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Tacoma Water Calls for New Conservation Goal!

f4d67a1e-5933-46a2-8990-db638bb980f1Tacoma Water calls for citizen input in shaping conservation programs that will effect service for at least  the next seven years.

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Local News

Vote for Washington’s New Name

washington-state-flag.full_Join The Melon by voting to change the name of Washington State. Which name will you choose?

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Politics & Business

The Fundamental Debates Behind Limited Service Pregnancy Centers

Rainbow of CondomsOn Wednesday, January 27, the Senate Healthcare Committee in Olympia heard six citizens opposed to Senate Bill 6452 and six in favor. Three of the opposition’s speakers were women who described bad abortion experiences.

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Arts & Entertainment

The Late Night Dilemma

Whether or not your average evening consists of sitting back and watching The Tonight Show, chances are you’ve heard about NBC’s situation.

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Spit-Seeds

A Regular Dude’s World Atlas

797px-HPIM0309Friend of The Melon, David Tveite has begun presenting his work on A Regular Dude’s World Atlas, ” a presentation of the world by someone with a really good internet connection.

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Health & Living

Being a Better Person:: Step 2, Make Charity Part of What You Do

EEselfportrait2Whether you’ve dropped some loose change in a cup or donated hundreds to charities every year, the reality is that money does make a difference. But I’m not looking to tell you to just donate money.

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Science & Technology

More Security Failures in the Intarwebz

2438005410_6100c23246Almost a year ago, I explained a flaw in the encryption system that you use to securely connect to online banking sites and to safely purchase goods from Amazon, eBay, and many others. Today there’s more news about ways for that encryption (https) can fail.

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The Vine

Holy Cow! Former Melon Contributor Writing For Huffington Post

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We just received word from Jen Drake that one of our guest writers and regular contributor to our old KUPS radio show, Walid Zafar, is now writing for the Huffington Post.


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Radio & Video

The Melon Underground Ep 6 – Legalizing Marijuana

6a00d83451b1b869e200e54fcd525c8834-800wiJoemetheus and Electric Elliot delve into the fight to legalize marijuana in Washington State. Featured guests of this episode are Vivian McPeak, Co-Founder and Director of Seattle Hempfest, and Professor of Moral Philosophy, at the University of Puget Sound, Lauren Flemming.

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