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Sunday, December 19, 2004
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Coming Monday
December 19, 2004 in Business on Page D1 A Bellevue, Wash., computer programmer has created a torrent of trouble for Hollywood studios. Bram Cohen’s BitTorrent online file-sharing software now accounts for half of all online file-sharing activity. Last …
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by the numbers
December 19, 2004 on Page D1 55: Percent growth from 1997 to 2004 in the number of companies that are majority-owned (51 percent or more) by a woman — six times the rate of all privately …
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Week Ahead
December 19, 2004 in Business on Page D2 WEDNESDAY Recordkeeping Basics – Learn how and why you should keep good business records today from 8 a.m.-noon at the Business Information Center, 801 W. Riverside, #240. The cost is …
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Dollar stores moving up the retail food chain
December 19, 2004 in Business on Page D2 DALLAS — Dollar stores are hot, and not just because of the financial strains caused by the U.S.’s uneven economic recovery. While they still rely on low-income households for the …
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Sandwiches carve out bigger niche
December 19, 2004 in Business on Page D2 The sandwich business is booming, with $105 billion in sales last year. Sandwich chains such as Quiznos Sub and Panera Bread grew at 6 to 8 percent, a rate twice …
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More seniors are putting it in cruise
December 19, 2004 in Business on Page D2 MIAMI — Gil and Teresa Betthauser spent more than a decade of their retirement touring the nation in a motor home, and now in their 70s, they can’t imagine the …
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Corporate debt isn’t always a bad thing
December 19, 2004 in Business on Page D3 If you see debt on the balance sheet of a company you’re considering as an investment, don’t rule it out — yet. Debt can be both bad and good. First, …
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It will take time, but the Internet is modernizing real estate sales
December 19, 2004 in Business on Page D3 When a federal judge in California recently let a New York Web site continue to list homes for sale in the Golden State, it marked another halting step by the …
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When the weather is chilly, it takes extra effort to warm prospective buyers
December 19, 2004 on Page D3 Selling a home in wintertime can be challenging. You can’t dazzle prospective buyers with flowerbeds in the yard or with a freshly mowed lawn, but there are some things you …
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It’s all Creek to me
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F1 SANDPOINT, Idaho — A floral-print dress hangs in Susan Ritchie’s cubicle. It’s short. It’s pink. It’s got a V-neck.
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Yeah, we’ll see how Sandler does with his first 50 diapers
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F2 Adam Sandler smiles when he thinks back to his role as the reluctant father in the 1999 wacky comedy “Big Daddy.” Now, after playing a perfect dad to two children …
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He brought second rejection upon himself
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F2 Hi Carolyn: I recently found out that my girlfriend of five years (long-distance for a year) slept with someone else. The day after, she called to break up with me …
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Classic shortage
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F3 The good news for Christmas film fans is that some great holiday pictures have been coming our way this season. The bad news is they’ve been coming to our TV …
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Holiday movie scorecard
December 19, 2004 in City on Page F3 Classics “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946)
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Liberal talk shows move in at KAQQ
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F3 The liberal talk-show network Air America is coming to the Spokane airwaves beginning Jan. 3. KAQQ-AM (1280), now a nostalgia-oldies station with the moniker “Music of Your Life,” will switch …
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Music charts
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F4 Top Singles 1. “Drop It Like It’s Hot”
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Riding high
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F4 Ashanti just keeps flourishing amid the flames. In 2003, while her labelmate and frequent collaborator Ja Rule was floundering due to a bitter battle with 50 Cent, the R&B songstress …
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Feds allege drug money laundering
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F4 Just before dawn on a crisp November morning, federal agents converged on a two-story home in suburban New Jersey and woke up Cynthia Brent. They told her to get dressed …
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Best-selling books
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F5 Fiction 1. “The Five People You Meet in
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Authors help fight AIDS with ‘Telling Tales’
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F5 Look at the lineup of authors in the new anthology “Telling Tales” (Picador, 320 pages, $14), and you’ll find yourself wondering what its linking theme can possibly be. But as …
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Annie Proulx’s ‘Bad Dirt’ ties her to Wyoming
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F5 In a 1995 interview, Annie Proulx observed that she had made “a conscious effort not to get tagged ‘regional writer.’ ” As if to prove a point, the prize-winning author …
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Dean Koontz falls short with ‘Life Expectancy’
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F5 Dean Koontz is a prolific guy. Give him a sharp pencil and a sheet of paper, and in a few days he’d probably hand back a new novel, scribbled in …
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Dogs to try out for role of Toto
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F6 Christian Youth Theater-Spokane North is looking for a local dog to play Toto in its upcoming production of “The Wizard of Oz.” Auditions will be Dec. 28 from 6 to …
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Veterinarian can help reduce your pet’s pain
December 19, 2004 in Features on Page F7 One of the greatest advances in veterinary medicine over the past decade is the recognition and treatment of pain in our furry companions. Animals react differently to pain than humans …
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