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Friday, March 20, 2009

Durham NEWS - Tri-Cities, Olympia rank as Washington's fastest-growing areas - Seattle Times

The Tri-Cities and Olympia had the highest percentage of growth among the state's metropolitan areas between 2007 and 2008 and also since the 2000 census, according to estimates released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Greenfield NEWS

Story Tools TAMPA — Oh, baby, wait till Don Cherry sees this. The CBC TV analyst and former NHL coach already has laid into Capitals star Alex Ovechkin for perceived excessive celebrations. Ovechkin stoked that fire Thursday, and riled Lightning Greenfield NEWS

WASHINGTON: At least 13 companies receiving billions of dollars in bailout money owe a total of more than $220 million in unpaid federal taxes, a key lawmaker said Thursday. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., chairman of a House subcommittee overseeing the Greenfield NEWS

WASHINGTON -- Mortgage rates tumbled to historic lows Thursday after the Federal Reserve's sudden decision to print $1.2 trillion and pump it into the economy, a move that also triggered warning signs of inflation -- a weaker dollar and the highest Greenfield NEWS

Previous WHCA dinner entertainers have certainly done locker room humor during their careers — see: Norm MacDonald and Al Franken. And some, such as Don Imus in 1996 and Stephen Colbert a decade later, have stepped right up to — or crossed over Greenfield NEWS

House Democrats moved to quell the public storm over $165 million paid to disgraced traders at insurer AIG, but their frantic efforts appeared to threaten key parts of President Obama's agenda just two months into his presidency. Calling for justice Greenfield NEWS

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the amount of toxic chemicals released by Washington factories and industrial plants dropped between 2006 and 2007. Times staff and news services The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the amount Greenfield NEWS

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- University of Virginia students are teaming up with syndicated columnist Miss Manners and centuries-old rules of propriety George Washington lived by to establish new standards for American civility. "The Civility Project: Where Greenfield NEWS

WASHINGTON - Denouncing a "squandering of the people's money," lawmakers voted decisively Thursday to impose a 90 percent tax on millions of dollars in employee bonuses paid by troubled insurance giant AIG and other bailed-out companies. The House Greenfield NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back at the White House from his California trip, President Barack Obama continues cultivating support for his economic recovery program. He's to meet with state lawmakers, underscoring the need to spend Recovery Act dollars openly Greenfield NEWS

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