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Tim Garling is TriMet's new director of system safety and security.The transit authority…

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WASHINGTON—About 140 New Orleans women — stay-at-home moms, successful professionals…

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WASHINGTON—Samuel A. Alito Jr. became the 110th U.S. Supreme Court justice on Tuesday,…

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Thousands of fans showed up for a rally Jan. 29 to wish the Seattle Seahawks well as they departed…

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Civil rights matron is mourned by millions around the nation

ATLANTA—Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination…

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Referendum mogul Tim Eyman wants the issue before the electorate

OLYMPIA—Saying the passage of a gay civil rights bill was an example of the arrogance of…

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Sexual health issues no longer carry the taboo status of years past

For generations, men didn't talk about it if they were having problems in the bedroom, not…

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Eddie Rye Jr., left, Kenneth Rensford and the Rev. Carl Livingston testify at the Sound Transit…

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Criticizing the Bush administration in a Black church on Martin Luther King Day is an easy way to…

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For Ms. J, a resident of Macomb County, Mich., the prescription drug program is a nightmare. Now in…

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