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Wednesday, August 14, 1996
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Computer Hacker Strikes On-Line Again Coeur D’Alene Author Latest Victim Of E-Mail Bombardments
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Gookin
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Physician Admits To Sex Abuse
August 14, 1996 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Spokane physician Gregory Nail was handcuffed Tuesday and on his way to serving 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to molesting a Bonner County teenager.
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Gop Women Talk Tough Clinton Takes Brunt Of Jokes In San Diego
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Rep. Susan Molinari is joined on the stage by her husband, Rep. Bill Paxton, after her keynote speech. Photo by Associated Press
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Pothole Report Jolts Drivers Many Don’t Believe That City Has Filled All Major Potholes
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 A car takes a hit in the 2600 block of South Grand. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review
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Critics Say Fish And Game Driving Up Costs Agency Defends Having More Vehicles Than Employees To Drive Them
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Idaho Fish and Game Department has more vehicles than it has employees. It also has a $3 million deficit in the current budget. One critic of the agency, Dee …
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Parents Lack Leave To Care For Sick Kids One In Four Forced To Decide Between Sending Ill Children To School Or Risk Job
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 One in every four working parents of school-age children lacks sick leave for themselves or their youngsters, and must decide whether to send ill children to school or risk getting …
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Surgery Helps Epileptics A Lot - But Not Enough
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Surgery to relieve drug-resistant epileptic seizures succeeds 70 percent of the time, but it must stop all seizures to give patients significantly improved job prospects and longevity, a study found. …
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Lottery Numbers
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Triple Choice: 956. Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 5-15-18-20-32-39-40-41-42-43-50-54- 55-57-60-61-62-63-71-75.
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Plane Pulls Parasail, Tourist Into Ocean
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 It was a short, terrifying ride for a tourist on a parasail when a banner-towing airplane accidentally snagged his chute and dragged him into the ocean. Eric Henrichs, 17, was …
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Group Says Tobacco Industry Lying
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 An anti-smoking group is accusing the tobacco industry of lying to the Food and Drug Administration about how many teenagers attend car racing events, which are heavily sponsored by cigarette …
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Judge: Charge Doesn’t Violate Gay Policy
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A sodomy charge against an Air Force major accused of having a lesbian affair does not violate the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on homosexuality, a judge ruled Tuesday. …
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Theories Slowly Thin Out Pieces Of Twa Jet Point Way To Answers
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 The discovery of the jet’s engines helped dispel the missile theory. Photo by Associated Press
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A Way To Take Joy Out Of Smoking Doctors Develop One-Two Punch Against Pleasures Of Nicotine
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Scientists have developed a one-two chemical punch that might help smokers kick the habit by spoiling the pleasures of cigarettes. The combination consists of a nicotine patch plus another substance …
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Racquetball Found Inside Dead Hippo
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Virginia Zoo’s only hippopotamus died of a bowel obstruction caused by a racquetball that a visitor had apparently thrown into the animal’s pen. Nyla died at 31 on Sunday …
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Suspect In Arson Claims Insanity
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Screaming obscenities, the brain-damaged man accused of setting a fire that killed nine people at a fireworks store pleaded innocent by reason of insanity Tuesday. Relatives of the dead were …
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‘Ugliest Bride’ Sues Radio Station Over Contest
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 A woman who was selected in WPYX’s “Ugliest Bride Contest” is suing the radio station for $300,000. As part of the contest, two radio hosts look through the newspaper wedding …
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Make A Joke, Go To Jail Nation’s Airports Are Zealously Enforcing Zero-Tolerance Policy For Bomb Humor
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 “Here’s where I put the bomb,” a Venezuelan doctor joked Monday as an Avensa Airlines ticket agent checked his baggage. Funny thing: The agent didn’t laugh. Instead, the airline supervisor …
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Chechen Rebels Maintain Control Of Shattered Capital
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 A Russian soldier takes cover as troops fail to retake Grozny. Photo by Associated Press
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British Panel Rejects Handgun Ban
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Teachers and parents of children killed in a school massacre in Scotland say they’ll keep fighting for a nationwide ban on handguns, despite a parliamentary committee’s rejection of the ban …
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Castro Turns 70 With Little Fanfare
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Fidel Castro spent his 70th birthday at a communist youth center in the Cuban capital Tuesday, but did not hold a public celebration because “birthdays aren’t important.” “For me, it’s …
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Air France Jetliner Mugged On Runway
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Armed robbers held up an Air France jetliner Tuesday as it taxied down the runway of an airport in southwest France. Police searched for at least four men after they …
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Brazilian Candidate Speaks Naked Truth
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Fagotti bares all. Photo by Associated Press
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Israel Sends Homes To West Bank
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A6 Israel’s new Likud-led government is dispatching 298 mobile homes to the West Bank in its first concrete move to expand Jewish settlement in the occupied territories. The decision, which drew …
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Judge In Simpson Case Imposes Gag Order On All Participants
August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 O.J. Simpson’s new trial judge slapped a broad gag order on all participants in the wrongful death lawsuit and shut reporters out of his first hearing in the case Tuesday. …

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