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Barring any last minute reversals, Washington will soon become the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage.

This data is analyzed using the Achievement Index and methodology approved by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and State Board of Education .

In this 1998 Oregonian file photo, Typhoon! executive chef and president Bo Kline stands inside the downtown Portland location of the local chain.

In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 south of capital Tehran, Iran.

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Backers of creating a public bank in Washington are proposing the idea to the Legislature again this year.

Ting Lu, a Hong Kong-based economist with Bank of America Corp., talks about China's economy and central bank monetary policy.

There Ought To Be A Law: For everyone who thinks it should be illegal to use tax dollars to pay head football coaches at the University of Washington and Washington State University, you may get your wish.

Anthony Dias is the poster boy for why police and prosecutors hope Washington will join a growing number of states that require people to give DNA samples as soon as they're arrested for a serious crime, rather than waiting until they're convicted.

Washington police say Josh Powell and his two young sons have been killed in an explosion at the Powells' Graham, Wash., home.

Larry Gettmann, left and Jack Frisch have been a couple since 1976. The Kennewick men are one of about 10,000 couples registered as domestic partners whose relationships will be re-defined as marriage under a bill pending in the state Legislature.

As the Washington State Senate voted in favor of marriage equality on Wednesday, it had the vocal support of a senior member of the Episcopal clergy.

Just as importantly, it also reflected a value shared by the overwhelming majority of Washingtonians: civility.

TEDDY ROOSEVELT might not have been judged worthy of Mount Rushmore had Americans known of his misadventures in Japan, the writer argues.

This is the University of Washington's new math: 18 percent of its freshmen come from abroad, most from China.

Wednesday evening, the U.S. Senate voted 96-3 to pass the STOCK Act , a bill that would explicitly ban insider trading by members and staff of Congress and federal agencies.

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, prepares to deliver his Friday prayers sermon, at the Tehran University campus, Iran, Friday, Feb.

The gay marriage opposition led by the National Organization for Marriage believe that the best course of action in derailing same-sex weddings is to mobilize like-minded detractors, fund expensive ad campaigns, and fight like hell to get the issue on the ballot -- here in Washington and across the country.

One year ago this week, ABC's Sam Donaldson looked at an Al Jazeera reporter and said, 'Thank you for what you're doing.' As American and other western reporters scrambled to set up in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez, Al Jazeera's anchors were already reporting around-the-clock from the ground.

WASHINGTON: Amidst pending comprehensive immigration reform, the United States has proposed several steps - including changes in the F-1 and H-1B visas - to attract foreign skilled workforce, a move likely to benefit professionals from countries like India.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a Washington state library district for not offering access to online porn, Seattle's King 5 TV reports .