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- Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sites
Tenants of the Fisher Plaza data center carry servers out of the building Friday morning. (Credit: TechFlash ) A Friday morning fire at downtown Seattle's Fisher Plaza has interrupted service at some top Web sites, including Bing Travel and
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SEATTLE, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The following blog posts were published on June 28 & 30, 2009, by Shafeen Charania, author of the synthesis blog, winner of the 2008 Weblog award for best new blog, and Time.com's 25 best blogs of 2009. America is in
- Drug raids reveal 'sobering' mass of arms
Federal agents busted a drug-trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico in Washington state and carried unusually powerful weaponry.
- Chinese gymnasts show different class at Universiade
Olympians Cheng Fei and Jiang Yuyuan led Chinese gymnasts to an overwhelming victory in women's team at the 25th Universiade on Thursday. Full story TOP STORIES LATEST NEWS 23:06 GMT 22:02 GMT 13:27 GMT 08:32 GMT 22:15 GMT 15:04 GMT 14:05 GMT 11:22 GMT
- WUT, Hyundai and Port of Tacoma cel...
At a special series of events held in Tacoma June 26, more than 100 shipping line and Port officials, elected officials, customers and vendors gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Washington United Terminals (WUT) and Hyundai Merchant Marine at
- Powerful weapons found in Northwest drug raids
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AP - Federal agents busted a drug-trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico in Washington state and carried unusually powerful weaponry, injecting a dangerous new factor into drug crime in the region.
- Holland America reveals further Excellence details
SEATTLE - Holland America Line has announced further details on its Signature of Excellence enhancement programme, including project specifics and expected timings for all five ships scheduled for upgrades. The Signature of Excellence initiative
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Introduction
Washington became the United States forty-second state on November 11, 1889; the fourth state to join the Union in a 9 day period together with North and South Dakota and Montana. The capital is Olympia. The largest city is Seattle. The state is named after George Washington and is the only state named after a president. More than half the apples eaten in the U.S. are grown in Washington orchards. The Evergreen State ranks 20th in land size totaling 66,581 square miles.
State web site www.state.wa.us
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