MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — About 125 people were evacuated overnight from the visitors center at Mount Rainier National Park as authorities searched the snowy terrain for an armed gunman suspected of killing a park ranger.

About 150 officers converged on the mountain park after ranger Margaret Anderson was shot to death Sunday morning, and searchers used an aircraft with heat-sensing capabilities to hunt from the skies.

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With the holiday season right around the corner (and sure to sneak up on you faster than you can imagine), it’s time to start thinking about gifts ideas. Gift giving can be such a rewarding experience — it’s a chance to show the people you love just how much they mean to you — but sometimes it can prove to be quite a challenge.

Well, we’re here to help guide you through this busy time to help ensure that everyone you’re gifting loves what they receive — and without you having to break the bank. All of these items work well as individual gifts, or can make great stocking stuffers. There’s something for everyone on your list here.

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Earlier this year Republicans found what they saw as the the ideal talking point to illustrate a federal bureaucracy gone batty.

The Environmental Protection Agency, they warned, was trying to regulate something only God could control: the dust in the wind.

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Salem, Ore. — The Oregon Commercial Fisheries Permit Board will meet on Wednesday, July 6 at 9 a.m. to prepare the final order in the limited entry troll salmon permit contested case hearing for Gary Almendinger.

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MOHALI, India — The prime ministers of India and Pakistan, mixing business with pleasure, joined tens of thousands of cricket fans in a northern Indian stadium Wednesday to watch a key match between their…

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Last week, I handicapped the 2011 Royal Rumble, Las Vegas style.? Had you gone with my odds (and if professional wrestling was something Vegas actually paid out on) you’d have made…

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End the speculation about Mike Brown.

The former WEC featherweight champion, the rumor of a potential cut after suffering his third loss in four fights during the recent UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event, will be given another opportunity to get back into the UFC win column.

American Top Team general manager Richie Guerriero confirmed to MMA Fighting that in the days since his unanimous decision loss to Rani Yahya, Brown has been told he would remain on the roster.

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