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CEO McNerney says strike hurts Boeing reputation

SEATTLE — A Machinists union strike has hurt The Boeing Co.'s reputation and threatens the nation's aerospace industry with a fate similar to that of automakers in Detroit, Boeing Chief Executive W. James McNerney said Monday.
Ex-judges target building industry group, Rossi

OLYMPIA, Wash. — In the final days of a heated election, Republican gubernatorial challenger Dino Rossi could be forced to testify under oath about allegations that he illegally coordinated campaign fundraising with a major supporter, the conservative Building Industry Association of Washington.
CEO McNerney says strike hurts Boeing reputation

SEATTLE — A Machinists union strike has hurt The Boeing Co.'s reputation and threatens the nation's aerospace industry with a fate similar to that of automakers in Detroit, Boeing Chief Executive W. James McNerney said Monday.
Ore. grandmother missing in Italy is found

LA GRANDE, Ore. — Norma Gillis will have a different sort of story to tell about her Italian vacation after she failed to meet her granddaughter at a train station and went missing for days.
CEO says Tamarack has 'visibility' to season's end

DONNELLY, Idaho — Tamarack Chief Executive Officer Jean-Pierre Boespflug sent the troubled resort's homeowners a weekend letter reassuring them it's safe to book lodging, buy season ski passes and plan vacations.
Emergency drill Wednesday at WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. — A drill at noon Wednesday at Washington State University will be the first test an emergency notification system that was instituted after the Virginia Tech shooting.
Police investigate child porn at WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University police are investigating child pornography on a computer and CDs confiscated Saturday at a campus apartment.
Kirkland intruder photographs sexual assault

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Police say an intruder who tied up and sexually assaulted a woman at a Kirkland condo took photos of the assault.
Some UI employees fear hurdles in prez search

MOSCOW, Idaho — Some University of Idaho employees fear the $270,000 first-year salary for the northern Idaho school's next president is too modest to attract a candidate willing to stay for an extended period.
Home sales up, prices down in Western Washington

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Home sales in Western Washington rose in September for the first time in more than a year and a half, but prices declined and there were slightly fewer homes on the market, a real estate consortium reported Monday.
Wash ag production value sets record in 2007

YAKIMA, Wash. — You might not like the higher prices in the grocery store, but they meant higher values for Washington crops in 2007.
KeyArena name renegotiated

SEATTLE — Without the Sonics as KeyArena's main tenant, the city of Seattle will get $800,000 less next year for its naming rights.
Man chosen to head WSU wine program

PULLMAN, Wash. — Thomas Henick-Kling, an international leader in wine research and education, is the new director of Washington State University's viticulture and enology program.
Man chosen to head WSU wine program

PULLMAN, Wash. — Thomas Henick-Kling, an international leader in wine research and education, is the new director of Washington State University's viticulture and enology program.