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Farquharson named Chamber exec of year
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Farquharson named Chamber exec of year

  • By Neita Cecil The Dalles Chronicle
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The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce Director Lisa Farquharson was named chamber executive of the year by the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce …

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Letter to the Editor: Standing with nurses

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To the editor: As an avid Dalles Chronicle reader, I was disappointed to learn about the growing rift between Mid-Columbia Medical Center’s CEO and local nurses over increasingly dangerous schedules, nurse turnover, staff pay and the hospital’s budget. It reminded me of an article I read a few years ago about the highest-paid people in Wasco County.

Tiny airplanes big in airline industry
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Tiny airplanes big in airline industry

  • Scott Mayerowitz, Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP) — In America, businessmen shake hands. In Japan, they bow. But all over the world airline executives engage in a greeting that is all their own: the exchange of model airplanes.

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Police: Prostitute left Google exec to die on boat

  • MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — As a Google executive lay dying on his yacht, an upscale prostitute casually walks over him, picks up her clothes and heroin and swallows the last of a glass of wine before lowering the boat's blinds and walking back on the dock to shore, police say surveillance footage shows.

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Man finds maggots in sandwich

  • Associated Press
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ATLANTA (AP) — A restaurant executive said Wednesday that the company switched bread vendors after a customer found a cluster of maggots on his sandwich at Atlanta's airport.

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Commercial 787 flights to restart in weeks

  • YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer
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TOKYO (AP) — Boeing said Friday it sees commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets resuming “within weeks” even though it has not pinpointed the cause of battery overheating.