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Usually a bit player, the onion also can play a starring...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:26:32 -0400

By DANIEL NEMAN - Is any ingredient more hardworking, yet humble, than the onion?

Illegal marijuana 'flash farms' are cropping up on public...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:24:02 -0400

WASHINGTON - By MATT CANHAM

Crisp: Climate change reaches scary milestone

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:57 -0400

Last week, with very little attention, our fragile globe cruised quietly past what some news sources called a "milestone": On May 10, the atmospheric concentration of the heat-trapping gas carbon dioxide reached an average daily level of just over 400 parts per million. - The New York Times called this an "odometer moment," meaning, I guess, that it's an event we note casually, like when our car reaches 100,000 miles. And then we keep our foot on the gas and start on the next 100,000.

Editorial: Putting out fires with a document dump

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:21:08 -0400

Anedditorial / By DALE McFEATTERS - Hillary Clinton should take these two words to heart: "document dump." This is a tested Washington tactic that could save her a lot of political aggravation, and, in fact, has in the past.

Editorial: Putting out fires with a document dump

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:20:51 -0400

Editorial: Putting out fires with a document dump

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:20:38 -0400

Ambrose: Graduates, heed Jefferson, not Obama

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:19:48 -0400

By JAY AMBROSE - Thomas Jefferson said to keep a close eye on government and others chimed in that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Phooey, says President Barack Obama. He recently told graduating college students in Columbus, Ohio, to ignore those thus intervening in their snooze time.

Maxwell: A special ed teacher who's changing liives

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:19:11 -0400

About five years ago, Jim and Tobi Szewc, both teachers at Mintz Elementary in Brandon, Fla., learned they were going to have a child. At 36 weeks of the pregnancy, a doctor said their unborn child, a boy, had a heart defect that might lead to Down syndrome. - Even before Thomas James, or TJ, was born, the Szewcs knew what they would do: plan a successful future for their son. That plan would start with a colleague at Mintz, Tamara Hansen, who taught in the Early Exceptional Learning Program.

Seahawks deliver message: Follow our model for big...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:22:16 -0400

RENTON, Wash. - By DAVE BOLING

Yardsmart: Hay-fever season

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:23:42 -0400

Once the spring pollen flies, hay-fever season is upon us. For some, it's merely a nuisance. But to others, this season can be totally debilitating. For sensitive individuals, knowing what plants are the major offenders helps you make planting choices least likely to increase your allergic reactions. - Most flowers require pollen vectors for fertilization. A pollen vector is a living thing, like a bee, that helps transfer pollen from one plant to another. Moths and bats are important vectors for night-flowering plants. Hummingbirds and even flies can be important vectors. About 90 percent of all plant species pollinate this way.

NFL draft: Who will be the next Russell Wilson?

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:49:29 -0400

Just call it the Russell Wilson effect. - NFL general managers and personnel executives are covering their backsides this draft season after other teams passed over a potential franchise quarterback in the University of Wisconsin's Wilson last season because he did not meet the eyeball test at 5 feet, 10 inches tall.