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Pocket Knives, Toy Boats and Golf Clubs Now OK to Bring On Plane; Meat Cleavers and Billy Clubs Still a No-No

Does anything that the TSA does make any sense to you? .

Now, out of the blue, America's Friskers have decided it's OK to plop a pocket knife into your carry-on, but you still can't bring along ...

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Kind Help: Good Toking, Hard Parking

Kind Help, a medical-marijuana access point located in a fun, funky, artsy section of Tacoma, has been in operation about a year. They have fair prices, an excellent budtender, and a pretty good s...

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Anyone Else Take Advantage of that Foster Farms Sale at Fred Meyer?

I did. Made some damn fine soup. Then I read this (hint: SALMONELLA OUTBREAK!!!!)
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UW Research Fears Federal Sequestration Cuts

The University of Washington community is bracing for sequestration, the ominous $85 billion nationwide federal budget cuts that began on March 1.

Under the sequester, UW anticipates major cuts ...

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Beekeepers: Not Our Problem if You're Allergic

Earlier this year, a reader wrote The Ethicist at the New York Times Magazine with this conundrum: Her daughter raises bees. A family that moved next door has a daughter who's allergic to the stin...

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Elder Bush's Book Reveals the Anger He Felt For His Son's Critics

We've often wondered what it would be like to be the father of man who fell so hard and fast from grace. Funny, how both of them -- George H.W. Bush and Dubya -- squandered such grand opportunitie...

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Mental Health Counselor Douglas Bartholomew Stripped of Domestic Violence Cases

Last January, we wrote about the anti-male bias many people perceive in family court. Part of the story dealt with a veteran mental health counselor named Douglas Bartholomew, who provided a damn...

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House Dems Make Symbolic Statement with 'Training Wage' Bill for Freshman Legislators

Well, touché.

In a move described as "largely symbolic" by the Capital Record blog, a group of House Democrats - led by Rep. Mike Sells (D-Everett) - yesterday announced plans to introduce legis...

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Comment of the Day: Fuck Ex-U.S. Drug Chiefs

Yesterday on the Daily Weekly Ellis E. Conklin noted that eight former U.S. drug chiefs are warning the feds that time is running out to nullify new marijuana legalization laws in Washington and C...

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BREAKING: Ex-U.S. Drug Chiefs Say Legalization of Marijuana in Washington Must Be Stopped

Eight former U.S. drug chiefs are in a dither that it may be too late to stop Washington -- and Colorado -- from enjoying recreational marijuana use.

Today, they warned the feds that time is runn...

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