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Tenino mayor places police chief on leave; reinstates 3 hours later
Northwest Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:30amTenino Mayor Eric Strawn on Saturday placed Police Chief John Hutchings on administrative leave for, what he described as, failing to investigate a stalking case.
Strawn at 1:20 p.m. told...
War for mobile messaging is on
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:30amSAN FRANCISCO — WhatsApp is one of Silicon Valley’s most buzzed-about companies, yet it actively avoids the spotlight, operating out of a small office in Mountain View, Calif., with no sign on the...
Dear Abby 5/19
Lifestyle Columnist Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:30amDear Abby: I took care of my husband for 10 years before his death from early-onset Alzheimer’s. I am in a relationship now, and I’m finding that a widow’s status is far different than that of a...
World Gone By 5/19
Living Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:30am75 years ago, May 19, 1938
• Knife-armed and dragging ever present gunnysacks, a whole army of bark peelers is deploying through Grays Harbor woods for the annual cascara harvest.
The...
Knicks collapse in fourth quarter as Pacers advance
National Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:30amINDIANAPOLIS — The New York Knicks’ most successful season in nearly 20 years ended here Saturday night, 10 wins short of their first championship since 1973.
Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks...
Kerry urges Nigeria to restrain army in fight against Islamists
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Nigeria to ensure its army does not violate human rights as it pursues radical Islamists in the northeast region.
“We are also...
Fractured rail possible cause of train crash
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:30amRuling out foul play, federal investigators were looking at a fractured rail as the possible cause of the Connecticut train crash that left dozens of commuters injured and is expected to disrupt...
Obama responds to criticism with ‘fix it’ strategy
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Barack Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a...
N. Korea fires short-range missiles off its east coast
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:30amBEIJING — North Korea fired three short-range missiles off its east coast Saturday, following through on months of threats to conduct a missile launch.
The South Korean Defense Ministry...
