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Cantwell Joins Booker in Marathon Floor Speech Against Trump Agenda

April 1, 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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Washington sues over RFK Jr.’s canceled health funding

April 1, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Washington sues over RFK Jr.’s canceled health funding

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardApril 1, 2025 Washington was among 23 states that sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the cancellation of $12 billion in federal funding to address infectious diseases, substance abuse and […]

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Washington House passes budget, clearing way for talks with Senate

April 1, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Washington House passes budget, clearing way for talks with Senate

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardApril 1, 2025 The Washington state House passed its budget just after midnight on Tuesday, setting the stage for negotiations with the Senate and the governor on a spending blueprint […]

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Proposed ban on flavored tobacco products is revived in WA Legislature

April 1, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Proposed ban on flavored tobacco products is revived in WA Legislature

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardApril 1, 2025 Democratic lawmakers have revamped their approach to banning flavored tobacco products in Washington. In new bills filed Friday in the state House and Senate, the original prohibition […]

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Amtrak Cascades begins restoring canceled service

April 1, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Amtrak Cascades begins restoring canceled service

by Bill Lucia, Washington State StandardApril 1, 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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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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