Wire Service

Peninsula Poll favorite Trump won’t run for president

The Associated Press and Peninsula Daily News NEW YORK — After months of flirting with politics, Donald Trump said today he won't run for president,… Continue reading

EYE ON CONGRESS: Measures on oil drilling go to Senate

Peninsula Daily News news services WASHINGTON — The House will be in recess this week. The Senate will vote on judicial nominations and take up… Continue reading

Port Angeles man faces jail in Victoria for loaded handguns

By Louise Dickson, Victoria Times Colonist (Peninsula Daily News new partner) VICTORIA — A Washington state charter boat owner who sailed into Pender Harbour and… Continue reading

Obama shifts to speed oil and gas drilling in U.S.

By John M. Broder The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama, facing voter anger over high gasoline prices and complaints from Republicans and business… Continue reading

Governor signs bills instituting state park fees; will Fort Worden have exemptions?

OLYMPIA — Visitors to state parks such as Fort Worden and Fort Flagler near Port Townsend, Bogachiel near Forks and Sequim Bay — as well… Continue reading

A chosen few see bin Laden photos as the rest wait

By RICHARD LARDNER The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Select members of Congress are making appointments at CIA headquarters to view graphic photos of Osama bin… Continue reading

Chinese girls born in single body with 2 heads

BEIJING — A hospital in southwestern China says conjoined twin girls with a single body and two heads have been born at its facility. A… Continue reading

Diary: Bin Laden eyed new targets, big body count

By KIMBERLY DOZIER AP Intelligence Writera WASHINGTON — Deep in hiding, his terror organization becoming battered and fragmented, Osama bin Laden kept pressing followers to… Continue reading

Gregoire signs bills preparing for federal health care overhaul

By Mike Baker The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire approved several proposals Wednesday to prepare the state for President Barack Obama’s health care… Continue reading

Cigarettes not THAT hard to quit, CEO of Philip Morris says

The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — The head of cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. told a cancer nurse today that while cigarettes are harmful… Continue reading

Microsoft’s biggest deal: Buying Skype for $8.5 billion

By PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer REDMOND — Microsoft Corp. said today that it has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA… Continue reading

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announce separation

By Adam Nagourney The New York Times LOS ANGELES — One of America's most unlikely and riveting couples — Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Austrian body builder… Continue reading

Unusual looking missile defense radar vessel passes up Strait of Juan de Fuca today, Tuesday

PDN news sources The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Sea-Based X-Band, or SBX, radar vessel is entering the Strait of Juan de Fuca late today and… Continue reading

Seattle Mariners jettison Milton Bradley

PDN news sources SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners designated mercurial outfielder Milton Bradley for assignment today, recalling outfielder Carlos Peguero to take Bradley's place on… Continue reading

EYE ON CONGRESS: Offshore oil drilling debated on Capitol Hill

Peninsula Daily News news services WASHINGTON — This week, the House will debate bills on offshore-oil drilling, while the Senate will resume work on a… Continue reading

Bin Laden’s death a tough subject for the pulpit

BY: The Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The killing of Osama bin Laden, a man who was America's face of evil for nearly a… Continue reading

Port Townsend mariners brave rain for opening day of boating season; Sequim Bay celebrates, too

By Philip L. Watness For Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND — Landlubbers and sailors alike braved pelting rain Saturday afternoon to celebrate the opening of… Continue reading

Faithful customers clearing Saar’s shelves as supermarket’s closure nears

By Philip L. Watness for Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — The long drive from Forks will be much different next month for Marlene Mendenhall,… Continue reading

Gas prices expected to drop 50 cents by summer

By CHRIS KAHN The Associated Press NEW YORK — Some relief from suffocating gas prices will likely arrive just in time for summer vacation. Expect… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Native Americans say bin Laden’s code name ‘Geronimo’ is offensive

The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Geronimo. The U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee didn't know when it scheduled a hearing on racial stereotypes that members would… Continue reading