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The arrest of the suspected serial killer of 49 women in Seattle and the disappearances of 50 women in nearby Vancouver highlights the danger prostitutes face from their clients and perhaps the complacency of police departments.
From a former Soviet Republic, it seemed like a wonderful plan for a bright and restless 18-year-old: Marry an American and be whisked away to the land of opportunity and wealth. She had no way of knowing her husband-to-be had done this all before.
Our representation in Congress has reached historic levels, but women do not comprise half of either body. At the same time, fewer women were elected to state legislatures last fall. The alarms are going off and the outreach efforts have begun.
While the battle over the Presidential recount in Florida rages, across the Continental Divide, Washington’s self-made high-tech millionaire Maria Cantwell, after two weeks of see-sawing vote totals, has apparently defeated Republican Slade Gorton.