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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS

SPOKANE, Wash. — A hole that was discovered this week on top of a nuclear waste storage tunnel has been plugged with dirt, ending an emergency situation at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry said Thursday.The hole was...

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS

SPOKANE, Wash. — Harvesting Washington state’s vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States.That system eventually could change dramatically as at least two companies are rushing...