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Parachute Didn't Belong to DB Cooper, FBI Says

Agents say newly found chute wasn't used by legendary hijacker

(Newser) - The FBI says a parachute found along a dirt road in Washington state didn’t belong to legendary hijacker DB Cooper, the AP reports. After talking to parachute experts and examining the site, agents concluded that the chute wasn’t used in the nation’s only unsolved hijacking. Cooper made...

DB Cooper&#39;s Parachute?
 DB Cooper's Parachute? 
Mar 25, 2008 10:46 PM CDT

DB Cooper's Parachute?

FBI studying chute possibly used by hijacker, found by kids in a field

(Newser) - A parachute possibly used by legendary hijacker DB Cooper has been found by children playing in a field in Washington state, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The FBI is analyzing the chute to determine whether Cooper used it to jump out of a plane with $200,000 in 1971—the nation'...

Municipalities Challenge Bond Ratings

Local officials say double standard cheats taxpayers

(Newser) - City and state officials are mounting a rebellion against bond rating firms they say are siphoning off billions of taxpayer dollars by giving them unfairly low credit ratings, the New York Times reports. Even though municipal bonds are generally safer than those issued by corporations, municipalities get lower credit scores,...

8 Die in Armenia; US Urges Calm
8 Die in Armenia; US Urges Calm
Mar 2, 2008 7:02 PM CST

8 Die in Armenia; US Urges Calm

Opposition leader asks protesters to lie low until emergency rule ends

(Newser) - Troops patrolled quiet downtown Yerevan today after police fired back at thousands of protesters this weekend and killed eight, Reuters reports. Authorities have declared emergency rule and outlawed mass meetings for the next 3 weeks. "We won't give up, we will be fighting to the very end," said...

States Cracking Down on 'Spychip' Privacy Lapses

California and Washington take action to block some uses of RFID tags

(Newser) - Radio Frequency ID tags—data-loaded microchips that track everything from shipping containers to cars to humans—increasingly are raising concerns with privacy advocates who worry the “spychips” could reveal too much about our lives, reports Ars Technica. Tech-savvy states such as Washington and California are trying to legislate RFIDs,...

Howard Dean, Shadow of His Former Self
Howard Dean, Shadow of His Former Self 
OPINION
Feb 18, 2008 9:20 PM CST

Howard Dean, Shadow of His Former Self

Dems now need the scream that ruined him, TNR scribe argues

(Newser) - The Howard Dean who once shocked Washington is now a model of docility, “unwilling or afraid to confront the establishment that was once so afraid of him," the New Republic’s Eve Fairbanks argues. The Democratic National Committee chair is also the wrong man for a bitter primary...

Huck Refuses to Concede Washington
Huck Refuses
to Concede Washington
Feb 11, 2008 3:45 AM CST

Huck Refuses to Concede Washington

Claims voting 'irregularities,' is sending in lawyers

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee's campaign is crying foul after Washington Republicans called the state's GOP caucus for rival John McCain with 87% of the vote counted—and stopped counting the rest. The impact of calling an election before all votes are counted is "seismic," said a statement from the Huckabee...

Barack Battle Strategy Snares Delegate Bonus

Strategy to capitalize on mid-sized states likely to pay off come March

(Newser) - With three monster victories yesterday, Barack Obama could be poised to extend his pledged, "locked-in" delegate lead over Hillary Clinton before March 4 brings contests in Ohio and Texas. The gain is a feather in the cap of the Illinois senator's strategists, who had been doubted for aiming so...

Huckabee Wins Louisiana, McCain Takes Washington

Victories upset blow to McCain

(Newser) - GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee topped off his win at the Kansas Caucuses yesterday with another surprise upset in the Louisiana primary, edging out frontrunner John McCain 43% to 42%. With  87% of precincts in the Washington caucus reporting, McCain leads 26% to Huckabee's 24%, and AP has called the...

Margaret Truman Daniel Dead
Margaret Truman Daniel Dead
Jan 29, 2008 5:20 PM CST

Margaret Truman Daniel Dead

First Daughter went on to act, sing and write

(Newser) - Margaret Truman Daniel died today at 83 after breaking the mold of First Daughter and embarking on careers in singing, acting, and writing, the Los Angeles Times reports. The go-getter braved opera critics as a singer in the 1940s and '50s before acting alongside Jimmy Stewart on radio and television....

