| Tax Talk: Income Or Sales Tax And Closing Loopholes Lisa Brown, the Senate majority leader in Olympia, has recently proposed a 4.5-percent state income tax targeting individuals who make more than $200,000, heads of households who make more than... | |
| State Vs. Private Workers' Compensation No comparison between sectors I would like to commend Drew DeSilver and Andrew Garber on their thorough examination of state and nonstate workers’ compensation [“How state workers’... |
| Boeing Sole Winner Of Tanker Bid Boeing’s NewGen tanker inferior to EADS’ design I am disturbed by the decision of Northrop Grumman and EADS [parent of European plane maker Airbus] to decline to rebid on the U.S. Air... |
| Being Top Dog At Uw A Steppingstone For Future Politicians Being president of the Associated Students of the University of Washington is great training for future politicians in the Northwest. In recent decades, the job has proved to be particularly useful... |
| The State Compact That Regulates Released Felons Provides Important Tools The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision provides states with a tool to regulate released offenders as they return home, writes guest columnist Harry Hageman. If a state withdrew from... |
| Spike In Prius Complaints May Not Be All It Seems A 2005 Toyota Prius, which was in an accident, is seen at a police station in Harrison, New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The driver of the Toyota Prius told police that the car accelerated on its... |
| January Flat For Snow Sports Gear Sales Although sales of snow sports equipment remained pretty mediocre through January, there were some bright spots. Take high-performance Alpine ski boots. Sales nationally were up 16.5 percent in... |
| Palm Inc. Teeters In Crowded Smart Phone Market In This March 8, 2010 photo, a customer uses a Palm Pre Plus at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Last year, Palm Inc. thought it had all the right pieces for a rebirth in the market it helped... |
| Derivatives Debate Splits U.s. And Europe Regulators New York » To European officials, financial derivatives are dangerous weapons that worsened Greece's debt crisis and should be curbed. To Wall Street, they're tools that reduce risk and... |
| Look Great And Save Money, Too Looking like a million bucks can cost a pretty penny. So Good Housekeeping asked industry insiders to share their smartest money-saving strategies for buying cosmetics and skin care and hair... |
| Editorial: Common Ground In Orono Dispute OPPOSING VIEWS "We have an opportunity here to be a caring, compassionate community.'' Orono resident Steve Burns, at Monday's City Council meeting "We want to preserve the quiet, rural... |
| Detained Herdsmen Tell Of Roles In Nigeria Killings JOS, Nigeria — Dispassionately, the baby-faced young man recounted his killings: two women and one man, first beaten senseless with a stick, then stabbed to death with a short knife. The man,... |
| Real Madrid Ousted In Champions League Go to the Goal Blog The Spanish power was eliminated by Lyon in the second round with a 1-1 tie Wednesday night, when Manchester United advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-0 rout of AC Milan and... |
| Winnie Mandela’s Remarks Raise Stir Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , when she returned from abroad about published remarks attributed to her in which she caustically described him as a figurehead who had made a bad deal with the... |
| Once-revered Sc Lawmaker Freezes To Death Alone Filed at 6:47 p.m. ET COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited... |
| Interview: 'my Life With The Taliban' Mullah Zaeef emerged from poverty in a village in southern Afghanistan, became a refugee in Pakistan and joined the jihad against the Soviet invasion while still in his early teens. He fought... |
| Good luck, Iraqis — it's up to you now Last weekend's elections was a very good day for Iraq, writes columnist Thomas L. Friedman. To get to this point, Iraqis had to overcome an array of sectarian disputes and they had to brave the... |
| Md. legal aid program needs help At a time when record numbers of Marylanders are struggling with foreclosure, eviction or loss of health and unemployment benefits, non-profit legal aid groups that help people pursue their rights in... |
| Arab League Calls for Ending Support for Talks Palestinians and Israelis due to recent announcements of new settlement building in east Jerusalem. The league's peace initiative committee's decision is only a recommendation and a final decision... |
| Sex Offender With Letter Carrier Job Reassigned Filed at 4:44 p.m. ET LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Southern California letter carrier who is a registered sex offender has been reassigned after concerns were raised that he was delivering mail in an area... |
| Unlicensed Dentist Charged in Ore. Shooting Death Filed at 4:46 p.m. ET PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A Russian-speaking immigrant who police say may have been practicing dentistry without a license for years in Oregon has been charged with murder in the... |
| Novel Idea for Japan: Airport for Budget Travel MITO, JAPAN — The diktat from the governor was the kind of sweeping order that gives Japanese bureaucrats heart attacks: plans for a three-story airport terminal, painstakingly laid over years,... |
| You have everything to fear, including fear itself Fear again. Not hope, nor patriotism, nor progress, nor any of the nobler emotions and impulses by which human beings are driven. Nope. None of those. Instead, fear. Again. We've seen this movie... |
| Government signals concerns about baby slings because of deaths A baby sling is displayed in Washington, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The U.S. government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings _ those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents can... |
