BOSTON - Cancer turns up five times more often in women with extremely dense breasts than in those with the most fatty tissue, a study shows, signaling the importance of a risk factor rarely discussed with patients.

Crabbing Catching and Cooking Tips
Visit and enjoy Crabbing Catching and Cooking Tips. Featuring catching Crab, Crab gear and Crab recipes.

Paradise remains far down the road
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK - Road crews stayed on the job through the snow and bitter cold of the past two weeks, but the road to Paradise will not open until April at the earliest.

Deaths for Jan. 19
Beard, Raymond Jr., 72, Olympia, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007, at Capital Medical Center, Olympia. Funeral Alternatives of Washington, Tumwater, 360-753-1065.

Ethics, lobbying bill sails through Senate
WASHINGTON - The Senate, responding to voter frustration with corruption and special interest influence in Washington, D.C., on Thursday overwhelmingly approved far-reaching ethics and lobbying reform legislation.

Cabela’s eyes Nov. 20 opening; permits, funding remain in air
LACEY - Cabela’s plans to open its retail showroom here Nov. 20, three days before the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, according to a construction timeline.

Cancer rates down, but not in county
A national trend showing a decline in cancer deaths hasn’t hit Thurston County - yet.

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