Video Game Industry Reaches Boss Level

Industry chiefs aim to get more of a say in Washington

(Newser) - The video game industry has grown up and is going to start putting some quarters into Washington, the New York Times reports. Game makers have formed their first political action committee and will soon start making campaign donations to candidates, in hopes of steering more of them to the industry's...

Friendly Service Cuts Bank Robberies

FBI finds personal attention unnerves would-be felons

(Newser) - Bank employees are thwarting robbers in Washington state, not with steel bars or alarms—but with broad smiles and enthusiastic handshakes, reports the Seattle Times. The number of bank robberies in the state reached a 20-year low thanks to FBI training program "Safecatch," which teaches bank personnel to...

FBI Reignites DB Cooper Case
 FBI Reignites DB Cooper Case 
Jan 2, 2008 10:06 AM CST

FBI Reignites DB Cooper Case

New revelations as feds appeal for help

(Newser) - The FBI is again seeking help solving the intriguing 36-year-old mystery of DB Cooper, last seen parachuting from a hijacked Northwest Airlines jet over southwest Washington with a $200,000 ransom. He appears to have vanished into thin air—if he survived the daring jump. But now the FBI has...

NY Seeks to Move Poverty Goal Post
NY Seeks to Move Poverty Goal Post
Dec 30, 2007 7:51 PM CST

NY Seeks to Move Poverty Goal Post

Updated definition of 'poor' may shape programs nationwide

(Newser) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, fed up with the circa-1960s definition of poverty used by Washington, is developing his own measure of deciding who is entitled to financial relief, the New York Times reports. Although Bloomberg’s plan aims to help New York City's poor, officials hope it will spark...

Death Penalty Considered in Carnation Slayings

Charges give chilling details of six deaths

(Newser) - Murder charges filed yesterday in the Christmas Eve slaying of six family members in a house in Carnation, Wash., added chilling details to the account of the deaths, and made the perpetrators liable for the death penalty, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Michelle Anderson and Joseph McEnroe have been charged with...

Daughter & Lover Confess to Killing 6 in Family: Cops

She 'felt unloved,' says relative

(Newser) - The daughter of a murdered couple and her boyfriend have confessed to killing the young woman's parents and four other relatives, according to police. Michele Anderson, 29, and her live-in lover gunned down Anderson's parents Christmas Eve at their home outside Seattle, police said. When Anderson's brother, his wife and...

Floods Follow Storm in NW
Floods Follow Storm in NW
Dec 5, 2007 4:54 PM CST

Floods Follow Storm in NW

Helicopter rescues underway; at least 7 are dead

(Newser) - The massive storm that pummeled the Pacific Northwest this week has left treacherous flood conditions throughout Washington and Oregon. At least seven were dead as helicopters rescued residents from their rooftops, the AP reports. The main regional interstate has been shut for days—effectively doubling the distance between Seattle and...

Washington Declares Storm Emergency

Flooding, high winds wreaking havoc, causing deaths

(Newser) - A state of emergency was declared yesterday for the western part of Washington, the area hardest hit by severe storms in the last few days. Massive flooding, heavy rains and high winds have killed at least two people, caused a three-day shutdown of an interstate and other major highways, and...

Winter Storm Pounds Northeast
Winter Storm Pounds Northeast
Dec 3, 2007 3:15 AM CST

Winter Storm Pounds Northeast

Hundreds of flights cancelled in New York

(Newser) - The storm that blanketed the Midwest in snow and ice is now battering the Northeast. Wind and ice have delayed hundreds of flights at New York City airports. The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with the potential for...

Best States for Small Business
Best States for Small Business
Nov 25, 2007 2:54 PM CST

Best States for Small Business

Some states love small business a little more than others. CNNMoney names the top 10

(Newser) - If you want your seed of genius to grow, plant it in the right soil. CNNMoney finds the most small-business-friendly states:
  1. South Dakota: No tax personal income, capital gains, corporate income, or corporate capital gains and low energy costs.
  2. Nevada: No income, capital gains, corporate income, or corporate capital gains
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