Deregulaton = higher voice/data prices, says GAO

The Seattle parks department now has seven rangers patrolling downtown parks. They are unarmed and can�t issue citations, but the rangers can kick out people for sleeping or drinking. They are trained in de-escalating conflicts and can refer ...

Plague could break out in quake-hit areas if victims' bodies were not buried soon, a local official told Xinhua on Thursday. Many bodies are trapped in debris and heavy-lifting gear cannot get through blocked roads to the disaster areas, said Bai ...

8 a.m., May 15, 2008 Updated 07:08 a.m., May 15, 2008 More Local News Story Tools Scattered rains and a thundershower or two in metro Denver today mark the apparent end of the weather that has turned the last several days into a climate ducks would ...

Two women have been wounded in a drive-by shooting in south Seattle. A police spokeswoman, Renee Witt, says three suspects were taken into custody in the shooting about 3:30 a.m...Officers who were in the neighborhood because of a disturbance call ...

Two women have been wounded in a drive-by shooting in south Seattle. A police spokeswoman, Renee Witt, says three suspects were taken into custody in the shooting about 3:30 a.m...Officers who were in the neighborhood because of a disturbance call ...

No epidemics have been reported in the regions struck by Monday's earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Gao Qiang, deputy health minister, told reporters here on Thursday. Gao said: "We will try to achieve the goal of 'no big epidemic ...

No epidemics have been reported in the regions struck by Monday's earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Gao Qiang, deputy health minister, told reporters here on Thursday. Gao said: "We will try to achieve the goal of 'no big epidemic ...

Overall prices were 3.4 percent higher this April than in April 2007, according to data released Wednesday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was down sharply from the 4.7 percent year-over-year increase reported in February (the BLS ...

A new study indicates that as 1,000 buildings in Seattle could fall down in a strong earthquake. Mayor Greg Nickels wants to require property owners to do seismic retrofits costing up to an estimated $431 million, or up to $60 per square foot....

With higher fuel prices and the growing popularity of biodiesel, used cooking oil from restaurants has become a target of theft. The Standard Biodiesel company of Seattle says it loses 30,000 gallons of oil each month...This material may not be ...