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Initiative guru’s campaign law violations warrant a serious response, Public Disclosure Commission finds. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
OLYMPIA — When the five citizens empowered to enforce Washington’s campaign finance laws reviewed allegations against Tim Eyman, they concluded his behavior in 2012 was so egregious they could never punish him as much as they might like or he might deserve. So they voted to send the case, along with a 224page investigative report, to Attorney General Bob Ferguson. They urged him to throw the Tim Eyman book at the state’s ubiquitous initiative entrepreneur. In their motion, members of the Public Disclosure Commission asked Ferguson “to take any and all appropriate legal action” including “both possible civil and criminal sanctions.” They also implored the attorney general to look into Eyman’s dealings before and after the filing of the complaint that triggered the See EYMAN, Page A7
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Carol Tranfaglia (right) checks in with her oncologist, Aimee Kohn, for her three-year checkup. Tranfaglia was diagnosed with breast cancer using a 3-D mammogram or tomosynthesis.
A new angle on mammograms
3-D technology promises more accurate results, but some doctors say additional study is needed By Sharon Salyer
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ew medical tests create more anxiety among women than a mammogram. In addition to some short-term discomfort caused by the firm compression of each breast during the test, nearly every woman knows someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The test is a regular reminder: It can happen to you. There can be uncertainty about what the results really mean. An image of breast tissue can be filled with a flurry of spidery white lines.
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It offers an opportunity for the tiny dots of earlystage breast cancer to hide. That means a spot that could signal breast cancer could be missed. Or tissue identified as possibly cancerous, and requiring a trip back for more tests or treatments, later turns out to be benign. Little wonder that when a new technology, called tomosynthesis or 3-D technology, burst onto the scene in 2011 promising better results, it grabbed national attention. The machine creates a series of images of the entire breast “like pages from a book,” said Dr. Nancy Neubauer, medical director of the
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