A federal judge has prohibited a Hanford subcontractor from hiring or even contacting employees of another company that has accused it of "hijacking" employees it found for Hanford jobs.

KENNEWICK -- Two new studies detailing costs of closing and redeveloping Vista Field and the economic impact of the small airport will be presented today to Port of Kennewick commissioners.

RICHLAND — A Richland man fears the sale of some city-owned land fronting his business could force his auto repair shop to close.

RICHLAND -- Chauné Fitzgerald wants people to know that if you have a problem, she has the remedy to make you feel and look better.

NEW YORK -- Game on! Super Bowl ads are returning to their goofy roots. Men march across a hillside without pants, toys joyride in Vegas and the miserly Mr. Burns from The Simpsons loses his fortune but finds happiness. It's a sign that people are feeling better -- or at least want to feel better -- about the economy, experts say.

KENNEWICK -- When Chase Lundgren picks up an artist's brush, he creates vines winding across walls and ceilings, windows opening onto unending vistas and stonework that looks rough and real but that's flat to the touch.

KENNEWICK -- Wine drinkers typically assume wineries are environmentally sustainable, an impression that is reinforced if vineyards achieve certification of that status from reputable consumer or environmental organizations, experts say.

Kennewick's newest restaurant owners hope their combination of comfort food with a gourmet twist and a rock 'n' roll atmosphere will resonate with customers.

PASCO -- Richland's Fowler Construction has been awarded a contract to construct the first building at the Port of Pasco's proposed riverfront business park, Osprey Pointe, near Oregon and Ainsworth avenues.

The old Roxy theater is evolving along with downtown Kennewick.

SALT LAKE CITY The former president of the only facility that can dispose of low-level radioactive waste for 36 states said Tuesday that he wants to open a new disposal facility in Utah.

WASHINGTON Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.

DETROIT Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday.

NORWALK, Conn. IMS Health Inc., which provides market data to pharmaceutical and health care companies, said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit shrank 27 percent as rising expenses and restructuring charges failed to offset higher revenue.

COLUMBUS, Ohio Restaurant operator Bob Evans Farms Inc. late Tuesday reported that it moved to a profit in its third quarter, but results missed Wall Street's expectations and sent shares down in after-hours trading.

NEW YORK RealNetworks Inc. and MTV Networks said Tuesday that they plan to spin off Rhapsody America LLC, their digital music service joint venture, into an independent company.

LOS ANGELES The head of Warner Music Group expressed hope on Tuesday that the recent "fracas" over the price of e-books would help give content creators such as his company more pricing power over device makers.

SAN FRANCISCO Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ask.com search engine is the fourth-largest in the U.S., trailing offerings from Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

WASHINGTON In a first for U.S. diplomacy, the State Department has used Twitter to announce an upcoming overseas trip by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

SAN FRANCISCO Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.