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Economy sputters, and so do GOP's Perry and Cain
For all the struggles on the economic front, the most interesting developments Tuesday may have been in the Republican presidential race.
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Occupy Wall Street slogan, 'We're the 99 percent,' makes an activist squirm
The Occupiers are looking through the wrong end of the statistical telescope. Those in the comfortable part of the 99 percent don't get off ignoring the plight of the truly poor beneath them.
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Midday Scan: Monday's top stories around the region
The Westneat Plan for tax fairness; rising local costs of living; bootstrapping in Kitsap; vindication for a Mastodon scientist; and a hero's tale in India.
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Midday Scan: Monday's top stories around the region
1492 and all that; the Vancouver editor who launched Occupy Wall Street; Westneat does Westlake; legacies of Prohibition in the liquor initiatives; and more praise for Steve Jobs' aesthetic sense amid all America's ugliness.
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Equivocal reactions to the Amanda Knox case
A verdict has been rendered, acquitting her of the murder charge, but the questions about this fascinating case will go on for years.