Washington benefited from having former Army chief Musharraf as a one-stop shop since Sept. 11, 2001, for winning Pakistan's cooperation in the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban. After the restoration of democracy with elections in February, however, the new

Heavy rains strand many in N. Ireland

The morning practice ended, and Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren finished his comments to reporters. Then he wasn't sure where to go. He asked a team...

Symptoms: These include numbness, tingling and pain in the hand, which might awaken you at night; a shocking feeling in the fingers or hand; strange sensations and pain that might travel up the arm toward the shoulder; and a feeling

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the Tucson nanotechnology company, Ridgetop Group Inc., with a $100,000 contract for monitoring experiments.

Denver-based Qwest came to terms on a three-year deal with the Communications Workers of America, which represents about 20,000 of its employees in 13 states.

11 hikers found after flash floods strike remote Grand Canyon tribal land and trails; Supai area now closed to tourists and residents evacuated by helicopter

TUMWATER — The Thurston County coroner says a 23-year-old worker who died at a glass plant in Tumwater fell against a pane of glass and severed an artery in his neck.

A longtime Seattle police officer who was fired last year after he was charged with a felony will be rehired.

NASA's Kennedy Space Center will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 19, because of the potential threat from Tropical Storm Fay. Current plans call for the center to be closed for 24 hours.

Voting at King County's 393 polling stations seems to be going smoothly today, with poll workers reporting no apparent glitches for people casting ballots under the state's new, top-two primary system. Secretary of State Sam Reed is expecting a 46

Hamoody Jauda, the blind Iraqi boy who came to the U.S. for surgery two years ago, has won asylum.

As carriers keep cutting flights, Spokane loses its daily nonstop flight to Chicago on United Airlines

Spectra-Physics diode laser facility at 3321 E. Global Road, near South Country Club and East Bilby roads, is cutting its workforce primarily in assembly, testing and packaging operations, said general manager Scott Dunbar.

NASA will hold a media teleconference on Tuesday, August 26, at 2 p.m. EDT, to announce the first results from NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope and the observatory's new name.

Sabathia improved his perfect record with the Brewers, pitching another complete game in a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros. He also hit a two-run single in a five-run fourth inning.

Bryan froze in her tracks, apparently mesmerized by the sight of herself and co-stars Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams singing and dancing in lush Bollywood costumes in "The Cheetah Girls One World," set in India and filmed amid the historic

South was confronted by just such a situation in today's deal, where West's double of four spades stopped his partner from bidding five hearts, which would have gone down only one. However, we can only report what actually happened, which

NASA issued a Request for Information, or RFI, on Monday to gauge interest and solicit ideas from private companies in providing communications and navigation services that would support the development of exploration, scientific and commercial capabilities on the moon over

Tucson-based Applied Energetics Inc. has received a follow-on U.S. Army contract option for its chemical-detection technology.