Jeff's NewsCloud Journal

Enjoy your first roundup of July! And make sure to wish your Canadian friends a Happy Canada Day! FOR WASHINGTON STATE, THE FUTURE IS BIOTECH During a presentation at Seattle s Biomedical Research Institute earlier this week, Rep. Jay Inslee (D) declared that over the coming decades, Washington State will be best known for Boeing, Bytes and Biotech . He spoke during a press conference to promote a new report that attempted to catalog all the various drug, device, and other biomedic...

A federal advisory panel voted to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin because of their effects on the liver.

Some people counted as medically insured have coverage so meager that a medical crisis means financial calamity.

The nation s largest private employer said cuts in health care costs must be part of the reform package.

A lobectomy cured ultra-runner Diane Van Deren s epileptic seizures, but left her with an inability to remember exactly where she is going or how to get back.

Ariana Lindquist for The New York Times Dunhuang, an oasis deep in the Gobi Desert along the famed Silk Road, has become a center for China's drive to lead the world in wind and solar energy.

<p>Men tend to agree on qualities of attractiveness. Women find varying qualities attractive. Study says men therefore have more competition when selecting a mate. Similarly, less &quot;attractive&quot; women would have less suitors.</p>

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates 99.1 million televisions sit unused in closets and basements across the country. Consumer response to recycling has been enormous in states where the laws have taken effect.

<p>Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to zero as the midnight deadline passed for U.S. combat troops to finish their pullback to bases outside cities.</p>

Every story needs a good storyteller. The CCMP provides annual training fellowships for journalists from the developing South to learn how to write about climate change and to attend the United Nations climate meetings.

Interesting... &quot;city officials maintain that the fireworks display, a once-a-year civic event, is exactly what the state had in mind when it exempted certain activities from environmental review requirements.&quot;...

Inside the Seattle Police Department&#039;s property room, rows of bicycles, Christmas decorations, wheelchairs and other unclaimed or seized items gather dust until they&#039;re put up for auction.

Twenty-five thousand signed up, more than 70 percent women, making it logistically impossible to start everyone at once. Runners began the race in groups of 75, sent off at 40-second intervals from the start line in Tukwila.

The new Survey USA-KING/5 polls shows incumbent Mayor Greg Nickels still leading the pack of Seattle&rsquo;s mayor candidates, with 33 percent of the vote. Somewhat surprising is that former Sonic James Donaldson is barely behind longtime City Councilwoman Jan Drago for second place. The top two candidates in September&rsquo;s primary will advance to the general election. Donaldson&nbsp;trailed Drago only 15 percent to 14 percent for the second spot. The former pro basketball player had only 9...