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Martha Leam, 16, of Richland, practices figure skating on Thursday at the Toyota Arena in Kennewick. Two years ago, she and her friend Rhona MacDonald cast a message in a bottle out to sea. Andrew Glaister, 29, found the bottle this week next to Castle of Mey in Caithness, Scotland, where he is the head gardener. Leam was visiting MacDonald, whom she met while figure skating at the Toyota Arena.

Message in a bottle sender found in Richland

Martha Leam, 16, is the girl who put a message in a bottle two years ago while riding on a ferry off the coast of Scotland. She is a junior at Richland...

Sports

Kamiakin's Megan Beauchene, left, battles down the stretch with North Central's Katie Knight, behind, and Glacier Peak's Amy-Eloise Neale, right, during Thursday's Class 3A 1,600 meters at Star Track XXXI in Tacoma. Beauchene finished second in the event.

Trio of seconds highlight Star Track

Kamiakin's Megan Beauchene and Amanda Miller and Walla Walla's Katarina Tonhdavong all finished second during Thursday's first day of Star Track XXXI in Tacoma

Business

FILE - In this July 28, 2004, file photo, Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of Firefighters, addresses the delegates to the Democratic National Convention, in Boston. Some labor unions that initially backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the plan that could hurt their members. Schaitberger said unions have been forceful in seeking solutions from the Obama administration, but none have been forthcoming.

Some unions now angry about health care overhaul

When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters.

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This undated photo provided by Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., shows its co-founders David and Barbara Green who are asking a federal appeals court in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2013, for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses, and not just religious groups, should be allowed to seek exemptions from that part of the health law if it violates their religious beliefs.

Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal...

Entertainment

Hotel California, an Eagles tribute band from Canada, performs May 25 at the Clover Island Inn in Kennewick.

Hotel California: Eagles tribute band performing May 25 at Clover Island Inn in Kennewick

The old adage if it walks like a duck, it talks like a duck, it must be a duck isn't always true.

Nation/World

Former Boys Scout leader Jennifer Tyrrell, center, is greeted as her son and current Boy Scout Cruz Burns, 8, bottom, looks on during the Equal Scouting Summit being held near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Delegates to the Boys Scouts of America meeting are expected to address a proposal to allow gay scouts into the organization.

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time...

Hanford

Washington Closure Hanford is making extensive preparations to lift the underground 340 Vault, weighing 1,100 tons, and haul it to central Hanford for disposal. The vault, which is a quarter mile from the Columbia River, has leaked radioactive contamination into the soil.

Huge vault to be moved at Hanford

Washington Closure Hanford is preparing for one of its largest and most challenging lifts -- hoisting an underground vault weighing an estimated 1...

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