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• Conn. court overturns same-sex marriage ban
Civil unions and a similar arrangement, known as domestic partnerships, are offered to same-sex couples in Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Oregon, Hawaii, Maine, Washington and the District of Columbia. Peck said that as soon as the decision was ...
• Great U.S. wine regions extend beyond Napa
Meanwhile, neighboring Oregon has its own version of “Bottle Shock.” The state earned the wine world’s respect in the 1979 Gault-Millau French Wine Olympiades when The Eyrie Vineyard’s pinot noir beat France’s best labels. Most impressively ...
• Tax breaks big and small sweeten financial bailout
Oregon's two senators and two Wisconsin representatives previously introduced legislation calling for the action, saying the tax was meant for more expensive archery arrows and is untenable for makers of toy arrows that may cost only about 30 cents ...
• Talks to resume in Boeing machinists' strike
The International Association of Machinists, which represents about 27,000 workers in Washington, Oregon and Kansas, walked out after rejecting a contract offer over concerns about job security, pay, health care and retirement benefits. The ...
• Prosecution rests at Stevens trial
Allen's nephew and VECO employee left for Oregon for a few weeks in the middle of the job — something jurors weren't told when VECO accounting records were introduced as evidence earlier in the trial. Stevens' attorneys have repeatedly accused ...