| Obama Tells Haitian Leader That U.S. Aid Will Continue President Barack Obama with President Rene Preval of Haiti during a news conference outside the White House on Wednesday. “The situation on the ground remains dire,” Mr. Obama said... |
| In Kabul, Iran Leader Criticizes U.S. KABUL, Afghanistan — The Iranian president visited Kabul on Wednesday and shot back at American allegations that Iran was providing support to Afghan insurgents, accusing the United States of... |
| 6 Employees of U.S. Charity Killed in Attack in Pakistan Police inspected the offices of aid group World Vision in Oghi, Pakistan on Wednesday after militants killed at least six people there in an... |
| At War: For Iraqis, Suffering Is a Reason to Vote Her older brother Kamil was an army general. Exactly 19 years ago, in 1991, he was serving in the Iraqi army when Saddam Hussein ordered his defeated army — pushed out of Kuwait by the United... |
| Iran and U.S. Trade Barbs in Kabul Visit KABUL, Afghanistan — The Iranian president visited Kabul on Wednesday and shot back at American allegations that Iran was providing support to Afghan insurgents, accusing the United States of... |
| Deforestation Conference to Turn Plans to Action Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed... |
| Italy Parliament Passes Justice Measure Silvio Berlusconi's allies pushed a controversial measure through parliament on Wednesday that shields the Italian premier from prosecution in two ongoing trials. The measure is highly... |
| Palestinians Delay Honor for Attacker Palestinians had planned on Thursday to name a square in the West Bank city of Ramallah after Dalal Mughrabi for her part in the 1978 hijacking on Israel's coastal highway. Thirty-eight people were... |
| Iran Tops List of Jailers of Journalists in World Filed at 2:31 p.m. ET BEIRUT (AP) -- Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential election, with 52 of them... |
| Brazil Leader Blasted for Stance on Cuba Prisoners Filed at 2:06 p.m. ET BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's president is coming under criticism for his deference to the Cuban government regarding the island's political prisoners... |
| Public Memorial Planned for NH Activist 'Granny D' Filed at 3:28 p.m. ET CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Doris ''Granny D'' Haddock turned a mother's critical remark into a springboard for a lifetime of adventure. Haddock was seven when she overheard her... |
| Officials: Ohio Death Row Inmate Sought Suicide Filed at 3:24 p.m. ET COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Officials say an Ohio death row inmate was attempting suicide when he overdosed on pills two days before his scheduled execution. Spokeswoman Julie... |
| Va OKs 1st Bill Banning Mandated Health Coverage Filed at 3:15 p.m. ET RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks federal health care reforms by banning mandatory health insurance... |
| On Dance: Have Crash Helmet, Will Choreograph Jody Oberfelder in a still from a video of “Crash Helmet Brigade. During a recent rehearsal on the Lower East Side, the choreographer and dancer Jody Oberfelder came tearing across a small... |
| Riley McDonald: An abundance of change is plaguing L.A. schools entirely new themes rather than strengthening existing themes. It would provide a scripted ninth-grade curriculum, ignoring the work that teachers have already done in developing common English 9... |
| State employees are paying their share of health care Washington's state employees already are shouldering their share of the burden as state officials solve the state's budget crisis, writes guest columnist Diane... |
| Andy Frank's unfinished business Baltimore First Deputy Mayor Andrew B. Frank leaves City Hall this spring after three years of handling economic development, one of the most crucial issues in a city with chronic high unemployment,... |
| Aid Group Attacked in Northwest Pakistan Police inspected the offices of aid group World Vision in Oghi, Pakistan on Wednesday after militants killed at least six people there in an... |
| China's Troublemakers Bond Over 'Drinking Tea' Filed at 1:00 p.m. ET BEIJING (AP) -- Like the United States, China is having its own tea party movement, but this one has a very different agenda. Police have long tried to shush and isolate... |
| Turkish Officials Lower Quake Death Toll to 41 Filed at 12:27 p.m. ET KAYALIK, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish officials on Wednesday lowered the death toll in this week's magnitude 6 earthquake from 51 to 41. A statement issued by the governor's office... |
| Russian Drivers Forced to Act as Shield Filed at 12:28 p.m. ET MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway -- and remain inside -- to block a fleeing... |
| East Jerusalem Lies at Core of Conflict Filed at 12:15 p.m. ET Israel's plan to build 1,600 new apartments in contested east Jerusalem has thrown a spotlight on the city at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. --What's the... |
| Fights Between Islamists and Somali Gov't Kills 17 Filed at 12:29 p.m. ET MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Fighting between Islamist insurgents and government forces killed at least 17 people in the Somali capital on Wednesday, a medical official said. ... |
| Disaster Experts Praise Chile Quake Response Michelle Bachelet leaves office on Thursday with a chunk of her country in ruins -- and her popularity in the clouds. Despite complaints that aid was slow to reach the hungry and homeless, experts... |
| Charges: 2 Gave Kids Sleep Supplement at Day Care Filed at 1:25 p.m. ET CINCINNATI (AP) -- Two former Ohio day care workers have been charged with a misdemeanor for slipping an over-the-counter dietary supplement into candy and giving it to their... |
| House Democrats Ban Earmarks to Corporations More Politics News WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democratic leaders announced Wednesday that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct pet projects to for-profit... |
