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s make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next (Politics)
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Two Eugene, Ore., dog owners have hired spotter planes to search the open spaces of Washington's Lewis County for any sign of two missing Pharaoh Hounds... (Politics)
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system... (Politics)
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Bainbridge Island police say a 47-year-old area resident has died from injuries suffered when a maple tree he was cutting fell on him... (Politics)
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The state Legislature has passed an updated state transportation budget that lawmakers say will bankroll thousands of construction jobs... (Politics)
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About 40 ground searchers plus Coast Guard and Washington National Guard aircraft have completed another day of looking for a 24-year-old Portland woman missing on a hike near Bonneville Dam in Washington's Skamania County. The search will resume Wednesday... (Politics)
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President Barack Obama, making a final push for healthcare reform, will back bipartisan plans to stamp out waste in government-run medical programs for the old and needy, the White House said on Tuesday. (Politics)
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New York Governor David Paterson on Tuesday said the multi-year deficit-closing plan his lieutenant governor is devising might seek to give governors ''extra authority'' to cut over-spending. (Politics)
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A New York congressman who resigned under an ethics cloud has been under investigation for allegedly groping multiple male aides, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. (Politics)
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President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate's efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy. (Politics)