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Report: Assaults increase on rangers, park police
Park rangers, wildlife refuge workers and U.S. Park Police experienced more assaults and threats from visitors last year than in 2011, according to a group that represents federal resource workers. A total of 591 incidents were reported by six land and water agencies in 2012, up 38 percent from the ...
First woman takes over as Northwest Navy commander
For the first time, a woman is taking over as commander of Navy Region Northwest. The Kitsap Sun reports (http://is.gd/8I3XA2 ) that in her new position, Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar, of Honolulu, will oversee bases in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska. She takes over for Rear Adm. Mark ...
No Jackpot Winner
None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 28-36-40-48-55 Powerball: 1 (twenty-eight, thirty-six, forty, forty-eight, fifty-five; Powerball: one) Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $85 million jackpot. The prize goes to an ...
Cities asked to stop using agent interpreters
A farmworker rights organization is asking that three cities in northwest Washington stop using Border Patrol agents as interpreters when Hispanic residents call police to report crimes. The Bellingham Herald reports (http://is.gd/M7DDe9 ) that attorney Daniel Ford of Columbia Legal Services complained about the practice in Lynden, Blaine and Sumas ...
Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure
In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on customers. Around the world, government spies and eavesdroppers were tracking the email and Internet addresses used by suspected terrorists. Often, those trails led ...
Passenger ship reports engine fire: all OK
A tour ship carrying more than 150 passengers detoured Friday evening to dock at a Seattle marina after fire was reported in an engine compartment as the ship returned from a daylong trip to the San Juan Islands. No injuries were reported. The 159 passengers aboard the 113-foot Victoria Clipper ...
Scientists hunt for rabbit habitat _ with drones
Scientists in Idaho will be flying military-style drone aircraft over the state's sagebrush sea, not in a bid to find terrorists but to help locate the best habitat for one of West's smallest mammals, the pygmy rabbit. The flights, overseen by University of Idaho, Boise State University and University of ...
Web giants get broader surveillance revelations
Facebook and Microsoft Corp. representatives said that after negotiations with national security officials their companies have been given permission to make new but still very limited revelations about government orders to turn over user data. The announcements Friday night come at the end of a week when Facebook, Microsoft and ...
Microsoft: more user surveillance information
A top Microsoft Corp. lawyer says the company has secured permission from federal officials to say more about the volume of law enforcement and national security orders it has received to turn over customer information. The disclosure came in a statement Friday from Vice President and Deputy General Counsel John ...
Recycled salmon give Rogue anglers a 2nd chance
Ada Carnes is about to deliver yet another adult, hatchery, spring chinook salmon to a happy Rogue River angler, but first she puts a bow of sorts on top. The Cole Rivers Hatchery technician affixes a small piece of gray, spaghetti-like plastic known as a floy tag to the fish's ...
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