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WEEK IN REVIEW
Wednesday


Monroe girl guilty of murder in Sultan gang sla...
Man is sentenced to 8 years in crash that killed 4
House revives bill to create jobs and renovate ...
Tuesday


Local beef — lots of it
16-year-old girl convicted in Sultan gang murder
Lawmakers start haggling budget, again
Monday


A gift for a gifted kid
An early start to allergy season
Students to have their first look at ‘WAS...
Sunday


Stillaguamish Tribe carves a link to its long-l...
Paine Field results delayed by months
The Hub, a Snohomish institution, closes
Saturday


Shock at fish killings in Mill Creek
Former Snohomish County planning director charged
Murder suspect James Fryberg back in custody
Friday


Told there's no buyer for pea crop, farmers adjust
Everett courts water-bottling company
Alcohol, marijuana cited in fatal wrong-way crash
Thursday


Special session likely to finish budget, tax in...
County to pay builders $1.7 million to settle s...
Cut through solid-white lines and it could cost...
 

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Health

Associated Press
House Dems on track for vote on $940B health bill

WASHINGTON — House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Barack Obama's promise to expand coverage while slashing the deficit, a strategy... [More]


Related: 
• Budget office: Dems health care bill cuts deficit
• Obama signs jobs bill, says more must be done
• Political insulation for health care

Related: 
• Budget office: Dems health care bill cuts deficit
• Political insulation for health care
• Obama's health care plan picks up support




V.A. seeks to make getting benefits easier for vets

WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department took steps today to make it easier for veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars to get disability benefits. To qualify for the new streamlined status, they must have malaria, West Nile Virus or one... [More]






Secretary of State Sam Reed has cancer

OLYMPIA — Secretary of State Sam Reed announced Wednesday he has been diagnosed with kidney cancer and will undergo surgery to remove the organ next week in Seattle. [More]





Suspects sought in Snohomish shooting

SNOHOMISH — Snohomish County sheriff's detectives are looking for suspects in an early morning shooting Wednesday that sent a Snohomish man, 30, to the hospital with serious injuries to his groin. [More]





Budget office: Dems health care bill cuts deficit

WASHINGTON — Congressional budget scorekeepers say President Barack Obama’s health care bill would reduce the federal deficit by $138 billion over 10 years. [More]





Cruise liner hit again with illness returns to S.C.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A cruise liner hit by an outbreak of intestinal illness for a third straight trip from South Carolina returned a day early today as operator Celebrity Cruises brought in extra crew to scrub the ship down for three days. [More]





Crew still sick from N.C. plane with problem, union says

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A union representative says eight crew members are still sick from problems on three earlier flights on the same US Airways plane where crew and passengers got sick in North Carolina this week [More]





Obama's health care plan picks up support

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's much-challenged health care overhaul gained traction today as a liberal lawmaker became the first to switch his opposition and Catholic nuns declared their support in an unusual public break with the... [More]





events:

• Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Support Group: 10:00am - 11:30am, March 18, at Northshore Senior Center. Caring for someone with memory loss? Alzheimer’s Association caregive... [Details]

• New Moms and Babies Group : 11:00am - 1:00pm, March 19, at Due to H1N1 preventative measures, this group has . This program is designed for new moms with babies up to 6 months old. Join ... [Details]

• Preoperative Joint Class: 1:30pm - 3:30pm, March 19, at Stevens Hospital, 4th Floor. This free class is designed for anyone having knee or hip joint surgery. Th... [Details]
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