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Legislature races show that money can't buy everything

If you ever feel depressed about our political system, dismayed by the growing influence of money, and PACs and Super PACs, remember the 27th District state Senate race of 2012.

Tacoma trial lawyer Jack Connelly raised some $1.1 million for that just-concluded race…

Why SOE's shouldn't be shunned - opinion

In recent years, overseas’ investment initiatives by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) – especially those based in China – have come under critical scrutiny by host governments in North America and Europe. For example, the Chinese National Overseas Oil Company’s (Cnooc) proposed acquisition of…

More students venture into digital classroom for online courses

Matthew McSweeney spends a lot of time on the computer, so when the senior at Skyline High School failed geometry last year his parents suggested he give math class another go, but instead online.
Fast-forward to fall semester and McSweeney is less than half way through his online…

The education assembly line

Last June, Teresa Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia, was unceremoniously forced out office.

Those members of the university’s governing board who wanted Sullivan out, led by Helen Dragas and a few big donors, were particularly keen for the…

Maine research center to probe deep-sea microbes

Bigelow Laboratory’s Single Cell Genomics Center in Maine has extracted and amplified DNA from microbial cells that appear to thrive miles deep in the ocean, which until recently was thought to be devoid of life.

A consortium of scientists, led by a researcher from…

Rivera to share excerpts from her course on African-American literature
Trivia contest, speeches to focus on citizenship
²ÝÁñÉçÇø professor to repay $20,000 to school for unethical travel practices

A Western Washington University administrator who was gone nearly half of his first year on the job will have to repay $20,000 to the university as part of his settlement with the State Executive Ethics Board.

Douglas Nord also will have to pay a $5,000 civil penalty as part of the…

Bunn to present on Polaris Project Thursday
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