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Gov. Gregoire to sign gay-marriage bill Monday 02/09

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Round III of Olympia-Bellarmine boys basketball takes place Friday 02/09

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Olympia couple purchases Wild Birds Unlimited 02/09

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Ore. jury sides with Schwab employees in OT case

PORTLAND, Ore. — A jury has sided with more than 120 current and former Les Schwab Tire Center assistant managers, finding the Bend-based retailer routinely failed to pay them for working overtime.
WA House: adults must report severe child abuse

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state House has passed a bill requiring all adults to report suspected cases of severe child abuse and neglect to the state Department of Social and Health Services.
WA House OKs document fee hike to aid homeless

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state House has passed a bill increasing filing fees on real estate transactions, with the money to go for homeless housing and assistance.
Wash. bank robber tarries, police make arrest

YAKIMA, Wash. — Successful bank robbers know there's a limited window of time before police show up.
Bogus $20s at WSU Pullman campus

PULLMAN, Wash. — Police at Washington State University's Pullman campus are investigating a pair of counterfeit $20 bills noticed by local bank officials.
WA agency paying $3M to patient raped at hospital

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state has agreed to pay $3 million to a developmentally disabled woman who was raped in 2008 by another patient at a state psychiatric hospital.
OR man gets 85 years in ex-girlfriend's WA death

SOUTH BEND, Wash. — An Oregon businessman and former police officer has been sentenced to nearly 85 years in prison for the 2009 murder of his ex-girlfriend on a busy Washington beach.
Wash. Senate passes religious limits on autopsies

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Senate has approved a bill that would allow families to block autopsies for religious reasons.
Gov. Gregoire to sign gay marriage bill on Monday

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Chris Gregoire will sign a measure legalizing gay marriage in Washington state into law on Monday.
APNewsBreak: Powell had 'incestuous' images

SEATTLE — Before Josh Powell was going to try to win back custody of his children last week, Washington state authorities received materials from Utah police that had been discovered on a computer in Powell's home two years ago. Authorities say the images depicted "incestuous" sex and were disconcerting enough that they prompted a psychologist to recommend that Powell undergo an intensive psychosexual evaluation.