Northwest
Thursday, February 28, 2002
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Lawsuit targets Jefferson County jail
SEATTLE -- The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit over conditions at the Jefferson County jail, claiming they are "so far below acceptable standards as to constitute cruel and unusual punishment."
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Researchers find gene that clashes with popular AIDS drug
SEATTLE -- Genetic testing can reveal whether a widely used AIDS drug is likely to trigger a life-threatening reaction that occurs in about 5 percent of all people who take it.
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Alternate energy pursuit could be boon to farms
PASCO -- Farmers might find ways to make money with alternative sources of energy, and a former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff suggests they could help fight terrorism at the same time by reducing our dependence on foreign oil.
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Activists oppose Avista's plan to draw more water
SPOKANE -- A proposal by Avista Utilities to draw nearly 3 million gallons a day from the main drinking water supply for the Spokane area has drawn opposition from environmental groups and private citizens.
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Conservation group: Columbia salmon plan failing
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The federal plan for saving salmon in the Columbia Basin failed miserably in its first year, with inadequate funding and little progress toward meeting goals, a conservation group said Wednesday.
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Feds to address Klamath water woes
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Based on a bountiful snowpack and a National Academy of Sciences review that threw doubt on the need to reserve water for fish, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said Wednesday it expects to make full irrigation deliveries to Klamath Basin farmers this year.
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Salmon stuns class by not dying
SILVERDALE -- For Terry Donison's science class, the two-headed salmon was an oddity that everyone expected would be temporary.
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Oregon's House will vote on plan to increase taxes
SALEM, Ore. -- House Republicans agreed Wednesday to bring Gov. John Kitzhaber's tax increase package to a vote to settle whether lawmakers will agree with higher taxes to help resolve an $846 million budget shortfall.
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Pipeline documents expose accusations
BELLINGHAM -- Newly released court documents offer conflicting accounts about whether construction workers caused damage that contributed to a deadly gasoline pipeline explosion in 1999.
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SEATTLE
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NORTHWEST FORECAST
Seattle, Tacoma
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