Deregulaton = higher voice/data prices, says GAO

The Seattle City Council utilities committee voted to get rid of five automated public toilets as soon as possible, instead of waiting until next year. The self-cleaning stand-alone toilets have attracted drug users and prostitutes. The Public ...

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Experts hope Phoenix, to land May 25, shows whether the planet could support life...Twice in the past decade, they have failed to safely reach the Red Planet...In that time, Phoenix must ditch the shell that carried it from Earth and slow from ...

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The Minneapolis school board adopted a resolution Tuesday asking voters to approve a $60 million measure this fall that would double the current excess levy, the portion of school property taxes on which taxpayers have a say...The money would be ...

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Alaska Airlines says its first 737 freighter filled with Copper River salmon will arrive Friday at Sea-Tac Airport. Digg this Seed Newsvine Send link via AIM Font size : A A A The plane from Cordova will carry about 10 tons of the fish prized for ...

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Alaska Airlines says its first 737 freighter filled with Copper River salmon will arrive Friday at Sea-Tac Airport. The plane from Cordova, Alaska, will carry about 10 tons of the fish prized for its flavor. The beginning of the Copper River salmon ...

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A small fuel spill occurred on the Seattle waterfront Saturday evening, but it was quickly cleaned up and no damage was reported. A spokeswoman for state Department of Ecology, Mary Ellen Voss, says fewer than five gallons of fuel spilled at Pier 15 ...

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Double-click any word or phrase in the story to search this site. Phoenix police say two men are dead in an apparent murder-suicide that happened after one man confronted his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. Detective Reuben Gonzales says the ...

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The office was created in 2004 with the goal of closing the achievement gap between white and minority students. The office drew complaints in 2006 for a Web page that said planning for the future, emphasizing individualism and defining standard ...

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The suit filed Wednesday in federal court in Seattle asks the court to reverse a Bureau of Indian Affairs decision seven years ago that the tribe had gone extinct. Federal recognition would bring the tribe money for housing, health care, education ...

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he federal government spends $165 million on its top abstinence-until-marriage programs. The goals of the programs, delivered by schools, human-service agencies and faith-based organizations, are to reduce the number of teen-aged pregnancies and ...

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