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Cantwell Joins Booker in Marathon Floor Speech Against Trump Agenda

April 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell Joins Booker in Marathon Floor Speech Against Trump Agenda

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is one hour away from breaking the record for the longest floor speech ever. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and ranking […]

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Oregon

ODHS issued $2.35 million in grants to improve emergency services for long-term care residents

April 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on ODHS issued $2.35 million in grants to improve emergency services for long-term care residents

The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) issued four grants totaling $2.35 million to fund local pilot projects that provide innovative strategies to address the emergency medical services needs of older adults who live in […]

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Push for social media safeguards to protect children derails in Washington House

April 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Push for social media safeguards to protect children derails in Washington House

by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardApril 2, 2025 A bill that gained bipartisan support in the Washington state Senate to strengthen online safety for children has failed to move forward in the House.  Senate […]

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Washington House passes $15B transportation budget backed by gas tax

April 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Washington House passes $15B transportation budget backed by gas tax

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardApril 2, 2025 Lawmakers in the Washington House and Senate will have plenty of negotiating to do as they try to reconcile competing transportation budget proposals, which both depend on […]

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Amtrak Cascades begins restoring canceled service

April 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Amtrak Cascades begins restoring canceled service

by Bill Lucia, Oregon Capital ChronicleApril 2, 2025 Amtrak is moving train cars to the Northwest from other parts of the country to swap in for 26 cars abruptly pulled from service in late March […]

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Friday 12/05

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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