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WEEK IN REVIEW
Monday


• Green thumbs in Marysville
• Snohomish County schools that aren't up to stan...
• Richard Larsen, longtime public servant, dies a...
Sunday


• Recycling a house: Everett home goes to make ne...
• A year after plane crash, pain still fresh for ...
• The flight of the great pumpkin
Saturday


• Will the bailout help?
• Comcast Arena -- 5 years later
• County to pay $1 million in slaying
Friday


• Young couple leave Everett for worldwide trip
• 1 in 5 Snohomish County mobile homes could be u...
• Cascade High class grades the debaters
Thursday


• Victims of Snohomish fire sought a fresh start
• Craigslist ad linked to Brinks heist in Monroe
• County financial report worsens
Wednesday


• Fire too fast to save four in Snohomish
• Robber may have fled by floating
• Assisted suicide foes find ally in Martin Sheen
Tuesday
• Congressmen Inslee, Larsen split on bailout bill
• Everett man gets 26-year prison term for pimping
• Gloomy picture for Snohomish County finances
 

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Your questions for tonight's presidential debate

Tell us what questions you want John McCain and Barack Obama to answer in the town-hall-style debate. [More]



Does Countrywide owe you mortgage help?

In its heyday, the nation's biggest mortgage lender lied to people about what they were buying, didn't care if they could pay the loans back and gave its employees more money to sell its riskiest loans. [More]

By Mike Benbow Herald Writer


Gregoire plans $240 million in cost-cutting

OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire, facing a faltering economy and tough campaign criticism, announced immediate budget savings of about $240 million today, including a 1 percent across-the-board cut at state agencies. [More]

By Curt Woodward Associated Press



Kevin Nortz / The Herald
Arlington fashion statement helps fight cancer

ARLINGTON -- It has nothing to do with punk rock, but everything to do with big hearts. [More]

By Gale Fiege Herald Writer
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Dog wakes man, saving both from fire in travel trailer

EVERETT -- A big, black, shaggy dog named Max is credited with waking up his owner Monday morning, saving him as flames engulfed the recreational vehicle where they lived. [More]

By Jackson Holtz Herald Writer
Related: 
 • 1 in 5 Snohomish County mobile homes could be unsafe
• Victims of Snohomish fire sought a fresh start
• Fire too fast to save four in Snohomish

• Edmonds neighbors pitch fit over new metal pole
 • Chess champ teaches Seattle Hill kids a lesson
 • Mechanical trouble keeps Edmonds ferry run at one boat
 • 39th District face-off is a repeat
 • Inslee again faces 2006 challenger Ishmael for Congress
 • Granite Falls police stop driver, find pipe bomb inside car
 • Jetty Island: 7-day-a-week service?
 • New cars keep Bothell woman driven to maintain Tupperware crown
 • Tulalip man burned when boat ignites
 • FYI: Your Schools
 • Around the County
 • College and career fair at Comcast Arena
NATION/WORLD
No cold medicines for kids under 4, drug companies say

WASHINGTON -- Children under 4 should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold remedies, drug companies said today in a concession to pediatricians who doubt the drugs work in kids and worry about their safety. [More]

By Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar Associated Press
Black belt Putin struts stuff on video

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Vladimir Putin is out on video as a judo master. [More]

By Irina Titova Associated Press


Higher heating costs coming, government warns

WASHINGTON -- Although global oil prices have plummeted, the cost of heating your home this winter will be a lot more expensive, especially for households that depend on fuel oil, the Energy Department predicted today. [More]

By H. Josef Hebert Associated Press
• Adults need 2.5 hours of exercise a week, new guidelines say
 • In bad economy, power cutoffs soar
 • New warning on microwaving frozen meals
 • Tonight's debate stakes higher for McCain
 • Character attacks emerging in campaign
 • Supreme Court opens with suit on 'light' cigarettes
 • Warnings on FEMA trailers ignored, report says
 • Man kills 5 family members, then himself
 • Nobel goes to French doctors for HIV discovery
 • Driver in fatal California bus crash arrested
 • One-fourth of the world's mammals face extinction
 • For Colbert, it's fun to be a jerk
 • Critical habit for polar bears could limit oil hunt
 • Rapper Slick Rick proud of simple luxury of owning home
 • Oprah sued for defamation by ex-headmistress
 • Nation/World Briefly: Fan in baby's room reduces risk of SIDS, stu...
 
THE NORTHWEST
Ex-judges target Dino Rossi's links to building group's spending

OLYMPIA -- In the final days of a heated election, Republican gubernatorial challenger Dino Rossi could be forced to testify under oath about allegations that he illegally coordinated campaign fundraising with a major supporter, the conservative... [More]

By Curt Woodward Associated Press
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