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Tuesday, March 12, 2002
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House approves union bill
OLYMPIA -- The state House of Representatives on Monday put its final stamp of approval on a bill that gives state workers the right to collectively bargain for their salaries and benefits.
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Days dwindling for Legislature
OLYMPIA -- Lawmakers on Monday inched down the final stretch toward adjournment, reporting progress on major budget and transportation issues, but stumbling enough that the specter of an overtime session still looms.
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State passing financial pain to the counties
THURSTON COUNTY -- A dim budget outlook is getting darker by the week for Thurston and other counties as state legislators search for ways to cut or shift costs.
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Nation takes solemn look back at momentous day
NEW YORK -- Two shafts of light rose into a periwinkle evening sky, two towers of memory rendered ghostly across this city.
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Saint Martin's puts memorial to victims of Sept. 11 in stone
LACEY -- Flags stuck to car windows after the Sept. 11 attacks are fading to pink and curling at the edges.
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Cheney's mission travels to Jordan today
LONDON -- Vice President Dick Cheney will find it a hard sell to enlist Arab support for deposing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. He promises no announcements but a lot of listening during his swing through the Middle East.
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Afghan forces prepare to finish battle in east
ZORMAT, Afghanistan -- Hardened Afghan soldiers with tanks, rocket launchers and mortars advanced to the edge of the Shah-e-Kot valley Monday, vowing to clean out nests of al-Qaida and Taliban fighters who may still be lurking in its labyrinth of caves despite more than a week of aerial bombing and firefights with U.S. troops.
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Bush sees next phase
WASHINGTON -- President Bush marked the six months that have passed since Sept. 11 by declaring Monday the start of the counterterrorism war's "second phase," vowing "a sustained campaign" to deny havens to people seeking to launch attacks.
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Lacey park bond faces vote today
LACEY -- Today is election day for Lacey voters, who must decide whether to approve $9.98 million in bonds so the city can develop as many as 15 parks.
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Letterman will stay with CBS
NEW YORK -- David Letterman decided to stick with CBS on Monday, spurning a multimillion-dollar offer to jump to ABC.
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Senior center in Yelm moves closer to reality
YELM -- A $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development means the new 12,600-square-foot senior citizen center is a giant step closer to being built.
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Water bottling plant taps Centralia
LACEY -- A start-up water-bottling company has abandoned plans to operate in Hawks Prairie and will instead open its taps in Centralia.
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Climb of his life
The three climbers were halfway up the 600-foot sandstone wall when they lost their nerve. Collin Kilkenny, 26, now of Olympia, and two friends set out in November 1999 for a rock climbing trip to southern Utah's Zion National Park.
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