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Sunday, May 16, 2004
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Dialing in to the Hot Zone
May 16, 2004 in Business on Page D3 NEW YORK — Now that some Wi-Fi “hot spots” have grown into broader neighborhood “hot zones,” the next wave is waiting: Phones and gear that send conversations over wireless Internet …
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Web site owners needn’t be lost out in cyberspace
May 16, 2004 in Business on Page D3 Almost everyone who has a Web site wants to be found among the top 10 hits of an Internet directory or a search engine. But if there are millions of …
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by the numbers
May 16, 2004 in Business on Page D3 894 The dollar value of goods sold through eBay every second during the last quarter of 2003.
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Kroger pays former CEO $6.3 million
May 16, 2004 in Business on Page D4 WASHINGTON — Kroger Co. paid its former top executive $6.3 million last fiscal year, excluding stock options. Joseph A. Pichler, who is currently chairman, was chief executive of the grocery-store …
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At 100 with nature
May 16, 2004 on Page F1 For 100 years, Manito Park has been the place where Spokane stops to take a whiff of the genus rosa. And just about every other kind of blooming thing. The …
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Golden Staters have feelings, too
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F1 My niece in California is bringing her family to Spokane for a visit. That prospect had me thinking about how people here tend to view the Golden State and its …
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So can you begin to imagine Malcolm in middle age?
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F2 After five seasons as the adolescent title character of Fox’s “Malcolm in the Middle,” Frankie Muniz has grown up. But he’ll still play the gifted kid trapped at the center …
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HOROSCOPE
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F2 For 05-16-2004
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Romancing her too soon may push her away
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F2 Dear Carolyn: I’ve been in love with my best friend for years, and finally told her last summer — right after she got engaged! Yeah, awful awful timing. She was …
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MONSTER SUMMER
May 16, 2004 on Page F3 ‘It’s time,” the fairy godmother cruelly informs “Shrek 2’s” green ogre, “you stop living in a fairy tale.” Can the same now be said of DreamWorks?
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ART to call SFCC home for season
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F3 THE ACTOR’S REPERTORY THEATRE of the Inland Northwest (ART), the new professional theater being launched by Michael Weaver and Grant Smith, has found a home at Spokane Falls Community College. …
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Renting music could be next trend
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F4 We rent homes. We rent cars. We rent movies. So why not rent music?
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Instrumentals big draw on ‘Shadows’
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F4 Various Artists “Standing in the Shadows of Motown/Deluxe Edition” (Motown) ••••
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Patty Loveless big fan of The Boss
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F4 It’s a marriage of rock and rhinestones: Suddenly, studio dalliances between country and rock ‘n’ roll are breaking out all over. Loretta Lynn is romping down the comeback trail with …
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Music charts
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F4 Top Singles 1. “Burn”
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Andre 3000, Cartoon Network teaming up
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F4 Andre 3000, one-half of the chart-topping hip-hop group OutKast, is developing a potential series project with Cartoon Network. The musician is hashing out ideas for a half-hour special pegged for …
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Her way’s the way
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F4 Nellie McKay isn’t afraid to admit that she was a “band geek” in high school. The 20-year-old singer/songwriter has been teased because she prefers slacks, flats and shoulder-padded blazers to …
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Book looks at children and integration
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F5 The most famous photographs of school integration are images of hate. They show angry whites jeering, spitting and threatening young, wide-eyed black students who needed the protection of soldiers and …
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Authors reading, discussing books at local venues
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F5 Area book events over the coming week include: • Eastern Washington University instructor Christopher Howell will read from his latest poetry collection, “Light’s Ladder,” on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at …
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Connelly’s ‘Narrows’ a solid compelling tale
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F5 Safety and the danger zone converge at “The Narrows,” where the surface hides what lurks beneath. It’s here, in this shadowy sphere, that detective Harry Bosch toils. Just like his …
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Best-selling books
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F5 Fiction 1. “The Da Vinci Code”
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2003 book sales down markedly from previous year
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F5 Not even Harry Potter could prevent a big drop in book sales in 2003. Against a struggling economy and competition from other media, 23 million fewer books were sold last …
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Adult the children in Perrotta’s newest
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F5 Tom Perrotta’s previous novels — “The Wishbones” (1997), “Election” (1998) and “Joe College” (2000) — were funny, relaxed and deeper than they looked. A sharp satirist was lurking behind an …
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Video game sequels cause excitement
May 16, 2004 in Features on Page F6 Video game fans can’t wait for more of the same — as long as it’s bigger, glossier and rowdier. Sequels to popular games caused the most white-knuckled joystick-gripping at last …

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