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Climate bill to pay hundreds of dollars in rebates 1%

Seattle Times 06/08/2009 Low-income families will receive hundreds of dollars a year to help pay higher energy bills if Congress enacts the first-ever limits on the gases blamed for ...

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Grads grapple with health insurance 1%

Sacramento Bee 06/08/2009 The recession has quashed hopes for many young people looking to enter the work force. That's adding urgency to efforts to overhaul the country's health care ...

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Is solar power only a rich man's renewable source? 1%

Oregon Public Broadcasting 06/08/2009 Without energy from the sun, life on earth would be impossible. Turning that energy into electricity is one of the keys to saving the earth, according to ...

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Talking affordable housing in small town Washington. 1%

Seattle Times 06/08/2009 Tourism requires workers; so does farming. The people of this little city are wrestling with where those workers will live. Catholic Charities Housing Services ...

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Study faults federal wildfire effort 1%

Seattle Times 06/08/2009 While more than 1,000 homes across the West burn each year in forest and brush fires, only a fraction of federal efforts to reduce fire danger in the region ...

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Health care edges out economy as No. 1 issue in poll 1%

Toronto Globe and Mail 06/08/2009 Despite the recession, Canadians still rank health care as the No. 1 government spending priority -- edging out the economy by a hair, a new poll indicates.

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WA health plan for poor to raise rates 1%

Seattle Times 06/08/2009 People covered by the state-subsidized Basic Health Plan will pay more out of pocket, but the state will not kick huge numbers of people off the plan, despite ...

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Poll: Vancouver world's easiest city to live in 1%

Vancouver Sun 06/08/2009 Vancouver is the world's easiest city to live in while Harare is the toughest, a survey said Monday putting Europe and north America at the top while many ...

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Will Sodo Station attract Seattle riders? 1%

Seattle Times 06/08/2009 An estimated 40,000 to 50,000 people work in the flatlands just south of downtown Seattle. So a new light-rail station in Sodo would seem like a trip magnet. ...

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Selling car-free housing to CA 1%

San Francisco Chronicle 06/08/2009 An East Bay suburb outside San Francisco not known for pushing progressive ideals quietly has laid the groundwork for a radical experiment in environmentally ...

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Blessing of the bikes in Portland 1%

Portland Oregonian 06/08/2009 Faith. Curiosity. Superstition. Fellowship. Whatever it was, 50 bicyclists rode into the courtyard of St. Mary's Cathedral in Portland - the American city ...

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Can affordable housing and wineries mix? 1%

Yakima Herald 06/08/2009 A low-income housing complex for farmworkers and laborers has been proposed right next to a crown jewel of Prosser's fast-growing wine tourism industry: ...

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From logjam to salmon recovery 1%

Olympian 06/08/2009 Logs delivered during winter storms are a safety hazard for boaters and a headache for Tacoma Power maintenance crews in a popular recreation area near Mount ...

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Views: BC cyclists get a lane, deserve a bridge 1%

Toronto Globe and Mail 06/08/2009 When city crews close off one of the six traffic lanes on Vancouver's Burrard Bridge to make it safer for cyclists, there are going to be a lot of angry ...

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Boise greenbelt challenge: Where to park 1%

Boise Idaho Statesman 06/08/2009 The 5-mile Boise greenbelt section from Boise State to Barber Park includes a nearly 2-mile unpaved, bike-free, nature path and a 24-acre natural area with a ...

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Views: Health care Obama's biggest battle 1%

Washington Post 06/08/2009 While headlines talk about a "fight" over the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court that may never develop, a much bigger battle is about ...

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Anchorage gay-rights proposal redone 1%

Juneau Empire 06/08/2009 A proposed Anchorage law banning discrimination against gays, lesbians and bisexuals has been rewritten to specify it wouldn't apply to small, home-operated ...

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'Public option' health care is political dynamite 1%

Missoulian 06/08/2009 U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., says a “strong public-option” health plan - a government-run health plan to compete with the private sector - will be part of ...