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News for Tacoma Washington from The News Tribune

Olympia: State Parks director Rex Derr to retire

Mar 12, 2010 3:12 pm

| State Parks director Rex Derr plans to retire Nov. 30, according to a news release from the agency.

Take a local tour of Irish stew

Mar 12, 2010 11:43 am

| Irish stew seems surface simple. Meat, potatoes, maybe some carrots, some kind of Guinnessbased gravy to pull it all together. That’s Irish stew.

Latest news for Seattle Washington from Puget Sound Business Journal

Port of Seattle pays $500K to scrap trucks

Mar 12, 2010 10:57 pm

The Port of Seattle has paid drivers $5,000 each to scrap 108 trucks over the past several months in a project thats an important part of the ports efforts to reduce diesel particulate levels in the P...

WaMu bankruptcy deal may leave shareholders with nothing

Mar 12, 2010 10:46 pm

A monumental deal struck Friday in the bankruptcy of Washington Mutuals holding company is likely to leave the failed banks common shareholders with nothing and could spark a further legal battle in t...

Washington state vet unemployment: 8.5 percent in 2009

Mar 12, 2010 9:20 pm

The unemployment rate for veterans in Washington state was 8.5 percent last year lower than the states overall average of 8.9 percent but more than the national jobless rate for veterans of 8.1 perce...

Cantwell wants ag trade with Cuba opened

Mar 12, 2010 9:10 pm

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell said she wants agricultural trade with Cuba opened.

AirTran, Safeair settle copyright dispute

Mar 12, 2010 8:32 pm

AirTran Airways and Safeair Inc. have settled a copyright infringement dispute, and AirTran has licensed Safeairs artwork. (AAI)

WaMu holding company reaches settlements with FDIC, Chase

Mar 12, 2010 6:51 pm

Washington Mutuals bankrupt holding company has reached a ground-breaking settlement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and JPMorgan Chase, recovering more than $6 billion in a move that is like...

Best Buy, Opus founders launch real estate fund

Mar 12, 2010 6:34 pm

Richard Schulze, founder and chairman of Best Buy Co. Inc., has launched a real estate investment partnership with Gerald Rauenhorst, founder and former CEO of Minnesota-based developer Opus Corp. ...

Oncothyreon to restate financial statements

Mar 12, 2010 6:03 pm

Oncothyreon Inc. said it will restate its annual 2008 financial statements and its quarterly reports for 2009 to correct an accounting error. (ONTY)

Washington state Legislature goes into extra innings

Mar 12, 2010 5:10 pm

The Washington state Legislature is headed into overtime.

Trustee sues Mastro associates over transfers

Mar 12, 2010 1:09 am

The trustee in Seattle developer Michael Mastro Sr.s involuntary bankruptcy has sued some of Mastros business associates, alleging that preferential and fraudulent transfers of promissory notes and de...

News for Washington from The Seattle Times

Jerome Randle helps California reach title game | Pac-10 tournament

Mar 13, 2010 6:50 am

Guard Jerome Randle scored 24 points to help California beat UCLA 85-72 Friday night in the Pac-10 tournament semifinals.

Washington beats Stanford 79-64 in Pac-10 semis

Mar 13, 2010 6:49 am

Washington wants to keep control of its postseason prospects. The Huskies took an important step by making it to the Pac-10 tournament final.

Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant sets franchise record for most games with at least 30 points | Briefs

Mar 13, 2010 6:48 am

Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant scored 32 points — his franchise-record 36th game with at least 30 points this season — to help the host Thunder beat New Jersey 104-102 Friday.

Myanmar refugees face grim future in Bangladesh

Mar 13, 2010 6:48 am

Dildar Begum has no country, no job, no food and is fast running out of hope.

Old Spice ad connects women to brand with a wink

Mar 13, 2010 6:48 am

Since launching online just over a month ago, Old Spice's "Smell like a man, man" commercial has been a viral Internet sensation; ...

Football fans get a face full as indoor Kent Predators debut

Mar 13, 2010 6:46 am

Friday night at ShoWare Center, the Indoor Football League played its first game in Kent. It was football unlike many had ever seen. The Kent Predators lost, 57-42, to the Fairbanks Grizzlies.

USGS: 4.9 magnitude quake off Ore. coast; not felt

Mar 13, 2010 6:46 am

The National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo., reports a magnitude 4.9 quake Friday night off the Oregon coast. There were no immediate reports of it being felt or causing damage.

Apolo Ohno delivers anti-drinking message at Bellevue school

Mar 13, 2010 6:46 am

Speedskating star Apolo Anton Ohno delivers a message against underage drinking to students at Chinook Middle School in Bellevue.

Report: NKorea to rejoin nuclear talks in April

Mar 13, 2010 6:46 am

North Korea plans to head back to the bargaining table early next month for talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program, a news report said Saturday.

Ephrata falls despite WSU recruit Patrick Simon's 48 points | 2A Basketball

Mar 13, 2010 6:44 am

WSU recruit Patrick Simon scored a tournament-record 48 points, but his Ephrata Tigers lost 77-62 to defending champ Squalicum in a 2A boys semifinal game.