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Inslee inches away from the teachers' party line
A joint appearance at a big gathering of education activists featured one sentence where the Democrat seemed to embrace more accountability reforms than the teachers' union likes.
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For the Mariners, it's time to get back to the U.S.
The baseball had its ups and down. But the Seattle team was dazzled by Japan and one player became engaged atop a skyscraper.
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Bill Ruckelshaus: Watergate and me
A key player in the Saturday Night Massacre for the first time gives his version of events, his decision to resign, and how the Nixon presidency unraveled before the author's eyes.
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Green Acre Radio: Aki Kurose's middle schoolers learn healthy cooking
An innovative class is helping 6th and 7th graders learn about cooking from scratch, with healthy, local foods.
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Foot-kissing at Lowell School and 'The Death of Common Sense'
In modern life, a Kafkaesque world emerges as people rely on overly complicated procedures and regulations, creating a vacuum in reasoning and resulting in disproportionate reprimands.