Wire Service

Verizon could be refunding Peninsula cell phone customers

Peninsula Daily News news sources Verizon Wireless, the North Olympic Peninsula's largest cell phone service, said Sunday it will pay up to $90 million nationwide… Continue reading

Tony Curtis, first Port Townsend Film Festival celebrity guest in 2000, dies; star noted for defiance and resilience

Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press Tony Curtis, the celebrity guest at the first Port Townsend Film Festival in 2000, died Wednesday night. "Any… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Could ‘Goldilocks’ planet be just right for life?

By SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press Correction sent from The Associated Press today: In a Sept. 29 story about a newly discovered habitable planet, The… Continue reading

Europeans play down reports of new al-Qaida threats

By STEVEN ERLANGER c.2010 New York Times News Service (via Peninsula Daily News) PARIS — Al-Qaida and related groups are plotting new attacks on Western… Continue reading

Scientists use hovering zeppelin to view Puget Sound orcas

By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press Pilot Katharine Board often sees pods of blue, gray and killer whales as she flies. Compared with other pilots,… Continue reading

Regence to stop selling child-only health plans

By Rachel La Corte The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Regence BlueShield announced Tuesday that it will stop selling new child-only individual insurance policies by the… Continue reading

Recession rips at marriages, expands income gap

By Hope Yen The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The recession seems to be socking Americans in the heart as well as the wallet. Marriages have… Continue reading

Segway scooter company owner rides one off cliff into river, drowns

Peninsula Daily News news sources A wealthy British businessman who owns the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway — the type of scooter purchased by… Continue reading

Montana woman fends off bear attack with zucchini

The Associated Press FRENCHTOWN, Mont. — Police say a Montana woman fended off a bear attack with an unlikely weapon — a zucchini. Missoula County… Continue reading

Judge in Tacoma orders lesbian reinstated to Air Force

By GENE JOHNSON The Associated Press TACOMA — A federal judge ruled Friday that a decorated flight nurse discharged from the Air Force for being… Continue reading

New national health law kick into gear. What’s in it for you? (A consumer guide.)

Peninsula Daily News news services The nation's new health care law turns 6 months old today (Thursday, Sept. 23) and starts delivering protections and dollars-and-cents… Continue reading

Are student athlete concussions getting full attention in Sequim, and by other Peninsula teams?

By Alan Schwarz c. 2010 New York Times News Service Washington state's law that mandates strict procedures for handling youth athletes' concussions has served as… Continue reading

Move over, Ty Cobb: Ichiro’s now the 200-hit AL king

Peninsula Daily News news sources TORONTO — Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro reached the 200-hits mark for the 10th straight year today with a fifth… Continue reading

High court upholds state’s ban on Internet gambling

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — The state Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the state's ban on Internet gambling doesn't run afoul of the U.S.… Continue reading

Admission to Olympic National Park free this Saturday

National Park Service news release Olympic National Park will join National Park Service sites throughout the country by waiving entrance fees on September 25, 2010,… Continue reading

Roofless in Seattle? Seattle auto buyers like sun roofs, blue cars (What about you? What are North Olympic Peninsula favorites?)

BY DEE-ANN DURBIN The Associated Press Seattle may be rainy and cool, but its drivers are the most likely to get moon roofs and air-conditioned… Continue reading

Eileen Nearne, heroic World War II secret agent, honored at funeral this week (FOLLOWUP STORY)

EDITOR'S NOTE: We had a lot of comment about our story in last Sunday's Peninsula Daily News (print edition) about Eileen Nearne, a recluse who,… Continue reading

La Nina may bring wetter, grayer season; wintery walloping possible

Peninsula Daily News and news services SEATTLE -- Cooler, rainy days are interrupting our usual sunny weather this September. But storms are expected to grow… Continue reading

SPORTS: High school football scores

Compiled by The Associated Press Almira/Coulee-Hartline 26, Garfield-Palouse 12 Archbishop Murphy 50, Cedarcrest 0 Arlington, Ore. 48, Sunnyside Christian 32 Asotin 22, Tekoa-Oakesdale/Rosalia 19 Auburn… Continue reading

State budget deficit projected at more than a half-billion dollars

The Associated Press OLYMPIA — Low tax revenues are driving a new state budget deficit of about $520 million through mid-2011, leading to spending cuts… Continue reading