Secret: Site of state's first July 4 celebration is locked away
Some of the Declaration of Independence's signers had been dead less than 10 years when the first U.S. birthday party took place in what was to become Washington.
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Memorial Day: Survivor recalls daring Doolittle Raid
Edward Saylor of Enumclaw is one of only four surviving members of the famous post-Pearl Harbor bombing mission.
KING-FM on track, one year after switch to listener-supported
The first year netted nearly 14,000 members, the classical-music station reports. It expects to be breaking even by 2014.
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Finding strength to forgive the unforgivable
Horrendous murders test a childhood faith in the power of forgiveness. One consoling thought: the pain is a kind of gift.
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Milwaukee owes us one
And maybe we have a chance at some payback in the field of sports-franchise theft.