The entire congressional delegation from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana is demanding that the Obama administration begin negotiations with Canada to update a landmark treaty that governs the operation of dams on North America’s fourth-largest river.

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Unions and the government are nearing agreement on the future of France’s national radio company after a 28-day strike that exemplifies the challenges of loosening up labor rules.

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The fight to redefine a McJob is heating up.

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Federal prosecutors in Portland say Kevin Thomas’ name was phony, and so was his pitch: He told potential investors that he and a partner were going to convert the seeds of 5 million acres of trees in Ghana into oil that would be refined as biodiesel.

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The misadventure of a baggage handler who fell asleep in the cargo hold of a jetliner should be a warning for airlines to improve security procedures, safety experts said Tuesday.

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The airport worker’s shift started early, at 5 a.m., and ended with an unfortunate nap in the cargo hold of a departing Alaska Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles.

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Here is my advice to women who are wary of VCs.

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The top 20 U.S. metropolitan areas projected to see the biggest growth in average effective apartment rent this year.

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Living in an apartment? Expect your rent to go up again.

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Fisheries managers have decided to call off the West Coast sardine fishing season that starts in July because of rapidly dwindling numbers, hoping to save an iconic industry from the kind of collapse that hit in the 1940s and lasted 50 years.

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