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Whatcom County Superior Court Judge Chuck Snyder gives Ashenafi Campbell, 2, a stuffed animal after he was officially adopted by Erin Campbell, right, on National Adoption Day at the Whatcom Superior Court, Friday morning, Nov. 20, 2009, in Bellingham. Looking on is Campbell's son Christian Campbell, 7. Twenty families finalized the adoption of 25 children.
SHORELINE - Trailing by 20 points at halftime, it would have been easy for the Nooksack Valley football team to give in and start thinking about packing up the bus for the drive back north.
FERNDALE - After disappearing for nearly two years, Grant's hamburgers and shakes are back and already tantalizing local residents.
Listening to a broadcast of the National Public Radio financial program "MarketplaceMoney " last weekend got me thinking about something I'd like to try.
Extreme weather, rising sea levels, and drought are taking an awful toll on the poorest of people, while leaving no one unaffected. From Alaska to Georgia to Kenya, the bill for global warming pollution is coming due.