http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2008, Herald Interactive, Inc. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:39:36 -0400 bill@heraldinteractive.com (Bill Gaffney) 120 http://news.bostonherald.com/siteImages/news_adlogo.gif http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/?srvc=rss 126 37 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/339804484/view.bg SEATTLE - Nearly 50 metal spikes were mysteriously planted in the shallows of an urban lake popular with swimmers, alarming Seattle residents and leading to a police investigation. "We're... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:15:48 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107956&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107956&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/339794909/view.bg HONOLULU - The Army says it's critical to saving the lives of wounded soldiers. Animal-rights activists call the training cruel and outdated. Despite opposition by... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:59:30 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107955&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107955&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/339210956/view.bg ANCHORAGE, Alaska - For years, visitors wanting to see Denali National Park's grizzly bears, moose, sheep and caribou have had to ride school buses that polluted the... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:58:29 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107864&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107864&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/338755864/view.bg LOS ANGELES - Two of California's biggest health insurers have agreed to collectively pay $13 million and reinstate more than 2,000 insurance policies to settle claims... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:35:25 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107818&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107818&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/338345406/view.bg SEATTLE - Seattle's five problem-plagued public toilets could be yours if you're flush. City officials decided to pull the plug on the multimillion-dollar self-cleaning... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:41:57 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107683&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107683&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/337368458/view.bg LOS ANGELES - Two homeless men befriended by a pair of elderly woman needed only food, water and shelter, a judge said. Instead, said Superior Court Judge David Wesley, they... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:33:33 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107466&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107466&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/336571467/view.bg SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A follower of Charles Manson who stabbed pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death nearly 40 years ago but is dying of brain cancer in a California prison... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:57:35 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107294&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107294&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/336446556/view.bg LOS ANGELES - Two elderly women were sentenced to life in prison without parole today for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives. Los... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:55:42 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107258&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107258&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/334761841/view.bg SAN FRANCISCO - More Californians returned today to homes they fled when wildfires threatened and a scenic coastal highway was open to traffic again as a slight improvement... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:49:51 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106839&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106839&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/335376512/view.bg LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley has asked the California parole board to deny Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins' request for compassionate... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:41:26 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107000&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1107000&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/335341436/view.bg PASADENA, Calif. - Hundreds of worried IndyMac Bancorp Inc. customers lined up today to pull as much money as they could from the failed financial institution. However,... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:47:47 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106976&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106976&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/334974567/view.bg BRIDGEPORT, Calif. - A 10-member team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers hopes to do what search planes and satellite imagery couldn't - find Steve Fossett's... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:59:41 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106914&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106914&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/334761834/view.bg SAN DIEGO - Barack Obama yesterday proposed up to a 50 percent tax credit for small businesses providing health insurance to their employees, a program he hopes will appeal... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:56:12 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106840&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106840&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/334761837/view.bg ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A volcano erupted Saturday with little warning on a remote island in Alaska, sending residents of a nearby ranch fleeing from falling ash and volcanic... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:14:11 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106845&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106845&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/334510757/view.bg BRIDGEPORT, Calif. - The search for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who vanished in September after taking off by plane from a remote Nevada ranch, is set to resume... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:49:46 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106793&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106793&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/334352309/view.bg PARADISE, Calif. - Many firefighters and homeowners were able to take a collective breath this morning as another town appeared to have been spared from yet another wildfire... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:09:56 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106738&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106738&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/333664295/view.bg PARADISE, Calif. - As hundreds of blazes continue to char California, additional National Guard troops and overseas crews are being called in to assist exhausted firefighters,... Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:00:30 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106606&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106606&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/332001142/view.bg ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A grand jury has indicted an Alaska legislator on bribery and conspiracy counts in an ongoing federal investigation of corruption that already has led... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:22:48 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106275&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1106275&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/330665897/view.bg PARADISE, Calif. - Thousands of people were ordered to get out of Paradise on today as an out-of-control wildfire threatened the Northern California city that also was devastated... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:53:33 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105912&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105912&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/330665895/view.bg LAS VEGAS - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was taken from jail to a Las Vegas hospital Tuesday for an unspecified medical problem. Jeffs, 52, was brought to Sunrise... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:04:47 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105916&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105916&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/330443986/view.bg MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. - Global warming is shrinking glaciers all over the world, but the seven tongues of ice creeping down Mount Shasta's flanks are a rare exception:... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:26:19 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105869&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105869&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/330443987/view.bg LOS ANGELES - Firefighters yesterday faced worsening weather conditions that pushed flames across firebreaks in parts of inland California and chased residents out of one... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:48:05 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105814&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105814&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/329477000/view.bg LOS ANGELES - Firefighters today faced worsening weather conditions that pushed flames across firebreaks in parts of inland California and chased residents out of one small... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:29:04 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105541&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105541&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/329307579/view.bg BERKELEY, Calif. - In the hills above the University of California's Berkeley campus, nine protesters gathered in front of the home of a toxicology professor, their faces... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:26:15 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105532&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1105532&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/news/national/west/~3/329280531/view.bg SAN FRANCISCO - A California group submitted a proposal today to rename a sewage treatment plant after President Bush, calling the initiative a fitting tribute to the outgoing... 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