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The big game
The big game Cowboys Stadium, site of Super Bowl XLV, cost more than $1 billion to build, and…
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Be mine
Be mine If you plan to surprise your sweetie with an expensive piece of jewelry for Valentine’s Day,…
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Excuses, excuses
Excuses, excuses The feds are busy these days searching for drugs stashed in imported bouquets of flowers. So…
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Cookie jarring threat
The Trouble with Trefoils: Upset over the sale of cherished campgrounds by budget-strapped Girl Scout councils, some Girl…
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Poster girl
Poster girl The swimsuit worn by the late Farrah Fawcett in the iconic pinup poster of 1976 was…
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Sack the nachos
And deflect the hot wings: If you’re planning a Super Bowl party for Sunday but are bored by…
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We’re all pillars of salt
Searching for my lost shaker of salt: The federal government’s dietary guidelines, which are updated every five years,…
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Mon dieu
Like the bouillabaisse pot calling the kettle black: France-based Airbus says that it believes the United States owes…
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A beef over beef
Think outside the bun, but inside the cow: Taco Bell, in response to a lawsuit that claims the…
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Heads or tails
Catch a tanker by the toe: More details emerged Thursday about the U.S. Air Force’s errant swap of…
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Color me vague
I am an apprehensive yellow: The U.S. Homeland Security Department is expected to announce today an end to…
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All together now
Imagine, me and you: Congress kept its word and maintained its civility during President Barack Obama’s State of…
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‘Mr. Speaker …’
‘Mr. Speaker …’ President Barack Obama will emphasize jobs, the economy and the deficit when he gives the…
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Growth pills for Snohomish County
Growth pills Take two Concentrus: The Economic Development Council of Snohomish County and the chambers of commerce from…
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Leisure Suit Larry
Leisure Suit Larry Us middle-age folks who feel hopelessly out of step with today’s fashions should take note…
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That’s alotta ‘like’
When you’ve got money, you’ve got lots of friends: Even through it’s not officially a publicly traded company,…
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Calorie counters
Calorie counters Joining first lady Michelle Obama’s campaign against childhood obesity, Wal-Mart says it will reformulate thousands of…
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Collectible
Collectible Lee Harvey Oswald’s brother is suing a Fort Worth, Texas, funeral home owner who kept the original…
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Your new congresscritter
It’s unanimous, Congressman Harvey: A bipartisan commission met for the first time Tuesday in Olympia, tasked with setting…