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A prolific songwriter, Doug MacLeod performs his own work. Others like it, too, including the likes of Albert King and Albert Collins, who have covered his songs. MacLeod, winner of two 2014 Blues Music Awards, the perennial Blues Music Award Nominee, is a singer-songwriter in the American tradition. He is
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A funnel-shaped cloud touched down near Anderson Island shortly after noon Oct. 11, which prompted the National Weather Service to issue an emergency tornado warning for Pierce County. A golfer at The Home Course in DuPont cursed the rotating black cloud, yelling, "Why would you ruin the best game of
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Conventional wisdom dictates that you'd rather spend Tuesday morning watching TLC TV and sharing a big bowl of prune whip with your great Aunt Zelda than venturing out to hear harp music. But in this case, conventional wisdom would be wrong. The melodic sounds of the harp will be featured
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Tacoma musician Forest Beutel is a rough looking dude. He looks kind of like a cross between Lemmy Kilmister and Sabretooth from the X-Men - but way more redneck. Many peoples' first impression of him is that he seems like he can beat the shit out of anyone at whatever
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You'd be amazed how hard it is to find genuinely funny play scripts these days. A few decades ago, it seems to have dawned on budding Neil Simons that the real money's in TV, and off they went, never to return. So when, in 1987, three American dudes brought their
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Fifty years is a long time to wait to hear two words: Welcome home. "Those two words mean a lot," Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza, commander, I Corps, said. "They are not said enough." On a foggy afternoon that turned sunny, more than 2,500 Vietnam Era veterans - marines, airmen, soldiers, Coast Guardsmen, sailors
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Whether you're a military spouse looking for work, a transitioning servicemember seeking out the next step or an employer searching for veteran hires, the upcoming Washington State Service Member for Life Transition Summit can help. The event is part of a series of summits that Hiring our Heroes, a U.S. Chamber of
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Jennifer Johnson is a good friend of mine, dare I say one of my besties. When I asked her for a tip on a good mobile food vendor in Tacoma, without any hesitation, she declared, "Philly This!" Now, seeing as how she has been a food columnist off-and-on for 73 years,