONTO — The creators of a video purporting to show an eagle…

This cartoon has been circulating on Facebook for the past week.

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What Mayan doomsday? It’s December 21 in some countries . . . and the world hasn’t ended [** WITH NASA VIDEO**]

SORRY! THOSE HOPING to get out of holiday shopping due to the end of the world will be…

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By Sugarplum Mary Chief Elf, Sweet Treats Division, Santa’s Workshop and Peninsula Daily News correspondent ‘TIS THE SEASON…

U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens

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New York Times: Independent inquiry panel strongly assails role of State Department in Benghazi attack

By ERIC SCHMITT and MICHAEL R. GORDON c. 2012 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — An independent…

Is this dock part of the Japanese fishing port of Misawa that was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami?  Another huge dock washed up on the Oregon coast in June (Click on 'Related Photos' gallery

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Large dock — tsunami wreckage? — washes up on Olympic National Park beach

By Peninsula Daily News news sources LAPUSH — Scientists are concerned that huge dock that has washed ashore…

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Mariners trade pitcher Jason Vargas to Angels for slugger Morales

The Associated Press SEATTLE — The Los Angeles Angels have traded power hitter Kendrys Morales to the Seattle…

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Newborn dies of whooping cough in King County; 51 reported cases on Peninsula this year

Peninsula Daily News news sources SEATTLE — A newborn baby who died of whooping cough last week in…

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By Sugarplum Mary Chief Elf, Sweet Treats Division, Santa’s Workshop and Peninsula Daily News correspondent ‘TIS THE SEASON…

Gov. Chris Gregoire discusses her state budget proposal in front of a chart outlining problems and her proposed solutions.  -- Photo by The Associated Press

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Gregoire proposes new fuel tax to fund education

By Mike Baker and Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed higher taxes…

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New York Times news alert — Independent inquiry faults State Dept. in Benghazi attack

By New York Times News Service From The New York Times: AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY into the attack on…

View from the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center webcam at midafternoon today. National Park Service

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Another night of winds in Port Townsend, Forks areas; more snow in Olympics

The National Weather Service issues these bulletins this afternoon for windy weather around Admiralty Inlet and on the…

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Gregoire proposes new fuel tax to fund education

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed higher taxes on gas, soda, candy and gum today…

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By Sugarplum Mary Chief Elf, Sweet Treats Division, Santa’s Workshop and Peninsula Daily News correspondent ‘TIS THE SEASON…

One of the first snows of the current storm occurred in Kitsap County. Send us your North Olympic Peninsula storm photos to moderator@peninsuladailynews.com and we'll post it. Be sure to tell us where and when you took the photo. KOMO-TV

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URGENT WEATHER BULLETINS: Heavy winds, foul conditions expected to subside around noon

The National Weather Service on Sunday and today issued a blizzard warning for higher elevations of the North…