Photos for February 14, 2013
Mountain View's Benjamin Dixon will compete in the 3A wrestling state meet.
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Prairie wrestlers (from left) Mario Gonzalez, Tyler Duncan and Wil Treadwell each have their unique story about how they reached state. Gonzaglez had never made it past district before, Duncan had never won a tournament before, and Treadwell was a three-time state alternate.
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Vancouver's Britnee Kellogg failed to qualify for the next round of "American Idol," ending her quest to win the televised singing competition.
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Briefly considered, then rejected as a site for Clark College's new north county campus, the county-owned Tri-Mountain Golf Course continues to draw players to its challenging bodies of water and the humps and bumps of its fairways. (Steven Lane/The Columbian)
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Brian Russell, of Ridgefield, hits a bucket of balls at the driving range at the Tri Mountain Golf Course. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)
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Briefly considered then rejected as a site for Clark College's new north county campus, the county-owned Tri-Mountain Golf Course in Ridgefield continues to draw players to its challenging bodies of water and the humps and bumps of its fairways.
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Golfers putt on the 18th hole at the Tri-Mountain Golf Course.
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Golfers hit from the fairway on the 18th hole at the Tri-Mountain Golf Course. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)
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Integra Telecom will occupy this site in east Vancouver, company officials confirmed Wednesday.
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The former Hewlett-Packard property as seen from the air Feb. 8.
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Integra Telecom will become the primary tenant of the former Hewlett-Packard campus along Southeast 34th Street in east Vancouver.
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Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt says Vancouver has become more friendly to business under his leadership.
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Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt announces his plans to run for a second term during a press conference at Sigma Design, Thursday.
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A couple with a child embrace after they were released from the Clackamas Town Center near Portland following a Dec. 11 shooting spree at the mall.
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Files/Associated Press Mourners lay flowers at the entrance to the Clackamas Town Center mall near Portland on Dec. 12, the day after a gunman opened fire on shoppers there, killing two and wounding a third before killing himself.
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Gun owners debate the issues with Walter Stawicki, center, whose son shot and killed six people at a Seattle cafe in May 2012. Some gun rights advocates have come out in support of mental health testing as part of a standard background check before a gun can be purchased. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Bettina Hansen)
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A bullet sits on a table during a discussion on gun control.
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With support from a veterinarian and volunteers, head biologist Paul Meyers works quickly to untangle a deer from a drop-net at the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge for Columbian White-tailed deer in Cathlamet on Tuesday. Biologists then hobbled the deer to prevent him from causing injury to himself or the crew.
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When his crate was opened in Ridgefield, the buck quickly disappeared into the brush, but radio signals indicated that he didn't go far. According to head biologist Paul Meyers, deer often stick close to the release site for the first few days.
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Drunk Driver wreck at 1914 E Mill Plain last night about 1 AM. Driver lost control and slammed into a tree. No other vehicles involved, driver taken to local hospital.
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In this aerial photo, law enforcement authorities investigate the charred remains of a cabin Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, where quadruple-murder suspect Christopher Dorner is believed to have died after barricading himself inside during a Tuesday stand-off with police in the Angeles Oaks area of Big Bear, Calif. San Bernardino Sheriff's Deputy Jeremiah MacKay was killed and another wounded during the shootout with Dorner. (AP Photo/The Sun, John Valenzuela)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows fugitive former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner. Officials say the burned remains found in a California mountain cabin have been positively identified as Dorner's. San Bernardino County Sheriffís spokeswoman Jodi Miller said Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 that the identification was made through Dornerís dental records. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department, File)
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Heinz Co. says it agreed to be acquired by an investment consortium including billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a deal valued at $23.3 billion.
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Adam Griffis
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Aram Arslanian will perform with his group Orphan Train on Feb. 22 at the Brickhouse Bar & Grill.
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This is for a story about the Southwest Washington Wineries Valentine´s Chocolate & Wine Tasting tour happening Valentine's Day weekend. Photo from the Rusty Grape Vineyard in Battle Ground. (The Columbian/Steven Lane)
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Alden Ehrenreich, left, and Alice Englert star in the supernatural romance "Beautiful Creatures."
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Columbian files Mark Bolender does a demonstration with Checkers during the Washington State Horse Expo at the Clark County Fairgrounds.
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Diane and Lee Rutherford, of the Ridgefield area, share a bottle of red wine in the tasting room at Bethany during the Sweetheart Tour of several local wineries on Saturday February 14, 2009. (The Columbian/Zachary Kaufman)
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Serendipity Players cast member Maima Fahnbulleh, playing Sojourner Truth, rehearses "In White America," a history of black America, on Wednesday January 23, 2013. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)
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Kelly and Matt Whittingham, of Battle Ground, enjoy a glass of red wine East Fork Cellars during the Sweetheart Tour of several local wineries on Feb. 14, 2009.
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Jessica Bishop, of Scio, Ore., riding Chief Seattle, competes in the Craig Cameron Extreme Cowboy Race at the Washington State Horse Expo, held at the Clark County Event Centeron Feb. 19, 2012.
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Obama Promises
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Passengers with makeshift tents are seen on the the deck of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship at sea in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday. The ship is without engine power and is being towed by tugboats.
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Former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Jan. 31 during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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South Africa's Oscar Pistorius starts in the men's 400-meter semifinal during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend, who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs.
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Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend, who was shot inside his home in South Africa. Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women, was shot four times in the predawn hours in the home, in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria, police said.
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Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius leaves the Boschkop police station, east of Pretoria, South Africa, on Thursday. Pistorius was taken into custody after a 30-year-old woman, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot dead at his home.
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