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'Bo Obama' comic gets book treatment

BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Washington state publisher said an extended version of the educational comic book starring presidential pooch Bo Obama is on the way. The Portuguese water dog, adopted by President Barack...

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Five cities that will rise in the New Economy

In Houston, the Texas Medical Center is expanding so quickly that it will soon become the seventh largest downtown in the US. By itself. The hospital complex brims with restaurants, shops, and hotels, and employs 100,000 people...

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New Economy cities: A Seattle slew of advantages

In some ways, Seattle is the prototype city of the future. It embodies in one leafy landscape virtually all of the forces driving the New Economy – exports, an educated workforce, a vibrant high-tech base, a budding green-tech...

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Ballmer Says Windows 7 Sales Double Those of Vista (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn't talking turkey when it comes to the software giant's newest operating system. At a shareholder meeting Thursday in Bellevue, Wash., Ballmer told investors that Windows 7 sold...

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31-year term for stabbing on I-5 in Seattle

A man who stabbed his girlfriend to death as they rode in a car on Interstate 5 in Seattle has been sentenced to 31 years in prison. The Associated Press SEATTLE — A man who stabbed his girlfriend to death as they rode in a car...

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Round one: Washington out

Gov. Chris Gregoire says Washington state won't compete after all in the intial round of grant funding from the $4 billion Race to the Top federal fund. This is a sharp reversal from a recent flurry of efforts to be among the...

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Review: Pianist Gabriela Montero shimmers with silken improvisations

Pianist Gabriela Montero and guest conductor Arild Remmereit gave a rousing concert with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Concert review | A year ago, Gabriela Montero visited Seattle for the first time, a relative unknown in...

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Parents buy ticket home to Seattle for Amanda Knox

The parents of Amanda Knox are so hopeful she'll be freed after her murder trial in Italy they have bought an airplane ticket home to Seattle for their daughter. The Associated Press SEATTLE — The parents of Amanda Knox are so...

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Guilty pleas in Gold Bar puppy-mill case

Jason and Serenna Larsen of Gold Bar each pleaded guilty this afternoon to six felony counts related to the January seizure of about 160 puppies from their home. By Seattle Times staff A Gold Bar couple pleaded guilty this...

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Officer slain in Las Vegas grew up in Yakima - Seattle Times

KXNT Officer slain in Las Vegas grew up in Yakima Seattle Times The off-duty Las Vegas police officer killed in a shootout with intruders in his own garage grew up in Yakima where he graduated in 1997 from Davis High School....

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