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Airbus Japan Chief Executive Fabrice Bregier, left, and  Japan Airlines President Yoshiharu Ueki shake hands following their press conference in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Japan Airlines is buying its first ever jets from Airbus in a deal with a catalog value of 950 billion yen ($9.5 billion) with a purchase of 31 A350 planes. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)

In blow to Boeing, JAL makes 1st buy from Airbus

Usually when Japanese airlines need to buy a big plane, they go to Boeing. Not this time. Japan Airlines ordered its first Airbus jets on Monday. It's buying 31 A350s, the European plane maker's new long-range, fuel-efficient jet. JAL also has an option to buy 25 more Airbus planes. Monday's ...

Correction: Elwha Dam Blast story

In a story Oct. 4, The Associated Press reported that explosives should demolish the final 50 feet of the Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park. The explosives are the start of an effort to remove the final 50 feet of the dam. A corrected version ...

Children of US couple in death probe leave Qatar

The family of an American couple facing charges in Qatar of starving to death their 8-year-old adopted daughter says the Gulf state has allowed their two other children to return to the United States. A statement Monday says the children, also adopted from Africa, arrived Saturday from Qatar and are ...

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) is sacked by Seattle Seahawks defensive end Bruce Irvin during the first half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Brent R. Smith)

Indianapolis rallies late to beat Seahawks 34-28

Andrew Luck spent most of Sunday's game watching Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch run around. So when the Colts' quarterback finally got a chance to make some plays, he rallied Indianapolis in the fourth quarter for yet another victory. He threw two touchdown passes and led the Colts on two ...

Big money shapes GMO food labeling fight in Wash.

The debate over labeling genetically modified foods has shaped up to be one of the costliest initiative fights ever in Washington state, with most of the dollars coming from out of state. Five corporations and a trade group representing food manufacturers have largely financed efforts to defeat Initiative 522, raising ...

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, OCT. 7, 2013 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 file photo, Carri Williams, center, is taken into custody after she was found guilty of homicide by abuse and manslaughter in the death of her adopted daughter, Hana, in Mount Vernon, Wash. Hana, originally from Ethiopia, died in the backyard of the family's home in May 2011. Prosecutors said she was starved, beaten and forced outside as punishment. Her husband, Larry Williams, was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter. (AP Photo/The Skagit Valley Herald, Scott Terrell)

Failed adoptions stir outrage; reforms are elusive

Half a world away from her birthplace in Ethiopia, teenager Hana Williams died on a rainy night in the backyard of what a prosecutor called a "house of horrors" — the rural home of her adoptive family in Washington state. The official causes of her death, after being forced outside ...

Stanford's Ty Montgomery, front, makes a touchdown reception in front of Washington's Marcus Peters during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Stanford, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/George Nikitin)

No. 5 Stanford outlasts No. 15 Washington, 31-28

Ty Montgomery had several drops and one of his worst games in a loss at Washington last season. A year later, he turned in a breakout performance that saved Stanford. Montgomery finished with 290 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, and the fifth-ranked Cardinal held on to beat No. 15 Washington ...

Winning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game

The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 11-12-17-39-40, Powerball: 5 (eleven, twelve, seventeen, thirty-nine, forty; Powerball: five) Estimated jackpot: $86 million ___ Online: Multi-State Lottery Association: http://www.powerball.com/

Man pleads guilty in hole-in-one prize case

A businessman accused of failing to pay golfers for their hole-in-one prizes has pleaded guilty in Washington state to three felonies. Kevin Kolenda, 55, of Norwalk, Conn., pleaded guilty Friday two counts of selling insurance without a license and one count of first-degree theft. He will be sentenced in the ...

Winning numbers drawn in 'Megaplier' game

The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Megaplier" game were: 3 (three)

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