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Opening reception for employee art show is 3 today 2012-03-05
Suburbs, farms and mansions: New 1st District a political battleground

Monroe voters like their members of Congress to be Republican. But for a dozen years, they've gone without.

That streak could end this fall.

As a result of redistricting, Monroe finds itself in a physically reshaped and…

2012-03-05
Seattle novelist takes a unique look at mental health impacts

Seattle novelist Amy Hatvany pays close attention to the way society ticks and how people interact with one another. That's probably why she pursued a degree in sociology at Western Washington University back in the 1990s, and it is certainly reflected in the subjects she has chosen to…

2012-03-05
Digging into meat pies delivers the scoop on rising gas prices

A little journalism lesson learned: Sometimes, the best way to find out about something is to stop talking to spokespeople — and start listening to their stomachs.

With spiking local gas prices being partially blamed on the Feb. 17 fire that swept through the BP…

2012-03-05
Alfers invited to Goethe Institute workshop in San Francisco 2012-02-28
Grimm, students publish video and article on sugar craving in rats 2012-02-28
Partsch co-authors elementary German textbook 2012-02-28
Teaching teens that 'love doesn't have to hurt'

Way across the county, in Charlottsville, Va., former college lacrosse player George Huguely V was convicted of second-degree murder Wednesday in the beating death of his former girlfriend.

Yeardley Love, a lacrosse player like her onetime boyfriend at the…

2012-02-27
Professor Ed Vajda to discuss Chernobyl nuclear disaster Feb. 29 2012-02-23
Last Chance to Hear Lectures on Philosophy and Religion

The second and final lecture in this year's Bellingham Lectures in Philosophy and Religion is being held tomorrow (Thursday) at Western Washington University.

Each year for the last four year, they've brought scholars of religion and science to western to give two lectures on…

2012-02-22
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