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1 in 24 drivers fall asleep while driving, CDC says

...this problem."A lot of people are getting insufficient sleep," said Dr. Gregory Belenky, director of Washington State University's Sleep and Performance Research Center in Spokane.The government estimates that about 3 percent of fatal...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-01-03/1-24-drivers-fall-asleep-whi
For happiest birthday, splurge on a 21-carrot treat

...are so scary - Bermuda is the place to live." Jim and Barbara Hogan, of McCormick, send a postcard from Washington State University, where "we traveled to witness No. 1 granddaughter Katie graduate from WSU in Pullman. Our trip across...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/05/18/kir_128919.shtml
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Librarian retires with plan to work in school systems

...engineer with the Federal Aviation Administration, Mr. Danes moved around during his early years. He attended Washington State University and decided to enter federal service. He applied for a job with the Department of the Interior's Bureau...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/02/10/met_442346.shtml
Metro
Full range of enigmatic painter's works to be displayed

...ranging from grain elevators to snowplows. He graduated from Spokane University in 1933, later teaching art at Washington State University, Richmond Professional Institute and California School of Fine Arts, as well as working in defense factories...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/12/25/art_438043.shtml
Arts
Like humans, privacy of pets being protected at their own hospitals

...patients in animal hospitals. For example, Washington State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital must release...Hospital: www.vet.utk.edu/clinical Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital: www.vetmed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/05/03/met_414362.shtml
Metro
New book studies cheerleading's place in society

...both sexes based on gymnastics. "You can learn a lot about American society through cheerleading," said Washington State University professor Pamela Bettis, co-author of the new book, "Cheerleader!: An American Icon." It's all here...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/12/14/art_391336.shtml
Arts
Gary Larson revisits 'The Far Side'

...kind of see it hasn't evolved since grade school." He studied biology and majored in communications at Washington State University. After graduating in 1972, he formed a jazz duo with a friend, with himself on guitar and banjo. When musical...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/12/02/art_387487.shtml
Arts
Price of pure vanilla skyrocket

...it in Mexico and other vanilla-producing countries must be careful. Barry Swanson, a food scientist at Washington State University, said he and other scientists have found some foreign products labeled as pure vanilla come from the tonka...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/08/09/fin_383583.shtml
Finance
Odds and Ends

...Wash. -- Honus the dog lacked that old spark, and the solution was a heart defibrillator. Doctors at Washington State University's veterinary hospital operated on the canine Thursday to insert the device, similar to the one that regulates...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/05/06/biz_371810.shtml
XXX Bizarre
Whites may have been first in New World

...Jim Chatters, an anthropologist with Central Washington State University, found a Stone Age spear point embedded in...mysterious Clovis People? Dr. Grover Krantz of Washington State University is one of a growing number of anthropologists...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/04/30/liv_289634.shtml
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