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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks on stage before a new product introduction on Tuesday in San Francisco.

Apple unveils new iPads amid crowded market for holidays

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks on stage before a new product introduction on Tuesday in San Francisco.

October 21, 2013, 5:00pm Business

SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple introduced new iPads in time for holiday shoppers, as it battles to stay ahead of rivals in the increasingly crowded market for tablet computers. Read story

Some furloughed workers to repay jobless benefits

October 21, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

OLYMPIA -- Recently furloughed federal workers in Washington state will have to repay unemployment benefits they received during the 16-day partial government shutdown. Read story

A firefighter with Clark County Fire District 6 assist an occupant of a duplex which caught fire in the Fruit Valley neighborhood Tuesday in Vancouver.

Woman injured in gas furnace explosion in Fruit Valley duplex

A firefighter with Clark County Fire District 6 assist an occupant of a duplex which caught fire in the Fruit Valley neighborhood Tuesday in Vancouver.

October 21, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

A 58-year-old woman is recovering from fire and smoke injuries after a gas furnace exploded in her face. Read story

Registered nurse Salanda Bowman, left, talks with part-time Kentucky Wesleyan College student Jason Ward, of Whitesville, about job openings at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital during a Regional Career and Job Fair in the Owensboro Sports Center in Owensboro, Ky.

Sluggish U.S. hiring shows effects of budget impasse

Registered nurse Salanda Bowman, left, talks with part-time Kentucky Wesleyan College student Jason Ward, of Whitesville, about job openings at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital during a Regional Career and Job Fair in the Owensboro Sports Center in Owensboro, Ky.

October 21, 2013, 5:00pm Business

WASHINGTON -- A dim view of the U.S. job market emerged Tuesday with a report that employers cut back on hiring in September just before a partial government shutdown began. Read story

Sheriff’s Office: Woman runs from deputies, hit on Interstate 5

October 21, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

A woman who ran from law enforcement across Interstate 5 early this morning was not injured when she was struck by a vehicle, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office. Read story

State AG to still seek penalty against food group

October 21, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

SEATTLE -- Washington state's attorney general will still seek penalties against a food industry group that recently identified donors who contributed money to oppose a food labeling initiative. Read story

Lila Sloan, 6, a student at Lake Shore Elementary School, sifts through pull tabs as her mom, Lara, left, watches Monday in Vancouver.

Lake Shore students collect 1M pull tabs

Lila Sloan, 6, a student at Lake Shore Elementary School, sifts through pull tabs as her mom, Lara, left, watches Monday in Vancouver.

October 21, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

For four years, all of the students at Lake Shore Elementary have worked to reach their goal of collecting a million pull tabs. The goal was to illustrate in a concrete way how a million of something looks. The pull tabs are from soup, canned meat, pet food or any… Read story

Port of Vancouver Commission President Jerry Oliver instructs participants before the start of public comment as part of the re-opening the oil terminal lease discussion and vote Tuesday  in Vancouver, Washington.

Port of Vancouver again approves oil terminal lease

Port of Vancouver Commission President Jerry Oliver instructs participants before the start of public comment as part of the re-opening the oil terminal lease discussion and vote Tuesday  in Vancouver, Washington.

October 21, 2013, 5:00pm Business

Commissioners for the Port of Vancouver on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposed lease agreement with Tesoro Corp. and Savage Companies. The companies want to build an oil-by-rail terminal handling as much as 380,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Read story

Truckers to rethink GOP support, echoing impatience from other industries

October 21, 2013, 5:00pm Business

WASHINGTON -- The largest U.S. trucking association is vowing to reconsider its support for Republicans after last week's debt-limit standoff, escalating a feud between industry groups and the small-government tea party movement. Read story

Vancouver’s Hickey Marine takes on dredging project

October 21, 2013, 5:00pm Business

Vancouver-based Hickey Marine Enterprises will conduct dredging work for the Port of Kalama to maintain room needed for large cargo ships, the port said in a news release. Read story