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Raul Ibanez The Associated Press

SPORTS: Raul Ibanez returning to Mariners

By Ronald Blum The Associated Press NEW YORK — Raul Ibanez and the Seattle Mariners have agreed to a $2.75 million, one-year contract, a person… Continue reading

Raul Ibanez The Associated Press
First prize winner — "Pictures don't do it justice."

Congratulations to the winners of PDN’s Holiday Lights contest!

By Sugarplum Mary Chief Elf, Sweet Treats Division, Santa's Workshop THE THREE WINNERS of the Peninsula Daily News 2012 Holiday Lights Contest have been chosen,… Continue reading

First prize winner — "Pictures don't do it justice."
First prize winner — "Pictures don't do it justice."

Congratulations to the winners of PDN’s Holiday Lights contest!

By Sugarplum Mary Chief Elf, Sweet Treats Division, Santa's Workshop and Peninsula Daily News correspondent THE THREE WINNERS of this year's Peninsula Daily News 2012… Continue reading

First prize winner — "Pictures don't do it justice."
The Associated Press

For the Mayans, it’s a beginning … never the end

In the photo at right, people gather around a sacred fire at the Mayan archeological site of Iximche in Guatemala during a ceremony marking the… Continue reading

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Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press

Here’s a yule decoration that’s over the top!

In the photo at right, a 14-foot Christmas tree appears to be crashing through the roof of a one-story house in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. Homeowner… Continue reading

Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press

UPDATE — All of U.S. Highway 101 now open along Hood Canal

Peninsula Daily News News Sources BRINNON — A 25-mile stretch of US. Highway 101 that connects Brinnon in southeast Jefferson County to Mason County has… Continue reading

It's all an animation.  As of Thursday evening this fake had gotten 21 million YouTube views. The Associated Press

Fake! Canadian design school admits eagle plucking baby from park was hoax

By CHARMAINE NORONHA The Associated Press TORONTO — The creators of a video purporting to show an eagle swooping down and snatching a toddler from… Continue reading

It's all an animation.  As of Thursday evening this fake had gotten 21 million YouTube views. The Associated Press
Gov. Chris Gregoire

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Gregoire’s farewell budget would tax wholesale motor fuel to cover cost of school busing

MIKE BAKER, Associated Press RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed higher taxes on gas, soda, candy and gum in order… Continue reading

Gov. Chris Gregoire
Vote, vote, vote in PDN's Christmas lights contest

Vote, vote, vote in PDN’s Christmas lights contest

By Sugarplum Mary Chief Elf, Sweet Treats Division, Santa's Workshop and Peninsula Daily News correspondent 'TIS THE SEASON to be jolly and deck the walls… Continue reading

Vote, vote, vote in PDN's Christmas lights contest
This cartoon has been circulating on Facebook for the past week.

What Mayan doomsday? It’s December 21 in some countries . . . and the world hasn’t ended [** WITH NASA VIDEO**]

SORRY! THOSE HOPING to get out of holiday shopping due to the end of the world will be seeing Christmas this year. And New Year's.… Continue reading

This cartoon has been circulating on Facebook for the past week.
Gov. Chris Gregoire discusses her state budget proposal in front of a chart outlining problems and her proposed solutions.  -- Photo by The Associated Press

Gregoire proposes new fuel tax to fund education

By Mike Baker and Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed higher taxes on gas, soda, candy and gum Tuesday… Continue reading

Gov. Chris Gregoire discusses her state budget proposal in front of a chart outlining problems and her proposed solutions.  -- Photo by The Associated Press
Is this dock part of the Japanese fishing port of Misawa that was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami?  Another huge dock washed up on the Oregon coast in June (Click on 'Related Photos' gallery

Large dock — tsunami wreckage? — washes up on Olympic National Park beach

By Peninsula Daily News news sources LAPUSH — Scientists are concerned that huge dock that has washed ashore in a remote section of Olympic National… Continue reading

Is this dock part of the Japanese fishing port of Misawa that was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami?  Another huge dock washed up on the Oregon coast in June (Click on 'Related Photos' gallery

Mariners trade pitcher Jason Vargas to Angels for slugger Morales

The Associated Press SEATTLE — The Los Angeles Angels have traded power hitter Kendrys Morales to the Seattle Mariners for left-hander Jason Vargas. The 29-year-old… Continue reading

U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens

New York Times: Independent inquiry panel strongly assails role of State Department in Benghazi attack

By ERIC SCHMITT and MICHAEL R. GORDON c. 2012 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — An independent inquiry into the attack on the United… Continue reading

U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens

Newborn dies of whooping cough in King County; 51 reported cases on Peninsula this year

Peninsula Daily News news sources SEATTLE — A newborn baby who died of whooping cough last week in King County was the first pertussis death… Continue reading

Vote, vote, vote in PDN's Christmas lights contest

Vote, vote, vote in PDN’s Christmas lights contest

By Sugarplum Mary Chief Elf, Sweet Treats Division, Santa's Workshop and Peninsula Daily News correspondent 'TIS THE SEASON to be jolly and deck the walls… Continue reading

Vote, vote, vote in PDN's Christmas lights contest
View from the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center webcam at midafternoon today. National Park Service

Another night of winds in Port Townsend, Forks areas; more snow in Olympics

The National Weather Service issues these bulletins this afternoon for windy weather around Admiralty Inlet and on the Pacific coast, and more snowy conditions in… Continue reading

View from the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center webcam at midafternoon today. National Park Service

Gregoire proposes new fuel tax to fund education

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed higher taxes on gas, soda, candy and gum today in order to avoid more government cuts… Continue reading

New York Times news alert — Independent inquiry faults State Dept. in Benghazi attack

By New York Times News Service From The New York Times: AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY into the attack on the United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi,… Continue reading

Vote, vote, vote in PDN's Christmas lights contest

Vote, vote, vote in PDN’s Christmas lights contest

By Sugarplum Mary Chief Elf, Sweet Treats Division, Santa's Workshop and Peninsula Daily News correspondent 'TIS THE SEASON to be jolly and deck the walls… Continue reading

Vote, vote, vote in PDN's Christmas lights contest