NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS

Associated Press Writer
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No. 17 Gonzaga beats Portland 76-49

Portland and No. 17 Gonzaga opened with a desultory 12 minutes of play, with both teams missing shots, turning the ball over and deadlocked at 15 points.

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Harris scores 22 as No. 15 Gonzaga beats LMU 85-69

Sensational freshman Elias Harris scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds as No. 15 Gonzaga beat Loyola Marymount 85-69 on Saturday night for its eighth consecutive victory.

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No. 15 Gonzaga beats Pepperdine 91-84

Matt Bouldin scored a career-high 32 points and No. 15 Gonzaga beat Pepperdine 91-84 Thursday night to take sole possession of first place in the West Coast Conference.

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First wine, then beer. Now even spirits get micro

If your liquor cabinet contains mostly familiar names like Chivas Regal, Jack Daniel's or Smirnoff, get ready to make some new acquaintances.

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Hard-to-please teen? For gift ideas, check clique

Nothing says Christmas with teenagers quite like the eye-roll as they open their presents.

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Gonzaga coasts to 79-40 win over D-III Augustana

Steven Gray scored 12 points and No. 21 Gonzaga overwhelmed Augustana of Illinois 79-40 on Wednesday, rebounding from a tough loss to Wake Forest by pounding the Division III Vikings.

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Harris scored 19 as Wake tops No. 17 Zags

C.J. Harris scored 19 points and Wake Forest upset No. 17 Gonzaga 77-75 on Saturday in a physical matchup that featured several technicals and the game-changing ejection of Gonzaga's second-leading scorer and top rebounder.

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Bouldin scores 28 as No. 17 Zags beat WSU 74-69

Matt Bouldin scored a career-high 28 points and No. 17 Gonzaga rallied for a 74-69 victory over Washington State on Wednesday night.

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Why do we dream of a White Christmas?

Bing Crosby didn't have to dream of a white Christmas — he could bank on it.

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Jacquizz Rodgers, Canfield lead OSU win

Oregon State needed a win at Washington State to keep its Rose Bowl hopes alive, and made sure that would happen right from the start.

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Why do we hate? Academics seek answer in new field

Why did the Nazis hate the Jews? Why did the Hutus hate the Tutsis?

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Home sales in Washington state rise in 3rd quarter

The number of existing homes sold in Washington state increased in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, the Washington Center for Real Estate Research reported Tuesday.

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NCAA lifts ban on playoffs for E. Washington

The Eastern Washington University football team will be eligible for postseason play after the NCAA on Tuesday reversed a ban it issued in February.

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Vandals now bowl eligible, want more

Everyone's smiling at Idaho quarterback Nathan Enderle these days.

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Criminally insane, but out on the street

Phillip A. Paul in 1987 was declared criminally insane for killing an elderly woman after voices in his head told him she was a witch.

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Arizona State shuts down WSU, 27-14

Danny Sullivan ran for one touchdown and threw for another as Arizona State relied on the Pacific-10's best defense to beat Washington State 27-14 on Saturday.

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WSU's Tuel to start at QB vs. Oregon

Ryan Leaf didn't do it. Neither did Jason Gesser, Matt Kegel or Alex Brink.

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Grasu's FG gives WSU 30-27 OT win over SMU

Nico Grasu kicked a 39-yard field goal in overtime as Washington State came back to beat Southern Methodist 30-27 on Saturday for their first win of the season.

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Swine flu hits Washington State Univ.

Washington State University is in the midst of a swine flu outbreak since classes started last month, with 2,500 people contacting student health to report flu-like symptoms and officials handing out flu kits around campus.

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Internet addiction center opens in US

Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game "World of Warcraft." As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa.

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Aryan Nations gone, but stain remains in Idaho

The house where Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler lived has been demolished. So has the church where he preached his racist religion. Cows graze where hundreds of white supremacists used to burn crosses in the summer.

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Searchers shovel Northwest dirt seeking giant worm

The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle — its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from "Dune" or those vicious creatures from the movie "Tremors."

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Protection sought again for giant, spitting worms

Fans of the giant Palouse earthworm are once again seeking federal protection for the rare, sweet-smelling species that spits at predators.

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Asbestos-coated Libby, Mont., gets federal cleanup

Yvonne Resch remembers thinking as a child that the vermiculite mine only added to the area's natural beauty — its lights on Zonolite Mountain looked like a castle.

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Gonzaga's Daye to pursue NBA draft

Gonzaga forward Austin Daye will make himself available for the NBA draft, but will not hire an agent and thus leave open his option of returning to the Bulldogs.

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