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Wednesday, March 20, 2002
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State has surprising job spurt
THURSTON COUNTY -- Amid speculation that Washington state's economy will stay in the doldrums at least until 2003, the statewide jobless rate dropped three-tenths of a point to 8 percent in February.
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Grant gives homeowners a hand
THURSTON COUNTY -- Things started going wrong shortly after Elza Clarke bought a small home near Maytown three years ago.
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Several senators livid about losing lunchroom
OLYMPIA -- State senators, who voted last week to tighten the belt of state government, are balking at reducing the size of their own lunchroom.
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Cheney weighs return to Mideast
JERUSALEM -- Vice President Dick Cheney offered Tuesday to return to the Middle East as early as next week to meet with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, but only if the Palestinians implement a long-delayed security plan.
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Bomber strikes in northern Israel
JERUSALEM -- A suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus in northern Israel during this morning's rush hour, killing at least three people, officials and Israel radio said.
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Oral smallpox drug shows early promise
Scientists have developed a drug that could be a useful tool in the event of a bioterrorist attack with the smallpox virus.
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CIA chief: Iran provides transit for Afghan fighters
WASHINGTON -- Interference from Iran is emerging as one of the most vexing problems for allied interests in Afghanistan because the Islamic Republic continues to allow al-Qaida and Taliban fighters to escape across its border, the director of the CIA told members of Congress on Tuesday.
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On Their Way Home
Afghan families who fled their country when U.S. and allied forces started an offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters make their way back to Afghanistan on Tuesday near Quetta, Pakistan. Thousands of Afghan refugees return daily as a semblance of peace returns to their land.
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Davila still holds on to baseball dreams
LACEY -- Dreams still haunt Manny Davila.
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Report: Bender finished
SEATTLE -- Washington basketball coach Bob Bender has been released after three consecutive losing seasons, a player told The Associated Press Tuesday night.
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Fed holds off on rate increase
WASHINGTON -- Americans can enjoy some of the lowest interest rates in four decades a bit longer. The Federal Reserve passed up a chance Tuesday to raise rates but put the country on notice to expect increases sooner rather than later.
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Cart repair business thrives in Mason County
MASON COUNTY -- Golf carts can be more than a way to chase golf balls.
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Suspected poacher has record
OLYMPIA -- The alleged leader of a South Sound geoduck poaching ring cracked by state agents Monday was involved in the March 1986 murder-for-hire shooting death of Joanne Jirovec in an Olympia restaurant parking lot.
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