How clean is Seattle’s drinking water?

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

The genesis of Seattle's modern-day drinking water system began with the Great Fire of 1889. The city owns almost 91,000 acres of land around the Cedar River Watershed. By owning the land, the city protects the source of the water.

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Safe Driving measure has few conditions for senior motorists

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

On the same day that House and Senate negotiators were celebrating their agreement over the Safe Driving Act last week, an 89-year-old woman in Chelmsford struck a 72-year-old pedestrian while pulling out of a parking lot on Fletcher Street, sending the victim onto the hood of her vehicle, then onto the pavement. Chelmsford - Parking lot - Driving - House - United States Senate

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Prep Baseball: Youth represented on All-Area team

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

Let's say this up front: This is not a rebuilding year for the All-Area baseball team.

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Highland inventors go on to semifinals

Friday, May 14th, 2010

HIGHLAND The 2010 Invention Convention has selected eight Highland School District students as semifinalists for the competition.

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Former model uses success of Slows Bar BQ to help rebuild Detroit

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

To get a sense of Phillip Cooley's relationship with Detroit, take a look at what he's reading: "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Remarkable Communities That Arise in Disaster." That choice underlines the realism permeating Cooley's affection for the city. Where most see wreckage, Cooley reads cool opportunity.

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UK General election parties, candidates and supporters profiled by The Orb

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

THE Orb is a slightly surreal and hopefully funny column which appears each week in the Driffield Post, East Yorkshire (29/04/2010 12:24:09)

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My New York: Ed Burns

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

The old joke used to be that we never went north of 14th Street, says Ed Burns. Now we never go north of Canal. The writer-director, along with his wife, model Christy Turlington, and their two kids ages 4 and 6 are more likely than ever to stay close to...

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Will Obama Raise Taxes on the Middle Class?

Friday, April 9th, 2010

The path to salvation can be a slippery slope Liz Peek | Today 12:00 pm Bears, Bulls, Chickens and Pigs: wOws Wall Street Weekly with Liz Peek (Week of 4/5) Editors Note: Liz Peek is a financial columnist. Remember when boys were boys, men were men and President Obama wasnt going to raise taxes on the middle class? Paul Volcker, former Federal Reserve Chair and the administrations favorite ...

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2011 Sonata expands powertrain options

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Hyundai Motor America is the first carmaker in America to offer a direct injection, turbocharged or gas-electric hybrid powertrain for the same model : The 2011 Hyundai Sonata.

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Brighton company gives pretzels a twist (Detroit News)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Brighton -- With Michigan's economy in a freefall, Jessica Kughn Baxter shifted the focus of her family's business, the Ultimate Pretzel Co., from corporate gift boxes to organizational fundraising.

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