Hump Day Wild Card — 1/28/09

A coupla things in the news this afternoon worth mentioning: Boeing has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs here . Starbucks will cut 6,700 jobs, close 300 more stores here . House Republicans led a successful move to stop a delay in the switch to digital TV here . The Mariners swung a trade today for two players in the Chicago Cubs system here . Anti-smoking activists want to add another $1 per pack in sin taxes in Washington (which’d push more Evergreen State smokers to buy their smokes in Idaho) here . And the Wild Card remains in play …