Oversight board gets NSA briefing
WASHINGTON - After a delay of more than a year, a government board appointed to guard Americans’ privacy and civil liberties during the war on terror has been told the inner workings of the government’s electronic eavesdropping program.
Mine company blames move on finances
CENTRALIA - A day after TransAlta Corp. eliminated 600 coal mining jobs here, the company portrayed itself as so burdened by expenses that it couldn’t wait to close the mine and cut its costs.
Doctors test implant to block strokes
WASHINGTON - At least 120,000 Americans a year suffer strokes because of a common irregular heartbeat - one that’s on the rise, is hard to treat and can shoot deadly blood clots straight to the brain.
Holiday season marches in
OLYMPIA - Singers, motorcyclists and firetrucks signalled the start of the downtown Olympia Christmas shopping season, as the Downtown for the Holidays events drew what merchants hope to see - streets bustling with families and shoppers.
Clerics carry out ‘pray-in’ to protest US Airways action
WASHINGTON - Imams, ministers and a rabbi staged a “pray-in” demonstration Monday at Reagan Washington National Airport and asked an apology from US Airways for barring six Muslims from a Minneapolis to Phoenix flight last week.
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N. Korea meets with U.S., China
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Icy nightmare isn’t over yet (King County Journal)
The forecast for drivers isn’t good: Icy roads this morning and chances of more snow by early evening. The results should be “pretty messy,” one forecaster warned.
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