The Christ Child and the spawn of Satan, a.k.a. secularists, have been duking it out in Lakewood about who gets to claim "that major event in December involving an evergreen tree and lights on a string." Though Andrew Neiditz, the Lakewood city manager, says he wants to use inclusive language whenever possible to avoid offending non-Christians, he is firmly in Baby Jesus' camp: Neiditz declared that at least on his watch, said wintry event shall ...

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Nurses and child City Hospital's Tuberculosis Division, 1927 by Seattle Municipal Archives Hospitals in Washington State will adopt federal standards for tracking MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), thought to be one of the most widespread illnesses spread in hospitals. The Seattle Times wrote an in-depth three part article documenting the situation, and apparently it made an impact. The state’s initiatives follow a Seattle Times investigation, “Culture of Resistance,” which reported this week that MRSA infection rates ...

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