If you're at a convenience store and get a tap on the shoulder, you might want to think twice before buying that six-pack of beer for that teenager. It might be a teenager helping out the Grand Prairie police. Officer

Physicians say they have to consider cutting staff or reducing expenses in other ways as patients lose insurance and come in only when sick.

A recent upswing in the number of physicians in Congress has encouraged Republican doctors to organize their own health reform caucus.

A joint Justice Dept.-HHS program cracks down on fraud and abuse, while amendments to the False Claims Act expand the law's reach.

Meanwhile, insurers suggest standardized transactions, and the Senate HELP Committee outlines a public health insurance plan that would pay doctors more than Medicare does.

A Senate bill would place MedPAC in the executive branch, giving the panel independent authority over Medicare payment policy for physicians.

An active shooter drill was held at Utah Valley University on Sunday in order to train law enforcement officials to more effectively respond in the event of a school shooting.

The state's lead forecaster projects tax collections will drop an additional $482 million between now and 2011, continuing a long string of bad news for the state budget.

The Asian Counseling and Referral Service will have a walk-a-thon, "Walk For Rice," on June 20 at Seward Park. Co-founded by Herb Tsuchiya and Sam Mitsui, the fundraiser supports the ACRS food bank, which feeds more than 7,500 households with

Former high-school wrestler decided while he was in jail that he would be a fighter. Now he's known as Fancy Pants, undefeated going into a match Friday night in Kent.

A new channel south of Northgate Mall in Seattle will filter sediment and clean the water of Thornton Creek. A parking lot used to cover this 2.7-acre creek channel.

Uwajimaya spending $4 million on remodel of former Renton Village Thriftway.

Quarterback who came into the NFL with Peyton Manning has found only disappointment and trouble while Manning found success.

Terry Troxell, who had an unlikely Gold Cup victory in 2005, died last Saturday in Gig Harbor.

Kole Calhoun hits grand slam, double for Sun Devils. Mariners' top pick Dustin Ackley extends hitting streak to 22 games.

The Senate passed a resolution Thursday calling on the United States to apologize officially for the enslavement and segregation of millions of African Americans and to acknowledge "the fundamental injustice, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow laws."