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3-Year-Old Dies After House Fire In Lind
Knitting Factory back open for business
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Substation project will provide more reliable service to Alcoa, support local jobs
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Confused About Soy? Soy Dangers Summarized[via Collective Evolution]
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from The Spokesman-Review
Plan calls for hike in Washington gas tax
House Democrats propose new revenue to finance state transportation projects
Jonathan Kaminsky Associated Press
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
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Deal to reinstate Knitting Factory license may be near
Thomas Clouse The Spokesman-Review
Mexican government complicit in violations
Report: Security forces involved in disappearances
Tracy Wilkinson Los Angeles Times
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3-D printer aids regeneration
As first step, surgeons experiment with replacing an ear
Lauran Neergaard Associated Press
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Boeing to brief FAA on 787 fix
New box designed that would contain lithium-ion battery
Dominic Gates Seattle Times
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Obama adopts new strategy on cyberattacks
Ken Dilanian, Christi Parsons McClatchy-Tribune
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Pentagon outlines likely cuts from looming budget impasse
Contractors face furloughs
Robert Burns Associated Press
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Jackson Jr. pleads guilty
Frederic J. Frommer, Pete Yost Associated Press
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Former senator fathered secret child
Jeri Clausing Associated Press
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In brief: From Wire Reports
Tallahassee, Fla. – Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more people under the federal health overhaul, a surprise decision from the vocal critic of President Barack Obama’s plan.
Scott said he will ask the Legislature to expand the program under a bill that would expire in three years, after which it would require renewed legislative support. He’s the seventh Republican governor so far to propose expanding the taxpayer-funded health insurance program.
Scott said he would support the expansion as long as the federal government pays 100 percent of the increased costs, which is the deal offered to states by the Obama administration for the first three years. After that, the federal government said it would pay 90 percent of the cost for the additional enrollees.
The governor said he gained new perspective after his mother’s death last year, calling his decision to support a key provision of the Affordable Care Act a “compassionate, common sense step forward,” and not a “white flag of surrender to government-run healthcare.”
Fast food calories dip in daily U.S. diet
Atlanta – On an average day, U.S. adults get roughly 11 percent of their calories from fast food, a government study shows.
That’s down slightly from the 13 percent reported the last time the government tried to pin down how much of the American diet is coming from fast food. Eating fast food too frequently has been seen as a driver of America’s obesity problem.
For the research, about 11,000 adults were asked extensive questions about what they ate and drank over the previous 24 hours to come up with the results.
Among the findings:
• Young adults eat more fast food than their elders; 15 percent of calories for ages 20 to 39 and dropping to 6 percent for those 60 and older.
• Blacks get more of their calories from fast food, 15 percent compared to 11 percent for whites and Hispanics.
• Young black adults got a whopping 21 percent from the likes of Wendy’s, Taco Bell and KFC.
Body found at site of restaurant blast
Kansas City, Mo. – A day after a natural gas explosion leveled a popular restaurant, investigators raced to search the rubble and tried to understand how the blast happened in the busy outdoor shopping area.
Hours before the explosion, witnesses reported a strong smell of gas, and firefighters were summoned to the scene at one point but left without ordering an evacuation.
As the cleanup got under way Wednesday, search-and-rescue crews recovered a body. Mayor Sly James declined to identify the victim, but the mother of a missing restaurant server said her family was awaiting confirmation that the remains were those of her daughter.
More than an hour before the blast, a subcontractor working for a cable company hit a gas line with underground boring equipment. Then something inside the restaurant ignited the fuel, authorities said.
Surveillance video from a nearby travel agency shows a fireball erupting from the restaurant’s roof, showering the street with debris and throwing up a cloud of dust and smoke. Fifteen people were injured. Six were still hospitalized Wednesday, James said.
Copper wire stolen from Sea-Tac Airport
SEATAC, Wash. – Thieves stole 1,000 feet of copper wire from the approach lighting at Sea-Tac Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration told KING the theft last week has caused no flight delays.
The lighting is for a runway approach that is seldom used in winter. The wiring is being replaced.
Port of Seattle police are investigating.
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor told the Seattle Times the metal thieves had to make it past two fences.
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Anti-pot bills clear Idaho Senate panel
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
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Office Depot to buy OfficeMax
Deal of $1.2 billion adds new Staples rival
Tiffany Hsu Los Angeles Times
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opinion:
Dana Milbank
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sports:
Jim Meehan The Spokesman-Review
Olynyk, Harris lead Gonzaga over outclassed Santa Clara
Jim Meehan The Spokesman-Review
Christian Caple The Spokesman-Review
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Doctor K: Endometriosis may affect your fertility
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
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Native plants can make garden wildflife-friendly
Pat Munts
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EV to get surplus Walker Army Reserve property
Facility likely to be used for classes
Nicole Hensley The Spokesman-Review
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Love Story: Sharpshooting city girl right at home on farm
Cindy Hval The Spokesman-Review
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from The Wenatchee World
NASA scope picks up pint-sized planet
Los Angeles Times
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Reichert opens local congressional office
By Jefferson Robbins World staff writer
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Civil rights-era voting measure facing Supreme Court scrutiny
By David G. Savage Chicago Tribune
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Old news
By Linda Barta
50 years ago — 1963
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