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Obama: Nation to stand by Oklahoma survivors ‘as long as it takes’
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama on Tuesday assured the survivors of Oklahoma’s deadly tornado that the nation is “there for them” and that the government will keep its focus on the rescue...
Man stabbed at Olympia bus station
Northwest Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amOlympia police are investigating a stabbing outside King Solomon’s Reef downtown that occurred about 11 p.m. Monday night, an OPD spokeswoman said.
The victim was located at the Intercity...
Oklahoma tornado survivor describes friend’s heroism
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amOKLAHOMA CITY — A few hours after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City area, ravaging neighborhoods and two elementary schools and killing dozens of people, Edie Cordray sent an urgent...
UW expands online courses, this time from Harvard, MIT
Northwest Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amAdding to its growing catalog of free online-course offerings, the University of Washington announced Tuesday it is joining another free course provider — this one run by Harvard University and...
Jailing of Afghan women for ‘moral’ crimes is increasing, group says
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for “moral crimes” has risen by 50 percent in the last 18 months, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan...
Population
Letters Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amThis country needs 2.1-plus children per family for America just to maintain our supply of workers for jobs here in America.
Americans have not been keeping up with repopulation as needed....
Bob Ray Sanders — Even criminals ought to have a final resting place
Columnist Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amTwo or three times a year, I drop by a Fort Worth cemetery to visit the grave of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
I never knew Oswald, but I got...
Five Harbor softball teams off to state
Local Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 10:30amFive Grays Harbor teams will head to Eastern Washington for state softball tournaments this weekend.
Aberdeen will compete in the state 2A tourney beginning Friday at Carlon Park in Selah....
Standoff with a mystery man
Local Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 10:30amFor nearly nine years, Rick Marlowe lived in Hoquiam as Ray Mahailovich, working two years as a security guard for the Port of Grays Harbor and taking advantage of numerous local charities before...
Fire at East Aberdeen commercial building causes nearly $1M damage
Local Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amAn East Aberdeen commercial building was almost totally destroyed by fire early this morning. No injuries were reported.
At about 12:50 a.m., Aberdeen Fire responded to reports of black...
