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Calling a proposal requiring Jefferson High School students to wear uniforms and be separated by…

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Josephine King was born to Cornelius Hunt and Beatrice Trawick in Mississippi on Jan. 21, 1917. The…


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Christeen Octavia (Wilbourn/Hunter) Moore was born to the marriage of Beverly and Nathaniel…


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Jarraye Hicks is a typical 15-year-old. He likes basketball, admiring Kobe Bryant's…


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Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to sell more than…


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WASHINGTON—Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito was aggressively questioned Wednesday by…


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Georgia Phillips, left, a poet with Power of Hope, is joined by Khensani Cumbow, 2, at the recent…


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Senate leader says he will reverse vote on heated issue

OLYMPIA—Washington's former Senate Republican leader on Monday said he will reverse himself and vote for a gay civil rights bill, all but assuring its passage this year after two decades of debate and narrow defeats.Sen. Bill Finkbeiner's decision last year to stick with his Republican colleagues led to its one-vote defeat in the Senate last year after it sailed through the House.The measure would add "sexual orientation" to a state law that already bans discrimination in housing, employment and insurance based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, marital status and other factors."I've had a number of conversations over the past year that have led me to more fully understand the level of discrimination against gays and lesbians, and I now find it is both appropriate and necessary for the state to make it clear that this is not acceptable," Finkbeiner, R-Kirkland, said in a written statement obtained by The Associated Press before it was widely released.


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Democrats list several concerns about Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON—Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito was aggressively questioned Wednesday by…


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Seattle Parks and Recreation is offering several ways to celebrate the Martin Luther King. Jr. Day…


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