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Saturday, March 9, 2002
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Collective bargaining confirmed
OLYMPIA -- After barely making a 5 p.m. deadline and narrowly defeating a controversial amendment, the state Senate passed a bill Friday that will allow state workers to directly negotiate for their salary and benefits.
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HOLY FAMILY 78, EVERGREEN 74
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Amazing season ends for Geoducks
Despite Quincy Wilder's 32 points, The Evergreen State College's best basketball season ever came to a halt Friday night with a 78-74 loss to Holy Family College of Pennsylvania at the NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament in Point Lookout, Mo. The Geoducks finished the season with a 26-7 record.
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SALMON AWAIT COLORFUL TRANSFORMATION
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Local artists hope to land big one
OLYMPIA -- The salmon are here.
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Art in public places
Finished salmon sculptures will be on display in the following locations:
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DNA evidence points finger in 28-year-old murder case
THURSTON COUNTY -- Friends last saw Katherine M. Devine on Nov. 25, 1973, as she hitchhiked south from Seattle.
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Israeli leader relaxes demand for 7-day cease-fire
TULKARM, West Bank -- Under pressure from the United States, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced Friday evening he will relax his demand for seven days of absolute quiet before Israel renews truce talks with the Palestinians.
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ANALYSIS
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Envoy's peace prospects no better than before
JERUSALEM -- The first time retired Gen. Anthony Zinni waded into the stormy waters of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, last December, he not only failed to stem the fighting, but his trip coincided with a burst of deadly clashes that frustrated his peacemaking and marked a visible failure for American diplomacy.
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Week-old battle in Afghanistan likely to endure
GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- Snow, clouds and high winds quelled fighting Friday, but the week-old battle to drive al-Qaida and Taliban holdouts from the rugged, icy mountains in eastern Afghanistan was expected to drag on for several more days as the enemy hunkered into hide-outs and refused to surrender.
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Terror at a glance
Developments related to the Sept. 11 attacks:
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Report: Bush draws up nuclear strike plan
"This is very very dangerous talk. ... Dr. Strangelove is clearly still alive in the Pentagon." -- John Isaacs, president of Council for Livable World
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Tenino's grit runs afoul
YAKIMA -- They were like the knight in the movie, "Monte Python and the Holy Grail."
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Crash kills two teens, injures one
TUMWATER -- Two Black Hills High School students were killed and another injured Friday afternoon when their car skidded off Littlerock Road and struck a tree.
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Precise pruning
OLYMPIA -- Master Gardener Keith Underwood used to tend orchards for a living.
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