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Home care aides deserve back pay, high court told
Northwest Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amThe Washington Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a class-action case brought by live-in home care aides against the state Department of Social and Health Services that could cost taxpayers...
Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza had no drugs, alcohol in system
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amHARTFORD, Conn. — Toxicology tests show that Adam Lanza had no alcohol or drugs in his body when he shot and killed 20 first-graders and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn...
NTSB urges stricter curbs on drunken driving
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that states lower their threshold for drunken driving with the goal of reducing alcohol-related fatal crashes, which...
89 arrested in crackdown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — Doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals were among 89 people recently arrested in nine cities, accused of scheming to defraud the Medicare program of nearly $...
Brad Pitt reacts to Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amLOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie was “heroic” for undergoing a preventive double mastectomy, her fiance, Brad Pitt, said Tuesday after she wrote an op-ed piece revealing her decision and describing...
Russia says American was recruiting for CIA
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amMOSCOW — Russia detained an American citizen accused of attempting to recruit a local intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said.
Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third...
Holder defends seizure of AP’s telephone records
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the far-reaching probe in the disclosure of security information by The Associated Press and said American lives...
Holder orders criminal investigation into IRS screening
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that he had ordered a criminal investigation into allegations that top IRS officials purposely targeted conservative groups for...
Report: Flawed salt studies shouldn’t alter US dietary guidelines
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — While high salt intake increases the risk of heart disease in the general public, a new study says the health effects are less clear when salt consumption actually is reduced to...
Three issues at forefront of session
Northwest Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amOLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee has shortened his top priorities on the Legislature’s “to do” list for the special session to three things: Pass an operating budget.
Pass a new package for...
