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| 1 | Bill Gates gives $10 billion to childhood vaccines; challenges others to join him | Local News |
| A decade ago, Bill Gates made his first major foray into the world of global health with a $750 million grant to boost immunization of the planet's poorest children. On Friday, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife, Melinda, re-upped for the battle in a big way. | ||
| 1/29/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 2 | Pacific's rising acid levels threatening marine life | Local News |
| The most extensive survey of pH levels in the Pacific Ocean confirms what spot measurements have suggested: From Hawaii to Alaska, the upper reaches of the sea are becoming more acidic in concert with rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. | ||
| 1/20/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 3 | Japan-based NOAA jet to help forecast Northwest-bound storms | Local News |
| Weather forecasts in the Northwest will get a boost this winter from a specialized jet based in Japan to gather data on storms several days before they hit the West Coast. | ||
| 1/17/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 4 | Rev. King's call to service heard by local youth in Saturday march | Local News |
| Shedrick Johnson III has pored over old footage of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. leading civil-rights marches through the South. On Saturday, the 11-year-old finally got the chance to march himself in honor of King's achievements and ideals. | ||
| 1/16/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 5 | UW monkey starved to death in lab last year | Local News |
| A U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection report says the male pigtailed macaque had lost a quarter of his body weight, and had not been weighed regularly as required by the university's own protocols. Three workers and one supervisor were disciplined, said center Director David Anderson. | ||
| 1/8/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 6 | Rainier's rocks are filling riverbeds | Local News |
| The fallout from Mount Rainier's shrinking glaciers is beginning to roll downhill, and nowhere is the impact more striking than on the volcano's west side. | ||
| 1/3/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 7 | 01/02/2010: Backward and forward, this date is lining up as a rarity | Local News |
| Don't get him started on the number 48. (Square each digit to get 16 and 64. Subtract 16 from 64 to get, drumroll, 48!) On a recent bus trip, Inan informed the driver that the number of his coach — 1706 — is the year Benjamin Franklin was born. | ||
| 1/1/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 8 | Wanted: Homes in which to install quake monitors | Local News |
| Researchers at the University of Washington and the U.S. Geological Survey are seeking strategically located homes and other buildings in the Seattle area where they can install instruments that measure ground-shaking. | ||
| 12/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 9 | WSU professor uses genetics to build a better Christmas tree | Local News |
| The scientist some call "Mr. Christmas Tree" has already conquered conifer diseases, developed guidelines to keep cut trees fresh and helped introduce new species to the American market. Now Chastagner is using old-fashioned genetics to create a super-race of conifers immune to consumers' No. | ||
| 12/14/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 10 | Toys for Tots will put neediest children first | Local News |
| Caught between a recession and record need, the Toys for Tots program in King County has changed the way it will distribute toys this season to ensure that at least the neediest children will have something under the tree. | ||
| 12/10/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 11 | Rare tree stolen from Washington Park Arboretum | Local News |
| When they spotted the stump Wednesday, staffers at the Washington Park Arboretum had little doubt what happened: Someone seeking a free Christmas tree had chopped down a likely candidate. But even the Grinch wouldn't have targeted that particular tree. | ||
| 12/9/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 12 | UW climate scientist warms to work on food supply | Local News |
| The bureaucratic brawl over greenhouse gases continues today in Copenhagen — and University of Washington climate scientist David Battisti is glad he's not there. | ||
| 12/8/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 13 | Plan to move NOAA fleet to Oregon hits snag | Local News |
| The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's plan to move its research fleet from Washington to Oregon hit a snag Wednesday, but it's not clear yet whether the plan will be permanently beached. | ||
| 12/3/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 14 | Ruling throws NOAA fleet's move to Oregon into doubt | Local News |
| A federal oversight agency today upheld a protest by the Port of Bellingham, which argued that NOAA had violated its own guidelines by selecting Newport, Ore., as its new homeport. | ||
| 12/2/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 15 | Body's natural defenses fight fat, don't always win | Local News |
| But in a world where fast food beckons and calories have never come so cheap, the defenses can crumble for the rest of us. Figuring out why is one of the hottest topics in obesity research. "That is literally the billion-dollar question," said Dr. | ||
| 11/26/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 16 | Craigslist adoption ad: A plea by young mother-to-be? A scam? | Local News |
| That's the question Federal Way police are trying to answer as they trace the person who posted an ad on Craigslist offering an unborn child for adoption. "Maybe she's just ignorant of the law, and we can point her in the right direction," police spokesman Raymond Bunk said. | ||
| 11/21/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 17 | New studies put potential megaquake closer to Seattle | Local News |
| But for Seattle-dwellers, that harsh reality has always been tempered by the fact that the fault called the Cascadia Subduction Zone is most likely to snap offshore — nearly 100 miles from the urban corridor. Now scientists are beginning to suspect the jolt could come much closer. | ||
| 11/17/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 18 | Snow time comes early to Crystal Mountain | Sports |
| Skiers crowded the slopes at Crystal Mountain on Wednesday for one of the resort's earliest openings. Mount Baker Ski Area will follow suit today, after a week of near-continuous snowfall. | ||
| 11/12/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 19 | Gravel quarry near landslide ordered to halt mining | Local News |
| Federal and state regulators have ordered a halt to all operations at a Yakima County gravel mine at the toe of the landslide that buried a portion of Highway 410 last month. | ||
| 11/6/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 20 | Gravel pit operation at "toe" of major landslide halted by state | Local News |
| Federal and state regulators have ordered a halt to all operations at a Naches-area gravel pit at the toe of the landslide that buried a portion of Highway 410 last month. | ||
| 11/5/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||