Women In Politics

Interrupted burglary in Kennewick
A Kennewick woman arrives home just in time to scare off a burglar.

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Bill raises hopes for stable milk prices
SOUTH BURLINGTON — Forty years ago there were 40 dairy farms in the small town of Rochester, Vt. Now there’s just one. … – By LISA RATHKE The Associated Press

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WSDOT and officials celebrate being one step closer to four-laning US 12 from the Tri-Cities to Walla Walla
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, Secretary of Transportation Paula Hammond, and members of the US Highway 12 Coalition joined state and local officials, and legislators to celebrate opening eight miles of new four-lane US 12, from Frenchtown vicinity to Walla Walla on time and under budget.

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Duncan: Congress needs to act now on school money
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged Congress on Friday to act soon to increase education funding because cash-strapped states can’t wait until the fall to determine ifthey must lay off thousands of teachers.

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Teacher union chief raps Obama at national convention
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten told her members meeting in Seattle that teachers must look new solutions to improve education. She drew the biggest applause by criticizing President Obama.

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For The Record
ATP World Tour Campbell’s

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Feingold Faces Unexpectedly Tough Race
Wisconsin Senator Among Dems In Unexpectedly Close Races As GOP Spreads Senate Playing Field

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Anti-Rossi video using Joel song dies young – Sat, 03 Jul 2010 PST
While it may be true, as Billy Joel once said, that only the good die young, campaign videos that improperly use a copyrighted song die quick. Or so Patty Murray’s U.S. Senate campaign learned Friday. Lawyers told the campaign to pull a video that was using Joel’s song to jab Dino Rossi for comments he made about attracting undecided voters.

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Alaska’s Joe Miller highlights new wave of Tea Party candidates
FAIRBANKS — Rifle through a stack of tea party candidate resumes, and Joe Miller’s will stand out. The man who wants to turn a fellow Republican, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, out of office is a gra…

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission must do right thing on Yucca Mountain
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will consider arguments about whether to reverse an administrative law panel decision that the Obama administration cannot unilateral end the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository project in Nevada. The NRC should not let the administration proceed.

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